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Point of No Return Part 2

Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia

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The Rise and Fall of Freestyle

Even Lisa Lisa and Colt Jam, which full force was always trying to cross over with pop audiences, moved almost entirely away from freestyle. Stevie B's because I love you spent 4 weeks at number 1 at the end of 1990, longer than any chart topper by any freestyle act. One more freestyle artisan who managed to cross over before the Gates Slam Shut was a Fresno, California singer-songwriter named Timmy T.

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