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<\/a><\/p>\nAs I spoke to Soave, he told me that back in those days, the artists who were “doing it,” didn’t even realize it. He believes that if an artist said they were a “freestyle” artist, they would be limited and pigeon holed into only having a very limited appeal, to a very limited audience. Many artists back then called the music dance pop or something similar. Now here we are, decades later, and freestyle is still very much alive for\u00a0those of us who came up in the late 80s and early 90s.<\/p>\n
As a fellow artist I understand that though, since I can’t “sing,” I rap as a performer. However, my music is not just “rap” music, I cover rap, rock, pop, spanish, ballads, and I have even taken a stab at country music. Just like Soave I don’t want to pigeon hole myself into just being a “rapper,” my musical expression goes much deeper than that. The thing is, I can’t sing, so I can’t call myself a singer.<\/p>\n
A long time has passed since Soave was in his late teens and early 20s during the peak of his as well as the freestyle musical reign! He recently celebrated another anniversary with the woman he has been with throughout all these years. He emphasized how important family was to him, how his children are all from the same mother, and how he makes sure to be there for all of them.<\/p>\n
Having children, and being a dad are two different things. I admire a man who prioritizes his family! The lord knows that when you have some hit songs, and you are on top of the music scene, the world is your oyster! With that come all sorts of temptations and potential distractions. You have to respect a man who sticks by his family, and you have to respect a woman and family that endure that type of lifestyle which can be very stressful to them as well. With all great things, come challenges, surviving those is admirable and must be acknowledged.<\/p>\n
When I asked Soave about the freestyle genre, why it wasn’t\u00a0at the level that it perhaps could have been, his answer was straight and to the point. He believes that since\u00a0so many undeserving, crappy\u00a0artists jumped on the freestyle bandwagon, that the music industry wrote them off as a joke. They never took them quite seriously. This is probably one of the reasons that many deserving artists from the freestyle genre have never received a Grammy or as high scale recognition as they should.<\/p>\n
He expressed how difficult it is to find the true song writers and musical producers of today. You have the front person, and buried somewhere in there are the credits of the “others.” Back in those days, every one knew who the major producers were, as well as the artists! Times change, nowadays you don’t even have to know how to sing, nothing a little pitch correction can’t fix!<\/p>\n
Our music genre isn’t as respected because undeserving artists tried to milk it! They’d make one acceptable song, but the rest of the album was crap. Every single block had a freestyle artist.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Soave is still performing at freestyle themed shows with several other artists. He has a cruise coming up this weekend, (I wish I knew sooner, I’d go, I need a “real” vacation) a Radio City performance, (I’m getting a ticket to this one) and many others that you can check out on his website, GoSoave.com<\/a>!<\/p>\n