image
Genre
freestyle
Parent Genre: hip hop

Freestyle music is a genre that emerged in the 1980s and 1990s, characterized by a fusion of electronic dance music, Latin rhythms, and soulful vocals. It often features upbeat, high-energy beats and lyrics about love, relationships, and empowerment. Freestyle music was popularized by artists who blended elements of pop, R&B, and dance music to create a unique sound that was both catchy and danceable. Some of the defining features of freestyle music include synthesizer hooks, fast-paced drum beats, and melodic vocals that often incorporate falsetto and harmonies.


Top artists of freestyle genre

Show More

freestyle music timeline

Explore freestyle history by listening to songs from every decade. Click on the decade to view songs.

2020s 2010s 2000s 1990s 1980s 1970s 1960s 1950s 1940s 1930s

Similar Genres to freestyle

Discover more related genres to freestyle genre. This list is ordered by similarity from left to right.

deep freestyle electro urban contemporary new jack swing quiet storm new wave pop funk post-disco minneapolis sound soft rock hi-nrg disco old school hip hop r&b new romantic italian disco hip house hip hop synthpop dance rock
Show More

freestyle playlist created by Chosic

Enjoy this playlist of popular freestyle music. We made this playlist using an algorithm created by our team.

List of freestyle artists

Here is a list of freestyle artists on Spotify, ranked based on popularity, who exemplifies the freestyle genre. You can find out what freestyle genre sounds like where you can preview artists or sort them the way you want, just click the headers to sort.

#namePopularity instrumentalnessdanceabilityenergyacousticnessHappinesstempofollowers
1 56 3 66 81 13 68 119 420055
2 54 0 70 73 25 79 117 8602
3 54 23 71 82 4 67 118 231828
4 53 6 62 63 28 55 117 513249
5 51 10 79 57 4 69 103 323137
6 48 1 73 60 17 77 113 280528
7 48 2 67 70 14 61 123 217082
8 47 14 70 71 4 63 118 181917
9 46 1 79 80 1 64 112 174145
10 46 7 76 60 9 81 118 252154
11 45 7 73 74 16 83 115 101381
12 45 3 73 70 7 75 123 321936
13 45 3 60 73 16 68 123 264799
14 45 5 77 62 11 74 129 53614
15 43 11 69 76 4 77 114 75914
16 43 15 70 61 2 59 125 45521
17 42 27 77 80 5 71 127 76820
18 41 0 74 60 13 67 123 158648
19 41 4 72 72 5 68 127 65884
20 41 6 75 73 8 63 110 33737
21 41 13 69 63 8 62 125 67365
22 40 8 75 68 11 74 121 291755
23 40 3 62 73 14 68 127 12699
24 40 10 71 65 10 72 105 316586
25 39 4 63 75 11 66 118 103249
26 39 1 63 76 38 65 140 14141
27 39 0 29 28 85 20 126 7885
28 39 19 85 78 3 65 124 12269
29 38 11 72 80 3 72 130 28099
30 38 18 72 75 2 64 124 18525
31 38 8 74 63 6 74 108 18016
32 38 4 66 73 3 75 122 53101
33 36 4 68 69 6 61 118 48833
34 36 21 72 78 4 74 125 47070
35 35 2 69 63 11 66 111 7547
36 33 42 73 80 2 88 125 27601
37 33 1 72 72 2 51 124 2446
38 33 1 67 61 13 58 123 35766
39 33 29 68 78 3 78 117 75199
40 32 7 62 60 42 42 117 18876
41 32 4 73 89 3 92 125 9526
42 32 6 75 67 6 73 120 21634
43 31 7 70 80 9 79 119 12425
44 30 26 63 87 3 76 121 41874
45 30 3 62 78 3 63 126 34963
46 30 1 73 83 9 77 126 19801
47 30 1 68 64 23 61 100 39307
48 30 3 62 81 5 64 119 34544
49 30 10 74 87 13 75 122 2905
50 29 11 70 69 11 78 117 2574
51 28 28 76 84 9 84 117 19504
52 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 16270
53 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 3440
54 27 14 75 81 3 82 120 8074
55 26 0 70 74 0 82 116 693
56 26 9 71 60 2 64 120 7892
57 26 6 71 77 6 68 120 31748
58 25 4 70 78 8 77 115 10174
59 24 5 63 76 0 57 121 1865
60 24 0 72 79 4 77 120 1301
61 24 0 70 75 4 75 124 2633
62 23 0 62 93 1 60 123 591
63 23 8 67 83 2 75 122 14955
64 22 4 71 79 6 80 126 6996
65 22 0 73 65 2 61 124 3988
66 22 27 72 73 2 77 124 13869
67 21 3 65 76 1 42 121 15987
68 21 36 80 72 9 96 125 2368
69 21 17 68 69 4 73 129 12481
70 21 5 73 73 22 86 116 7963
71 21 2 70 87 3 80 128 3952
72 20 8 74 67 15 71 126 3877
73 20 4 62 73 1 61 119 4512
74 19 8 79 76 1 73 125 1981
75 19 8 68 78 0 61 127 5003
76 19 15 67 86 2 66 121 1858
77 19 4 70 72 1 76 117 1908
78 19 11 67 58 4 52 120 2583
79 19 13 77 50 28 81 118 1106
80 19 0 61 93 1 80 118 2052
81 18 11 72 68 10 88 125 1192
82 18 22 74 72 1 71 127 4949
83 18 43 61 92 4 60 117 9303
84 18 60 63 83 2 59 121 3083
85 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 1661
86 17 3 63 65 23 44 127 1219
87 17 8 62 79 14 63 110 9067
88 16 7 61 83 3 60 121 5165
89 16 0 78 76 1 50 109 524
90 16 12 73 58 5 67 123 3818
91 16 37 66 66 8 71 124 3196
92 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 4793
93 15 4 71 62 2 80 125 3652
94 14 22 72 63 2 91 120 2116
95 14 24 54 81 1 61 132 3434
96 14 4 61 80 5 54 129 757
97 13 0 70 82 1 71 128 4330
98 13 0 72 67 12 56 128 370
99 13 35 71 83 7 79 114 2118
100 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 9999
101 13 2 76 95 14 89 117 3964
102 12 0 47 48 46 67 193 345
103 12 3 76 86 1 52 123 141
104 12 2 68 80 10 69 126 3022
105 11 16 70 65 3 80 126 3382
106 11 28 34 97 0 81 117 865
107 10 0 70 87 4 69 125 3577
108 10 0 66 89 4 43 118 1493
109 10 36 71 78 1 74 127 4313
110 9 0 73 85 0 85 124 1166
111 9 1 70 62 1 54 128 2415
112 9 34 71 85 2 47 118 2292
113 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1488
114 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1920
115 9 18 75 71 2 67 123 7321
116 8 0 68 89 0 63 126 1401
117 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1748
118 8 8 69 73 2 89 120 794
119 7 0 73 84 0 90 125 2503
120 7 12 69 83 6 68 126 1037
121 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 7887
122 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 770
123 6 1 66 76 0 67 118 2071
124 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
125 5 6 70 81 2 68 116 156
126 4 30 63 96 1 62 120 400
127 4 1 64 87 1 71 120 1960
128 3 0 77 88 0 65 130 57
129 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1341
130 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 153
131 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 31
132 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 802
133 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 570
134 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 214
135 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1945
136 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 84
137 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 54
138 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21
139 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1538
140 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 70
141 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18
142 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1279
143 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3539
144 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 57
145 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30
146 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 66
147 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 39
148 0 0 76 89 2 6 92 2587
149 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
150 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29
151 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 474
152 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
153 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 829
154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
155 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 154
156 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17
157 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 145