It's a familiar story: the so-called "Death of Disco" giving way to a new genre of American dance music. But instead of house or techno, I'm referring to freestyle, a genre that fused electro beats ...

Singer-songwriter and producer Stevie B. was a freestyle pioneer in Miami, Fla. in the late '80s, bursting into the music scene in 1987 with his smash hit "Party Your Body." Early in his career, ...