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Her Name is Safire. Directly stemming from Electro Funk and early Shannonesque style Freestyle records, labels were quickly picking up artist for the following sound of Dance. Artist that did not hold the already popular Electro Break-dancing sound, but that held the sound that would follow.
They would be Cutting and Fever Records. It would be the camaraderie between the two, and everything between, that gave life to the Freestyle movement.
It gave a sense of unity and "Family" to the producers, artist, singers, and DJs of that time. The same feeling would spread to Miami and Los Angeles, not only felt by those inside the Freestyle Industry but those outside in the public as well. Something that is indescribable and really had to be lived in order to be understood. Although many artists had their positions or tittles, there would be one who solely carried the heart of the movement that once was.
Safire, Cuttings first lady, tore down the doors for Freestyle and all dance artists at radio and club levels at a time when the mainstream and radio still looked down on dance music. The two records that would forever seal her fate. With her own style and flavor, Safire quickly became a Latin HipHop icon. Her albums would blow up and spawn many hits. A string of other hits would follow. It would be the string of hits that all held longevity that would turn her into a legend, besides the fact that she was already one of the first ladies of Freestyle along side Judy Torres, The Cover Girls and many others.
She was one of the first Latin HipHop artists to spawn Freestyle music videos. The videos would be of "Let Me Be The One", which helped cultivate and express a certain style and helped Freestyle develop an image. This was achieved with many different angle shots and artistic direction. The song would serve as an inspiration to many young kids with a message of "yearning for success" , as Safire sang her experiences.
And another video would be of her ballad "Thinking Of You", who obtained a long artistic shot of Safire. It simply just had a camera shot of Safire singing on a stage. It was said that the ballad held a theme expressing the results of Aids.
Whether or not that is the case, with the growing awareness of Aids, the song would be used in campaigns fighting Aids across the country. In time "Thinking Of You" would find itself crossing over to the adult contemporary markets as well as top 40 radio stations.
These videos gave Safire, as an artist, the exposure she needed. Safire as an artist grew. Mercury didn't push the dance-oriented follow-up "Love Is on Her Mind" quite as hard, and it stalled her mainstream momentum, though she remained extremely popular in the freestyle community.
Safire's second album, I Wasn't Born Yesterday, was released in , around the time that freestyle's presence on the pop charts had begun to diminish. Mainstream dance-pop and house music were taking over its previous audiences, and I Wasn't Born Yesterday couldn't perform up to the level of commercial success its predecessor had enjoyed, even despite the house-influenced single "Taste the Bass.
She returned in -- signed to Sony and no longer sporting a hyphen -- with a more straightforward Latin dance album; Atrevida blended salsa with hip-hop rhythms. In , Safire released Bringing Back the Groove, a combination of new material and remixes of her past hits. AllMusic relies heavily on JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript in your browser to use the site fully.
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