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“ Let the Music Play ”, by Shannon, is often named as the genre's first hit, and its sound, called " The Shannon Sound ," as the foundation of the genre.

Others contend that Afrika Bambaataa's " Planet Rock " was the first freestyle song produced.

“ Let the Music Play ” eventually became freestyle's biggest hit, and still receives frequent airplay.

Its producers Mark Liggett and Chris Barbosa changed and refined the electro funk sound with the addition of Latin-American rhythms and a syncopated drum-machine sound.