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Freestyle's Top 40 Radio airplay peaked in 1987, and it began to disappear from the air waves in the early 1990s as radio stations moved to Top 40-only formats.

Artists such as George Lamond, Exposé, Corina, Sweet Sensation and Stevie B were still heard on mainstream radio, but other notable freestyle artists did not fare as well.

Carlos Berrios and producer Frankie Cutlass appeared to have saved the style's demise by creating a new sound that was used on " Temptation " by Corina and " Together Forever " by Lisette Melendez.

The songs were released in 1991, almost simultaneously, and caused a resurgence in the style when they were embraced by Top 40 radio.

" Temptation " reached the number 6 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart.

These hits were followed by the success of Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam, who had been one of the earliest freestyle acts.

Their records were produced by Full Force, who had also worked with UTFO and James Brown.

Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam had a style that was less electro and more pop, and paved the way for artists such as Corina, Stevie B, George Lamond, Sweet Sensation and the Cover Girls to cross over into the pop market.

Cross-over influences became increasingly evident when The Latin Rascals produced a remix of Duran Duran's " Notorious ".