the brief resurgence of freestyle music in the mid to late 1990s was a time! after losing clout at radio and club land at the start of the 1990s, freestyle music was being (re)discovered thanks in part to collage, angelina, lil suzy, planet soul featuring nadine rene, lina santiago and jocelyn enriquez. these artists all managed to release freestyle songs that were sonically in concert with the ever evolving dance/pop sound. as a new fan to genre in 1994, coupled with the fact that i am a completionist, i was on a search to listen and purchase every freestyle song and that especially included new releases. so when i first heard buffy’s “give me…a reason” in early 1995, i was on a mission. now, doing this work was not easy in 1995. my access to the internet was by watching people talk about it on tv (lol) and music magazine’s seldom, if almost never covered freestyle music. so i would just spend hours in the singles section of tower records records going through every CD single until i thought i recognized a title of a song i was looking for. it was WORK! discovered by frequent stevie b. collaborator, dadgel attabay, while singing at a friend's wedding, buffy solango would go on to reason one of the memorable freestyle songs of the mid-1990s. signed to filipino independent velocity, filipina singer buffy's debut single "give me....a reason" become regional hit in the bay area upon it's late 1994 release. the song proved to have legs as it continued to gain radio spins at the national level and by march 1995, the song would reach a very respectable peak of #78 on billboard's hot 100. buffy‘s debut and only album “first love” was a solid release. two additional singles, “no one” (sadly, released on promo vinyl only) and “2 find u” were released by were regulated to regional air play. BUFFY | GIVE ME...A REASON 1. Radio Mix 2. Bass-A-Pella 3. Old School Mix 4. At-A-Ballad 5. Beats + Breaks Hidden Content: You must either reply or click 'Like' to see the hidden information contained here.
I already have all these versions, but I loved reading your write-up about Buffy and the single. Thanks for sharing!
