Pickin' Up Pieces

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"Pickin' Up Pieces"
Song

Pickin' Up Pieces is the lead single from Brenda K. Starr's debut album, I Want Your Love released in 1985 on Mirage Records. Produced by Arthur Baker and co-written with Lotti Golden. "Pickin' Up Pieces" is a freestyle classic. The record peaked at #9 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play Charts and the Maxi Single's Chart helping Brenda K. Starr become the queen of Freestyle.[1] "Pickin' Up Pieces" also cracked the R&B Hip Hop Billboard Charts. Freestyle, a dance genre, emerged in New York City, sharing musical and cultural elements with electro and hip hop.[2]

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  2. ^ Renford "From the fringe: The Hip hop culture and ethnic relations"http://www.csupomona.edu/~rrreese/HIPHOP.HTML%7Cpublisher=popular culture review