another reason for Freestyle's demise is that they never really took advantage of the DJs and mixed tapes the way hip hop and rap did and still do.
Ya know wat I'm sayin'. That's what I'm talking about.
There were actually a few freestyle producers that were against it but most of the ones I came across along the way were cool with it. A few of the old school freestyle producers said that's how they had got started.
So many times throughout the years, someone would ask me "I had heard this song on this mixtape but the dj cut if off early, where can I get the whole song, I like that song". Especially now with the internet having taken over, "that song" is easy to find.