Pretty Tony
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Tony "Pretty Tony" Butler was an influential 1980s electro and freestyle artist based out of Miami, Florida.
He recorded a string of popular club tracks on Jam Packed and Sherman Nealy's Music Specialist label in the mid-'80s. Butler's tracks with his primary group Freestyle Express (now known as Freestyle Evolution) include such club staples as It's Automatic, Don't Stop the Rock and The Party Has Begun. Solo, he released "Jam the Box". His best-known tracks were produced for female vocalists Debbie Deb (When I Hear Music and Lookout Weekend) and Trinere (All Night I'll Be All You Ever Need I Know You Love Me). Also the "One Hit Wonder" group Fast Lane Young Ladies in 1984 and Young Ladies Remix in 19??.
According to his official MySpace site, Butler is currently completing the final preparations for the launch of a new record label, entitled COUNTDOWN Entertainment.
Jam the Box is one of Pretty Tony's best-known freestyle/electro records. It has heavy usage of a vocoder on the vocal line, so the refrain sounds "robotic".
R&B/pop singer Ciara samples the "Jam the Box" for her Ciara: The Evolution track "That's Right".
Hip Hop/Rap Artist Flo Rida also samples "Jam the Box" for his song "In The Ayer" off his Mail On Sunday Album released in 2008.
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- Fix it in the Mix
