Freestyle music is an undeniable part of the culture of San Jose, long soundtracking dance nights and lowrider cruises alike (between the golden oldies). At the new Q102.1’s “Freestyle Explosion,” many of the late ‘80s genre’s biggest and boldest names come together under one roof, artists like Expose (“Point of No Return”), Stevie B (“In My Eyes”), Shannon (“Let the Music Play”), and the one and only Lisa Lisa (“Can You Feel the Beat”), along with many others, all providing rhythms to make love shine in the dark all night long. In the words of Shannon, “Let it play!”

Freestyle Explosion
Sat, 7:30pm, $42.50+
SAP Center, San Jose

This weekend’s Freestyle Explosion at the Shark Tank should draw plenty of old-school DJs and b-boys. After all, songs like Stevie B’s “Spring Love” and “Party Your Body” were an integral part of breakdancing culture and 1980s house parties. “I grew up with freestyle music,” Cutso of San Jose-based DJ crew The Bangerz recently told Metro. The early subgenre of electronic dance music fused fast-paced 808 beats with overtly synthetic melodies and chord changes for a sound that both robots and humans could get down with. Stevie B will be there, along with Lisa Lisa, Taylor Dayne, Expose, TKA, Brenda K Starr and many more.

Freestyle Explosion
Sat, 7:30pm, $33+
SAP Center, San Jose