Mr. Madman no doesn't look like it. Vox media (vox's mother company) owns multiple big UA-cam brands like verge, polygon and recode, but buzzfeed doesn't appear to be one of them. At least it doesn't say so on their website.
While I don't have a personal interest in breaking, I'm glad to see Vox showcasing an American Subculture that doesn't get a lot of acknowledgment or support.
Because they were never educated on the culture (history, culture, traditions, music)... only the flashy moves that got them interested in the dance. As anything goes mainstream, it looses it's authenticity and it's connection to the whole culture behind like the guys said here.
I have been all over the internet for the last 3 years explaining this to people. That they should see the interviews with Cholly Rock and other Black Spades. I'm glad I'm not the only person who has said this. 👌🏽
It’s so funny that I ran into this comment. Because as I was watching this video, I realized why Mobb deep used the term “crew” so much in their music. I thought they were just referring to drugs crews, and even though they probably were, that is not the origin of the term.
There's a video of vox deconstructing rapping a while ago. Love that very much, was hoping for another in that episode. Something about art and modern dance & music. With this episode, I think the wait is over :) Thanks Vox, original content as always!
The Black Spades were all African Americans in the Bronx, NY from Some racist Caucasian, and some racist Latinos too, but the Black Spades did let a few Caribbeans and Latinos in the group.
Vox, I get chills when you do breakdowns of arts, especially hip-hop and dance. You have just made my whole day. Please make the videos longers. I hate to complain, it's just not long enough for my morning coffee.
Exactly! Even when the dude is describing the "break" there's just elevator funk playing in the background. Guess we can thank UA-cam copyright system for that.
Certainly a shame. Coming from the UK and an area that certainly has no aspect of American culture, these videos are fascinating. Something has been lost in its translation to video.
I remember those NY days... They used to come out on the street corner with a piece of cardboard and battle. I tell you - they helped calm down those crazy Bronx/Uptown streets.
Just saw dj kool herc last year in California at freestyle sessions the floor was full of people of all color and religions it was awesome, long live hip hop the real hip hop
I’m from the uk and I was an old school B-BOY from the very early 1980’s,man I miss those because breakin today is not the same as it was back then,it’s too commercialised these days.
The pioneer of this dance was young BLACK kids. black ppl is who created and influenced everything in hip hop. Why do you think the "ROCK STEADY" crew named themselves after a Aretha franklin song? If you gonna tell the story tell it right
@ sasa, trixie, cholly rock and a few others I can’t think of rn. The thing is the documented start isn’t usually the actual start. Kids were doing this dance in the hallways of their building and in their bedrooms before it became popular and a documented thing. In the 80s hip hop started to go global and ppl brought their cameras but that was not the start of the culture.
@@thirsty57 They pioneered nothing! They were top dancers who may have dropped to the floor but they were not "breakers". The people you mentioned, including The Twins, Dancin' Doug, etc..., have had many years to demonstrate or clearly describe what it was that they did in the 70s. They've done interviews but no demonstration. There are breakers who are old but they still take the time to show a little of what they used to do.
@ they are the pioneers. ALLLLLL of the Latin breakers. I mean everyone of them all say they seen black kids do it first. Only black kids were doing it. The first Latin breakers like Trac 2 and them all said how they felt about breaking for the first time. They said they don’t know if they’d be accepted or not bc they were Puerto Rican.
we were break dancing in the early 70's at st mary's park recreation center dances. one of the first great break dancers, rubberband. died there in a fight with another kid in 1972 or 1973. we used to break to it's just begun, give it up turn it loose, melting pot and then came bongo rock. nice memories of my childhood in the Bronx. in my opinion the first break dancer was cuban pete a puerto rican mambo dancer from the fifties.
Don't forget about the dance. Thank you guys for noting that major issue with the modern community of breaking, and hell a lot of emergent styles where the battle and acrobatics have often overtaken the original art and joy of the dance itself.
If you get this message, I personally find it sad that the change has been immense. The first few years, it was about the funky style and the dance. It unrecognisably changed into what looks to me, just acrobatics with spins. Great shame the original funky flavour of the dance was not passed on. I suppose it will be lost forever. Cheers anyway.
you guys are massively overrepresented in music, films, tv, sports etc so give it a rest guy...you did create it but you let it go...it was the Puerto Ricans that brought it to the world in the early 80s...yet they are never mentioned in "hip hop"....so if anyone should have any issues it should be them but you don't see them whingeing...
@@westsidecrew5578 there is no such thing as being "overly represented" when we created it and it is apart of OUR CULTURE, dumbass. Latinos came later when things were already formed.
This is me ( used to be chief69) from when I was not saved.. actually ended up a minister of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Highly recommend anyone watching this to watch our content online to see and learn and understand that I was wrong about a lot of things...
Kool Herc himself said that the term Bboy (Break Boy) had nothing to do with the break in the record. It came from the slang term "breaking" that people used meaning going overboard. Nowadays, people say "doing the most" or "doing too much." This was just applied to the dancers.
@Johnny Rutz "Puerto Ricans are NOT LATINOS THEY ARE CARIBBEAN ." Though Puerto Rico was once considered apart the Caribbean like Cuba and they are still considered both Hispanic/Latino because of Spain's colonization prior being becoming a U.S territory.
@@Octavia680 The true The original Puerto Ricians are The Taino indigenous group of Arawak Indian not Spanish, but now Puerto Ricians are mixed with Taino, Spanish, and Africans and probably more.
Thank you Black American dancing, and dancers, dating back to the 1940's and 1950's for creating what later became known as 'Breakdancing' Just watch the Mills Bros. and other films from the 1940's and the 1950's
@@skillet6870...and thank you PR for taking breaking to another level and to the point that you got certain types hating on you and ignoring the hard work you put into it.
@@ev8318 Yes, thank-you puerto ricans for demonstrating gratitude in acknowledging the fact you and your people did NOT create Rap and Hip Hop since Rap and Hip Hop does NOT derive from puerto rican culture or latino culture. The fact that Rap and Hip Hop is derived from R&B, Soul, Funk and Spoken Word should be appreciated by latinos--- particularly puerto ricans.
@@skillet6870 Thank you PR for taking the cocreated part of breaking and introducing it around the world. Thank you PR for understanding the meaning of the word culture unlike certain other folks who think that it's all about race.
🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation: 00:00 🕺 *Histoire du breaking et du Rock Steady Crew* - L'introduction du breaking à travers le film Flashdance et le Rock Steady Crew. 00:33 🎧 *Origines du terme "breaking" et la signification de la pause dans la musique* - DJ Kool Herc dans le Bronx et l'origine du terme "breaking". - La pause dans la musique comme moment crucial pour la danse, selon Barbara Browning. - Influence des musiques afro-américaines et afro-caribéennes, notamment latino, sur le breaking. 01:35 🎶 *Les éléments du breaking : Toprock, Downrock, Power Moves et Freezes* - Les quatre éléments du breaking expliqués : Toprock, Downrock, Power Moves et Freezes. - La musique agressive et percussive comme élément essentiel pour créer l'ambiance de "battle dance". - L'importance de maîtriser le rythme et de refléter la musique dans le mouvement corporel. 02:32 🏙️ *Transformation sociale du breaking dans le Bronx* - Le breaking comme moyen de reconnaissance pour les jeunes défavorisés du Bronx. - Évolution de la culture de rue vers des compétitions entre quartiers. - Commercialisation des compétitions et changement de perception pour la nouvelle génération. 03:32 💬 *Évolution des styles et des compétitions* - La perspective de certains b-boys sur l'évolution des styles originaux. - La prédominance des compétitions dans la scène actuelle par rapport aux fêtes. - La diversité des motivations individuelles pour participer aux compétitions. 04:36 🤝 *Le breaking comme connexion communautaire* - Le breaking comme plus qu'une danse, mais aussi une connexion à la famille, aux amis et à la communauté. - L'importance de rester connecté à la communauté dans la culture hip-hop. - La dimension politique et sociale du breaking en tant que moyen de se faire remarquer individuellement et de défendre sa communauté. Made with HARPA AI
Where are the originators to speak on this shared culture? This was nice don't get me wrong but this just seems disrespectful to exclude black bboys from the discussion.
As a non-dancer I didn't know what to expect when I took Breakdancing for PE last semester but it was amazing. It made me fall in love with dancing. I'm taking street dancing this semester. BTW: still not a great dancer.
I'm an old school Break Dancer, it became my life! There is old school footage on my channel of me and my Break Dancing friends. B-Boys, will always be boys! Peace and love to you all.
“It didn’t come from breaks on a record. It came from ‘this man , he broke. He went to a point, a breaking point’. So we just used an exaggeration of that term for the dancin. B-boys, break boys” -Kool Herc
Sigh. ... I'm 46, happily married Brit living in Ohio. But thanks to Grandmaster Flash, The Sugar hill Gang, the classic book of Subway Art, and an original pair of Jordans, nothing could touch my dreams back in the early 80's
Hope they show and deconstruct the difference between "breaking", "locking", "popping", "roboting", "puppetry"and "tutting". Breaking and later tutting was developed in NYC, in the 70s; where as locking, popping, puppetry and roboting was personified on the West Coast, mainly in the Bay Area, Fresno, and LA around the same time. The dance styles of the different coasts didn't start blending until the early 80s, though the media likes to term it all as "Break Dancing".
Just wanted to drop by and thank you guys for the hard work & quality content, along side such masterpieces as MY FIDGET SPINNER BROKE MY FINGER. Thanks vox. Luv u. 🌈
I was excited when I saw the title, but underwhelmed by the content. This felt like a "What is break dancing 101 video" Personally, I think an investigation into why bboy culture has become bigger in Asia, and Europe than in the US is a more compelling story, but that's just me.
This is entry-level info, which is important, since b-boying is one of the most mis-understood cultures in the world. And in order to for people to understand why bboy culture has become bigger in Asia, and Europe than in the US, people need to understand the fundamentals of what makes breaking breaking.
I think the hip hop hype has died down (since what it was when it started) and i feel the rest of the world picked up on it later and that hype still isn't gone yet.
FunkyMilk Because they saw Black Americans doing it and was inspired by the dance and the music. the culture is worth imitating thats how dominate cultures work.
Why would they talk about the imitators without talking about the originators? I do feel they missed the mark about 'bringing it to the world' though. They didn't actually explain why other cultures picked up on it at all.
+Brandon Sparkman - you are wrong. The blacks stopped breaking by the late 70s....It was the Puerto Ricans who brought it to the world..they had the moves, the style and charisma...blacks were not the inspiration. Breaking was at it's peak globally 83 - 85 and it was the Puerto Ricans who brought it tot he world then and were the inspiration.
I agree with everything reflected here.. I stay in the community but I also enjoy a career with it.. and I won't stop til the day the wheels come off. Peace.
If I were the President, I would nominate DJ Kool Herc for the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Herc had a massive impact on hip-hop culture, not just for the US, but for the world.
Offensive/Incorrect terms for the dance: Breakdance Correct term for the dance: Bboy (male)/Bgirl (female)/Breaker/Breaking (both) As someone who has been immersed in the culture for over a decade, we associate the world "breakdancing" as either an insult or a term to tell the explain to the public what we do because they are not familiar with the other names. Why? When breaking was sensationalized in the 80's, bboys and bgirls picked up a immense amount of work and allowed the commercial media to dictate and coin the definition of the dance as "breakdance." At the same time, the mainstream media dictated when the dance was considered a dying fad, wiping out the dance for more than a decade. Ever since the recovery of the culture in the 90's, we still associate the word "breakdance" with the same commercial exploitation that practically killed our culture. In other words, we think a bboy/bgirl/breaker is a part of the dance culture. We think a breakdancer is a sellout. Just adding more to the documentary :)
Bgirl Rock-a-fella!!!!!!! He didn't mention the term " breakin" to go off, get off on, breakin point!!! Thats what happens when you hear the beats you " break" i think its still good they show tha real culture hip-hop!!!!!
Remember to mention Trac 2, Jimmy Dee and Jimmy Lee, who were the founders of the Rock Steady Crew in 1977. Frankly speaking, it's hard to summarize the history of this dance.
Damnnnn Vox, back at it again with the great content I didn't know I wanted until now
Back at it again!
respect bboys and bgirls. its not just dancing, its a lifestyle.
Facts
So, what is the Life style?????
you dnt know what a life style means?
@@HolyRollerTV I know do you know.
If you’re not a Bboy or a Bgirl you wouldn’t understand so there’s no point in trying to explain.
It's nice to see breaking being promoted and using its proper terminology as well. Big ups
Vox is what buzzfeed tries so hard to be.
we get it
Actually, Vox is the adult Buzzfeed, when a Millennial gets a quarter-life crisis and starts taking their millennial life seriously.
and then theres the optimistic little sister that is the great big story
Somali pirate Who pirated your boyfriend but buzzfeed owns vox...or the other way around I cant remember
Mr. Madman no doesn't look like it. Vox media (vox's mother company) owns multiple big UA-cam brands like verge, polygon and recode, but buzzfeed doesn't appear to be one of them. At least it doesn't say so on their website.
While I don't have a personal interest in breaking, I'm glad to see Vox showcasing an American Subculture that doesn't get a lot of acknowledgment or support.
FBA CULTURE
Blk american cculture. Why folks don't want to add the blk part in like it's some stain.
Why do those old 80's photos bring me so much joy?
Oh yeah! I was a child in the 80's. Such a blessing.
It's true, so many guys who breakdance can do loads of power moves, but just can't dance. They have no rhythm.
Yup! - they cant rock
Or many footwork moves. But no soul :)
Powerheads u mean?
Mainly the Latino ones.
Because they were never educated on the culture (history, culture, traditions, music)... only the flashy moves that got them interested in the dance. As anything goes mainstream, it looses it's authenticity and it's connection to the whole culture behind like the guys said here.
You don't see this anymore, trust me I live on south bronx.
BryanMendez that's kinda sad... it's a cool tradition
sad
Agreed. It's a cool tradition.
Maybe not in the streets, but I see it on the train almost every day.
What line
First B-boys CAME from the BLACK SPADES IN THE BRONX and African Americans not Caribbeans and Latinos AND NOT HERC.
African Americans were B-Boys/ BreakDancing from 1930s.
Look up Conrad Buckner in 1955; Conrad is doing some B-Boys dancing on the floor. Also, the Berry Brothers. Please look these guys up.
I have been all over the internet for the last 3 years explaining this to people. That they should see the interviews with Cholly Rock and other Black Spades. I'm glad I'm not the only person who has said this. 👌🏽
@@dreddthaseeker6492 Okay
Prodigy from Mobb Deep died today........R.I.P. 😢😢😢. #Queens
It’s so funny that I ran into this comment. Because as I was watching this video, I realized why Mobb deep used the term “crew” so much in their music. I thought they were just referring to drugs crews, and even though they probably were, that is not the origin of the term.
So nice to acknowledge the athleticism, strength and fitness of the bkids. I was also born & raised in the South Bronx.
Some recognition given to the Bronx the boogie down 👌🏽👌🏽
One of the most influential dance crew is the rock steady crew that brought Hollywood fame to breaking
There's a video of vox deconstructing rapping a while ago. Love that very much, was hoping for another in that episode. Something about art and modern dance & music. With this episode, I think the wait is over :) Thanks Vox, original content as always!
Jordan Tan
that's the video that brought me to this channel has to be one of their biggest hits imo
Jordan Tan what's the link for that! I would love it! If not the link do you remember the name?
Immortal Vegan That video is probably the best video on Vox. It's so well made and interesting!
'Breaking is made up of four elements'
Me: WATER EARTH FIRE AIR
The Black Spades were all African Americans in the Bronx, NY from Some racist Caucasian, and some racist Latinos too, but the Black Spades did let a few Caribbeans and Latinos in the group.
Also, Brooklyn, Harlem, Queens, Staten Island, and African Americans Invented Hip Hop.
Vox, I get chills when you do breakdowns of arts, especially hip-hop and dance. You have just made my whole day. Please make the videos longers. I hate to complain, it's just not long enough for my morning coffee.
wait, but bboy gravity is not a rb bc one champion?
Watching all this breakdancing without the music is just wrong.
Exactly! Even when the dude is describing the "break" there's just elevator funk playing in the background. Guess we can thank UA-cam copyright system for that.
Certainly a shame. Coming from the UK and an area that certainly has no aspect of American culture, these videos are fascinating. Something has been lost in its translation to video.
Enzo, these are breakbeats. Copyright fees to license the use of existing beats gets expensive so they picked up stock versions.
Enzo Mondo
Don't need music. Dance to the beat of your HEART. 👊 BBOY 4 LIFE
I remember those NY days... They used to come out on the street corner with a piece of cardboard and battle. I tell you - they helped calm down those crazy Bronx/Uptown streets.
Just saw dj kool herc last year in California at freestyle sessions the floor was full of people of all color and religions it was awesome, long live hip hop the real hip hop
I’m from the uk and I was an old school B-BOY from the very early 1980’s,man I miss those because breakin today is not the same as it was back then,it’s too commercialised these days.
Here after Rachael ‘Raygun’ Gunn’s Olympic disgrace 😭😤
Amazing, simply amazing
Vox, please keep it up. Such high quality content. Thank you.
The pioneer of this dance was young BLACK kids. black ppl is who created and influenced everything in hip hop. Why do you think the "ROCK STEADY" crew named themselves after a Aretha franklin song? If you gonna tell the story tell it right
They are always trying to find ways to erase our history.
Can you give any names of these bk kids?
@ sasa, trixie, cholly rock and a few others I can’t think of rn. The thing is the documented start isn’t usually the actual start. Kids were doing this dance in the hallways of their building and in their bedrooms before it became popular and a documented thing. In the 80s hip hop started to go global and ppl brought their cameras but that was not the start of the culture.
@@thirsty57 They pioneered nothing! They were top dancers who may have dropped to the floor but they were not "breakers". The people you mentioned, including The Twins, Dancin' Doug, etc..., have had many years to demonstrate or clearly describe what it was that they did in the 70s. They've done interviews but no demonstration. There are breakers who are old but they still take the time to show a little of what they used to do.
@ they are the pioneers. ALLLLLL of the Latin breakers. I mean everyone of them all say they seen black kids do it first. Only black kids were doing it. The first Latin breakers like Trac 2 and them all said how they felt about breaking for the first time. They said they don’t know if they’d be accepted or not bc they were Puerto Rican.
I love this series! Please do more including other styles of dance! I'm particularly interested in Popping and its history.
we were break dancing in the early 70's at st mary's park recreation center dances. one of the first great break dancers, rubberband. died there in a fight with another kid in 1972 or 1973. we used to break to it's just begun, give it up turn it loose, melting pot and then came bongo rock. nice memories of my childhood in the Bronx. in my opinion the first break dancer was cuban pete a puerto rican mambo dancer from the fifties.
🗽🇵🇷🗽🇵🇷🗽🇵🇷🗽🇵🇷🗽
Don't forget about the dance. Thank you guys for noting that major issue with the modern community of breaking, and hell a lot of emergent styles where the battle and acrobatics have often overtaken the original art and joy of the dance itself.
If you get this message, I personally find it sad that the change has been immense. The first few years, it was about the funky style and the dance. It unrecognisably changed into what looks to me, just acrobatics with spins. Great shame the original funky flavour of the dance was not passed on. I suppose it will be lost forever. Cheers anyway.
so no black people in the black created art form, figures
That's how they steal our history and culture. We don't protect our heritage. They also claim Disco, House, Techno, Jazz as not of black origin now.
you guys are massively overrepresented in music, films, tv, sports etc so give it a rest guy...you did create it but you let it go...it was the Puerto Ricans that brought it to the world in the early 80s...yet they are never mentioned in "hip hop"....so if anyone should have any issues it should be them but you don't see them whingeing...
@@westsidecrew5578 there is no such thing as being "overly represented" when we created it and it is apart of OUR CULTURE, dumbass. Latinos came later when things were already formed.
Okay so where are the black people who invented it at???? Not contributed...but invented!!
@@sterlingturner4876Amen, African Americans Invented Hip Hop, the Black Spades B-BOYS/BREAK DANCING FROM 1930s.
Europe is my city
That's one hell of a megacity!
England is my plane of existence
Mr Alternator stop appealing to my patriotism
Don't Read My Profile Picture The Bronx is my continent.
Is that a reference to Jake Paul and Nick Crompton
Thank you for reminding me to listen to the song: ''Hey You - The Rocksteady Crew''!
This is me ( used to be chief69) from when I was not saved.. actually ended up a minister of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Highly recommend anyone watching this to watch our content online to see and learn and understand that I was wrong about a lot of things...
Kool Herc himself said that the term Bboy (Break Boy) had nothing to do with the break in the record. It came from the slang term "breaking" that people used meaning going overboard. Nowadays, people say "doing the most" or "doing too much." This was just applied to the dancers.
Hip Hop Evolution on netflix is a great show and traces the origins of hop hop in the 70s to the golden age of the 90s
Happy birthday hip hop
I am 45 and lived in the Bronx in 1985 and it was created by bkacks and Puerto Ricans dancing on the sidewalks. I remeber this like it was yesterday.
just one more example of how blacks and Latinos are so closely related. we're first cousins😘
olsimmons1 Puerto Rican to be EXACT.
lots of them are afro latino to begin with.
@Johnny Rutz "Puerto Ricans are NOT LATINOS THEY ARE CARIBBEAN
."
Though Puerto Rico was once considered apart the Caribbean like Cuba and they are still considered both Hispanic/Latino because of Spain's colonization prior being becoming a U.S territory.
Only Afro Latinos are brothers of African Americans. Not mestizos and white latinos
That is a LIE African Americans and Latinos are not Cousins.
@@Octavia680 The true The original Puerto Ricians are The Taino indigenous group of Arawak Indian not Spanish, but now Puerto Ricians are mixed with Taino, Spanish, and Africans and probably more.
Thank you Black American dancing, and dancers, dating back to the 1940's and 1950's for creating what later became known as 'Breakdancing' Just watch the Mills Bros. and other films from the 1940's and the 1950's
Thank you to the PR creators of the power moves who paved the way for breaking to be in the Olympics.
@@ev8318 ...and thank you Black Americans for sharing your artistic brilliance and genius in the unrivaled creation of Rap and Hip Hop.
@@skillet6870...and thank you PR for taking breaking to another level and to the point that you got certain types hating on you and ignoring the hard work you put into it.
@@ev8318 Yes, thank-you puerto ricans for demonstrating gratitude in acknowledging the fact you and your people did NOT create Rap and Hip Hop since Rap and Hip Hop does NOT derive from puerto rican culture or latino culture.
The fact that Rap and Hip Hop is derived from R&B, Soul, Funk and Spoken Word should be appreciated by latinos--- particularly puerto ricans.
@@skillet6870 Thank you PR for taking the cocreated part of breaking and introducing it around the world. Thank you PR for understanding the meaning of the word culture unlike certain other folks who think that it's all about race.
It’s not a “dance” it’s a culture but I love this video ✊🏾
🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation:
00:00 🕺 *Histoire du breaking et du Rock Steady Crew*
- L'introduction du breaking à travers le film Flashdance et le Rock Steady Crew.
00:33 🎧 *Origines du terme "breaking" et la signification de la pause dans la musique*
- DJ Kool Herc dans le Bronx et l'origine du terme "breaking".
- La pause dans la musique comme moment crucial pour la danse, selon Barbara Browning.
- Influence des musiques afro-américaines et afro-caribéennes, notamment latino, sur le breaking.
01:35 🎶 *Les éléments du breaking : Toprock, Downrock, Power Moves et Freezes*
- Les quatre éléments du breaking expliqués : Toprock, Downrock, Power Moves et Freezes.
- La musique agressive et percussive comme élément essentiel pour créer l'ambiance de "battle dance".
- L'importance de maîtriser le rythme et de refléter la musique dans le mouvement corporel.
02:32 🏙️ *Transformation sociale du breaking dans le Bronx*
- Le breaking comme moyen de reconnaissance pour les jeunes défavorisés du Bronx.
- Évolution de la culture de rue vers des compétitions entre quartiers.
- Commercialisation des compétitions et changement de perception pour la nouvelle génération.
03:32 💬 *Évolution des styles et des compétitions*
- La perspective de certains b-boys sur l'évolution des styles originaux.
- La prédominance des compétitions dans la scène actuelle par rapport aux fêtes.
- La diversité des motivations individuelles pour participer aux compétitions.
04:36 🤝 *Le breaking comme connexion communautaire*
- Le breaking comme plus qu'une danse, mais aussi une connexion à la famille, aux amis et à la communauté.
- L'importance de rester connecté à la communauté dans la culture hip-hop.
- La dimension politique et sociale du breaking en tant que moyen de se faire remarquer individuellement et de défendre sa communauté.
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Where are the originators to speak on this shared culture? This was nice don't get me wrong but this just seems disrespectful to exclude black bboys from the discussion.
As a non-dancer I didn't know what to expect when I took Breakdancing for PE last semester but it was amazing. It made me fall in love with dancing. I'm taking street dancing this semester. BTW: still not a great dancer.
Just take your time man no one is great at the beginning it took me 4 months to learn the basics and I'm still learning after 4 years of bboying
I'm an old school Break Dancer, it became my life! There is old school footage on my channel of me and my Break Dancing friends.
B-Boys, will always be boys!
Peace and love to you all.
Yes‼️👏🏽👏🏽 Represent! 🇵🇷💪🏽✨
Represent what? My culture??
@@AmericanLord What's YOUR culture?
Okay, I got mad respect for anyone that can do a round off, flip flop, double back flip, without any damn mats
This just made me feel great ☺️ what an awesome way to start the day
Thanx for great videos back in past
Someone should have passed this video to the 2024 Olympic committee before they delivered that unseasoned line up of break dancing.
I miss these days 😢
this was so cool.
HIP HOP is FOREVER
Why isn’t Trixie the founder of BBoy breakdancing mentioned in this video? 🤔🤔
He didn't "break"!
@ Huh? Trixie was DJ Kool Herc 1st Breakdancer. Are you serious?
I LOVE THESE MINI DOCUMENTARIES. VERY EDUCATIONAL AND INFORMATIVE.
HIP-HOP
“It didn’t come from breaks on a record. It came from ‘this man , he broke. He went to a point, a breaking point’. So we just used an exaggeration of that term for the dancin. B-boys, break boys”
-Kool Herc
Great video! Can ya'll do a video on "history of percussion in African music"
Sigh. ... I'm 46, happily married Brit living in Ohio. But thanks to Grandmaster Flash, The Sugar hill Gang, the classic book of Subway Art, and an original pair of Jordans, nothing could touch my dreams back in the early 80's
Glad to see my home town, the Bronx have some recognition on Vox
Well put together! like the bit close too the end about community & family & giving back. Cheers for uploading, godbless ;)
Shout out to the pioneers
Hope they show and deconstruct the difference between "breaking", "locking", "popping", "roboting", "puppetry"and "tutting".
Breaking and later tutting was developed in NYC, in the 70s; where as locking, popping, puppetry and roboting was personified on the West Coast, mainly in the Bay Area, Fresno, and LA around the same time.
The dance styles of the different coasts didn't start blending until the early 80s, though the media likes to term it all as "Break Dancing".
Thanx very much for teaching me this moves in 80s and popping. ..thanx alot.....
why is this lady's voice so nice to listen to? Vox has damn good narrators.
Just wanted to drop by and thank you guys for the hard work & quality content, along side such masterpieces as MY FIDGET SPINNER BROKE MY FINGER. Thanks vox. Luv u. 🌈
I was excited when I saw the title, but underwhelmed by the content. This felt like a "What is break dancing 101 video"
Personally, I think an investigation into why bboy culture has become bigger in Asia, and Europe than in the US is a more compelling story, but that's just me.
This is entry-level info, which is important, since b-boying is one of the most mis-understood cultures in the world. And in order to for people to understand why bboy culture has become bigger in Asia, and Europe than in the US, people need to understand the fundamentals of what makes breaking breaking.
I think the hip hop hype has died down (since what it was when it started) and i feel the rest of the world picked up on it later and that hype still isn't gone yet.
FunkyMilk Because they saw Black Americans doing it and was inspired by the dance and the music.
the culture is worth imitating thats how dominate cultures work.
Why would they talk about the imitators without talking about the originators? I do feel they missed the mark about 'bringing it to the world' though. They didn't actually explain why other cultures picked up on it at all.
+Brandon Sparkman - you are wrong. The blacks stopped breaking by the late 70s....It was the Puerto Ricans who brought it to the world..they had the moves, the style and charisma...blacks were not the inspiration. Breaking was at it's peak globally 83 - 85 and it was the Puerto Ricans who brought it tot he world then and were the inspiration.
this is awesome!! keep it up vox!!
Puerto Rican and Cuban music never in my life herd that combo
I agree with everything reflected here.. I stay in the community but I also enjoy a career with it.. and I won't stop til the day the wheels come off. Peace.
I'm very happy that they did this. Thank you!
The real talk ...thkx for creating bboying thnkx alot cauze when i break it gives me my own pleasure... Not for showoffs...
If I were the President, I would nominate DJ Kool Herc for the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Herc had a massive impact on hip-hop culture, not just for the US, but for the world.
Offensive/Incorrect terms for the dance: Breakdance
Correct term for the dance: Bboy (male)/Bgirl (female)/Breaker/Breaking (both)
As someone who has been immersed in the culture for over a decade, we associate the world "breakdancing" as either an insult or a term to tell the explain to the public what we do because they are not familiar with the other names.
Why?
When breaking was sensationalized in the 80's, bboys and bgirls picked up a immense amount of work and allowed the commercial media to dictate and coin the definition of the dance as "breakdance." At the same time, the mainstream media dictated when the dance was considered a dying fad, wiping out the dance for more than a decade. Ever since the recovery of the culture in the 90's, we still associate the word "breakdance" with the same commercial exploitation that practically killed our culture.
In other words, we think a bboy/bgirl/breaker is a part of the dance culture. We think a breakdancer is a sellout.
Just adding more to the documentary :)
Dope. Thanks guys
Bgirl Rock-a-fella!!!!!!! He didn't mention the term " breakin" to go off, get off on, breakin point!!! Thats what happens when you hear the beats you " break" i think its still good they show tha real culture hip-hop!!!!!
Vox is just amazing! I swear that say that every video. I just learn or even reminded of so much!
This is great
As a BBoy I really liked this video
ayeeeee chief 69! good to see you here man!!
asians took breaking smh, they're dope though I can't lie
My friend's deceased mother is the woman in the 80's movie breaking.
ProGamer code may she R.I.P 🙏🏽
Breakin' 2: Electric Voxgaloo
Zedfinite wrong. There is no bad acting. lol
Remember to mention Trac 2, Jimmy Dee and Jimmy Lee, who were the founders of the Rock Steady Crew in 1977. Frankly speaking, it's hard to summarize the history of this dance.
Give credit to the creator who are black American
Name them?
Watch Beat Street.
Would have been great if they mentioned that Bboying is one of the 4 elements of hip hop. South Bronx was pretty much the birthplace of Hip hop
THIS IS WHY THE GET DOWN WAS SUCH AN IMPORTANT SHOW
had to share!
hello vox
Well, I didn't expect to hear about Capoeira here
I used to watch my older brother do a break dance when I was 6 year old in an army base in Germany.
Is that video from a tribe in Africa break dancing a real video recorded in the 1950s ?
Hi Nelson!
Hopefully they do one for Popping and funkstyles :)
Did you guys know the reason it called breaking because there a part in the songs called the break where it was just drum and nothing else
2:25 That gymnast has gorgeous legs!
O-O
Breakin in the Olympics 2024!!!. If the Bronx does not represent, it would be a shame.
Start sponsoring these young kids now.
Vox should make a video about Capoeira.
Its a great way of feeling free...
THANK YOU!!! Yes breakdancing isn’t what it used to be these moves are impossible moves now days. 🪐 Things people have never seen before.