Rock Steady Crew - Rhythm Technicians
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- Опубліковано 7 вер 2024
- Rock Steady Crew's Rhythm Technicians videoclip
Further info from Kwik Step himself:
""Rhythm Technicians" -a dance collective was doing shows and as we ventured into a theater piece called "So What Happens Now", Mr. Wiggles who was also a member of RT invited two original members of RSC -Crazy Legs as well as Ken Swift - to be a part of the production. I was a part of Rhythm Technicians along with several others in the video. For history's sake it it should be known that RT was the catalyst in helping to keep Hip Hop n Funk alive. Especially when it came to Hip Hop classic dance styles and theater.
Because of RT being underground and RSC being so commercially known world wide, people automatically assume this is only a RSC venture i.e. when you post it Rock Steady - Rhythm Technicians people tend to think its a song by RSC. When in fact it was two groups that eventually came under the umbrella name later known as Ghetto Original.
Peace, Kwikstep."
Loved it!!! Let me tell you. As a white working class lad going to all the Jazz Funk & Soul Clubs in the North West of England late 70's, early to mid 80's - The Dj's kept introducing tracks by (please forgive the spelling) Afrika Bambaata, Jonzun Crew, Timzone, West Street mob we loved it but had not seen Hip Hop & Break Dancing. We called it Electric Funk. When we eventually saw footage on TV we could not believe what fantastically original scene was happening in NY - BIG RESPECT NY!!!!
First of all, Mr. Wiggles invited Crazy Legs and I, PopMaster Fabel, invited Ken Swift to be part of our production titled "So! What Happens Now?" Secondly, the song in this video was produced by Taino Tactics, which I was also part of along with Mr. Wiggles, MC Phraze and Ken Swift. Taino Tactics also produced most of the songs and lyrics for "Jam On The Groove" and other endeavors. GhettOriginal Productions became Mr. Wiggles, PopMaster Fabel, Ken Swift, Crazy Legs and Adesola aka D'Incredible. Everyone else became dancers for hire. The 5 of us were the leaders of the group and had the most creative input.
Much respect to the NY Breakers. They made the 80's a great time to be apart of. I broke my ass off many a time in the parks ect trying to be them..
This is a hip hop jewel!!! FANTASTIC... !!
Thanks Rock Steady for not following trends andkeeping it Hip Hop with the BBOYing through out all these years 32 I think we on.
When you a fan of breakdancing but start watching old Disco battles on UA-cam, you realized how the dance we see from Breaking has become.. now we use to see footwork, being worldwide "BBoy" has adapt more into gymnastics and acrobatics from other elements of culture.
yo ritmo, i hear you. i was around at the same time and was massively into the whole electro/breaking scene. for me it was and still is the most exciting time of my life. i didnt need money, women, alcohol, etc....just the beats from west street mob, man parrish, hashim, etc were enough along with the breaking. i loved it and still do and feel very sad that this fantastic and best time of my life will probably never come back. Big respect to RSC and NYC Breakers for bringing breaking to us!
Took me back to when Hip Hop was all about the fun , the moves and when you'd settle beefs on the dance floor. Long live HIP HOP
This is a classic, thank you for posting this one. Wiggles, Ken Swift, Legs, Maurizio, Fabel, always been so inspiring.
Just for the record: Mr. Wiggles invited me to be part of Rhythm Technicians in 1989. Shortly after, Wigs invited Crazy Legs (and I invited Ken Swift) to work with us on our theater production titled "So What Happens Now?" I called my high school buddy PAZE and asked him to paint the RT/RSC mural for this music video as well as the back drop designs for our other productions including our first musical, JAM ON THE GROOVE.
thank you! Ive been wanting to know who painted the mural. Peace
Mr Wiggles delivers the goods big time here - his rappin and moves are out of this world!
Still to this day, one of the most creative crews that ever existed.
If todays Hip-Hop would be like this, i would listen to it^^
This takes me back to the nice 80s. Especially Love Rollercoaster sampling riffs from 3:49 is fantastic!
Best coreography ever ! ! !
Certain members of RT and RSC became known as GHETTORIGINAL PRODUCTIONS. The principle authors, choreographers & directors for our productions were: Wiggles, Fabel, Ken Swift, Crazy Legs and Des. The third force to this equation that also contributed to our productions was TAINO TACTICS. Members of T&T included: Wigs, Fabel, MC Phraze & Ken Swift. Word is bond!
I was part of the break dance era in the 80's, and did we have a good time or what. It was never about drugs, fights etc. Just settle it with dancing. Bring that mentality back to youth of today.
the song is "Amen, Brother" by the Winstons. it's the source of the "amen break" that basically every old school rap song and drum n bass track samples. most famous beat of all time.
not sure on the exact date but it was after kuriyaki and buck 4 died as they show one of their faces on the t shirt in the video. they passed away in 92 i believe and crazy legs brought rsc back mainly in their memory. So I guess around 93 - 95. lead rapper is Mr. Wiggles - top rap i have to say and he's a top locker and popper. love his moves and the guy who does a backward somersault from a standstill - fantastic execution - any gymnast would have been proud of that.
Jay1989.....I know exactly what you mean. I used have to drive everywhere and I really wasn't bothered about alcohol. If I met a girl - it was a bonus, not part of the plan. She had to be into the music though! I lived and breathed music and the underground club scene. I used to dance for hours and still did not want to go home at the end of the night. I would get home 3 am and up for work at 6:45 am. That would kill me now!!!!! Music alters my state of being. What a scene!!!!
phenomenal somersault from kwikstep and then great moves from wiggles afterwards at the beginning
absolutely phenomenal...Wiggles does a great job with his rapping - it so clear and so well delivered you can understand everything he says unlike the crap out today....and his moves are top notch!.
choreography is fantastic in the video. great rapping by mr. wiggles also.
ritmo, agreed. i was never into alcohol. it never did anything for me and still does not. but the buzz of the electro beats was intoxicating, combined with the breaking which was somehting so new, so fresh and so difficult to do. only very few mastered it to a high level and when they did and u saw them in full flow the feeling was just one of amazement - how did they do that i used to think when i saw rsc and nyc breakers dance for the first time. it also united people of different races.
I have a strong sense of consciousness and especially when it's a matter on the subject of history and origins. Maybe not exacting, but definitely being mindful of tracing the true origins from whence something comes from. To realize there are people, such as Koreans declaring they own 'breaking' when you look at their own history as a nation divided as it is and as a people and culture (NOTHING within or outside of their institutions) nothing could be further from the truth.
Graffiti-art that potentially debases private property has been around since the ancient greeks. American Graffiti expanded as a subculture with the artist TAKI183 got his tag printed in the New York Times in 1973. Subway Graffiti expanded afterwards with artists like PHASE 2, RIFF, TRACY 168, and BLADE
glad to se you still going strong, thanks for this upload (classic)
This is Kwik Step writing through my wife's account. Laci4465. I love the fact that you put up this video and so many people have viewed and commented on it. When you see the video the graff in the back accurately reads Rhythm Technicians and The Rock Steady Crew. "Rhythm Technicians" - a dance collective were already doing theater shows. We ventured into a theater piece called "So What Happens Now", Mr. Wiggles invited members of RSC - Crazy Legs and Ken Swift to be a part of the production.
so good, ive never seen this before. Awesome!
Rock steady Crew forever
Do you have any more information about this song? Where can I buy it? Was it ever pressed on vinyl? What label did it come out on? Who is rapping?
The rock steady crew is dope!
I love it. I'm gonna try to dance like that. And most likely hurt myself.
oh that is mr wiggles bangin :)) yesss. good material
dope. DOPE DOOPE. that coreography is sick.
Grafitti, b-boying, (MC-ing and DJ-ing) especially how it developed into it's form and then recognized as such outside of it's origins wasn't something those young people back then were pushing on anybody. They weren't. The media exposed it to all of us *with much helpful exposition and narration* and introduced what was, ultimately, a New York thing.
@Jay1898- Hey Jay thanks for recognizing the brother at the end. His Name is Kwikstep.
What a shame , why cant hip hop ( cant even call it dat no more) be more like this, the rhymes were tite shit was neat back then, if i could be born some other time id deffinatley want to be born when hip hop was starting , id like an oppurtunity, to see how hip hop should have always been, im a bboy, and looking at stuff like thisz motivates me more.
Houlalalal j'ai vue ce spectacle ghettoriginale en france en 1994-1995 je me souviens c'était à suresne théatre jean villar avec crazy legs,ken swift,flomaster, storm, et tous les b.boys de la video il y avait aussi deux b.girls et bien sûr toi FABEL tu as étais trés gentille avec mes amis et moi, souriant et tu nous a laissé prendre en photo sans probleme.
By the time of those documentaries, especially 'Style Wars', those people, in most cases, kids, long before the relationship and exposure by the media, these NY youths were carrying on a tradition that can sometimes be attributed to being young, in an urban area, stigmatized by race,disenfranchised and other unpredictable factors....
@REALSLIK the sample is "amen brother" by the winstons.. if thats what you meant
well tight moves and in time good one ;-)
i just hate the fact that i have to dig for stuff like the on the far corners of the internet, hip hop shouldve always been like this. if rap were like this today, no if hip hop in itsz entirety, were like this today, im sure we wouldnt have all these people agaisnt our culture, all these shows about hip hop is under attack,
Lucky bastard ;-) Rock Steady are the Kings of this shit. Thanks to Laci4465 for lettin' me see this. Always hip hop - peace!
old school ever!!!!
yeah I was wondering what happen with the others
and it was the 90's it has that flavour and he mentions vanilla ice
u know dat guy!!. peace out bruv!!.
this some tight ass old school shiiit
Is that Wiggles doing the rapping? Crazy!!
rock steady ya'll!!
Thats my uncle in the blue his crew was prototype and his b boy name is lazy 7
So OLD SCHOOL, but SO OLD COOL
you know dat zareh77. i was around in the UK in the 80s when breaking was huge and all racial groups were into it: blacks, whites, chinese, greeks, indians, pakistanis... none of them could match the puerto ricans for style, class and execution of moves. it was all good - just about dancing and music. then the blacks came out with this gangsta, nigga bullshit.then it was about the music and being the best dancing crew - and this was puerto rican inspired. they are the top, top guys in my eyes.
People introduced to Hip Hop via RSC, Style Wars, NYCB and other docs. may fabricate or lie about how and when they got into b-boying, graffing, mc-ing, or dj-ing for all kinds of reasons once they finally seem to understand what the culture seemed to be about. It should have been a testament to themselves and to the culture of youth that sprang from it that there is an inherit virtue throught it all.
HAHA yeaahhh Mr Wiggles is the shit! This had to be '82-'84 era.
sick!
man even the video quality is old school
The two person tutt is the best. 3:56
man dis shit is tight..props to rsc
but can you beat dis? haha
Graffiti did not start in 73. Blade was already doing graffiti in 72 and there where many before him , mid 70's where the most important years in bombing . Mid 80's the clean train movement came the graffiti started to die and the rap culture grew
great
feel the message
WICKEEEEEED!!!
hey.. nice
For GODS SAKE - will someone tell all of us what this track is actually called. I've scoured all 152 posts and no one seems to know for sure. Zclipze mentions its "so what happens now" but that was a musical performance piece - is this the main tune? Please help coz I really like it. Is it available on vinyl and/or CD? DVD would be even better. I really like the moves! It can be seen the dancers are INTO the music. Not like some of the the souless choreographed crap of today. Please help!
thanx i got :)))
peace ;]
STYLE!!!
the one i'm thinking of kind of sounds like the rollercoasted of love riff? (but thanks i'll check the one you recognise out)
@bgirlrokafella Hi - thanks!. Kwikstep is very talented. What crew is he from?.
We had more unity then. Moreno y Boricua!
@jedimind24 oh i was curious as to what the song was called, but thanks still
can i ask which song do they sample near the end there? or which song has been sampled from that section? its really familiar. also rock steady crew kicks it, peace
anyone know the name of the guy who does the headspin at the end - he is phenomenal!!!. phenomenal moves, style, talent and acrobatics. he is the top man!!!
That was KwikStep
@@johnchristian1323 Yes thanks. I found out afterwards.
nice vid
I think you are widely misunderstanding the point. If you ever wore a baseball cap sideways, rocked baggy jeans ,adidas shoes or any of these types of fashion simply because you liked 'hip hop' then it is owed to people. Back then, they didnt simply wear those fashion to be 'cool' but rather for the statement of representing the culture. wat young cats dont understand theze dayz is that back then, they didnt have youtube n internet to copy style, they were REALLY SERIOUS about it & they lived it
i just cant get over mr wiggles - the rapping and his moves are just....phenomenal...far better than any blacks who come out with this shit...big up to the hispanics who dont get the cred for their contribution to hip hop...its way too black for me now...even in this vid they are going on about black this, black that
Having grown up and raised in San Francisco, the Mission district in the early 70s throughout the late 80s, during the 70s there were NO social interractions between young people of the kind as seen on 'Style Wars'. None. There was no scene where different races could socially interract and allow different talents, abilities, thoughts outside of institutions but especially not have a hang up on racial differences.
Where can i download dis song? Please tell me!!:P
this was the shit,,, thats the crew that battlesin beat street,,, lol they were the dayz
Hip hop
No one seems to know what this is actually called. I don't mean what samples were used but what THIS is actually called- Anyone???
please a download link
@DenverSaint foe sho
what's da name of the song from 3:47? pls! tell me!i know it's soomthing funky....:)
What year is this video originally from? :O
Someone who knows??
Does anyone have the lyrics to this? Cannot be found!
yoo men like this song:D whahha
seems funny
@DenverSaint
no ´were a winner´ by the impressions
Honestly though, who isn't?
!please! tell me what's the beat in 3:47
damn mr wiggles looks pretty much the same
wats this song called
Excellent vid, but the quality SUCKKS! I hope someone posts a better version.
dope
CHIEF69...FRC...TBB
@jedimind24 oh boy...now all hip hop is sampled from amen brother. guess what: NOT!
they got nothing on NYC Breakerz
Is this a song they sang video is tite
FUKING HIP HOP LEGENDZ MATE