first of all, kenny is dancing in a fucking concrete floor..... second he has power too, third a bboy is someone who can fucking dance 1st of all..... 4th, powermoves is just a plus, not the essence
5th, is better to do the basics and DANCE than be creative off the beat.....
I remember going to a few house party's with Kenny, back in the day. I could't wait for him the floor because he left the whole place awestruck! He truly is one of the greatest of all time.
@kinglynx - Everything has context and by putting a thing into it's proper context - you get a better perspective - And in the Timeline of Break Dancing or B Boying - Prince Ken Swift's is stamped within it - for obvious reasons - where as your name is not known. Why do think that is ?
I love it, I started dancing back in the 80's. I'm 37 now (dang where did the time go), but I see all these different styles on youtube, but these bboy vids are the only ones that bring back that good feeling, from an old bboys heart, Thank you guys for keeping us alive (misty eyed here). Dont get me wrong progress is good, but very little art in the power moves, a bboy has balance and can do both. Keep it moving bboys!!!
I feel with you. I am younger than you, but still I feel already very old. I miss parts of the "good old times", however I also love modern bboying like Morning of Owl, Physicx, Machine ...
I think bboys should include a lot more style. Powermoves are all fine, but they get boring if you dont have any style.
I also miss the old original "streetdancing" crews... here in central europe suicide lifestyle often went from city to city performing ... that was so cool
Yo, Do you know Attyla from Suicidal Lifestyle? He was living in my city here in California for about 5 years and just moved back to Hungary a few months ago.
and if you dont have any feel for the music and all your doing is spining. then i dont give a fuck who you are your not a bboy. Machine is a bboy , Crumbs , Flo master , K-mel , Ivan , Reveal,Ken swift, Ez Rock, all this these brothers are bboys and they deserve mad Respect. I love footwork because it allows me to invent new moves power you cant its spinning Trust me i know i can take out most people in power moves. you go to have the fanesse and character. I learn it from the modesto Kats
well i can tell you first hand i started off doing power. I know windmills Halos flares airtracks , headspins so yyeah power is all the same to me. i dont even practice power anymore its that easy. but bboying has always been about being orginal and having character not just spining all the time because that all i see now. Ivan is a bboy with lots of flavor he just doesnt do spin he puts character into the dance.
yo u know u sound stupid for writin that commen right??? u can have style but not be a true bboy, but just like anybody else power heads express themselves through power moves and style heads through style..i dnt care how much style u have, every inspiring BBOY must have atleast a few powermoves because its still part of the dance...i hope ur not an E-boy p.s "dance to express not to impress"
@Bravalin hell yea. im all style though i use power moves too but i still win battles cuz you do a headspin once its gonna be shit when u do it again, but when you ddflavrto i say roll back into a deadman drill from footwork now thats orginality
@Bravalin I agree while one may be able to spin longer lets say with power I think style is more important... but style wise and the actual art of moving to the music free-styling to it the natural chaos that ensues in a b-boy..Prince Swift just has that natural flow to his style.. No kinks in his style..
1. breakdancer, breaker and bboy is the same person, same kind of dance. 2. powermoves are essential element of bboying 3. You're weak breakdancer and jealous asshole hating people just because they have better skills than you. 4. You're really so dumb for thinking that some simple footsteps like sixstep or cc's makes you a great original bboy ?
CHEEKS19831983 you can be the best dynamic mover the best what you want to call it or what the fuck. Ken Swift Deserves it ALL and ALL. I can feel the best but never can have his RESPECT.
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i think this b-boy is over rrated.. same old style ,i'll eat him up in sacto streets boy...arden mall anyday boy, any day.... sheesh this is the best boy??? are you kiddn me???
You're judging from one tape. The guy could do most all of the powermoves clean, he just doesn't use them that much in his sets so that he could be original and basically the style of footwork and tops he does/transitions, have been the influence over the ENTIRE WORLD for the past thirty years.
The one B Boy who I think took Kenny's style to the next level is Abstrak. Kenny always had that style that you didnt need to see these big power moves more than just having an original, dope style. Abstrak is in a lot of ways the new era of that style. His top rock, floor work and overall ability to dance to the beat makes him in my eyes one of the best as far as the original style is concerned.
guys today are better at powermoves and other tricks, but as far as style and expression goes, i think those old legends beat them easily. it was a real culture, not "just a sport"
when I first started and i used to watch clips of Ken Swift and old school cats, I used to wonder why everyone thought they were so great. Now that I have 2 years under my belt and understand the culture and the dance more, he's become one of my inspirations.
Damn. 2 years. I'm glad you discovered which part of the culture works for you. As for me, I fell in love with bboyin on Oct 10, 1994! Yes I remember that date cause 3 days after I started I met my very close friend BBoy Gerald(formly R4C) in our hometown of Sacramento Ca
Ken Swift, a revolutionary Bboy that's made Bboying into what it is today, focusing on creativity, style, originality, flava, musicality, etc. I honestly believe that he was the one that made Bboying an art form rather than just an excuse not to fight or to gain money. Mad props to the Prince. To fresh, filthy, nasty, and dope.
At 0:42/43, look at the way he does his CC, my goodness, it looks like he's floating and his legs look like water flowing.
In just even the simple basic things of bboying, he does them in a way that if one knows what bboying is about, it's like, wow, he's a superhuman artist that taps in to his flavor in a way that I don't think I've ever seen from anyone else.
To nikitobu-Holyfiremikys right you dont make sense,cause it shows that you dont have knowledge what so ever,you dont know the diffrence bettwen power or style,its simple,power has no rawness,has no funk,no blueprint,and has no flow,no rthym etc...this is like arguing about,who was a greater Mc,PUN,BIGGY,or 2pac, to me it was PUN,debating an issue on,bboying,Mc'n,Dj'n,Graffiti is very easy,only if you study it from day one to now bro that will keep you informed,or else dont talk about hills&shit
That's because Ivan is decades after Ken Swift, Ivan was breaking when many of those new moves were already established or being made up, where as Ken, is from the generation, that made those up or were before those moves were invented.
And you keep praising Ivan everywhere in videos, and you tell me I'm too old to break when I'm around ten years younger than Ivan, you dont' make sense.
Minus mainly those three moves, EVERY other move in bboying from old to new, Ken Swift does or has done and did before many others. If you can think of any other to back up your claim that he didn't do anything else other than footwork, than name those moves, and we'll put that to the test.
you just said no breaker alive has style...how many bboys do you know/have you watched? real breaking is still alive, and its in competitions and battles all the time, people just dont appreciate it. but that doesnt mean it doesnt exist.
heh heh - ya gotta luv some of the comments here! You can watch Ken Swift do his thing and you either 'get it' or you don't. Kids today - you think it all started with you!
but TODAY there are many Bboys which are much batter than him, because they have style flavour aaaaaannnnnnnnnndddddd Powermoves blow ups and something.......say what you want but for me he is OLD SCHOOL!
Ken Swift can do halos, mills, headspins, all the powermoves, there's just not that much footage of it on youtube. He was one of the early ones doing, airbaby glide spins, that you see Extreme crew doing.
You say you know he's a legend, how much do you really know, and how much have you really seen of Ken's Swift dancing history, only youtube small clips?
i was practicing with Ken Swift on Thursday at some High School in Manhattan him n some dude from the 7 gems were practicing routines it was basically just him n a dude from his crew n my crew just dancing it was pretty crazy(there was 1 bgirl there but i didn't know who she was) it was pretty cool to be dancing with such a legend
(bgyrl) the first one to answer the call! thank you! PuertoRicans from NY and P.R. we need to get back and show the world that we still here and we are some of the best Bboys out there! bgyrl i"ll be in touch.
power moves arent BBoyin, bboyin is a dance and its not about blow ups n what not its about the basics if u go to a battle and only do air tracks and flares some1 who can uprock wud destroy u with the beat bboyin is and always will be about the dance so if u come with the idea its about power moves n blow ups n try to battle u WILL lose any battle u enter
or maybe you forget that this is dance. In all honesty if your too simple to understand what this guy is doing then your shouldn't at all get into this dance!!
Like I said, he has the moves, but they're not in this video, and you have to realize, that the guy who starts talking at 0:13, bboy Trac 2, he's even older school than Ken Swift, he's a breaker from the 70's. And do you know what he did, Trac 2, was the first to put flares in to breaking, he used to be a gymnast before dancing.
Old school did all of the powermoves you see today, but they rather do more original moves,
rather than only wowing the crowd, because true art, isn't just about wowing the crowd. The first airtrack caught on tape, guess what, was in the 80's believe it or not.
Do you really know bboy history to talk the way you are right now, or is everything you know only based on youtube. Bboying was around thirty years before youtube.
lol i ordered the dvd on cypherstyles i wrote THE WHOLE ENTIRE billing adress but i foud out i added something wrong to the billing adress just 1 THING!! my company when im not sapose to lol cause im mailing it to my house not my company i thought i had to cause it showed it in blank.
DOES anyone thing i will get my mail ???
im not sure i only made 1 error just putting my company the whole adress, state, zip code etc correct PLEASE TELL ME!!!
gooodness graaaaacious!!! kenny is just original and represents talent. like crazy, those 2 best buddies look really really hot at their 40's now. very hot puerto rican the two of them(crazy and kenny) if buckey and kuriaki were still alive they probly be in their 40s too, dancin like the teens they were in the early 80's, and would accompany crazy and kenny.
Kenny IS bboying, like Rome, all roads lead to him or from those he influenced and only those who 'really' know will admit that, peace to all those who spent a lifetime paving the way and to the young b's who read up,x
We all have some elements from Kenny in our up and toprocks, in our styles and footworks, in our movements, freezes and nekmoves. He is one of those B-boys who build it up. So Ryokin03 you should make your homework.Belive it or not!! Thats influence. Respect to da architects.
Yeah, I meant that he's been breaking since the 80's, not that he started in that time. I just thought of Born's age, which is around mines, and he was born after 1980, so I only had to make a reference to Kenny breaking before Born's birth, stretching back to the 70's would've been unnecessary.
Bboying of course got media mass attention in the 80's, but did start in New York in the 70's,
with guys back then like the Nigga twins, and DJ Kool Herc, in a time where their fathers were off fighting in Vietnam, etc etc hahaha, no worry man, I know those parts, but thanks for sharing brotha.
first of all, kenny is dancing in a fucking concrete floor..... second he has power too, third a bboy is someone who can fucking dance 1st of all..... 4th, powermoves is just a plus, not the essence
5th, is better to do the basics and DANCE than be creative off the beat.....
IamHopers 1 month ago
The Bruce Deeuoukayeey Dominating Force (El Camino Real High School Class of 1999, Woodland Hills San Fernando Valley, California)
thebrucedeeuoukayeey 3 months ago
I remember going to a few house party's with Kenny, back in the day. I could't wait for him the floor because he left the whole place awestruck! He truly is one of the greatest of all time.
mrmarzan7 6 months ago
i dont see whats so good about him?
kinglynx 8 months ago
@kinglynx
Are you new to the culture? To most people unaware they think this is boring and only find amusement in the spinning and hopping.
itzWORKS 7 months ago
@kinglynx - Everything has context and by putting a thing into it's proper context - you get a better perspective - And in the Timeline of Break Dancing or B Boying - Prince Ken Swift's is stamped within it - for obvious reasons - where as your name is not known. Why do think that is ?
malcolmx28 3 months ago
J aime... mais y faut du Rap en arrière plan... P.
72veronik 8 months ago
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manik5455 8 months ago
Ken Swift for President!!!
iiReMmyii 8 months ago
ken swift-best bboy
WaspRiot- best bboy live music act
= carnage lol
antoniotarver 1 year ago
This was really street dance back in the days.
shevegen 1 year ago
back in the 80s
kuriaki71 1 year ago
One white kid hates this vid.lol jk
hushg2000 1 year ago
If u don't have a clean six step you shouldn't break
dipsetridaman212 1 year ago
@dipsetridaman212 your practically saying every powerhead shouldnt be bboying because there six step isnt clean.
boy1dermaaangs 8 months ago
Pulling Power moves with out style looks busted man
dipsetridaman212 1 year ago
Power moves just mean you went to gymnastics class u can't teach style and originality
dipsetridaman212 1 year ago
AWESOME
MrCommonsense22 1 year ago
B-BOY PERSONIFIED!
SAMKREATOR 1 year ago
bboy legend he does it to perfection, never stop dancing and he stays on the beat, respect
ibfresh21 1 year ago
two minutes and fifty two seconds of inspiration.
kwadw0 1 year ago
This footage is originally from Ken's documentary that came out back in 97 or 98.
tobiasf916 1 year ago
please what the title of the song of this video
jremsyo 1 year ago
father of foundation..
spritedblue 1 year ago
best bboy ever "hands down ".mad respect to ken swift
nbalajadia74 1 year ago 19
might as well be KING Ken Swift... mad inspiration and respect to the original....
TopRawk 2 years ago 4
original b boy at work,peace
prie71 2 years ago
kwn swift took it to the new schoooolll
AMkoreann 2 years ago
I love it, I started dancing back in the 80's. I'm 37 now (dang where did the time go), but I see all these different styles on youtube, but these bboy vids are the only ones that bring back that good feeling, from an old bboys heart, Thank you guys for keeping us alive (misty eyed here). Dont get me wrong progress is good, but very little art in the power moves, a bboy has balance and can do both. Keep it moving bboys!!!
Ihsaan1422 2 years ago 4
I feel with you. I am younger than you, but still I feel already very old. I miss parts of the "good old times", however I also love modern bboying like Morning of Owl, Physicx, Machine ...
I think bboys should include a lot more style. Powermoves are all fine, but they get boring if you dont have any style.
I also miss the old original "streetdancing" crews... here in central europe suicide lifestyle often went from city to city performing ... that was so cool
shevegen 2 years ago
@shevegen
Yo, Do you know Attyla from Suicidal Lifestyle? He was living in my city here in California for about 5 years and just moved back to Hungary a few months ago.
tobiasf916 1 year ago
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MY BOY SHAKESPEARE WOULD FRY KEN
lucas3fonseca 2 years ago
"I see plenty of Breakdancers but not B-Boys"- Icey Ice(NYC BREAKERS). Prince Ken Swift- The boy is NASTY!
funkman70 2 years ago
and if you dont have any feel for the music and all your doing is spining. then i dont give a fuck who you are your not a bboy. Machine is a bboy , Crumbs , Flo master , K-mel , Ivan , Reveal,Ken swift, Ez Rock, all this these brothers are bboys and they deserve mad Respect. I love footwork because it allows me to invent new moves power you cant its spinning Trust me i know i can take out most people in power moves. you go to have the fanesse and character. I learn it from the modesto Kats
Bravalin 2 years ago
well i can tell you first hand i started off doing power. I know windmills Halos flares airtracks , headspins so yyeah power is all the same to me. i dont even practice power anymore its that easy. but bboying has always been about being orginal and having character not just spining all the time because that all i see now. Ivan is a bboy with lots of flavor he just doesnt do spin he puts character into the dance.
Bravalin 2 years ago
Where is he dancing?
josecitomadera 2 years ago
fuck gymnastics you power heads have no flavor no originality no feel for the music. you dont know what bboying is because your still breakdancers.
Bravalin 2 years ago 4
you got that right!
LCMM7 2 years ago
yo u know u sound stupid for writin that commen right??? u can have style but not be a true bboy, but just like anybody else power heads express themselves through power moves and style heads through style..i dnt care how much style u have, every inspiring BBOY must have atleast a few powermoves because its still part of the dance...i hope ur not an E-boy p.s "dance to express not to impress"
HipHopUnderground009 2 years ago
yes
Nickjaundoo 2 years ago
@Bravalin so theres no style in powermoves?
4CHANGE4U 1 year ago
@4CHANGE4U
I would say there is extreme difficulty in power moves but not many bboys have put style into them like bboy Ivan, machine, or ez rock have.
tobiasf916 1 year ago
@tobiasf916 Ivan's the man. He's been my favourite B-boy since I first saw him at an event in England, back in February '97.
bugstrut 1 year ago
@bugstrut
That's right around the time I met him. We met in Oakland California USA at a rave called Planet Rock. Those were the days.
tobiasf916 1 year ago
@Bravalin hell yea. im all style though i use power moves too but i still win battles cuz you do a headspin once its gonna be shit when u do it again, but when you ddflavrto i say roll back into a deadman drill from footwork now thats orginality
Anjo606 1 year ago
@Bravalin I agree while one may be able to spin longer lets say with power I think style is more important... but style wise and the actual art of moving to the music free-styling to it the natural chaos that ensues in a b-boy..Prince Swift just has that natural flow to his style.. No kinks in his style..
ThaWiseJester 1 year ago
@Bravalin
1. breakdancer, breaker and bboy is the same person, same kind of dance. 2. powermoves are essential element of bboying 3. You're weak breakdancer and jealous asshole hating people just because they have better skills than you. 4. You're really so dumb for thinking that some simple footsteps like sixstep or cc's makes you a great original bboy ?
KrzysioFisiol 1 year ago
Without Ken Swift This culture would be dead his a legend so have respect
Ch35st3rNut 2 years ago 2
CHEEKS19831983 you can be the best dynamic mover the best what you want to call it or what the fuck. Ken Swift Deserves it ALL and ALL. I can feel the best but never can have his RESPECT.
JimboThinlegz 2 years ago
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i think this b-boy is over rrated.. same old style ,i'll eat him up in sacto streets boy...arden mall anyday boy, any day.... sheesh this is the best boy??? are you kiddn me???
CHEEKS19831983 2 years ago
kid you can't be serious.
BBoyKhai 2 years ago 2
You're judging from one tape. The guy could do most all of the powermoves clean, he just doesn't use them that much in his sets so that he could be original and basically the style of footwork and tops he does/transitions, have been the influence over the ENTIRE WORLD for the past thirty years.
That's not overrated, that's truth.
Holyfiremikey 2 years ago
your freakin right..
BBoyssun2380 1 year ago
stop bboying now
SoulOfTheBboy 2 years ago
Prince Ken Swift = True B-Boy that knows what it is to Break on the Beat ;-) Mad respect for you Kenny.
Nathan aka: Gadget (Boogie Brats Crew)
Stadsjapie777 2 years ago
The one B Boy who I think took Kenny's style to the next level is Abstrak. Kenny always had that style that you didnt need to see these big power moves more than just having an original, dope style. Abstrak is in a lot of ways the new era of that style. His top rock, floor work and overall ability to dance to the beat makes him in my eyes one of the best as far as the original style is concerned.
roblove 2 years ago 3
I don't think Abstrak took Ken's style to the next level, Abstrak is dope in a different way, Ken's dope in his way, Abstrak did not top Ken Swift.
Holyfiremikey 2 years ago
guys today are better at powermoves and other tricks, but as far as style and expression goes, i think those old legends beat them easily. it was a real culture, not "just a sport"
shevegen 2 years ago 4
Im still keeping the culture alive in the innercitie suburbs
clokwize 2 years ago
He's one of the creators (bow) RESPEEECT!!!
bboyXFlave 3 years ago 4
when I first started and i used to watch clips of Ken Swift and old school cats, I used to wonder why everyone thought they were so great. Now that I have 2 years under my belt and understand the culture and the dance more, he's become one of my inspirations.
dannylu0ng 3 years ago 19
word.
hiphop4soul 2 years ago
@dannylu0ng
Damn. 2 years. I'm glad you discovered which part of the culture works for you. As for me, I fell in love with bboyin on Oct 10, 1994! Yes I remember that date cause 3 days after I started I met my very close friend BBoy Gerald(formly R4C) in our hometown of Sacramento Ca
tobiasf916 1 year ago
Ken Swift is my hero
lol
Kranos05 3 years ago
He was murdered years ago, execution style, a sad thing. Kuriaki, and Frosty Freeze have both passed as well.
Holyfiremikey 3 years ago
That was Buck 4 you're thinking of. Ken Swift is still alive and still b-boying.
whatuthought 2 years ago
I know, I was replying to someone who was asking about Buck 4. I'm not stupid.
Holyfiremikey 2 years ago
hahah calm down
youngjedi08 2 years ago
ei, can i ask u guyz question, so who is alien ness? is he also came from the same era as ken swift?
whatndas 3 years ago
just about.Alien Ness was also at one point apart of Rock Steady Crew
QuoiRoc 3 years ago
Ken Swift, a revolutionary Bboy that's made Bboying into what it is today, focusing on creativity, style, originality, flava, musicality, etc. I honestly believe that he was the one that made Bboying an art form rather than just an excuse not to fight or to gain money. Mad props to the Prince. To fresh, filthy, nasty, and dope.
Mo0m0oSaZn 3 years ago
he like dance near the graffit XD
AnemRulez 3 years ago
Living legend! HEY YOU! ROCK STEADY CREW!
farfunke 3 years ago
the prince himself will always be respected in this culture of hiphop,forever still laying down his mark in history.
misslulu04 3 years ago
woww the LEGEND..great to c one o the founders still breaking nw..
thx ken swift for everyting u've done for bboying..much respect to you
kiat07 3 years ago
prince ken swift
yamato316 3 years ago
At 0:42/43, look at the way he does his CC, my goodness, it looks like he's floating and his legs look like water flowing.
In just even the simple basic things of bboying, he does them in a way that if one knows what bboying is about, it's like, wow, he's a superhuman artist that taps in to his flavor in a way that I don't think I've ever seen from anyone else.
Holyfiremikey 3 years ago 2
Boricuas
rdecaserio 3 years ago
MUCH RESPECT DUE!!!
keithis1337 3 years ago
Yup! he's got that up rock style thats missing in most break dancing. It is the swift break that gives this dance style the flavor.
Nice post!
HiggyVasquez 3 years ago
footage of him battling is always priceless. Check out his battle with Kamel... Classic
5uper5tring 3 years ago
"'swift wizard' in footwork techniqe". bboying in it truest form right here
youngjedi08 3 years ago
Im pretty sure Swift and Storm are about my two favorite bboys ever cuz of there style and over all craziness.
BbOyAmP 3 years ago
keep rocking ken, you've already inspired bboy born with ur mad style!,keep it up
BboyAxe1 3 years ago
To reboxnz-You should refer that to mr who thinks he knows it all-Nikitobu.
karayazi27 3 years ago
To nikitobu-Holyfiremikys right you dont make sense,cause it shows that you dont have knowledge what so ever,you dont know the diffrence bettwen power or style,its simple,power has no rawness,has no funk,no blueprint,and has no flow,no rthym etc...this is like arguing about,who was a greater Mc,PUN,BIGGY,or 2pac, to me it was PUN,debating an issue on,bboying,Mc'n,Dj'n,Graffiti is very easy,only if you study it from day one to now bro that will keep you informed,or else dont talk about hills&shit
karayazi27 3 years ago
kamel took out gamblers (freestyle jpan 2003)
Kenny took out kamel (1998)
nuff said
5uper5tring 3 years ago
I fuking hate how everyone just like seeing powerheads bust out airflares and shyt
That's tight, but when people see a style head doin steps they start thinkin he sucks
Ken Swift should show the public that foundation and tops are the true art of bboying
Not busting out randomn powermoves unless you're like physicx
xBlkaznx 3 years ago 2
Style is POWER, get it?
Vietpr3 3 years ago
Ken has great footwork and style but he doesn't have the combinations along with power moves like todays bboys.
Check out Westcoast IVAN hes got old school moves mixed with newones.
Dont get me wrong i admire Ken but hes over the hill.
nikitobu 3 years ago
hell no, u loozer!
bboydefier 3 years ago
That's because Ivan is decades after Ken Swift, Ivan was breaking when many of those new moves were already established or being made up, where as Ken, is from the generation, that made those up or were before those moves were invented.
And you keep praising Ivan everywhere in videos, and you tell me I'm too old to break when I'm around ten years younger than Ivan, you dont' make sense.
Holyfiremikey 3 years ago
Oh, and I told you the other time, name one move, that Ken Swift doesn't or hasn't done before, or probably even created anyway.
The only one I can think of, is the airflare, solar eclipses, and airchair/variations.
Holyfiremikey 3 years ago
Minus mainly those three moves, EVERY other move in bboying from old to new, Ken Swift does or has done and did before many others. If you can think of any other to back up your claim that he didn't do anything else other than footwork, than name those moves, and we'll put that to the test.
Holyfiremikey 3 years ago
i miss real breaking now all the breakers only know how to do power mave they got no style no foot work the shit is wak
khadafi 3 years ago
you just said no breaker alive has style...how many bboys do you know/have you watched? real breaking is still alive, and its in competitions and battles all the time, people just dont appreciate it. but that doesnt mean it doesnt exist.
desoan 3 years ago
heh heh - ya gotta luv some of the comments here! You can watch Ken Swift do his thing and you either 'get it' or you don't. Kids today - you think it all started with you!
redboxnz 3 years ago
if thats to old school, thats true school
respect to ken swift.
kingojugo 3 years ago
if thats to old school, thats true school
respect to ken swift.
kingojugo 3 years ago
Ahhhhhhhhhhh you all make me sick!!
For Real respekt for ken swift he's a legend
but TODAY there are many Bboys which are much batter than him, because they have style flavour aaaaaannnnnnnnnndddddd Powermoves blow ups and something.......say what you want but for me he is OLD SCHOOL!
sinankarabulut92 4 years ago
Ken Swift can do halos, mills, headspins, all the powermoves, there's just not that much footage of it on youtube. He was one of the early ones doing, airbaby glide spins, that you see Extreme crew doing.
You say you know he's a legend, how much do you really know, and how much have you really seen of Ken's Swift dancing history, only youtube small clips?
Holyfiremikey 3 years ago 2
style no breaker now got style
khadafi 3 years ago
i was practicing with Ken Swift on Thursday at some High School in Manhattan him n some dude from the 7 gems were practicing routines it was basically just him n a dude from his crew n my crew just dancing it was pretty crazy(there was 1 bgirl there but i didn't know who she was) it was pretty cool to be dancing with such a legend
Joshjoker 4 years ago
(bgyrl) the first one to answer the call! thank you! PuertoRicans from NY and P.R. we need to get back and show the world that we still here and we are some of the best Bboys out there! bgyrl i"ll be in touch.
themelshow 4 years ago
sinankarabulut92 are you retarded ?
sarcasmLOVER 4 years ago
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Hey Only Toprocks and Floorrocks where are the moves?????????????
Old school is SHIT.......
sinankarabulut92 4 years ago
Bro the moves are right in front of you! it's about the b-boy style.
shalula777 4 years ago 2
Only to have style and flavour is not all.....breakdance is more.....What about Blow ups or Powermoves you can do so much dude
sinankarabulut92 4 years ago
Yeah, and Ken Swift can do all of it, again, are you judging a legend who's been dancing for thirty or so years, based on a three minute video clip?
Holyfiremikey 3 years ago
if it wasnt for old school we wouldnt have new school dip shit
wowrules222 4 years ago 2
lol
lay your foundations first before building those sky-scrapers
this is still a DANCE
powermoves and blowups are just add-ons
melikesmakecomments 4 years ago
movements! not moves!!!
gathage 4 years ago
power moves arent BBoyin, bboyin is a dance and its not about blow ups n what not its about the basics if u go to a battle and only do air tracks and flares some1 who can uprock wud destroy u with the beat bboyin is and always will be about the dance so if u come with the idea its about power moves n blow ups n try to battle u WILL lose any battle u enter
Joshjoker 4 years ago
or maybe you forget that this is dance. In all honesty if your too simple to understand what this guy is doing then your shouldn't at all get into this dance!!
QuoiRoc 3 years ago
Like I said, he has the moves, but they're not in this video, and you have to realize, that the guy who starts talking at 0:13, bboy Trac 2, he's even older school than Ken Swift, he's a breaker from the 70's. And do you know what he did, Trac 2, was the first to put flares in to breaking, he used to be a gymnast before dancing.
Old school did all of the powermoves you see today, but they rather do more original moves,
Holyfiremikey 3 years ago 2
rather than only wowing the crowd, because true art, isn't just about wowing the crowd. The first airtrack caught on tape, guess what, was in the 80's believe it or not.
Do you really know bboy history to talk the way you are right now, or is everything you know only based on youtube. Bboying was around thirty years before youtube.
Holyfiremikey 3 years ago
The Boricua's are the best fucking break dancer's baby just were it started in the SOUTH BRONX
shalula777 4 years ago
boricua para seimpre!
javywrites 4 years ago
Kenny is my idol. Nuff said. He is the illest bboy of all time. When he's at his best, nobody can touch him. Originality personified.
-Schizo (FSC)
Mattrixx 4 years ago
lol i ordered the dvd on cypherstyles i wrote THE WHOLE ENTIRE billing adress but i foud out i added something wrong to the billing adress just 1 THING!! my company when im not sapose to lol cause im mailing it to my house not my company i thought i had to cause it showed it in blank.
DOES anyone thing i will get my mail ???
im not sure i only made 1 error just putting my company the whole adress, state, zip code etc correct PLEASE TELL ME!!!
Johnny1455 4 years ago
ken swift's style is so sickkk
BboyNdvr 4 years ago
Respect.
strollmoneyboy 4 years ago
gooodness graaaaacious!!! kenny is just original and represents talent. like crazy, those 2 best buddies look really really hot at their 40's now. very hot puerto rican the two of them(crazy and kenny) if buckey and kuriaki were still alive they probly be in their 40s too, dancin like the teens they were in the early 80's, and would accompany crazy and kenny.
early90slova 4 years ago
crazy and swift look really good for there ages they shoulld be around 40 odd
Thunda1986 4 years ago
Kenny is like 38 or 37
mcquiqui420 4 years ago
Ken is 41 and still gets down like he was a teen.
pr2409 4 years ago
dammn, does anyone have this beat or know where to get it?
junheok 4 years ago
wow i see where born got his moves from haha 1:32 ive seen born do that 1 before
schwibz 4 years ago
The Freshest Kids is DA BOMB !!!!
Thanx Ken for the inspiration over the many years ,
All you nu skool heads need to do your homework !!!!
Ken Swift is Ken Swift everyone else is just trying to catch up .....
MrMagicBeats 4 years ago
yeah real shit !
Guebz 4 years ago
yea i kno.. but im sayin.. its like born andred foots style.. or in other ways. they are like swifts style. same diff man ;)
Ryokin03 4 years ago
Kenny IS bboying, like Rome, all roads lead to him or from those he influenced and only those who 'really' know will admit that, peace to all those who spent a lifetime paving the way and to the young b's who read up,x
roastlonely 4 years ago
this guy is crazy, his style inspired Born and now look at Born, he killin everyone
mgmburna 4 years ago
We all have some elements from Kenny in our up and toprocks, in our styles and footworks, in our movements, freezes and nekmoves. He is one of those B-boys who build it up. So Ryokin03 you should make your homework.Belive it or not!! Thats influence. Respect to da architects.
Luisrock2shock78 4 years ago 2
its like born's and red foot's style.
Ryokin03 4 years ago
HAHA YOU STUPID
Ntzex 4 years ago
ken swifts one of the main reasons born does style moves now, you shoulve seen him before
bboymaverick 4 years ago
Ken swift's been breaking since the 80's brother, Born and red foot weren't even born yet when Ken started breaking.
Holyfiremikey 4 years ago
Ken actually started in the late 70s.
bugstrut 4 years ago
Yeah, I meant that he's been breaking since the 80's, not that he started in that time. I just thought of Born's age, which is around mines, and he was born after 1980, so I only had to make a reference to Kenny breaking before Born's birth, stretching back to the 70's would've been unnecessary.
Bboying of course got media mass attention in the 80's, but did start in New York in the 70's,
Holyfiremikey 4 years ago
with guys back then like the Nigga twins, and DJ Kool Herc, in a time where their fathers were off fighting in Vietnam, etc etc hahaha, no worry man, I know those parts, but thanks for sharing brotha.
Holyfiremikey 4 years ago
yeah man..he's crack! i love his style.
babytig93r 4 years ago
i luv him too! He is a legend... simply the best!
Luisrock2shock78 4 years ago
I LUV DIS NIGGA!
bboygroundbreaka 4 years ago