BBoy Hodown 2006 HOuse BAttle Yugson+Babson vs Cricket+Conway

[scientrophic]

Yugson grooves so effortlessly, even though it's a really fast song (133 bpm). It's also interesting how the confrontational attitudes of Babson, Conway, and Cricket really shows in the dance. I appreciate Yugson's civility. It's distracting to spend brain power dancing at someone rather than sharing with someone and dancing 100% with the music. Anger is not something to bring to dance, it doesn't do justice to our highest qualities as a species or as members of house culture.

[SHTAM15]

I like Crickets´ style becouse it´s something very unique and amazing, particularly those great killer moves.... but I defenitly love that shit what those talls french dudes are makinng, they listen music better and it is absolutely impossible to move like Cricket if you´re as tall as Babson(and me :O)...

[SHTAM15]

I like Crickets´ style becouse it´s something very unique and amazing, particularly those great killer moves.... but I defenitly love that shit what those talls french dudes are makinng, they listen music better and it is absolutely impossible to move like Cricket if you´re as tall as Babson(and me :O)....

[NismoX98]

thanks

[NismoX98]

Please what is the name of the song!!!!!

[SubCityUK]

@NismoX98

Kerri Chandler - Promise (Bigga Dub)

[housezan]

subcityUK

thanks man!

[housezan]

omg i WANT this song!!!! 

d(^_^)b

[SubCityUK]

@housezan

Kerri Chandler - Promise (Bigga Dub)

[MosesHightower]

haha, yeah i see what you mean now. "all forms" at those competitions. i heard they're gonna open up a RiverDance category though....lol

[RiverDarkly]

Time to put on my tight pants and clogggggerrrrrrrssssssssss ahahahaha

[RiverDarkly]

So then I can go do hand hops and flares and 90s and what not as long as when I'm done I start to jack again? I pop, House, and Break. So as a dancer of all forms, I definitely am not against mixing the styles, but if your in a bboy competition, dance appropriate to the style, its like saying if your an abstract bboy its ok to crash, or its ok to stand an finger tuts for 5 minutes rather then dancing, doing poses and head slides and not hitting beats isn't rectified because he was grooving.

[MosesHightower]

i agree w/ what you're saying but i have to correct you on "So as a dancer of all forms". i'm assuming you left out the other 1000+ styles that you know (since you said ALL)...lol

yeah i think most dancers in every style though (ones w/ battles) focus too much on moves (impressing instead of expressing) and imitating other people's styles that really focusing on the music & getting lost in the groove. that's how new styles are born.

[RiverDarkly]

Hahahah well I meant in that circuit, when your at a bboy competition most of the time if there is another competition there its house, popping, or locking. I rarely go to a bboy comp an see a ballet sign up sheet ahahahhaha........

[LivingSymbiote]

You are forgetting.. Capoeira is a huge part of House Dance, mate.

so in the case of Capoeira, all that Cricket was doing was legit.

[MosesHightower]

actually capoeira is part of 'lofting' and lofting is a softer neo-soul/afro/latin style that came from disco. so anything other than that, like straight up tech-house, early chicago house, acid house, deep house (orig deep house like early 90s & detroit house), or broken beat and capoeria usually looks totally off and is not hitting any of the rhythms. that's b/c it's not a response to those styles of house music. the beats in this battle are too hard for capoeira.

[MosesHightower]

also, i've never seen cricket do capoeira. bboying for sure, but they are very diff from each other. and headslides are def not part of capoeira anyway.

[NismoX98]

Bro when u dance to house, there is no right way to dance.. Its a feeling, as long u feeling the music and jack ur body to it.. its all good bro

[RiverDarkly]

Blah Conway was off beat a lot of the time, doing house steps either to fast or not grooving to it, an cricket was to bboyish, fucking headslide in a house battle??? Da fuck........

[firstnamenavarre]

There's technically nothing wrong with headslides in house, since house is supposed to be an open form, but it didn't go with the music, and most of cricket's material wasn't really to the music. I think Yugson had this one. He's easily the most musical, and he's a good sport. Funny how he's constantly regulating on Babson.

[conway6210]

@RiverDarkly nigga you better pay attention im never off beat are you fucking stupid

[NismoX98]

WHATS THE SONGS NAME!!!!!!

[Lovemusicanddance]

Whata battle! Shiieet! Need the trackname too! Hot as hell!

[NismoX98]

Whats the track name I need it... SO BADLLLLLLY!!!

[RaverSick]

That's the same way I was feeling! LOL! I tried everything to find that track. I been online typing in lyrics to see if I could find matches and NOTHING. EGHCK!!!

I WANT THIS TRACK!!!

[andrespop]

please what is the song?

thanks

[RaverSick]

That was NUTZ!!! What a battle. Yo that shit seemed so energetic and serious. Killer moves and a hot track. WHOA...

Cricket and Conway had me buggin' out with what they was pullin' off. That was hot!

Yo what is the name of that track? That shit had me grooving in my seat.

[thenigger]

I try to find the track I don't have alot of house tracks but yeah I do my best. yeah sick battle I'm gonna post the finals in about the next hour

[illberaytbakk]

who battled in the finals?

[conway6210]

cricket&conway won that shit by a land slide

[akanaz]

lmao, yup :)

[m00k1e]

faiya son! str8 faiya right here