How to Pop Lock - Compton

[slLLyhumans]

Thgis is classic early 80's , just before crack cocaine hit....it was a very innocent time of people dancing and listening to music .

[matzomaniac]

What's the name of the second track? (the one after perfect beat?)

[LUCKYHANDS213]

Cali style!!Thats how we used to do in south central

[cushinmag]

This Is Hot!



[TheStok45]

gotta love the jheri curls

[est95z]

This vid is dope...foreal

[MrSEAN04]

The compton poplocker's now how old is this?

[DerDeftige1]

name of song?

[KidDynamite40]

@DerDeftige1 I.O.U by Freeeze

[Souhila]

Coolest vid! Raw

[edvan161]

What song is this

[KingKFleezie]

Damn. Thats all I can say.

[DocLock]

This was TOO DOPE!!

[ThisniggaDax]

these guys are ill as fuck

[LadieChubbs]

Looking at Jon Rigs hair-do, I feel confident that this is the most legitimate how-to-pop-lock video out there

[ArmorPierce]

Check out those jeri curls lol

[metalrain90221]

Watts towers in the back at the beginning?

[The2pac187]

Thumbs up if u try this dope dance out in 2011 8-)

[MrKeepnit100]

@The2pac187 I was pop lockin at a party last night literally lit up the dance floor

[tsikanadobo]

Cali style bigtime. Thanks for sharing this, really shows the Cali flavor and what we had going on back in the day. This has gotta be '83. Keep on rockin' it.

[kingtard]

Morning to 8 o clock for me. Every day. Green tea, and pop lock

[MrPonolicious]

@MrsNickxxJonas 80s. I'm pretty sure breaking and popping started in the 80s

[laverdis1]

Omg there's my father john :) he use to pop lock around the house all the time and damn he had a lot of hair lol :) I miss him so much RIP dad I love you

[THEPLAYERSWAY]

that active

[MrsNickxxJonas]

Is this vid from tha 70's????

[soulburst]

Thats how we do it on the west coast south central LA

[CLaSSYaSiWaNNaBee]

If I'm not there, leave your #, so I can call back ..

[CLaSSYaSiWaNNaBee]

Darryl if you see this call my house please ! Idk where the paper is w/your # .. This is Pinky

[SteadyLin]

yea, u r soooooooo kool bros ;)

keep on poppin' !!!!

[chuker77]

Look at sir tick-a-lot back in da day ha! Ha! I remember them dudes at w.ow n uncle jams! Poppin Chuck!

[boogie7king]

@chuker77 wat up poppin chuck, im a friend of kid kobra. i been trying to meet you everytime i come back home to chicago. hopefully we can hook up and collaborate soon. ron d

[dimviesel]

JEHRI CURL!!! follow the drip follow the drip

[turtleboyism]

they koo

[antoneue]

Anyone know the tune at 1:37?

[driftadr]

@antoneue It'd I.o.u freez bad aass jam

[chuker77]

Hey dat's da homie Tick-a-lot he's still hitin today he was at the bboy summit! Go Compton!

[Ninopahtia]

Notice the end. The neighborhood is watching from the side and across the street.

[poppintito]

tic a lot was cleeeeannn!!!

[TheUnholyCrosss]

lol noone notices the hidden message in the begining its sayin black people are monkeyscoz it looks liek the evolution graph thingy

[ddsharper]

web.mac.com/ultrawave/ultrawav­emediad0tK0m/Timeline.html

[SimonEigo]

the one looks like the young michael jackson :)

[nooloo3000]

i wish i was raised back in theses days

[egocrusher]

that was on some hood shit boy....that was dope, classic, historic

[Efnik]

Ticalot is midnites bredren! Is there any old footage of midnite aswell?! This is sum real history on poplockin rite here... Please if there's anymore post it bro!! 1

[Demolition540]

DAMM....GrAmmEr Iz BUllSHYTt

[bd36576]

THANK YOU for posting this video. Badass. It's a great part of our history as Americans and more specifically the West Coast.

[ddsharper]

This was back in the '70s. Jabberwocky, yeah, right.

[RobotronOG]

@ddsharper More like early 80's ...

[ddsharper]

@ddsharper web.mac.com/ultrawave/ultrawav­emediad0tK0m/Timeline.html

[ddsharper]

@RobotronOG web.mac.com/ultrawave/ultrawav­emediad0tK0m/Timeline.html

this is mostly accurate. white people had nothing to do with this until recently.

[RobotronOG]

@ddsharper LOL.. WTF are you talking about? First off buddy your link don't work.

Secondly WTF is with the white people comment? I have been poppin since 1979, you need to check yourself youngster.

[TheAznadam]

Thanks man for uploadin this vid

[johnnyjayramone]

hey man, thanks for uploading this old school stuff

[airchane1]

16? theyre probally 87 now

[Smurfzation]

@airchane1 nah they're in their 40's.

[MrLoc818]

ill take any of this foos out in shuffling shyt!!!

[TheUnholyCrosss]

iTS PROLLY SOME WHERE IN SOUTH CENTRAL SINCE THEY MENTION MANCHESTER

[Smurfzation]

@TheUnholyCrosss It's compton.

[fakecape]

thanks!

[daevone85]

Pop Lockin' Forever! I was born in '85 & from Carson Cali. I remember like '88 & '89 my brothers, cuzins & everybody in tha neighborhood was lockin. The best dance created next to breakdance. LA for life!!!

[fakecape]

what's an "EB"?

no sarcasm intended.

[fakecape]

what was the name of the old VHS tape? : )

if i may ask.

did you comment on the "Wow Wu how did you do that" part, because you thought it was funny? haha

becuase, it cought me off gaurd..that little word bubble. haha

thanks for uploading this!

[uno214]

This tape is just an video tape with different clips recorded from tv in the 80's some from Salinas, California some from Watsonville, California, different places.

[fakecape]

woah,

that was a quick reply.

thanks.

please upload more videos like these! :3

[skitzofranik999]

i use to take off my shirt and put clamps on my meat tits and stare at my self in the mirror while i pop lock for hours while listening to sonny and cher

[uno214]

That sounds kinda freaky man.

[StrictlyBG]

@skitzofranik999 hahaha

[LocoGroove]

@skitzofranik999 LMAO !!!

[CatchingFeelings]

on point @ 4:39.

[CatchingFeelings]

they only know the commercial.

[CatchingFeelings]

that's real lanier. feeling u on that culture and community thing.........'the commercial' can never b as real as 'real life'.

[hightower6969]

funny to see tic-a-lot with hair and young

[ZenkoAshikaga]

MJ is alive

[DEMAURIA32]

@lanier2 u aint never lied i was born in 1975 i was a kid growing up with this. i have goose bumps. im from compton so i know the big cultural impact this is, this was all we had back then,before all this bling bullshit,and stuntin. it was all about the curl,poplockin and ur kinfolks. like KRS-ONE SAY " I WAS THERE"

[wealthonthego]

I'm 47 now, from SanDiego. Man, I was a pop locker back in the day (70's), jerri curl and all. Gotta admit we traveled up I5 to peep (steel) from the LA brothers. I eventually became strickly a popper "Snake Hips." Joined Army in 80', west coast dudes were popping, east coast cats were spinning (diff styles). Early 80's were insane time for dancing and DJ'g. The beats would put you in a trance. All respect to MJ, but he copped his moves off the LA kids. This video is HISTORY!!!!

[fliptthescript]

wow wu baby!!

[Divastyleshair]

I'm trying to locate Darrel "Boogaloo" Cooley my uncle "Steve Daniels" was also a OG Compton Pop Locker I was so young but I do remember he said they were best friends..My uncle past away back in 1990 R.I.P. I found some of his work on youtube under Herbie Hancock Rockit Grammy's he's on the left side and does a solo spin second solo.He's also on Silver Spoon with Pearl Bailey 2 episodes ..I can't remember his dance name holla back if anyone knows more info on my uncle or Darrel aka Boogaloo.

[JuviJ]

Man! Tic-a-lot was really young in this video!

[barrella]

just a name my man...

didn't we get into an argument a few months back about popping vs poplocking?

[cmptrwhiz]

GOOD SHIT!

[blackhawk06]

hey c these were my teachers i use to live next door to john this is compton at it's best tick alot has the the compton drum major uniform on

[stretchmillz101]

lmao they look like 30yrs old

[ayman2b]

love for putin thiz up, its siik

[laxpopov]

a.e.i.o.u. was the shit. cat used to serve that song up hitting popn and tickin.

[laxpopov]

thats l.a. not the bay area.

manchester is a main arterey of south central hoover or 83 during scarface genicide era.

[CrowdPleeza]

To those interested in the music. The first song in the intro is: Looking For The Perfect Beat by the Soul Sonic Force.

The second song is called I.O.U by Freeez.

[nooloo3000]

@CrowdPleeza thanks sir

[boogalooVic]

I have this video . It is from compton back in the 80s with tic-a-lot . See Poppers Picnic . And comeing on July 11/09 Poppers Picnic part 2

[CrowdPleeza]

Yeah I figured this was southern Cali and not the Bay area. I'd seen that current clip of Tic-A-Lot and was wondering if it was the same person in this video.

[theyoungcommander]

great clip.

if u identify exactly where and wen this was shot pls update

thnx

[uno214]

sorry just an old clip I had from and old vhs tape that was recorded from a friend a long time ago sorry.

[dizzrockn]

automatic favorite!!!! clean....

[seancomeaux]

back when ppl used to bring their own uniqueness to each dance, not a time when everyone was a copycat. Loves it!

[MisterSicOne]

dope clip !

[liquidtoez]

Rare footage - post more rare clips if you have 'em. Appreciate it.