NYC Break Dance Contest 1983 @ ROXY

[1KillaSkrilla1]

Yoooo BIG THANKS for uploading this. You Are the Fucking Man!!!

[pikaparka1]

I started breaking in 83.just tstarted again.im 34...lol

[cagool2fray]

trop fort !!!!!!!!!! yeahh !

[conzalez94]

Love this old school, its the best! But can someone please tell me the song at 2:46?

[Jadell]

@conzalez94 That's Prince Morkie Dee of The Fat Boys, and it looks like it's a live version of 'Human Beatbox' which is on their first (and only good) album... :)

[conzalez94]

@Jadell sweet yo thanks

[PUNKSTERdarien]

NYC used to be about Art,Anarchy,and peace. Now its all about gentrification and dressing a certain way so society can approve you-_- To me everything looked better back then,the trains,squats,Girls,cars,and a great community

[NYOLSKOOL]

ahhh..roxy`s..looks like fulton projects in chelsea, u sure this is bronx river projects

[whooster71]

old school oh yea



[Khultan]

'Unfortunately on the subways?' LOL...ah ha ha...yeah, all through out the late 60s and 70s the city managers and supervisors were ultimately bankrupting NYC, the city that was in their charge...ah ha ha...the irony of this statement.

[jerseyoldschool]

Tears of joy are in my eyes! This is pure old school at its finest!! You couldn't walk thru Times Square in those days (1981 - 1984 or so) without seeing the guys on cardboard making those moves. I remember a friend saying to me at the time anyone could dance like that if they didn't have bones lol! The early 1980s were the greatest time; all kinds of music was popular from early rap, late disco, new wave, R&B, reggae, even country! New York Hot Tracks on WABC-7 on Fridays were must see TV!

[Dopine]

Who is the boy who talks at the end at 4:39?

[jeffjeff31]

@Dopine its David Dee from The Furious Rockers from CONEY ISLAND!!!!

[jremsyo]

oh lallalal marvelous this time there's no stress just fun !!!! someone know the name of the song at the beginning of the video please ?

[evikt14]

hollywood said !!!we want what you got!!!!! thats when alarm bells would have started ringing in my ears

[anything1234e]

I can't believe they closed The Roxy! This is a great post..Thanks!!

[alyciaification]

c'est vraiment génial de revivre ces ambiance. A l'époque les jeunes était vraiment bien dans leur peau, ce mouvement artistique est vraiment une génération ineffaçable. cette expréssion musical est la réalité d'un effet de sensation forte,la mode était vraiment belle vive les année 80 :)

[racers7]

Breakin', Lisa Lisa, Adidas, Thick laces...Man that was a fun time...I can still breakdance and I'm 44 now. (and a woman!)

[mfuji00001]

I guess Rock Steady Crew won the contract? 0_o

[BklynNYbabe1]

Nope - The DYNAMIC Breakers Won - But for professional/Artistic reasons they dropped out of Beat Street the Movie - But they Still came to "Us" to do the Beat Street Strut Video

[bakemasterflash]

Daaaaaaaaaaaaaamn...I Love da Old School times!!!

This Guys have so much skills! Never told them or something, eveything is from learning by doing. No Tapes No Letters or something!

For me all the Old schooler are Kings!

I Preshaid all of this time and much love for people that living their dream at today like the back old days! its never ending story...One Love!!!

Sorry for my English, but iam from german!

[wutangsword]

Leslie Oggums? That name alone makes this video tight

[NewYorkBattleCat]

i like soda

[jedikevin20]

Whats crazy is that the black guys Mohawk is now Back in style LOL. Maybe Street breakin will come back. I know a few pockets where folks have started to gather but alot of cops don't like it. We will see lol.

[YOUNGCOE]

thank u bronx 4 giving us hip hop !!!

[lj78uk]

What? This is the only clip? No part 2??? :(

[combelue]

goddamn i love the 80s

[aliveandconnected]

Carlos De Jesus. Now that takes me back. I loved watching New York Hot Tracks. Came on Friday nights. Oh yeah!

[jologs21]

roxy is still there. its on 18 st 10ave and west highway. still open.

[1studentoftruth]

Damn, I was 1 years old when this came out!

[pinktaco646]

i WAS BORN IN 83..WONDERFUL YEAR

[LatinPercussion]

this is a gr8 piece of history!

Could u please post the remaining of the vid with the contest?

[cristobalctb]

what the name of second song in this clip is?

[GreggJulian]

Rapper's Delight - Sugarhill Gang

[nobodyschild99]

Oh man..I used to have these on VHS and lost them...I hope I can find the rest of this...Awesome to look back.

[DrFunkensteinJunior]

The Name of the first Song is:

Love Bug Starski - You've Gotta Believe (1982)

[aliboy123]

Where's the rest of the competition???? You need to post. Dope post!

[ron27161r]

man i wish i was there

[whitesidepl]

Does anybody know, what the name of first song in this clip is?

[KroovyMonsoon]

Boy this sure brings back memories. Breakdancing sure was cool. I sometimes regret I never learned more beyond a pretty good Pop & Lock. Still I always loved watching neighbourhood kids having breakdance contests. Cool clip ! Never thought I'd see breakdancing and Leslie Uggams in the same place (LOL)

[dixieclub]

INCREDIBLE HIP HOP DOCUMENT

[JazzMatic]

People basically performed a butchered mix of East Coast b-boying (windmills, backspins, swipes, footwork and baby freeze) and West Coast funkstyles (popping, locking, etc.) without realising they were distinct styles of dance with their own music. Because sythesised music was so popular at time a lot of people were dancing to beats you'd normally only use for popping, rather than proper b-boy funk.

[JazzMatic]

The sad thing about this is that almost none of these kids ever 'made' it. 'Breakdance' as they called it was splashed over the pages from 83-86 and then just dropped off the radar. People treated it as a fad and I'm not surprised: everyone who was new to the dance was doing the same shit as everyone else because there was this idea that you learn 'moves' and then you can 'breakdance'.

[Azone01]

Break dancing and popping quickly died around 1985 after Krush Groove came out.

[Goldskool]

hmm that would be 1986.

[Shverina]

*GAWD*... some things just needs to be kept alive. This. At this time. The way it was. This needs to be brought back.

[l33tur5]

You definitely have to put the rest of this up!

[GiselaNYC1]

Thanks for the video Chinita good looking out. I remember these days in C.I.

[chinita41]

wow i remember that. thanks for this video it brings great memories.

[shaker90]

It doesn't get any more true than this. Thank you for putting this up. God damn do I miss hip hop!

[soundsofunitylove]

yeah I have more videos, must find them and upload

[zenerzone]

do u have the rest