The Freshest Kids: The Latin B-Boy Godfathers

Some of the earliest B-Boys were the Latin Godfathers. Check this out from The Freshest Kids DVD. For more clips on the History of Hip Hop from the QD3 vault log onto http://www.qd3.com !

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Music

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• Freshest
• Kids
• breakdancing
• breakers
• b-boys
• latin
• Speedy
• Trac
• Batch
• Spy
• Ken
• Swift

[FreshD2007]

Most of the youth has accepted this mutilated art form as hip hop without question, and the propaganda is alway echoed from the next up and coming one hit wonder. It's original form is always kept alive by the old heads and people who can see past the brainwashed content on the radio. So this video is crucial in that aspect

[FreshD2007]

Now this sub-culture has mutated into an ugly troll that celebrates everything antithetical to life or style. Mostly with the influx of the southern influence hip-hop (or rap) is not innovative, everyone is bitting. The sound is has lost its rhythm, which initially was influenced by jazz, soul, and funk. Although we are saturated with party and dance anthems, its usually a childlike repetition of uninspiring lyrics whose major demographic consists of adolescents.

[BboyBlackout]

Now this is the real spy he's speaking of. All the rest are toys.

[cagool2fray]

peace la famille !!

[Jay1898]

@ETERNALLYHANDSOME sorry to pee in your bonfire but nycb had 2 blacks in their crew so your point is null and void. this was the crew he handpicked and managed.

[Jay1898]

@8ringsofshaolin for me the puerto ricans of the early 80s had the style, the class and the excellence of execution in their moves that no one else had or has up to this date. i dont know what it is but they have it in abundance and it was because of them we got into breaking - they have the x factor. so u have to give credit where it is due. if they never reinvigorated the breaking scene we would not be talking about it now and it would have faded away once disco arrived.

[Jay1898]

@8ringsofshaolin you have to give respect to the blacks for inventing breaking BUT if it was not for the puerto ricans it would have died into oblivion. they re-energised it and if it was not for them breaking would not have had the global exposure in the early 80s. there were bboys in pakistan, israel, the old yugoslavia, australia, etc. i am from the uk and we had white, pakistani, jamaican and chinese breakers in our crew - that covers all colours. and we got into it thanks to the nuyoricans

[bboyJIZ1]

True headz fight for the presevation of HiP HoP, its the essence!

[bboyJIZ1]

dAYUM, FreshD2007 ur right on the money with that. U just put wrote exactly what I was thinking...

[AtoneMuhammad]

@sasansan1

I disagree sir. The original b-boys did not lock or pop. They were breakers. Funk styles (locking, popping, hitting and boogie) were added later. Uprocking was added later as well. The original b-boys used to dress up and would go down on the floor and come back up without getting their clothes dirty. No backspins. Again, all that was added later. Just the facts. If you can do it all and be a b-boy, cool. But, don't take away from the b-boys who only break.

[AtoneMuhammad]

@8ringsofshaolin

No need to get emotional. I "play" Capoeira and "b-boy" as well. You ask the Capoeristas and the b-boys, they're not the same. You have to place the movement (b-boying) in the context of Hip Hop Culture (breakbeats). You cannot play Capoeira to b-boy breaks. Also, our so-called Latino or Puerto Rican brothers are black. White brothers like Mr. Freeze elevated his nature to vibe with the Black brothers. It's just a fact.