Beat Street Roxy Cult Scene - Réalisé par Stan Lathan - 1984. Avec : Afrika Bambaataa, Soul Sonic Force & Shango, G.L.O.B.E.,Mr. Biggs, Pow Wow, Amid,, The Rock Steady Crew, The New York City Breakers, Dj Jazzy Jay,
@@fallenangel13So now you're implying that people don't have fun breaking now. If ya'll would just stop commenting in past tense, you would not be misinterpreted.
@@fallenangel13I am chill. You're the one with 4 exclamation marks in your last comment. I know breaking is in the Olympics. I also know the b-boys that helped organize it to be in the Olympics don't want people calling it "break dancing."
I remember watching this time and time again when it came out on VHS in 1984 as i just loved this scene. Being a b-boy myself at the time. The opening move; windmills, back spin to knee freeze is the best move and they throw it out first, but it is over ruled by baby face as being a b-girl no matter what move you did you could not beat a girl. Remember this was way of fighting without physical contact, hence the name break dancing (break from fighting and dance instead). Apparently the New york city breakers (Beat street grew in the film) are winning on the best moves against Rock steady crew (Bronx rockers) as you can tell from Kuriaki face (8.00 mins in) after NYCB steal the swipe moves. How it works is; Someone comes on and does their move, if a member from the opposite side thinks they can beat it they challenge it. You could never come on do your same move twice only once. Flips or holding parts of your own body and speed along with style of your move to show the difficulties of your move gave you the advantage.Your footwork was a big player too if you could swipe your feet and spin and turn on the spot. Kuriaki comes on, does perfectly fast no handed windmills closer to the floor and more flatter on his back keeping in the same spot not travelling, which were very difficult to do in that era. Windmills were the top move back in them days. Rock steady crew gain the advantage as they have kept their best move till last.( If you watch the opening first move the windmills are higher meaning he is on his shoulders, also his legs slightly bent and slightly travels off his spot, still a class move though. As for Kuriaki his are smoother, legs perfect straight and closer to the ground, also you will notice his move from windmill to back spin to freeze he does not travel off his spot that shows top control in your move. The same is for Gino guy with the red head band his windmills pointing more up than flat to the ground (still top windmills must admit) You may have to pause and play and watch slowly to see the difference. After glide masters fist spin into backspin into head spin stand freeze, Rock steady crew are beaten for sure with the most outstanding move. That is why glide master puts his hands up looks and says beat that!!! Crazy legs comes on and does normal windmills backspin but because he takes his shoes off and flips into a freeze, (hence having no hands to flip with) he takes the move. Rock steady jump for joy and victory is theirs. You can see the NYCB debating saying no way as the scene ends. My view NYCB wins on more better moves but that's how it was played out in them days.
I'm 13 Again, watched this at the Odean Woolwich. Never will HIP HOP be this pure,the breakers, Beats. Attitude & ALL in peaceful surroundings no gats naked girls,drugs or thugs. Real HIPHOP.
I have no idea how many times I’ve watched this scene and it still twitches a nerve and I’m 54 years old, I watched that scene in my teens over and over trying to learn some moves while dancing in the kitchen on the old linoleum floor 😂🤣
I'm 57 just had back surgery lower lumbar fusion. Back in 83 we'd go up to Washington DC from Virginia Beach and there would be awesome battles! Miss those days very much!
It was definitely the best. My cousin was there, and told me that both crews were battling even when the cameras were off. They need to release the unedited full battle of this.
Most EPIC dance scene ever made. Can never get enough of this clip. Those times back in the 80's were magical, everything was so fresh and vibrant. I'd pay good bucks to relive it!
@@pascalvalorazonefunkgroove To say who won the battle to me is subjective. It depends on what is most important to you from breakdancing, the moves, the specialties, the pop-locking, etc. Both crews were phenomenal. 😎
Thanks for your response. When it comes to the culture of Hip Hop,I never forget those cats. Especially B Boy Frosty Freeze who also should've been in Beat Street. But at least he was in a much better Hip Hop culture movie namely Wild Style.
You're welcome. And you're right. Frosty was cold as ice...pun intended. I just got finished watching Wild Style for the umpteeth time. I've been craving the early hip hop years lately and can't get enough of these legendary films and the b boy icons that are forever immortalized in them. Sometimes you have to go back, watch the films and listen to the music to remind yourself what hip hop was all about, especially with all of this hip slop and (c)rap dominating the airwaves these days.
Best 11 minutes of any movie ever made for me. I was 14 when this came out and in a crew called Floor Lords just across the river in New Jersey. "Lee" was our hero!
I was there with the filming of this scene and a DJ still today and past Breaker NYC. Nothing... and I mean Nothing beats the breaking, the music and the atmosphere of New York City itself! If you don't know where it started don't begin now because you saying you're a DJ on a computer does not make you a DJ, if you're saying you know how to breakdance like we did and danced back then your truly mistaken you don't know what you're doing today be honest. The younger generation and younger cats have destroyed what we made back then and turned it into a circus show, nothing will ever replace what we did back then it will always stay alive even from 2023 on!!!!
CLASSIC! I read somewhere that this wasn't just for the movie. Once the cameras started rolling, they were battling for real. EPIC! Mad Props to both crews! I call it a tie! Special shout and mad love to Crazy Legs for still representin'! in 2024!!
Much respect Rock Steady Crew, Incredible Floormasters (NYCB), Dynamic Rockers, Rockwell Association, Scrambling Feet, Hot Feet Rockers, The Bronx Boys, Furious Rockers, Magnificent Force, Shake City Rockers, Midnight Breakers, L.A. Breakers, Pony Express, Unique Dominoes, Electric Boogaloos and The Lockers, Rock City Crew, Young City Crew, Canadian Floormasters and all iconic and legendary B-Boy and B-Girl crews..
Breakin'--as much as I liked that movie--always came off to me like Hollywood's attempt to do for hip-hop culture what "Saturday Night Fever" did for disco: to make it easier for mainstream audiences to accept and embrace. Thankfully, it didn't work, or hip-hop might have gone the way of disco.
Best breakdancing movie ever made, the story line all the characters in the movie, it's just pure 80s gold here and all the songs on the soundtrack are exceptional. Very underrated movie. If I'm not mistaking, Siskel and Ebert both gave it thumbs up.
I remember watching this film religiously in 1984 copying the moves. Wonderful, beautiful times. I am so glad I experienced the 1980s. Breakdancing forever!
Great GREAT battle... ... Pexter with that dope intro freeze in the beginning. ... Mr. Wave cRuSHed 'em with that tick/spin move. Absolutely CRUSHED! ... Ken Swift cRuSHed 'em with that sick uprock and freeze against Pexster. ... Buck 4 killed 'em with that blazing spinning turtle. No one on NYCB could top it. ... Fliprock was clean... almost too clean. ... Lil Lep burned Crazy Legs with the headspin. ... Legs came back with a dope, yet simple move calling the next dude out. ... Kuriaki's windmill had the NYCBs in awe. They resorted to making biting gestures. ... Legs burned the whole crew with a dope move (shoes off into a backbridge). It gets no better than this!!!
DJ GaFFLe yeah I thought the beatstreet crew don't know the official name for them had crazy crew beat until crazy's move at the end.. that dude Gino if that was his name @ the 6:14 mark on the beatstreet crew was clean as hell.
B H Mch Ha! Who in that entire crew could pop like that? They would have needed o'le Normski to stand a chance and I don't think he was with RSC at this juncture.
RIP HARRY BELAFONTE (he just made transition a lil while ago this year) .... but i wanna leave this comment to and for ANY ONE NOT OLD ENOUGH TO HAVE PARTIED IN THE 1980'S ..... THIS ..... IS THE WAY WE PARTIED 24/7 , and yeah people had guns, but not to the amount of the 1990's & ON !!! We PARTIED, went home ,work or school .... come next weekend (Weekdays for some as there were SOOOOOOOO MANY places open then) and DID IT ALL AGAIN. I myself party like this(Saturday night only) til the mid 1990's. It was AWESOME.
People who say they are down with hip hop and yet they aren’t even aware of how iconic and important this is and that bboyin is a vital element of hip hop man!...this stuff here is the real deal!
They did not. Many of them were actually high at the time. They were street kids, although gifted, who were into having a good time, dancing, and getting paid.
I was 14 when Beat Street dropped. I'd already been into the breakdancing but like so many of us outside of New York Beat Street was the absolute pinnacle. I didn't see Wild Style until years later and, as much as I'll always have a soft spot for Beat Street, Wild Style took you even deeper into the culture of hip hop.
The memory attached to this film brings so much joy to my soul. This is B-Boy gold...40 years later.....thats right FOURTY YEARS ago this film was carrying the swing. London went b-boy crazy. From ghetto blasters on the train, people dancing on 12ft lino squared on the concrete at Carnaby Street, London where we'd pop, lock and spin on our heads for the hustle...From Planet Rock to Electric Kingdom to West Street Mob's Breakdance...tunes tearing up the dancefloors on radio and in the clubs....My goodness did we have it good or what.. Priceless days of some of the best days of dance. ♥🎶♥
Thank you for this is the best footage ever 🙏🙏🌠❤❤❤❤❤1980'"*$$$ all the way but from the west Coast movement moms grew up with ICE T I tried to go to every party when I was a kid teenager a new ART LABO personally went to all his concerts since the 1990s -- 2015 i will see them again one day but love all and a good man of God bless 🙏💕🙏🌉🌆🌉🌆💯💯🛼🛼🔥🔥🤯🤯🕯️🕯️🫨🫨😇😇💪💪🙏🙏
Nothing but lovely memories from this movie, my dad rented it for me at Christmas along with a loaf of other great videos an absolutely fantastic Christmas I think I was 12 or 13 lol 53 now and this movie still makes me smile! I actually feel like looking for my Nike Red and Blue windbreaker now 🙄😂😂😂😂👌👍
(7:52) FAST EVOLUTION OF THE AIR FLAIRS FROM CRAZY LEGS-TWO FEET TOUCHING TO LIL LEP ONE FOOT AND THEN WE HAVE TODAY NO FEET TOUCH(AIR FLAIR). LOVE THIS SHIT.
bboy fo life...started in breakin in 1982 still remember the best days...and i'm fitty and still lovin this, altho my windmill isn't as good as it used to be haha......thanks for the upload :)
Definitely epic dance battle as well as the subway battle...but the scene where Beat Street and the Bronx Rockers squashed the beef and then united for Ramos celebration are my most unforgettable moments! When the breakers slide in during the gospel song me and my lil bro lost it GREAT TIMES,GREAT MEMORIES!!!
40yrs on this 80s legendary movie Beat Street inspired my generation a dance art that is accepted and recognised in the same category as jazz, Ballroom, ballet, to me will always be the greatest breakdancing film of the 80s
ROCK Steady Crew and NYC Breakers friends for many years much respect from My Crew CHICAGO WINDY CITY BREAKERS BBOY PHAZE 2 wat memories when my homies Rock Steady Crew Came to Chitown for there reunion Amen
This why New Yorkers ARE sooooooo passionate about HIPHOP. They. Invented the S** T NOT FORGETTING it's Jamaican roots in Dancehall. Nuff respect,DJ KOLL HERC,GRANDMASTER CAZ,AURTHER BAKER AFRIKKA BAMMBATTA MELLE MEL AMONG OTHERS GOD BLESS U ALL . PEACE ✌️ ☮️ 🕊KENNY-O LDN #288_The.i kingz
Crazy Legs from Rock Steady hated that Breakers Revenge was what they battled to. He wanted a James Brown song. I personally love Breakers Revenge but I understand
