Blast from the Past…

By iconoclastic

I came across some break-dancing videos on youtube the other day. Funny thing was, as much as a hip-hop fanatic I am, break dancing has been my least favorite element to be a spectator of. Number 1 reason being is probably because I’m pissed off for never trying the shit. It’s that ‘Nigga stop hatin cuz you can’t do that shit!’ Complex. Which it most likely is, but lately I’ve been heavily watching the shit, and might I add, its fuckin’ dope.

But the one thing I do hate bout watching break-dancing on youtube is they don’t have a soundtrack listing on that bitch when it comes to videos like this. It’ll leave your ass wondering ALL week what the song is. You’ll be sitting at work, in class, throughout the day thinking hard about the shit nonstop. You’ll even Google the fuck out of it whenever you come across a computer. And best of all, you can get a decent 3 minute conversation with ANYONE on some “what the hell is this song (lyrics here and expect potential laughs)?”

Well eventually after trying to keep myself entertained, I finally came across a cot-damn clip—which was dope I might add—that left me on a searching frenzy. Can you guess the song? (Answer at the end.)


Ladies and Gentlemen, The 'incroyable talent' Salah of The Vagabond Crew

After playing the hell out of it on repeat for a couple days, it had left me thinking, ‘where the hell are all the b-boys?’ And like the rest of Hip-Hop culture, the answer would be ‘it relocated’. In this particular situation however, it relocated overseas (mind you we're being dominated by their talent). I mean don’t get it twisted, b-boys are still doing their damn thing here in the states, especially considering that someone of expertise pointed out to me that it’s thriving in areas like Nevada, California, Arizona, & New York . But with an ever-growing popularity to be the thug, the hustler, the pimp and the rapper in Hip-Hop, there seems to be little room for the once great, feared ‘The B-boy’.

Internationally thought, break-dancing( popping, locking, and all that B-boy shit) is a cultural phenomenon, and personally, I should have seen this coming especially from the foreign students at my school coming through with the kangols to the side, fresh pair of addidas, and a affinity to the cardboard. Even break-dancing contest are super thoro, ranging from all types of sponsors including Red Bull. And by the looks of them on video, those shits have to be fuckin’ poppin’…literally.

Even with a growing internet world, where the elements of Hip-Hop are finding equivalents on the computer, a B-Boy cannot be duplicated through that means. How could you? It involves elements of body movement—dance, strength, co-ordination, creativity and of course flexibility. It is literally the one element that has no equivalent when it comes to an internet persona.

It is also the one Hip-Hop element that has died down because it has been looked at unfavorably as either un-cool, ‘ol school, or just too much damn work to do. But hey, real do real things…so Here’s to really living Hip-Hop.


Answer: Theres 2 versions actually...After doing some research, I found out the song is pretty famous...so much for me being a Hip-Hopist.

Bar-Kays - Freak Show On the Dance Floor
Dazz Band - Freak Show On the Dance Floor


Many 'ol Schoolers probably remember this jam from the movie 'Breakin'.

Peep close at the end, your boy Jean-Claude Van Damne got Hip-Hop on mufuckas!