To this day.

Exactly Ken always came across as a real down to earth humble guy, Crazy Legs on the other hand total opposite

Classic tale of the Scorpion and the Frog!!!

🤣🤔Hold on...he was just being live on national television..you gotta play nice always ..besides that's pure elementary being civilized ..Don't hate on Crazy Legs🇵🇷💯👍

@@onthegrind7525 I don't understand why judge if they are children

@@juniorjames7076 Oh, you were going so well 'til you went down that route. Just how do you think that the various media; including television, exist at all? Now, New York City and several other American cities were indeed very dangerous in the 70's and 80's - BUT! - we could safely cherry pick the elements of musical and cultural expression which we could appreciate which were emanating from them, for real. I'm Australian, and here they've been recreating a similar socio-cultural/demographic scenario as existed in those areas then - actually, much worse though - except we're engulfed in it, and nothing of any 'pop' cultural merit can come from it because everything's already been done!

They don’t define they just was in the right place at the right time he’ll people better then them that didn’t get the chance

@@kariblack298 100% true and crazylegs maiontaned same ass 5months progress bboy skill to this day, dood never learned anything more since the 80s and he has tendency to shit on people who do lot of powermoves, sure he was where he was at the beginning but come fucking on... how long can you ride that wave without progressing

You too. Me too. Times were great in the 80s. Now I am 51 and remembering memories. I used to go to my basement and used cardboard boxes.

So you weren't impressed the first time you saw breaking, then you didn't know what Beatstreet was going to be about but went in to see the movie? AND learned windmills that night?? Something kinda smells here, and it ain't us.

I was a popper back in the day. I'm 54, and will stop pop if you get me drunk enough.

​@@thislazylife😂😂😂

At 51, the only windmill I can do now is windmill cookies!😅

They did not call it floor rocking There was uprock

Exactly..and Down rock. Their 2nd single titled just that. Up Rock. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/otWgaqVmttuqqZ8.htmlsi=_lD1L7ChGVNBG2k5

Yup! I'm 31 and he's kind of before my time but I LOVE his interviews for this exact reason ❤also something about seems not condescending like the ones now. Just genuine questions!

Just say you’re a racist, get it off your chest.

Well, no face tats or posturing, at least...

Man these dudes would smoke you on the floor and then run ya pockets. They was stickup kids, a lotta young HipHop dudes was sellin or stealin sum so they could eat. Just the fact of life. They still deserve their props and respect regardless.

Three weeks later, you get your windmill back? Or did you break your back? 🤣

Lmaoooo, he's in the hospital with a broken back 🤣🤣

You'll break your neck now! 😂🤣😆

Who cares

@@adolfd7702 facts 🤣🤣🤣

Nobody called themselves Nigg@ in 1970🤣🤣🤣

The actual battle between NYC Breakers and Rock Steady crew for Beat Street lasted 30 minutes, but it was edited down to the 5 minutes used in the movie, so it's highly likely that Ken Swift came out more than once.

And NewYorkRicans🇵🇷🗽are bringing it to the Olympics

They the same thing. Only difference is us Puerto Ricans got fucked by the Spanish in the 1400s before all that n got mix u see all shade in Puerto Ricans if u know then u know we the same frfr we jus got good hair 😭😂

It was a multicultural effort between caribbeans, african americans and others. Hip hop is for everyone.

Ya Tu Sabe🇵🇷🔥🇵🇷🔥💯

Duh...

@@funkworthrollin4959 I only said it because crazy legs didnt know and made up a definition on the fly.

Word. I don't fuck with Legs. I'm a SWIFT cat.

@Libertad PatriaMOST DEFF ,,, CRAZY LEGS , 🇵🇷

@@thunorwodenson Actually before DJs, it was drummers aka "drumboys" who were extending the 10secs drum breaks in a song before DJs started doing it (1971)

Wepa 🇵🇷

cause crazylegs is and asshole, thats obvious when you hear him talk, this dood should resign many decades ago

If you were born in the 80's you'da been like two years old. That woulda been kinda dope, though, little two year old bustin headspins.

Find a group on Facebook

I was 16 in '83, so my parents didn't care. I stayed up just so I could video tape it. Lost that tape years ago, so I was stoked to find this clip.

My first time seeing breaking was either THIS, That’s Incredible, or Flashdance.

racist much ? Dood, its a coincidence what color you are and what color any dancer is

Shout Out to Trixie, Sasa and the Ni**a Twins!!!

Breakdancing? They are not dancing. This is gymnastics with music playing in the background.

@Kay Kay Johnson… well maybe because they (the Black Spades) were too busy $elling dope, using dope, had no passion or business sense, or kiLLing one another to push the art form into a career. 🫵🏾 Don’t blame the w̴h̴i̴t̴e̴ Puerto-Rican man for taking the art form to stratospheric levels around the world. Do better… 👊

Disco King Mario introduced me to Hip Hop at his infamous Rosedale Park Jams in The Bronx during the late 70's alongside Tex DJ Hollywood & Grand Wizard Theodore.

Glad I was born there. 81' Can't you dig it???

Laces will never tied. Pumas with a toothbrush in the back pocket

I was born in 80 and I pop, lock and almost breaking just watching this type of dancing lol😅

I wouldn't even say Latinos. I would say New York Ricans. If you get my drift.

@@johnnybiggunz1141 100%

Because they wasn't' they are second generation' not the creators' they came ten years later' That is why' They get credit for contributing and helping to evolve breaking' That is the credit that they deserve'

They didn't create hip hop or breakdancing black people did back around 1971 or 72. Ricans actually called it "jungle music"..but when it gained popularity and breaking was dying with black youth in 1978,they picked up the dance and kept it going. So they get credit for participating later.

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@David Toledo Man that’s a question I’d like to know also! I” heard” a long time ago when this was fresh 1980 in Florida they had 2 types of b boy dancing 1) TOP rocking & 2) Bottom rocking? Ozone & Turbo #1 Crazy legs & Ken Swift #2 no pun or disrespect intended so please correct this if I’m way off on the knowledge please!

@@IAMGWH1 Nah. Top Rock and Floor Work. Top Rock is the dance done when standing up, Ken once said that this is the only part of Bboying that is purely a dance. While Floor Works, which are the more gymnastically inclined moves, consist of things done when the Bboy is in the floor (i.e. Footwork, Power, Back Rocks, Threads etc). Both Top Rock and Floor Works are part of a formula for a set. A set is what a Bboy does in a round, think of it like their full showcase. This formula must consist of 1.) Top Rock, 2.) Get Down, 3.) Floor Works and 4.) a Freeze to close out a set. Back in Swift's time and before his time, this formula was pretty much solidly followed by everyone. But as the dance evolved, people began to mix it up to showcase their own style. Like putting a Freeze in between Toprocks, or maybe starting out with Power or Freeze instead of Top Rock (which is now called as a Blow Up). And there used to be two types of Bboys, these are the Style Head and Powr Head. But now, the skill cap is high because of the evolution of the dance and Power Heads are learning Style, and Style Heads are adding Power to their sets. Nowadays, Bboys growing up are more rounded in all aspects of the dance instead of just choosing a certain type and sticking with it. People now realize that Power massively helps Style, and Style vastly improves presentation of Power. Edit: Forgot to say, Tricking (or Flips) have also been added to the Bboy repertoir decades ago. When Bboying started, there weren't alot who did Flips. Now, almost everyone does because it adds to Flavor. You'll see Bboys start doing Flips out of nowhere from really weirdly difficult angles. And some Flips combined with Power Moves or Flips combined with a Freeze, depending on difficulty and risk factor, are known as Suicides.

Mr.Wave was a popper.

@@B.Scruby Kenny said if you take footwork out of breakin you have gymnastics,martial arts contortion etc. Footwork is the only thing where he said I never seen that before and that's the raw shit that's where muthafukas were going off

“Let’s Dance” ~ Pleasure

They were down just not the creators

Spit always gotta tag over somebody’s shit!! RIP Ramo

Fictionel...based of the graffiti writer cap

People in that area of New York are still looking for that actor.....