How the Bronx brought breaking to the world
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6 жыл бұрынB-boying. Breaking. Breakdancing. Hip hop made it.
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When the culture of hip hop first began to take shape in the 1970s, it consisted of at least four fundamental elements: DJing, emceeing, graffiti, and breaking. Breaking, popularly known as breakdancing today, was created in the Bronx in New York City by Black and Latino youths. The term breakdancing as it’s used in the media, often mixes the dances of New York’s b-boying and west coast developed dance styles like popping, locking, and the electric bugaloo. Breaking began as a mode of self-expression; it was a part of a larger culture that reflected the social, economic, and political conditions of the youth at that time. It reached peak popularity in the mid-1980s, when a number of films were released showcasing it’s moves and the youth who created it-films like Flashdance, Beat Street, Wild Style, and Krush Groove.
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@somalipiratewhopiratedyour8513 6 жыл бұрын
Vox is what buzzfeed tries so hard to be.
@lazarj 6 жыл бұрын
we get it
@enzmondo 6 жыл бұрын
Actually, Vox is the adult Buzzfeed, when a Millennial gets a quarter-life crisis and starts taking their millennial life seriously.
@genericalias5756 6 жыл бұрын
and then theres the optimistic little sister that is the great big story
@mr.madman9467 6 жыл бұрын
Somali pirate Who pirated your boyfriend but buzzfeed owns vox...or the other way around I cant remember
@lourensed 6 жыл бұрын
Mr. Madman no doesn't look like it. Vox media (vox's mother company) owns multiple big KZfaq brands like verge, polygon and recode, but buzzfeed doesn't appear to be one of them. At least it doesn't say so on their website.
@yepitsthatguy5278 6 жыл бұрын
Damnnnn Vox, back at it again with the great content I didn't know I wanted until now
@Cooltaha 6 жыл бұрын
Back at it again!
@nate4550 6 жыл бұрын
respect bboys and bgirls. its not just dancing, its a lifestyle.
@raymondjblaze7761 2 жыл бұрын
Facts
@sls554 7 ай бұрын
So, what is the Life style?????
@HolyRollerTV 5 ай бұрын
you dnt know what a life style means?
@sls554 5 ай бұрын
@@HolyRollerTV I know do you know.
@KBX12Gaming 6 жыл бұрын
It's nice to see breaking being promoted and using its proper terminology as well. Big ups
@preid122o 6 жыл бұрын
While I don't have a personal interest in breaking, I'm glad to see Vox showcasing an American Subculture that doesn't get a lot of acknowledgment or support.
@d.colecheef835 6 ай бұрын
FBA CULTURE
@rocketmagnet3844 6 жыл бұрын
It's true, so many guys who breakdance can do loads of power moves, but just can't dance. They have no rhythm.
@xroadwalker 5 жыл бұрын
Yup! - they cant rock
@malik87breaker 5 жыл бұрын
Or many footwork moves. But no soul :)
@betababy8545 4 жыл бұрын
Powerheads u mean?
@diempardon4259 4 жыл бұрын
Mainly the Latino ones.
@BocaNejra 3 жыл бұрын
Because they were never educated on the culture (history, culture, traditions, music)... only the flashy moves that got them interested in the dance. As anything goes mainstream, it looses it's authenticity and it's connection to the whole culture behind like the guys said here.
@goldschool9050 Жыл бұрын
Why do those old 80's photos bring me so much joy? Oh yeah! I was a child in the 80's. Such a blessing.
@obryan6251 6 жыл бұрын
You don't see this anymore, trust me I live on south bronx.
@itisjambo 6 жыл бұрын
BryanMendez that's kinda sad... it's a cool tradition
@HaloMG 6 жыл бұрын
sad
@obryan6251 6 жыл бұрын
Agreed. It's a cool tradition.
@arxvphoto809 6 жыл бұрын
Maybe not in the streets, but I see it on the train almost every day.
@obryan6251 6 жыл бұрын
What line
@JordanNoelleRealestate 6 жыл бұрын
There's a video of vox deconstructing rapping a while ago. Love that very much, was hoping for another in that episode. Something about art and modern dance & music. With this episode, I think the wait is over :) Thanks Vox, original content as always!
@cordellboss 6 жыл бұрын
Jordan Tan that's the video that brought me to this channel has to be one of their biggest hits imo
@cmooreHD 6 жыл бұрын
Jordan Tan what's the link for that! I would love it! If not the link do you remember the name?
@AlexanderGerliczy 6 жыл бұрын
Immortal Vegan That video is probably the best video on Vox. It's so well made and interesting!
@SpiritMover314 6 жыл бұрын
Prodigy from Mobb Deep died today........R.I.P. 😢😢😢. #Queens
@NotoriousN_I_G_ 2 жыл бұрын
It’s so funny that I ran into this comment. Because as I was watching this video, I realized why Mobb deep used the term “crew” so much in their music. I thought they were just referring to drugs crews, and even though they probably were, that is not the origin of the term.
@allwecanseeisaboveusnow 6 жыл бұрын
Some recognition given to the Bronx the boogie down 👌🏽👌🏽
@enzmondo 6 жыл бұрын
Watching all this breakdancing without the music is just wrong.
@avastavery5489 6 жыл бұрын
Exactly! Even when the dude is describing the "break" there's just elevator funk playing in the background. Guess we can thank KZfaq copyright system for that.
@DerInselaffe 6 жыл бұрын
Certainly a shame. Coming from the UK and an area that certainly has no aspect of American culture, these videos are fascinating. Something has been lost in its translation to video.
@kienquan99 6 жыл бұрын
Enzo, these are breakbeats. Copyright fees to license the use of existing beats gets expensive so they picked up stock versions.
@blackthanos85 6 жыл бұрын
Enzo Mondo Don't need music. Dance to the beat of your HEART. 👊 BBOY 4 LIFE
@sharonbre9347 2 жыл бұрын
So nice to acknowledge the athleticism, strength and fitness of the bkids. I was also born & raised in the South Bronx.
@SpecimenKE 3 жыл бұрын
Happy birthday hip hop
@jpoopmafia6009 6 жыл бұрын
Amazing, simply amazing
@Fealo31 6 жыл бұрын
Just saw dj kool herc last year in California at freestyle sessions the floor was full of people of all color and religions it was awesome, long live hip hop the real hip hop
@DiguYT 6 жыл бұрын
Europe is my city
@eddiehowell9871 6 жыл бұрын
That's one hell of a megacity!
@mralternator3859 6 жыл бұрын
England is my plane of existence
@eddiehowell9871 6 жыл бұрын
Mr Alternator stop appealing to my patriotism
@somebody2619 6 жыл бұрын
Don't Read My Profile Picture The Bronx is my continent.
@maseelnaqvi 6 жыл бұрын
Is that a reference to Jake Paul and Nick Crompton
@benji.B-side 7 ай бұрын
I'm an old school Break Dancer, it became my life! There is old school footage on my channel of me and my Break Dancing friends. B-Boys, will always be boys! Peace and love to you all.
@Neontronique 6 жыл бұрын
Vox, I get chills when you do breakdowns of arts, especially hip-hop and dance. You have just made my whole day. Please make the videos longers. I hate to complain, it's just not long enough for my morning coffee.
@Amidat 6 жыл бұрын
I remember those NY days... They used to come out on the street corner with a piece of cardboard and battle. I tell you - they helped calm down those crazy Bronx/Uptown streets.
@bishggfork2593 6 жыл бұрын
'Breaking is made up of four elements' Me: WATER EARTH FIRE AIR
@tumbel99 3 жыл бұрын
I’m from the uk and I was an old school B-BOY from the very early 1980’s,man I miss those because breakin today is not the same as it was back then,it’s too commercialised these days.
@frankbiemans 6 жыл бұрын
Vox, please keep it up. Such high quality content. Thank you.
@joegarcia7824 5 жыл бұрын
we were break dancing in the early 70's at st mary's park recreation center dances. one of the first great break dancers, rubberband. died there in a fight with another kid in 1972 or 1973. we used to break to it's just begun, give it up turn it loose, melting pot and then came bongo rock. nice memories of my childhood in the Bronx. in my opinion the first break dancer was cuban pete a puerto rican mambo dancer from the fifties.
@BoricuaNyc Жыл бұрын
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@Dufaze 6 жыл бұрын
I love this series! Please do more including other styles of dance! I'm particularly interested in Popping and its history.
@skillet6870 3 ай бұрын
Thank you Black American dancing, and dancers, dating back to the 1940's and 1950's for creating what later became known as 'Breakdancing' Just watch the Mills Bros. and other films from the 1940's and the 1950's
@Ickguenthrasil 6 жыл бұрын
wait, but bboy gravity is not a rb bc one champion?
@emili0r3y46 6 жыл бұрын
Hip Hop Evolution on netflix is a great show and traces the origins of hop hop in the 70s to the golden age of the 90s
@ImNotSorry1954 Жыл бұрын
Yes‼️👏🏽👏🏽 Represent! 🇵🇷💪🏽✨
@HeggemusNL 6 жыл бұрын
Thank you for reminding me to listen to the song: ''Hey You - The Rocksteady Crew''!
@georgiamclennan 6 жыл бұрын
This just made me feel great ☺️ what an awesome way to start the day
@coqui1550 6 жыл бұрын
I LOVE THESE MINI DOCUMENTARIES. VERY EDUCATIONAL AND INFORMATIVE.
@cmooreHD 6 жыл бұрын
Vox is just amazing! I swear that say that every video. I just learn or even reminded of so much!
@BetaSwimmer 6 жыл бұрын
Don't forget about the dance. Thank you guys for noting that major issue with the modern community of breaking, and hell a lot of emergent styles where the battle and acrobatics have often overtaken the original art and joy of the dance itself.
@joshlevy3480 Жыл бұрын
If you get this message, I personally find it sad that the change has been immense. The first few years, it was about the funky style and the dance. It unrecognisably changed into what looks to me, just acrobatics with spins. Great shame the original funky flavour of the dance was not passed on. I suppose it will be lost forever. Cheers anyway.
@chrisdooley6468 6 жыл бұрын
I miss these days 😢
@larrenceespenido5528 3 ай бұрын
One of the most influential dance crew is the rock steady crew that brought Hollywood fame to breaking
@seanstroman6087 6 жыл бұрын
HIP HOP is FOREVER
@McJamEs209 6 жыл бұрын
I'm very happy that they did this. Thank you!
@ironroad18 2 жыл бұрын
Hope they show and deconstruct the difference between "breaking", "locking", "popping", "roboting", "puppetry"and "tutting". Breaking and later tutting was developed in NYC, in the 70s; where as locking, popping, puppetry and roboting was personified on the West Coast, mainly in the Bay Area, Fresno, and LA around the same time. The dance styles of the different coasts didn't start blending until the early 80s, though the media likes to term it all as "Break Dancing".
@nucleus1392 6 жыл бұрын
Just wanted to drop by and thank you guys for the hard work & quality content, along side such masterpieces as MY FIDGET SPINNER BROKE MY FINGER. Thanks vox. Luv u. 🌈
@ucan810 4 жыл бұрын
Well put together! like the bit close too the end about community & family & giving back. Cheers for uploading, godbless ;)
@erikj2684 6 жыл бұрын
this is awesome!! keep it up vox!!
@freestyleoldscool135 5 жыл бұрын
Thanx very much for teaching me this moves in 80s and popping. ..thanx alot.....
@MB1z 6 жыл бұрын
this was so cool.
@Octavia680 6 жыл бұрын
just one more example of how blacks and Latinos are so closely related. we're first cousins😘
@sparkman1314able 6 жыл бұрын
olsimmons1 Puerto Rican to be EXACT. lots of them are afro latino to begin with.
@diempardon4259 4 жыл бұрын
@Johnny Rutz "Puerto Ricans are NOT LATINOS THEY ARE CARIBBEAN ." Though Puerto Rico was once considered apart the Caribbean like Cuba and they are still considered both Hispanic/Latino because of Spain's colonization prior being becoming a U.S territory.
@MrSivram28 3 жыл бұрын
Only Afro Latinos are brothers of African Americans. Not mestizos and white latinos
@sls554 8 ай бұрын
That is a LIE African Americans and Latinos are not Cousins.
@fairyoozeify 6 жыл бұрын
ayeeeee chief 69! good to see you here man!!
@Luboman411 3 жыл бұрын
Ahhhh...back when New York City was the center of great cultural ferment and innovation between the 1950s to the 1990s. You got abstract expressionism, minimalism, pop art and digital art in the avant-garde art world and rap, hip-hop, voguing, break-dancing and graffiti in popular culture. I wonder if we'll ever see something like that in New York City again. Once gentrification started shooting up into the stratosphere in the 1990s, that's when this cultural ferment in this city died down and has almost been killed off. It's rather sad, actually.
@blackclothesblackcat8873 6 жыл бұрын
As a non-dancer I didn't know what to expect when I took Breakdancing for PE last semester but it was amazing. It made me fall in love with dancing. I'm taking street dancing this semester. BTW: still not a great dancer.
@ozoomiy 6 жыл бұрын
Just take your time man no one is great at the beginning it took me 4 months to learn the basics and I'm still learning after 4 years of bboying
@OfficialDennis 6 жыл бұрын
This is great
@simstander5471 6 жыл бұрын
Dope. Thanks guys
@bgirlrokafella 3 жыл бұрын
I agree with everything reflected here.. I stay in the community but I also enjoy a career with it.. and I won't stop til the day the wheels come off. Peace.
@TKO_CEY 6 жыл бұрын
HIP-HOP
@dotardjchump9980 6 жыл бұрын
Vox, Thanks for This! I remember this stuff growing up in the Boogie Down in the 80s! It was a magical time with Video Music Box & the underground hip hop scene! Brought back memories!
@user-bo1fg6tw5e 6 жыл бұрын
why is this lady's voice so nice to listen to? Vox has damn good narrators.
@neokennime6756 6 жыл бұрын
this makes me miss the 80's
@bryancruz1877 6 жыл бұрын
Glad to see my home town, the Bronx have some recognition on Vox
@okccitizen4400 Жыл бұрын
Shout out to the pioneers
@thepug991 6 жыл бұрын
Do more stuff like this, these types of videos are why I watch VOX!
@jero3933 6 жыл бұрын
The real talk ...thkx for creating bboying thnkx alot cauze when i break it gives me my own pleasure... Not for showoffs...
@freestyleoldscool135 5 жыл бұрын
Its a great way of feeling free...
@djneptunenyc 6 жыл бұрын
had to share!
@Murmurrr 6 жыл бұрын
I was excited when I saw the title, but underwhelmed by the content. This felt like a "What is break dancing 101 video" Personally, I think an investigation into why bboy culture has become bigger in Asia, and Europe than in the US is a more compelling story, but that's just me.
@falafel2964 6 жыл бұрын
This is entry-level info, which is important, since b-boying is one of the most mis-understood cultures in the world. And in order to for people to understand why bboy culture has become bigger in Asia, and Europe than in the US, people need to understand the fundamentals of what makes breaking breaking.
@hopelesscreative6977 6 жыл бұрын
I think the hip hop hype has died down (since what it was when it started) and i feel the rest of the world picked up on it later and that hype still isn't gone yet.
@sparkman1314able 6 жыл бұрын
FunkyMilk Because they saw Black Americans doing it and was inspired by the dance and the music. the culture is worth imitating thats how dominate cultures work.
@Idiotsoverdose 6 жыл бұрын
Why would they talk about the imitators without talking about the originators? I do feel they missed the mark about 'bringing it to the world' though. They didn't actually explain why other cultures picked up on it at all.
@westsidecrew5578 5 жыл бұрын
+Brandon Sparkman - you are wrong. The blacks stopped breaking by the late 70s....It was the Puerto Ricans who brought it to the world..they had the moves, the style and charisma...blacks were not the inspiration. Breaking was at it's peak globally 83 - 85 and it was the Puerto Ricans who brought it tot he world then and were the inspiration.
@solo4minutos 6 жыл бұрын
I just love the narrator voice
@bboyisaac07 4 ай бұрын
Kool Herc himself said that the term Bboy (Break Boy) had nothing to do with the break in the record. It came from the slang term "breaking" that people used meaning going overboard. Nowadays, people say "doing the most" or "doing too much." This was just applied to the dancers.
@Yog.1 6 жыл бұрын
Hopefully they do one for Popping and funkstyles :)
@khalidmohammed3973 6 ай бұрын
Why isn’t Trixie the founder of BBoy breakdancing mentioned in this video? 🤔🤔
@babygii 6 жыл бұрын
I love the get down❤️❤️
@selmalinnea9870 6 жыл бұрын
THIS IS WHY THE GET DOWN WAS SUCH AN IMPORTANT SHOW
@luisbarcelo9612 Жыл бұрын
Dope!
@kawealuv952 6 жыл бұрын
Boogie Down!!!
@GuilhermeVieiraSechat 6 жыл бұрын
Well, I didn't expect to hear about Capoeira here
@RecaneYala 2 жыл бұрын
awesome!!
@angeloramos6852 Жыл бұрын
Exactly it's freestyle up Rock top rock I grew up in the 70s I was born in the 60s
@ianciborowski2983 6 жыл бұрын
Okay, I got mad respect for anyone that can do a round off, flip flop, double back flip, without any damn mats
@sirpoppinchuck 4 жыл бұрын
Bgirl Rock-a-fella!!!!!!! He didn't mention the term " breakin" to go off, get off on, breakin point!!! Thats what happens when you hear the beats you " break" i think its still good they show tha real culture hip-hop!!!!!
@slipz9481 6 жыл бұрын
Vox should make a video about Capoeira.
@yamaarchive5919 2 жыл бұрын
As a BBoy I really liked this video
@lgmatias2403 6 жыл бұрын
COOL
@saratadesse8048 6 жыл бұрын
can i get a source for the video used at @1:59 ?? :) this is a great video!
@abibnoor 6 жыл бұрын
The Get Down comes to mind. Bronx..Cadillac and dj malibu.
@antuwang1504 6 жыл бұрын
y'all should do one on popping
@liawatson5789 6 жыл бұрын
2:25 That gymnast has gorgeous legs!
@najatcherqaoui9450 4 жыл бұрын
O-O
@starryfolks 6 жыл бұрын
hello vox
@Powar1020 5 жыл бұрын
Cool !
@-_Nuke_- Ай бұрын
*WORD!*
@gallimead 6 жыл бұрын
Sigh. ... I'm 46, happily married Brit living in Ohio. But thanks to Grandmaster Flash, The Sugar hill Gang, the classic book of Subway Art, and an original pair of Jordans, nothing could touch my dreams back in the early 80's
@escapefromtibet2530 6 жыл бұрын
Can you do a video about Cutting Shapes?
@Xinoo 6 жыл бұрын
dang I am EARLY. HELL YEAH
@kyndread71 5 жыл бұрын
If I were the President, I would nominate DJ Kool Herc for the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Herc had a massive impact on hip-hop culture, not just for the US, but for the world.
@Germania9 6 жыл бұрын
Breakin' 2: Electric Voxgaloo
@malik87breaker 5 жыл бұрын
Zedfinite wrong. There is no bad acting. lol
@lez9185 7 ай бұрын
Is that video from a tribe in Africa break dancing a real video recorded in the 1950s ?
@rbgalldayeveryday Жыл бұрын
I used to watch my older brother do a break dance when I was 6 year old in an army base in Germany.
@Kay-vj3ji 5 жыл бұрын
Watch Beat Street.
@ZoomILike2flyAway 3 жыл бұрын
That there is The Rocksteady Crew
@JuanPerez-il9ou 6 жыл бұрын
Yea,,, what a contribution to humanity!! I 'm just overwhelm with joy!!! Any chance to talk abut the 7 wars the American Empire in waging at the moment being mentí here!
@JuanPerez-il9ou 6 жыл бұрын
W
@yuhdumbting3214 6 жыл бұрын
Did you guys know the reason it called breaking because there a part in the songs called the break where it was just drum and nothing else
@cash4laughs71 6 жыл бұрын
My friend's deceased mother is the woman in the 80's movie breaking.
@gabrielsanchez1644 5 жыл бұрын
ProGamer code may she R.I.P 🙏🏽
@FeelAlrightInc Жыл бұрын
I miss this era of the 2000s.
@zippagraphics 2 жыл бұрын
Hi Nelson!
@sls554 8 ай бұрын
The Black Spades were all African Americans in the Bronx, NY from Some racist Caucasian, and some racist Latinos too, but the Black Spades did let a few Caribbeans and Latinos in the group.
@sls554 7 ай бұрын
Also, Brooklyn, Harlem, Queens, Staten Island, and African Americans Invented Hip Hop.
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