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THE CREATION OF ROCK STEADY CREW (pioneers of Hip Hop)
THE CREATION OF THE ROCK STEADY CREW Written by Joe-Joe, The Original B.Boy, Rock Steady Crew '77 Founded in 1977, the crew's original name was the "Untouchable Four B.Boys". It consisted of four members, Joe-Joe, Easy-Mike, Jimmy-Dee, and P.Body 170th. However, the demands of recruits enabled them to reconsider and look past the four- member title of restricted membership. As a result, a meeting was held in Echo Place, Bronx, NY, at the residence of Jamie White [AKA Jimmy-Dee]. It was there that the ROCK STEADY name was born despite the initial idea of creating an extra crew to extend the "Untouchable Four B.Boys". It was decided that the Rock Steady Crew would serve one purpose. To keep the steady flow on the dance floor. In defining the "Rock Steady Crew" title: The word "ROCK" symbolized the concrete for the bumps and bruises sustained while performing. Mats and cardboard were unheard of back then. The word "STEADY" constituted the love and continuation of the art of B.Boying. In addition, the word "CREW" contained special meaning because it represented the teamwork and efforts that were put forth in order to empower those individual skills. Rock Steady Crew became a dominating force in the B.Boy community through the teachings and leadership skills that were implemented by Joe-Joe. The various skills were basic footwork, the backspin, the swipe, the bridge and many other moves. These skills eventually evolved through out the For instance. Crazy Legs back spin. The original members of Rock Steady Crew were Joe- Joe, Easy Mike, Jimmy-Dee, P-Body 170th, Jimmy Lee, Chrome, Boo-Ble, Pauly, Lime-5, Rubberband, l- Mack (Weebles), Doctor Ace, Slick Rick, Popeye, Trace 2, Trac 2, Rim 180th, Tito 183rd, Me 2, Green Eye Joe, Braces, C.N., Les, Angel Rock, Bon 5 Lenny Len and Crazy Legs. Different turns of events started to then take place. For instance, Jimmy-Dee and Joe-Joe were approached by little Richie Coln [Crazy Legs] asking for the expansion of a Manhattan chapter of the crew. After permission was granted, the chapter was supervised into the Lincoln Center battle against the Dynamic Rockers from Queens, NY, with the participation of Joe-Joe and Jimmy-Dee [We toasted them!]. The Bronx chapter gradually diminished due to each individual member's circumstances. For instance, Jimmy-Dee disappeared off the face of the earth, others relocated, others passed away and Joe- Joe was sent to mandatory job corps for too years. Within that length of time, the Manhattan chapter flourished under Crazy Legs' direction and supervision. Rock Steady Crew then became an international B.Boy sensation. Who would have thought what little Richie Colon would achieve through so much potential and self-determination? Peace Joe-Joe The B.Boy Original Rock Steady Crew '77 . by Joe-Joe
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CRAZY LEGS Hipo HOp dance pioneer.(Rock Steady Crew)
The Rock Steady Crew was established in 1977 by Bronx b-boys Jimmy D and Jojo. When they started this crew in the streets of the Bronx, they had no idea that someday it would take them all around the world. Only the best b-boys were down with Rock Steady. They had rivals in all five boroughs of New York and for every rival there were ten kids who wanted to be down with them. However, getting into the original crew was not easy. To get into Rock Steady you had to battle one of the other b-boys in the crew. It was a competition few people won. In 1979 when the b-boying hype was beginning to die down, Jimmy D put Crazy Legs and Lenny Len down with Rock Steady just in time to add new life to the art form and take it to the next level. This was at a time when Crazy Legs moved to Manhattan. Going back to the Bronx every weekend became too difficult for Crazy Legs pockets. He then started to explore the Hip Hop scene in Manhattan more often. This meant losing touch with other members of Rock Steady. Crazy Legs would spend most of his time developing his craft in tenement building hallways and battling b-boys that he would come across and eventually hanging out with the ones that he felt had an original style. Wanting to start a crew of his own he went back to the Bronx to look for Jimmy D and the rest of the crew to get permission to start a chapter of his own. He was not able to find them. Not knowing what to do, he sought the advice of his cousin Lenny Len. Lenny Len suggested that he join Rockwell Association (another well known crew from the Bronx). Rockwell Association was the crew that had turned Crazy Legs down as a member before he got in to Rock Steady Crew. This time Crazy Legs had a lot more to offer. They immediately put him in Rockwell Association and gave him a chapter in Manhattan. It was bitter sweet for him. He felt that Rock Steady Crew was the better of the two and wanted to use the Rock Steady Crew name. In the early part of 1981 Crazy Legs had come across Jimmy D and told him about what he was doing in Manhattan. Jimmy D was impressed with the amount of members that Legs had in Rockwell Association. Crazy Legs asked Jimmy D if he can start a chapter and Jimmy D gave him permission. Crazy Legs immediately changed the name of the crew to Rock Steady Crew. Although none of the members that got into Rock Steady Crew by battling, they had already gained the respect of Crazy Legs. Crazy Legs and the new recruits from Manhattan eventually became the motivating forces behind b-boying gaining back its popularity in the streets of New York City. The turning point for Rock Steady was in 1981 when people began to take notice of all the noise Crazy Legs, Frosty Freeze, Take One, Little Crazy Legs and Ken Swift were making in Manhattan. In August of 1981, photographer/sculptor Henry Chalfant offered them the chance to perform at the Lincoln Center Outdoors Program. This performance, which was also a battle with rival b-boys from The Dynamic Rockers, was crucial not only because it was covered by local television stations, The New York Times, The Village Voice, The Daily News, and National Geographic, it would later gain them worldwide exposure. Jimmy D took notice of the buzz that Crazy Legs had started in Manhattan and made him President of the entire Rock Steady Crew. Crazy Legs in turn made Frosty Freeze and Ken Swift Co- Vice Presidents. In the winter of 1982 the Rock Steady Crew was invited to perform at the original Ritz nightclub. The list of performers that night included the Punk Rock group BOW WOW WOW, Afrika Bambaataa and the Jazzy 5. Since Afrika Bambaataa was known by many as the “Godfather of Hip-Hop�, the Rock Steady Crew was honored to be on the same bill. After their performance, Crazy Legs and Frosty Freeze asked Afrika Bambaataa if they could be down with the Zulu Kings, the most highly respected of all b-boy crews. Afrika Bambaataa allowed them as well as the entire Rock Steady Crew to become members of the Zulu Kings, knowing that they would also become an integral part of the Zulu Nation. Soon after that performance the Rock Steady Crew took the downtown club scene by storm. They became caught up in a culture clash of Rastafarians, Punk Rockers and Hip-Hop heads. As the word spread, Rock Steady expanded into a huge family consisting of women, children, roller skaters, artists and DJ’s. The Crew’s popularity grew bigger than the city of New York and Kool Lady Blue started managing the group. She booked them on the Roxy Tour, sponsored by Europe One Radio. The Roxy Tour took the Rock Steady Crew, Afrika Bambaataa, Fab Five Freddie, The McDonald Double Dutch Girls, DJ’s and graffiti artists straight from the “concrete jungle� to London and Paris. It was the first Hip-Hop tour of it’s kind and it opened the door for many more to follow. The Crew also appeared on the Jerry Lewis Telethon two years in a row. In November 1983, they were asked by the Queen of England to perform at the Royal Variety Performance in aid of the Artist’s Benevolent Fund. During these spectacular performances Charisma Records approached the Rock Steady Crew with a record deal. The record “Hey You, The Rock Steady Crew� was in the top ten charts in Great Britain and sold over a million copies. The Crew, however, saw very little of the proceeds. Due to their lack of knowledge of the music industry at such a young age, the company took advantage of the Crew and would not allow them any creative input toward their own project. When Charisma Records went out of business and was sold to Virgin Records, the group was put on hold indefinitely. During this time, the crew's management told them not to dance in clubs. They tried to convince them that it was in their best interest not to dance they way they love to. Just for fun. Suddenly the Crew was on the outside looking in. By this time they had lost much of their fame and notoriety. They found themselves at a dead end with no plans for the future. Regardless, the Crew never split up, but they took some time to regroup and they went their separate ways. Some members took an optimistic attitude and went back to school or pursued other interests. Others did not fare so well. However, the Crew kept looking forward and took their anger and disappointment and made something positive. In 1991 Mr. Wiggles approached Crazy Legs about an idea he and Fable (Magnificent Force) had for a Hip-Hop musical. Crazy Legs (with the help of Mr. Wiggles) then needed to persuade Ken Swift to start dancing again in order to have Ken involved as well. The musical was called “So, What Happens Now?". Rock Steady member Buck 4 (R.I.P) provided the perfect scenario to base the musical on. He said, “You don’t know what it feels like to go fill out a job application. where it says, ‘what do you do?’ what do I write? I spin on my head?� “So, What Happens Now?� was the critics choice in the New York Times and received rave reviews in The Village Voice, The Daily News and El Diario. In 1992, they received a standing ovation lead by Gregory Hines at the Kennedy Center Honors where President George Bush, Gregory Peck and the Nicholas Brothers were all in attendance. A Rock Steady Crew Anniversary is held annually to symbolize the preservation of the history and evolution of Hip-Hop Culture. This monumental community event brings out DJ’s, b-boys/b-girls, graffiti artists, emcees and thousands of other positive Hip-Hop heads from all around the globe. It also honors members of Rock Steady Crew and members of the Hip-Hop community that have passed away. Since their beginning the Rock Steady Crew has come full circle. Crazy Legs is still president of the crew. Fabel and Easy Roc are co-vice presidents. They have added new faces like Fever One, Alien Ness, Jeromeskee, Floor Phantom, Lady Jules, Floor Rock as well as members in Japan, United Kingdom and Italy. The difference this time is that they have total control over their company and their destiny. “This time we have control over what’s going on�, says Crazy Legs. “We are running it with no one to answer to and that makes everything we do more satisfying�. With the Rock Steady Crew’s 29th anniversary on the horizon, they have plenty more goals in sight. The Rock Steady Crew has bounced back and performs throughout the world. They remain very active in the community and are involved in several different outreach programs as well as holding food drives and donating time and money to non-profit organizations. They hope to set up a Rock Steady foundation for children. This program will provide dance classes and other activities that will help to influence the youth to stay on the right path throughout life. It will also involve maintaining and preserving Hip-Hop culture. also visit: WWW.ROCKSTEADYCREW.COM
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"B-Boys get DOWN!!!"
Breaking or breakdancing started in the late 1960’s, early 70’s. DJ Kool Herc took a James Brown song called the ‘Good Foot’ and looped it on the ‘break’ beat so that dancers could have a continuos rhythm to dance to. The ‘good foot’ was the first freestyle dance that incorporated moves involving drops and spins. As D.J.s invented new ways to stretch the break beats in the records, dancers had more time to invent and experiment. Soon moves like dropping down to the ground and poppin up again on beat became standard. DJ Kool Herc coined the term b-boy around the mid seventies to describe the people that danced this new style. In the middle of his sets he would get on the mic and yell “B-boys go down!†to signal the crown to clear the way for the breakers. People still aren’t sure what Herc meant, but the term b-boy is still used today and most people think it means ‘break boy.’ In Brooklyn a new step inspired by these drops was being developed and called ‘Brooklyn Rock’ also known as ‘Uprocking’. Once the first early break moves had been established, a definite style began to develop.
B-boy moves: a headspin above / a freeze below (a stall in the midle of a move)
Breaking evolved further when people from South American countries began to incorporate capoiera, a local fight/dance style, into uprocking. Also, Bruce Lee and other Kung Fu film stars had a major influence on b-boying culture. The popularity of Kung Fu films during the mid and late 70s around the world and especially in New York City, has had a great impact on b-boying style. Breakdancing groups like The Rock Steady Crew, and the New York City Breakers emerged. These crews would battle each other in night clubs and try to win contests by having the newest and hardest moves. Soon breakers were doing flips, head spins and other extremely acrobatic moves to compete with each other.
The Rock Steady Crew (Mr. Wiggles, Crazy Legs, Ken Swift)
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B-boying became even more popular in 80s. It was first introduced to out side of New York CIty and the rest of world by a movie ‘Flashdance’ in 1983. Even though it was not a b-boy movie, a short scene which featured b-boying and popping on a street had a great impact and was enough to inspire people to start b-boying all over the world. There were other movies to, like ‘Wild Style’ and ‘Beat Street,’ but these movies weren’t as commercial as ‘Flashdance’. Breaking crews like the Rock Steady Crew soon became famous worldwide as the media became attached to this interesting new dance. Crazy Legs, from the RSC is still recognized as one of the greatest b-boys of all time. The media attachment to breaking only lasted till the mid 1980’s, but breaking didn’t die. B-boys went into the underground were they continued to master there b-boy techniques. 20 years later breakdancing has made its way all over the world and is now as popular as ever. Nowadays, B-boy events such as B-BOY SUMMIT and ROCK STEADY ANNIVERSARY are organized every year and many b-boys from all over the world get together and keep the culture alive and even try to take it into next level.
Want to know more about breakdancing? Or maybe even learn how to be a B-boy? Check out the following links:
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"Breakers" (Breakdancers) loved the break and would use those moments to really showcase their skills. Whenever the "breaks" would come on so would their energy hence the name break-dancing. (though my momma thought it was cause "they're gonna break their neck dancing like that" During the break Herc would also chant things like "B-Boys Go Down" "Throw your hands in the air/And wave'em like ya just don't care!". This type of crowd pleaser was known as "rapping" to the crowd. At that time rap was not yet known as 'rap' in America but rather called 'MCing'. He later turned his attention to DJing and let two friends Coke La Rock and (the orginial) Clark Kent handle the mic. This was rap music's first MC team. They became known as Kool Herc and the Herculoids.
"So what I did here was go right to the 'yoke'. I cut off all anticipation and played the beats. I'd find out where the break in the record was at and prolong it and people would love it."- DJ Kool Herc
To this day there is still speculation as to what Herc Meant by the term B-Boy some say it stood for "Bronx Boy", others "Boogie Boy", But the most common and favored is still "Break Boy"
Kung Fu & Dancing Merge To Become Breakdancing! Break Dancing another element of hiphop developed partially with New Yorks afficionation with the 3' Oclock channel 5 Kung FU theater flicks.. as many of the drunken and monkey styles of kung fu incorporated intricate ground fighting movements like windmills, caterpillar rolls, worms and kip-ups which the Breakers developed into a dancing artform.
The Break Loop! Grandmaster Flash (shown Above) perfected the looping of breaks and beats by adding a headphone cuing system This allowed him to hear the song in his headphones without the crowd hearing it. Now he could insert breaks and loop them seamlessly by backcueing the record (backspinning the record while listening to it) and repeating the process he could extend the break perfectly and endlessly.
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...BREAKIN: (The study and application of street dance forms). Commonly called Break Dancing or B-Boying, it now includes the once independent dance forms; Up-Rockin, Poppin and Lockin, Jailhouse or Slap-Boxing, Double Dutch, Electric Boogie and Capoeira martial arts.
It is also commonly referred to as freestyle street dancing. The practitioners of traditional Breakin are called B-Boys, B-Girls and Breakers. 1 Breakin moves are commonly used in aerobics and other exercises that refine the body and relieve stress. Dance and other rhythmic body movements appear at the genesis of human awareness. Dance is also a form of communication. Break-dancing acrobatic style of street dancing...
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Some Music Videos with Breakin' Moves Today there are so many music videos with B Boying. Here is a list of the most common ones and the Old School ones..
Uprock - Rock Steady Crew (A lots of powermoves, style, uprock by Rock Steady Crew.)
Hey You - Rock Steady Crew (Some more moves by Rock Steady Crew)
Rhythm Technicians - Rock Steady Crew (The best coregrafed video ever !!)
Planet Rock Remix - Africa Bambaataa & The Soul Sonic Force (Some moves by Rock Steady Crew and The Dynamic Rockers.)
I Feel For You - Chaka Khan (With moves by Pop'n'Taco, Boogaloo Shrimp and Shabba Doo from the film Breakin').
Freaks Comes Out At Night - Whodini (First group to have B Boys on the stage)
Roots Down - Beastie Boys (Short clips from the classic 'Wild Style' movie with RSC)
Buffalo Gals - Malcom McLaren (Moves by RSC. )
Chief Rocka - Lords of the Underground (Footwork by Crazy legs, Ken Swift and Quickstep.)
All night long - Lionel Richie (Pop-N-Taco, Boggaloo Shrimp)
I used to love H.E.R. - Common Sense (Just some breaking clips)
Street Dance - Break Machine (With themselves)
Wild Style Theme - Grandmaster Caz (With clips from the Wild Style movie)
HIStory - Michael Jackson (Some windmill & Backspin)
Going out of my head - Fatboy Slim (A crew doing some moves in the street, Airforce Crew ?)
I.O.U. - Freez (All lot of Poppin', Boogie & some Robot)
Bus Stop feat, Carl Douglas - Kung Fu Fighting (Kung Fu vs. B Boying)
Meeting in the Ladies Rooms - Klymax (Pop 'n' Taco, and other poppers from California)
It's like that 97 - Jason Nevins feat. Run DMC (Air Force Crew/Asia One and many more)
Funk Soul Brother - Fatboy Slim (Some moves with The Air Force Crew)
Party Train - Gap Band (Poppers Heckle and Jeckle)
U drive me crazy - Waldo's People (Some Finnish B Boys)
I told U so - George Michael/Whitney Houston (Some headspin, windmills and 1990++)
Freestyler - Bomb Funk MC's (Some Finnish BBoys)
Flying Steps - All their own videoes (Themselves)
Chrystal Method - The Name of the Game
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Backspin Pretty simple actually. You just spin on your back, and the ends in freeze. But you have to be sure that you got enough speed to spin.
Continuous Backspin This move was originally created by Crazy Legs of The Rock Steady Crew. He was searching for a way to make the backspin last longer. And so he did. He did the backspin and throwed his legs in and out. Crazy Leg called it "the continuous backspin." This is not Windmill. There are a lot of people that think it is the same, but it is not.
Downrock/Basic/Six step There is a basic six step routine going around your body on the floor. You may advance the six step and you may again do some crazy style with your body on the floor.
Elbow Spin It works in the same way as a headspin but much more difficult. There are two ways doing it. You may put your underarm on your head and spin on it, or even both underarms to spin till you stop. Or you could put your elbow to the floor and spin on it. It's not a new move but less practiced these days.
Electric Boogie/Robot It's a 5 step basic routine witch goes from hand/elbow/shoulder like an electric shockwave trough the body. The Robot is acting like a robot
Flair This is not a new move! The B Boys in the 70'ths were doing it, but they didn't have a name for it at that time. There was also a thing that the gymnastics do both on the floor and on a ramp. It is a difficult move. You need speed, strength and guts It is a really cool move and works excellent as a intro move to other power moves.
Hanglide You put your underarm too your middlehip and just spin on the hand like that. You can also apin on the side, on the fist an with both hands. Even lift yourself up while you spins on your both hands.
Handstand Freezes In the last years this has been a popular move. It works like an intro and are used alot in battles. Only your imagination can stop the ideas from the move.
Headspin As easy as it's title is. You spin on your head. There are now so many types of Headspins. And it is used a lot to end a combination..
Knee Spin Another Old School move. Very few doing that today. But as it says, you spin on your knee while going round and round.
Popping/Locking/Ticking The body pop around with hard movements. You use your whole body into this pointing, little jumps, locking the moves and small uprocks.
Spider Yet another move that is almost gone. You put your legs over your shoulders and walk around on your hands. Looks really kind of strange...
Suicide It is a type of freeze. Like you go on a voltage but lands straight on your back flat on the floor. This is a move that has been devolpmented the last years by B Boys throwing them self's in the air landing as dope as possible. But now as an intro enterering the ring.
The Uprock Is from the early 70’s and are all inspired by early Kung Fu films and the Campoera. The Breakers are almost using the same type of steps as a material art fighter.
Turtle - One hand stand. You jump around on one hand and have the other on the back. To reach speed you have to use bothe hands in the beginning. And when you use your both hands, then you are doing the Turtle. You may also go forth and back like this. This is a move that has been more than less replaced with the cricket.
Uprock It's one of the most important moves to make an enter in the ring, also good as warming up before doing power moves and often downrocking.
Windmill This move was very look-alike the continious backspin invented by Crazy Legs. But in this move you have to slide from shoulder to shoulder with straight out legs. And to start it you push away with your arms. Today there are a whole lot of ways to do the windmill. With hands and with no hands.
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It is a really cool move and works excellent as a intro move to other power moves.