|
1. What about the recent blow-up and media exposure of b-boying? i.e. ABDC, "You Got Served", "Step Up" (Or whatever that movie's called), and so on and so forth..I've been breakin since '96 but came into the bboy scene in '99 and have noticed a significant change in our culture now that we see young ones come around trying to mimic the dance through what they've seen on TV, not knowing anything about the culture and history.. Yea, much respect to bboys doing there thing, getting gigs for shows/commercials/movies but does anyone thing the media exposure of bboying has had positive and negative affects on the rawness and authenticity of the culture?
2. youtube as everyone's already mentioned- nuff said
3. Dancing on beat, cleanness, flow and finesse get more love and respect now then in the late '90s and early 2000s. Back then people could get away with crashing sets as long as they hit a superhard or original move. Watching footage from 02, even some the best bboys weren't on point..even sloppy! There's some I believe were ahead of there time i.e. Moy, Megus, Kamlel, Storm, Skillmethodz of course many others that truly understood reald b-boying..but man crews threw down some sloppy ass routines and still got love for it in the early 2000s.
|