Breaking The Law 7: Deadly Styles In Review

[ROLDARE]

“Hell begins on the day when God grants us a clear vision of all that we might have achieved, of all the gifts which we have wasted, of all that we might have done which we did not do”

Gian Carlo Menotti

... IN 2009, MANOGOD APPROACHED ME ABOUT ATTENDING BREAKING THE LAW7 ... HE FELT I NEEDED TO BE THERE...HE OFFERED TRANSPORTATION AND LODGING...I KINDLY REJECTED THE PERKS BUT PROMISED HIM THAT THERE WAS NO WAY I WOULD MISS THE EVENT.

...FRIDAY APRIL 30TH 2010, DAY 1: MADISON WISCONSIN IS THE MECCA OF BREAKING THE LAW...THE TREK FROM CHICAGO IS ROUGHLY ABOUT 3 HOURS...I TRAVELED THROUGH THE STORM AND ARRIVED TO FIND OUT THE EVENT IS FREE....(MORE ON THAT LATER)

AND SO THE CONCEPT AND VISION HAD BEGUN... IT WAS EVIDENT THIS WAS NOT YOUR ORDINARY BBOY EVENT AS I STEPPED INTO THIS MAJESTIC BALLROOM THE SPOT WAS FILLED WITH BBOYS, BGIRLS, PRESS, MOMS, DADS, KIDS, COLLEGE ON-LOOKERS, NEWBORNS AND PEOPLE WAY OLDER THAN ME...THE ROWS OF OF CHAIRS AROUND THE MAIN FLOOR WENT 10 DEEP...MINI FLOORS WERE SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE PERIMETER OF THE ROOM: BUT UNDERSTAND THAT THIS ROOM WAS PACKED...

AS I MADE MY ROUNDS, I NATURALLY GRAVITATED TOWARDS THE CROOKS VENDING TABLE WHERE YOU COULD SEE ADVERSE, BERTO AND LESTER SLINGING THAT KWOC/CROOK GEAR. THE BRICKHEADZ WERE STRETCHING IN THE VICINITY...TRIBE MEMBERS WERE STROLLING IN...G-BABY WAS GETTING HER GAME-FACE ON AND THEN SNEEKS CT POINTS OUT HOW THE TERRITORIES HAD BEEN SET; CHICAGO COMMANDEERED THAT CORNER OF THE ROOM; MINNESOTA SET UP SHOP NOT TOO FAR AWAY...OKLAHOMA WAS NEAR THE FRONT...THEN RANDOM LITTLE WARM-UP CYPHERS WERE TAKING PLACE....OH YEAH, PEOPLE WERE SHOWING LOVE, BUT LETS NOT FORGET, WAR WAS ABOUT TO TAKE PLACE.

DAY 1 HIGHLIGHTS:
- ON A PERSONAL NOTE, I TRULY ENJOY WATCHING THE CHICAGO TRIBE FAMILY COME TOGETHER. TO ME THEY REPRESENT FAMILY DURING THANKSGIVING DINNER: TRUE LOVE ALWAYS...CONGRATS TO VOODOO AND BRAND1 ON FINALLY GRADUATING...
-JUNGLE ZOO KEEPERS: THAT KID IN THE KHAKI SHORTS AND RED SHIRT WAS SMOKING EVERYBODY...
-DAZE 1: HE MIGHT BE THE MOST COMPLETE HIP-HOP GUY OF ALL TIME...HE BREAKS, POPS, LOCKS AND FOOTWORKS, RAPS, JUDGES, HOSTS, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY: REPRESENTS WHAT YOU WANT AT A YOUR PARTY.
-THOSE DAMN POPPERS: POPPING AINT DEAD...NOT EVEN CLOSE: THAT WILD CARD TEAM WITH THOSE TWO YOUNG CATS WAS AWESOME. THAT ROBOTIC GLIDE MOVEMENT AT THE END WAS UBER.
- THAT TNT CHICK HAD THE FUNK AND HER WORKOUT PARTNER TUTTED LIKE EGYPT...
-BUT THOSE TWO LIL ASIAN KIDS WERE THE BEST: THEY POPPED LIKE CORN AT THE MOVIES...THEY FLOATED LIKE BUTTERFLIES AND STUNG YOU LIKE A BEE...
-HOUSE CYPHER AT THE END OF THE NIGHT: I DON'T KNOW WHY PEOPLE LEAVE EARLY: LESTER BURNEM' BLASTED OUT A HOT HOUSE MIX; THATS RIGHT...ITS TIME FOR THE PECULATOR... THE HIGHLIGHT THE NEW AND IMPROVED CHECK-IT ROCKING THAT CIRCLE.

BUT THE BEST BBOY OF THE NIGHT WAS DEFINITELY THE ONE AND ONLY: MANOFGOD....THAT GUY ROCKED TWO PERFECT ROUNDS FOR RHYTHM ATTACK..

HIS MOVES WERE SHARP LIKE A KATANA YET FLUID LIKE WATER...HIS POWER WAS EFFORTLESS AND HIS ATTACKS WERE RELENTLESS: MANOGOD WAS TRULY MANOFTHEHOUR...

SATURDAY MAY 1, 2010, DAY2

ATHLETES FOOT: I LOVE CHICAGO STYLE FOOTWORK: IT IS A RELENTLESS BEAT RIDING ATTACK ON THE FLOOR...BIG UPS TO ACHILLES AND NIGEL FOR PUTTING ON A PSYCHOPATHIC DISPLAY OF FOOTACTION...

BGIRLS: UP TO THIS POINT, THE JUDGES WERE PRETTY MUCH ON POINT. THE BATTLES WERE TIGHT, BUT THE CORRECT WINNER WAS BASICALLY CHOSEN EACH TIME...HOWEVER, TONIGHT, THE "GOT RIPPED-OFF" AWARD BELONGS TO SPINDERELLA OF CHI-TOWN'S FINEST BREAKERS.

...LETS BACKTRACK A LITTLE: G-BABY, FELICIA AND LOKI ROCKED IT...LADY ONE FROM MIAMI , MELANIE FROM AUSTRIA AND PEPPER FROM LOS ANGELES WERE OUTSTANDING...BUT SPINDERELLA STOLE THE SHOW ONCE AGAIN. THE WHOLE ROOM KNEW THE HEADSPIN WAS COMING...YET SHE NAILED IT AGAIN...LIKE TEQUILLA, SHE HAD EVERYBODY TIPSY. AND NOT ONLY WAS THE ROOM ROARING FOR HER, TWO OF THE JUDGES WERE LITERALLY CRYING OUT OF PURE JOY...HECK I SHED A TEAR OR TWO. THE FACT THAT SHE WASN'T PICKED TO MOVE ON WAS A DAMN SHAME.

BUT PEPPER WAS THE REAL DEAL...THAT GIRL KEPT HITTING THEM BEATS WITH FREEZES....SHE IS A BATTLE PROVEN MAVEN...SHE HAD THAT SWAGGER AND NEVER RAN OUT OF MOVES...WELL DONE, PEPPER WAS A TRUE CHAMP.

ROCKING:
IM NOT GONNA LIE....THE ROCKING BATTLE WAS NECESSARY. ROCKING IS A BASIC TESTIMONY OF HOW WELL PREPARED YOU ARE TO ATTACK ON THE DANCE FLOOR AT ANY GIVEN TIME , AT ANY GIVEN BEAT.
BUT I HAD A FAVORITE PICKED OUT: AMBROSE OF PHAZE II. AMBROSE REPRESENTS THAT ORIGINAL FLOW OF BBOYING...EVEN THOUGH HE'S NOT EVEN 21, AMBROSE COULDVE EASILY BEEN IN THE ORIGINAL BEAT STREET MOVIE. SO AS THE JUDGES NARROWED IT DOWN TO THE FINAL 4 "ROCKERS", I TOLD DJ LOS BOOGIE TO PLAY JAMES BROWN'S IN THE JUNGLE GROOVE REMIX. AND SO AMBROSE PROCEEDED TO SYMBOLICALLY EJACULATE ALL OVER HIS OPPONENT OZZIE....FOR SOME REASON THE JUDGES CHOSE THE FINAL 2 ROCKERS TO BE AMBROSE AND, YOU GUESSED IT, OZZIE...POOR OZZIE. HE TRIED TO HOLD HIS OWN BUT IN THE END, DONT ASK ME WHY, HE WOUND UP BENT OVER IN FRONT OF AMBROSE. NEEDLESS TO SAY AMBROSE"ROCKED" IT PRISON STYLE AND THE BATTLE WAS OVER. AMBROSE DOMINATED AND WON THIS BATTLE.

TRIX ARE FOR KIDS:
OK...SO MANOGOD THROWS CAUTION TO THE WIND, NO PUN INTENDED, AND ADDS A ANOTHER ELEMENT TO BTL: EXTREME MARTIAL ARTS TRICKS...HE BRINGS OUT THESE MARTIAL ARTS PRACTITIONERS TO BATTLE IT OUT 7 TO SMOKE STYLE...NOT IN THE KUMITE FORMAT, BUT RATHER IN THE WHO CAN CLOSEST TO CRACKING THEIR BODY WITHOUT ACTUALLY DOING IT STYLE....
HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDED THIS SURFER LOOKING DUDE THAT LANDED A DOUBLE BACK....
LOWLIGHTS INCLUDED THIS PIRATE LOOKING GUY THAT DIDN'T LAND HIS DOUBLE BACK: THE BACK OF THE NECK BROKE HIS FALL....YIKES!!!!!!
A LOT OF FLYING SPINS AND KICKS WOWED THE CROWD...HOWEVER, IN TRUE BBOY FASHION, JET, DJUAN AND MYSELF WERE CALLING OUT TAPS AND CRASHES.
IN THE END IT WAS THIS WU-TANG GUY VS. BARBIE GIRL: BARBIE GIRL REPPED MORTAL COMBAT STYLE WHILE WU-TANG GUY FLEW AROUND WITH SIDE KICKS...WU-TANG WINS!!!

CREW BATTLES:
OK, SO NOW ITS ON LIKE DONKEY KONG....THE CREW BATTLES WERE SIMPLY AMAZING: EVERY CREW SNAPPED....EVEN THOUGH ONLY THE TOP 16 MADE IT TO DAY 2, 20 EASILY COULDVE MADE IT...

MINNESOTA MADNESS:
THERE MUSTVE BEEN LIKE 100 MINNESOTA BBOYS...AND THATS NOT COUNTING DAYLIGHT FROM SELF-X. CREW AFTER CREW CAME FROM MINNESOTA....SHOUT OUTS TO MINNESOTA FOR REPPING HARD AS HELL: EVERYBODY FROM MINNESOTA JOE TO A YOUNG KID NAMED BONES...LEGIT TALENT AND FLAVOR ALL-AROUND....

ELITE 8
BRICKHEADZ VS. BOON ROCKERS: SHORTY AND EVOL ON THE SAME TEAM: THATS JUST SO UNFAIR....BUT BOON ROCKERS HAD THEM STYLE FLOW THINGS MOVING...FIERCE BATTLE, BUT ITS WAY TOO EARLY TO SAY GOODNIGHT TO IKE FANTASTIC...

BASIC STUFF VS. BATTLE BRICKS: ANYTIME SPINMASTER IS IN A BATTLE, THE NIGHT GETS A TRUE DOSE OF BBOY-NESS...SPINMASTER AND HIS BATTLE BRICKS WERE JUST NASTY OUT THERE...HARD MOVES AND MEAN MUGS...SCARY CREW: BUT BASIC STUFF WAS A CONCOCTION OF FLOOR PHYSICS ALUMNI AND CHI-TOWN FINEST BREAKERS...WITH RANDO POWERCOMBO SPECIALS WOWING THE CROWD, CHI-TOWN'S FINEST ROUTINES TURNED THE TABLES...ANYTIME YOU GET 3 LITTLE KIDS WINDMILLING IN YOUR FACE, I FEEL FOR YOU. BASIC STUFF WINS

WEAPONS OF MASS CREATION VS. LOONEY TUNES: THE LEGENDARY LOONEY TUNES WERE AN ABSOLUTE FORCE...THEY FLY AT YOU AND SET THE TONE FOR THE QUALITY OF ROUTINES YOU WOULD NEED TO WIN...BUT WEAPONS OF MASS CREATION WERE COMPOSED OF MIJO, AND ALEX, SOME HOUSTON GUY NAMED JOSE, ADVERSE, A POWER GUY THAT LOOKED LIKE A DOCTOR AND SOME CRAZY TAIL GUY. THIS BATTLE WAS BLOODY...MIJO IS STILL A TOP TIER BBOY AND THOSE LOONEY TOON GUYS ARE LIKE A PACK OF HYENAS; THEY ATTACK IN GROUPS. SO THE WEAPONS BUSTED OUT ROUTINES OF THEIR OWN...HIGH QUALITY TYPE STUFF...ADVERSE CHEATED ON HIS CROOKS BY DOING THAT FACE DROP WHILE SOME OTHER GUY DOES A ONE ARM HAND STAND ON HIS BACK...BLAKATAK WOULD'VE BEEN PROUD. WEAPONS WIN.

RHYTHM ATTACK VS. BOOGIE KNIGHTS: GABE STAR FROM BKC IS GETTING BETTER THAN EVER...WOW...HE ACTUALLY WAS REVERSING HIS POWERSETS...BUT RHYTHM ATTACK ARE FAR EAST LEGENDS THAT ARE REPPING MANOGOD'S NAME: OUT-MANED, BOOGIE KNIGHTS FOUGHT VALIANTLY, BUT RHYTHM ATTACK HAD TOO MUCH AMO...THAT BLOND GUY WAS VICIOUS AS HELL...RHYTHM WINS

FINAL FOUR:
BRICKHEADZ VS. BASIC STUFF: THAT CRAZY CHOKE FREEZE FLOOR PHYSICS GUY WAS AWESOME....YOU CAN TELL HE'S BATTLED QUITE A BIT...HE SEEMED FLAWLESS AT TIMES...NO DOUBT A HEADLINER ON ANY NIGHT....UNFORTUNATELY FOR HIM, WAKA IS STANDING RIGHT ACROSS FROM HIM. THE AGELESS WONDER DOES NOT GO HOME EARLY...HE IS THE VERY DEFINITION OF A WARRIOR: YOU WILL HAVE TO KILL HIM IN ORDER TO DEFEAT HIM. SO BASIC STUFF SENDS OUT TURBO AND OZONE FROM CHI-TOWNS FINEST TO DO THE DIRTY WORK: AND SO THEY DID WITH AIRFLARES AND TURTLES AND HEAD SPINS...THEN AN ILL FATED MIS-COMMANDO ENDED THE UPSET BID: BRICKHEADZ WERE HEADED TO THE FINALS.

WEAPONS OF MASS CREATION VS. RHYTHM ATTACK:IN ONE OF THE MOST HIGHLY ANTICIPATED BATTLES OF THE NIGHT, THE FLOOR BECAME WHITE HOT...RHYTHM ATTACK IS A COMPLETE TEAM OF BBOYS THAT HAVE MASTERED THEIR CRAFT...THEY HAD THIS TWO-STEP FORMULA WORKING FOR THEM: TWO GUYS COME OUT IN ROUTINE THEN TRANSITION TO INTO A THIRD GUY THAT WOULD JUST BLAZE THE FLOOR WITH FLAME-THROWING MOVES...THEY DID IT AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH BATTLE. BUT THE WEAPONS ROCK HARD...MIJO AND ALEX ARE WORLDWIDE CHAMPS THAT KNEW THAT THE OLD LOGG ROLL WOULD COME INTO PLAY TONIGHT...BUT IT JUST WASN'T ENOUGH. THEY EVEN THREW HOUSTON JOSE 15 FEET IN THE AIR FOR A CRAZY BACKFLIP...BUT STILL THE RHYTHM ATTACK HAD AN ANSWER EACH AND EVERYTIME...I'LL GIVE IT TO THAT FUNKY WEAPON GUY WITH THE BLOND TAIL: HE HAD CRAZY STYLE, BUT RHYTHM WAS TOO MUCH TO HANDLE: RHYTHM TO THE FINALS.

THE FINALS
BRICKHEADZ VS. RHYTHM ATTACK: NOW HOW DO YOU ATTACK THAT RHYTHM? TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF HOW INTENSE THIS BATTLE WAS, THE BRICKHEADZ USED A THREADING ROUTINE THAT WAS USED AS A FINISHER IN OTHER BATTLES, AT THE START OF THIS BATTLE...MAGIC IS GREAT, BUT THE RHYTHM ATTACK HAD HIS MATCH...IKE IS UNTOUCHABLE, BUT THE RHYTHM WAS SMART ENOUGH TO STAY OUT OF HIS WAY...EVOL AND SHORTY ARE UNMATCHED, BUT RHYTHM WAS PERFECT IN LIKE 3 ROUNDS...SO WAKA AND MAGIC SNAP OFF A CATAPULT ROUTINE THAT JUST MISSED...I WAS ROOTING FOR BRICKHEADZ, BUT RHYTHM ATTACK MADE ME A FAN AND A BELIEVER...RHYTHM ATTACK WINS BTL 7


END TIMES:
THIS MIGHT BE ONE OF THE GREATEST EVENTS IVE EVER BEEN TO...LESTER, E-DOUBLE AND FRANCO ROCKED THE BEATS...SOME SCRATCHING GUY WAS REALLY GOOD...THE JUDGES WERE 99% CORRECT...THE CROWD WAS MESMERIZED BY THE BATTLE TACTICS...AND THE DIVERSITY IN THE ROOM WAS OVERWHELMING: I EVEN SAW A LADY BREAST FEEDING HER NEWBORN DURING THE SEMI'S....MANOGOD IS THE TRUTH...HIS EVENT IS THE TRUTH...HIS VISION CAME TO FRUITION...THIS WEEKEND CANNOT BE DUPLICATED, BUT IT CAN INSPIRE YOU TO DO GREAT THINGS. AT ONE POINT, WE WERE OUT OF TIME: WE NEEDED $250 DOLLARS TO KEEP THE NIGHT GOING...SOME GRACIOUS DANCE STUDIO DONATED THE MONEY. THATS LOVE WITHOUT BARRIERS...I WAS READY TO COUGH UP $20 MYSELF...THIS EVENT CAN ONLY BE SUMMARIZED AND CLASSIFIED IN ONE WORD: NECESSARY. IT WASN'T ABOUT WINNING THE PRIZE, IT WAS ABOUT GETTING THE PRIDE.


THANK YOU MANOGOD, THANK YOU

ROLDARE NATION

[maxx00x]

lol....the guy who landed the double back is def not a surfer type dude hahaha. i know him through the tricking scene.

[ClawsOut]

amazing review!! could not agree more. I also wrote a lengthy blog post about the event too, if you want check... it's on

JUSTROC

peace,

JUSTROC

[LTC_MN]

LOL legendary Looney Tunes.
We're just a bunch of 16-19yrs old doing our thing.
But good review!

[ClawsOut]

Originally Posted by LTC_MN

LOL legendary Looney Tunes.
We're just a bunch of 16-19yrs old doing our thing.
But good review!

yo! ya'll killed it super hard against weapons of mass creation. i was impressed...keep it up, come out to LA for claws out yooo

[bboykong]

Originally Posted by LTC_MN

LOL legendary Looney Tunes.
We're just a bunch of 16-19yrs old doing our thing.
But good review!

WTH, I'm not 16 yet. -___-

[LTC_MN]

Originally Posted by ClawsOut

yo! ya'll killed it super hard against weapons of mass creation. i was impressed...keep it up, come out to LA for claws out yooo

Thanks brotha wished we could've chilled during BTL.
But fo sho we'll try to come down to LA.

[ROLDARE]

Legendary Looney Tunes: Everybody Was Talking About You Guys...however, From Now On I'll Refer To You Guys As The "young, Up And Coming Rookies"...lmao...no Way Dude, You Guys Are Fierce And Superior To Most...