#Bboy Pop

[timmurleyart]

Kid N’ Play kick step. 👟⚡️👟

#kid n play #kick step #dance battle #dancing #house party #house party movie #old school hip hop #throwback thursday #pop art #breakin #wildstyle #graffiti art #breakdancing #breakdown #breakdance #bboy #bboying #ll cool j #salt n pepa #fat boys #naughty by nature #90s hip hop #90s nostalgia #flat top #90s fashion #90s aesthetic #kris kross #jermaine dupri #old school rap #classic hip hop

[viela2]

Voy a fluir en la música ❤️💕🎶

🎤MC Luanna

#hiphop #tanarede #underground #rapnacional #undergroundhiphop #viela2 #americalatina #brasil #mentelivre #rapbr #popping #streetdance #bgirl #bboy

[urbanxreporterz]

F . O . S battle dimanche 28 mai 2022 sur Marseille - Enregistrez la date Jam- battle - party (soirée) 1vs1 HIPHOP 1vs1 Popping 1vs1 bboying 2vs2 All styles Infos : @F.O.S.comcept #F_O_S_comcept FREEDOM of the ORIGINAL STYLES le lien de la communauté HIP HOP culture - 🤝 OLD & NEW school 🤝 Valoriser les valeurs PEACE - UNITY - LOVE - & HAVIN FUN 🎤💿🎶HIP HOP🕺🏾🤸🎨 #urbanXreporterzHIPHOP #HIPHOP #urbanXreporterzDANCE 📅 📅 📅 #UrbanXreporterzCALENDRIER #battle #marseille #danse #F_O_S_comcept #dance #rap #music #gaff #graphiti #humanbeatbox #dj #djing #bboy #break #breakdanse #popping #locking #urbanXreporterz #Freedomoftheoriginalstyles #FOScomcept #urbanXreporterz #pedagogHIPHOP #associationLEcollectifSOUTHpopper #southpopper #MRbenoitD #MRbenoitDevents #MRbenoitDcomMARKETING (à Marseille, France) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp8JSNxMvQX/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#f_o_s_comcept #urbanxreporterzhiphop #hiphop #urbanxreporterzdance #urbanxreporterzcalendrier #battle #marseille #danse #dance #rap #music #gaff #graphiti #humanbeatbox #dj #djing #bboy #break #breakdanse #popping #locking #urbanxreporterz #freedomoftheoriginalstyles #foscomcept #pedagoghiphop #associationlecollectifsouthpopper #southpopper #mrbenoitd #mrbenoitdevents #mrbenoitdcommarketing

[mrbenoitd]

#F_O_S_battleDEdanseHIPHOPvol9 F . O . S battle dimanche 18 septembre 2022 sur Marseille 1vs1 HIPHOP 1vs1 Popping 2vs2 All styles inscriptions et billetterie uniquement en ligne à partir du mercredi 14 septembre 2022 sur 👉🌍 https://MRbenoitD.com 🌎👈 (pas de billetterie sur place) + infos sur @F.O.S.comcept F.O.S FREEDOM of the ORIGINAL STYLES Pour les valeurs et la culture HIP HOP #f.o.s.comcept #battle #marseille #danse #F_O_S_comcept #F_O_S #hiphop #dance #rap #music #graphiti #humanbeatbox #dj #b.boy #bboy #break #breakdanse #popping #locking #urbanXreporterz #Freedomoftheoriginalstyles #FOScomcept #urbanXreporterz #pedagogHIPHOP #southpopperevents #associationLEcollectifSOUTHpopper #southpopper #MRbenoitD #MRbenoitDevents #MRbenoitDcoMarketing (à Marseille, France) https://www.instagram.com/p/CidJupUL7er/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#f_o_s_battlededansehiphopvol9 #f #battle #marseille #danse #f_o_s_comcept #f_o_s #hiphop #dance #rap #music #graphiti #humanbeatbox #dj #b #bboy #break #breakdanse #popping #locking #urbanxreporterz #freedomoftheoriginalstyles #foscomcept #pedagoghiphop #southpopperevents #associationlecollectifsouthpopper #southpopper #mrbenoitd #mrbenoitdevents #mrbenoitdcomarketing

[southpopper]

L'art n'a pas d'âge - lors du Bring your Flow le 21 octobre 2022 pour soutenir Soukahina. 📸 jahfee_photographe #aubagne #2022 #enphase #MRbeboitD #MRbenoitDance #dance #danse #hiphop #popping #wave #bboy #breaking #southpopper #marseilleconnexion #pas2quatre #urbanxreporterz #art #street #breaking #bboying @mrbenoitd @pedagoghiphop @f.o.s.comcept https://www.instagram.com/p/Co5E1AOIUe0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#aubagne #2022 #enphase #mrbeboitd #mrbenoitdance #dance #danse #hiphop #popping #wave #bboy #breaking #southpopper #marseilleconnexion #pas2quatre #urbanxreporterz #art #street #bboying

[da-ill-spot]

November 19 - 20

Freestyle Session 25 Year Anniversary

LA BOOM | Huntington Park, CA

Tickets

#shows #events #bboy #bgirl #dance competition #hiphop #Freestyle Session #concerts #Raekwon #Diamond D #DJ Koco #Shimokita #popping #locking #breaking #break dance #house #waacking

[bgirmedia]

https://youtu.be/CrVguUgNFmY

#hip hop #dance #dance instructor #houseofdancetc #popping #locking #hiphopdancer #hiphopdanceinstructor #hiphopculture #bboys #bgirls #boogaloo #waving #Youtube

[panic39clothing]

Rocking Panic @carshowmodel 🔥🔥🔥 🛒 www.PANIC39.com - 🇺🇸 @panic39 - 🇭🇰 Panic 39 - 🇯🇵 Panic 39 Japan - 📺 @panic39tv

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[cryiling]

what do we think about kpop idol au revalink where revali is from a big 3 company (i feel like he gives sm or yg but idk) and link is from a smaller company, but they get into a dating scandal because of dispatch's stupid dating dump at the end of the year or whatever

revali is appalled to have dating rumors with this little runt from a nugu group (he's lying, link is totally his type), meanwhile link is losing his shit bc it's his idol it's THE revali 🫣

im gonna use this ask as an excuse to talk about idols!link and revali bc I HAVE SO MANY IDEAS

first of all revali is def giving agust d vibes, that fuck capitalism and the government sorta songs, and he definitely writes his own music (he thinks that artists who don't write their own music aren't real artists). no wait like genuinely. have u guys seen the lyrics for all the songs on d-day?? and like the mv for amygdala?? totally breaking kpop industry norms and I can totally see revali doing that, like yes babes talk abt your mental health and traumatic experiences, pop off king !

I bet revali prefers doing hip hop style dances, like you're never gonna catch him doing those rlly simple trendy dances. nah he out here doing flips and bboying and stuff 😭 hmm like think back down or halazia level dances (bye not me finding a way to bring halazia into any conversation SJDHSJF)

also he definitely only sings live, no lip syncing for him. one day he gets sick and loses his voice but he still has a performance that day, and his manager is like PLS just lipsync to the track, literally no one will get mad I promise, and he's like bitch no and just has his fans sing the whole song (he goes viral for this, his fans bragging abt how revali would never stoop to the level of lip syncing while his antis are calling him lazy for having his fans do all the singing, then revali's fans clap back at those ppl and pull up the receipts of all the times their faves lip synced)

ok we need stage name and fandom for revali. hm tbh I feel like he would just keep his name as his stage name, like he probably thinks the idea of stage names is cringy 💀 help I need fandom name ideas. like, vale or something BYE. his company probably came up with a whole list of possible fandom names and he said no to all of them, atp his manager just picked one for him 😭

u mentioned revali is from a big 3 company, hmm yeah I'm getting sm vibes from him. how long do u think he trained for? probably a couple years, like 6? so he's very insistent that all his accomplishments are from his hard work

OK let's talk abt link! idk many small companies but ummm let's say like, gf or something (they have kingdom, slay!). do u guys know that one idol from loona I think? and she was a trainee for only one day? yeah that's link 😭 he auditioned for the company and they're like you're great! debut asap pls

link is just here to have a good time honestly, like he's going live at 3am to do drunk karaoke like jungkook fr 😭 he really has a passion for singing and performing, and at the end of the day he's just doing this for funsies, he doesn't let the stress get to his head too much, which, king behavior honestly

ik u said he's from a nugu group but honestly I'm seriously loving the soloist vibe from him, like if he was in a group he'd probably end up as the wonyoung of the group bc he just has that main character energy 😭

I can see link doing more upbeat/poppy songs, but he does the occasional ballad + contemporary dance combo that his fans go FERAL for. or,, omg. imagine him doing criminal by taeyang... 😊

his stage name.. L!NK bc he's quirky and not like other girls 😧 I bet his song titles are either in all caps or all lowercase too, he insists "it's for the aesthetic 🥺"

hm what sort of situation are they in where dispatch makes a dating scandal for them? OUHH MAYBE theyre both mcs for a music show (ignore that it's usually one guy and one girl) and they do one of those performances together and ppl are like 🤨⁉️ like imagine them doing the iconic dolphin dance together ✋ fans go CRAYZEEE the fancams hit like 20m views because their chemistry together really shines, even with such a simple song

their companies see how good they are for each other's publicities, so they really push for more of their schedules to be together.. which ofc comes at the cost of the dating scandal. they're hanging out together at some cafe idk, their managers told them to go hang out in the hopes that they would get some more publicity. what they WEREN'T expecting is for dispatch to declare that they're dating??? (that's a lie, link's manager (zelda) definitely knew smth like that would happen and she's the biggest revalink supporter 🤞)

when revali hears about this, he has a freaking meltdown to his manager teba, like 😭 lying facedown on the couch screaming into a pillow, "they think we're DATING?$:$;&2!;@/@ they really think a senior idol would go out with a rookie!!???!: SHUT UP TEBA HE IS NOT MY TYPE-"

meanwhile link has the BIGGEST celebrity crush on revali, like you know how jungkook is with namjoon? yeah 😭 so when the dating scandal comes out, link is just so flattered that people would think that he's worthy to be with revali- he's going around to anyone who will listen and is like "people think I'm with revali 😦🥰🥰" zelda is like girl calm down you're not actually together

#revalink #revali #link #breath of the wild #botw #legend of zelda #loz #KPOP REVALINK MY LOVE #this was so much fun to write #but AJDBAKNF honestly amihan hit most of the same points in their idol revalink post 😭😭 #so sorry for reiterating some of the same things #can you imagine them on a variety show together or smth #OR like revali hosts a show like suchwita and he hosts link 🥺 #and then at the end they do a dance challenge together to promote link's comeback #ofc link's dance is very sexy and so fans are freaking out that link got revali to do a sexy dance 🙈 #crow's revalinkverse #me being So Normal about this game

[altmusicposting]

Grunge: Putting Seattle's Alternative Scene on the map

The name of this blog comes from 2 main places. The first being that I wanted to discuss a broad scope of the extremely varied music that falls within the alternative genre. The second is that I generally refer to myself as being a part of the larger alternative scene as opposed to any of the specific subcultures, because I'm familiar with, and draw from quite a few of them. With that however comes a lack of full immersion in any of the subcultures I draw from, which, yes, has always bothered me. As such, I invite you to join me as I dive deeper into the history and evolution of one of those scenes: Grunge, or grunge-punk.

The scene started in Seattle, Washington in the 80s, with bands like Mr. Epp and the Calculations, Green River, the Melvins, and Soundgarden. Eventual "face" of the genre, Nirvana, started in the late 80's too, but they and the rest of the bands initially had a different sound than what became popular in the 90s. At its conception, the sound was a more direct fusion of first wave punk and metal sounds, featuring lots of "distortion, feedback, and fuzz effects". Lyrically too, these artists (mostly) pulled from the counter-culture themes in punk and in the city itself. (Seattle was very involved in the hippie movement of the preceding decades, as well as other "outside the norm" groups.) This can be seen especially well in Mr. Epp and the Calculations' Wild Youth On Money.

This sound would begin to change in the 90s as some bands dissolved and others took an interest in going in different directions or became more focused on "making it big", which many of their older fans would probably call "selling out." Nirvana's breakout Nevermind in 1991 was actually a shift towards pop for them. Compare Nirvana's Anorexorcist from 1987 to songs like Come As You Are from 1991.

The origin and attitude surrounding the term "grunge" is debated. Some argue that it started with Mark Arm of Mr. Epp, prior to the band's actual existence, stating that the band was "Pure grunge! Pure noise! Pure shit!" Others claim it came from the record labels like SubPop promoting the music of bands like Green River and Mudhoney, though it still possessed a similar tongue-in-cheek, snarky, self-deprecating essence. While it was likely originally a cheeky inside joke-descriptor that was proudly used by the bands, with the shift in sound and increasing popularity that occurred in the 90s, the attitude towards the term changed. According to some, many bands saw it shift from "descriptor to ultimate promotor," while others saw it as a term used in popular media to codify and incorrectly group basically all the young bands from Seattle at the time without much regard for actual sound or culture. Given the history popular media has with oversimplifying and/or misnaming counter-culture/underground movements that gained traction (see bboying/breaking to break dancing, etc.), I'm more inclined to believe the latter was the majority, particularly among those involved in making the music from the beginning.

Still, as it so often does, the short, popular name stuck, and is still being used. And, whether intentional or not, the promotional aspect of the term took root. The practical, "just what we were wearing anyway" clothes that many of the bands wore became the 'look' or the style associated with the genre. The combat boots, flannels, old clothes, beanies, and longer, kinda greasy hair were not meant to be a statement like the attire of many punk and metal bands had been, but it became one anyway as bands like Nirvana and Pearl Jam gained popularity.

Many of the original artists involved in the scene collaborated and regrouped when bands dissolved or individuals found their interests aligned. For example, Green River (one of the first bands in the scene) split into Mudhoney and Mother Love Bone due to goal differences. In the split, Mother Love Bone picked up Andrew Wood from Malfunkshun, who's unfortunate passing led roommate and Soundgarden vocalist (and rhythm guitarist) Chris Cornell to join them & recruit backup vocalist Eddie Vedder to pay tribute to Wood. The product of that collaboration (known as a supergroup) was called Temple of the Dog, and although Cornell returned to Soundgarden, Vedder ended up joining Mother Love Band which became Mookie Blaylock, and then Pearl Jam. Credit to Jacklyn Grambush at culturetrip.com for detailing that chronology. The point of me sharing all that is 1) I think its a wild ride of events, and 2) it illustrates both the supportive, collaborative side of grunge, and the uneasy pull between fame/success and staying "counter"/"underground" that existed in the scene.

Today, the genre has been expanded to include a variety of artists from the same time, and with a vaguely similar vibe from all over. Bands from outside of Seattle like Stone Temple Pilots and Bush received especially harsh criticism. This does feel rather 'gatekeepy' to me, which I tend to take issue with. However, given how far abstracted the music was and how commodified the term had already become by that point, I do kind of understand the frustration.

In essence, grunge is not necessarily dead, but it has been mutated into something only tangentially related to the original. Whether that is a problem or not I leave for you to decide.

#grunge #music #music analysis #alternative #nirvana #mr.epp #temple of the dog #80s bands #90s music #my writing #my thoughts #alt aesthetic #Youtube

[jenifersohowe]

"RUNNING AWAY/TANNER PATRICK" BREAK DANCE BBOY OF AMERICANS MUSIC LEADER...

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#youtube

[urbanxreporterz]

F . O . S battle dimanche 28 mai 2022 sur Marseille Jam party battle 1vs1 HIPHOP 1vs1 Popping 1vs1 bboying 2vs2 All styles Infos : @F.O.S.comcept F.O.S FREEDOM of the ORIGINAL STYLES Pour les valeurs et la culture HIP HOP #f.o.s.comcept #battle #marseille #danse #F_O_S_comcept #F_O_S #hiphop #dance #rap #music #gaff #graphiti #humanbeatbox #dj #djing #b.boy #bboy #break #breakdanse #popping #locking #urbanXreporterz #Freedomoftheoriginalstyles #FOScomcept #urbanXreporterz #pedagogHIPHOP #associationLEcollectifSOUTHpopper #southpopper #MRbenoitD #MRbenoitDevents (à Marseille, France) https://www.instagram.com/p/Co-hlj0Lh5v/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#f #battle #marseille #danse #f_o_s_comcept #f_o_s #hiphop #dance #rap #music #gaff #graphiti #humanbeatbox #dj #djing #b #bboy #break #breakdanse #popping #locking #urbanxreporterz #freedomoftheoriginalstyles #foscomcept #pedagoghiphop #associationlecollectifsouthpopper #southpopper #mrbenoitd #mrbenoitdevents

[mrbenoitd]

L’art n’a pas d’âge - au bring your flow pour soutenir Soukahina 📸 @jahfee_photographe #aubagne #2022 #bringYOURflow #Soukahina #enphase #MRbenoitD #MRbenoitDance #dance #danse #hiphop #popping #bboy #breaking #southpopper #marseilleconnexion #pas2quatre #urbanXreporterz #pédagoghiphop #pedagogHIPHOP (à Aubagne) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ck9mZMboN3y/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#aubagne #2022 #bringyourflow #soukahina #enphase #mrbenoitd #mrbenoitdance #dance #danse #hiphop #popping #bboy #breaking #southpopper #marseilleconnexion #pas2quatre #urbanxreporterz #pédagoghiphop #pedagoghiphop

[southpopper]

MERCI À VOUS TOUS POUR L’ÉNERGIE des participants, spectateurs, juges, guest et bénévoles au F . O . S battle de danse hip hop vol 9 #F_O_S_battleDEdanseHIPHOPvol9 Dimanche 18 septembre 2022 + infos sur @F.O.S.comcept Se réunir, s’épanouir et faire plaisir ! Événements artistiques et caritatif L’association le collectif south popper, #pédagogHIPHOP et MRbenoitD Vous propose cet événement Tous les bénéficies de cet événement seront reversés pour l’achat de jouets Pour une distribution solidaire aux enfants en fin d’année 2022 #f.o.s.comcept #battle #marseille #danse #F_O_S_comcept #F_O_S #hiphop #dance #music #graphiti #humanbeatbox #dj #b.boy #bboy #break #breakdanse #popping #locking #urbanXreporterz #Freedomoftheoriginalstyles #FOScomcept #urbanXreporterz #pedagogHIPHOP #southpopperevents #associationLEcollectifSOUTHpopper #southpopper #MRbenoitD #MRbenoitDevents #MRbenoitDcoMarketing (à Marseille, France) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cisrbb3Li5D/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#f_o_s_battlededansehiphopvol9 #pédagoghiphop #f #battle #marseille #danse #f_o_s_comcept #f_o_s #hiphop #dance #music #graphiti #humanbeatbox #dj #b #bboy #break #breakdanse #popping #locking #urbanxreporterz #freedomoftheoriginalstyles #foscomcept #pedagoghiphop #southpopperevents #associationlecollectifsouthpopper #southpopper #mrbenoitd #mrbenoitdevents #mrbenoitdcomarketing

[c-40]

A-T-4 028 You Can Break Dance Too

1984 is the year of the breakdance craze and officially the peak year for 'learn to breakdance' records. Compilations titled Breakdance in 1984 could have anything on them, some albums contain original tracks, club or pop hits of the day, others are studio rerecords, sound-a-like albums. The funny thing is none of them have any bboy tracks on them, NO BREAKS! it's all electro for the poppers, lockers, robotics, and street dancers? at least The Rock Steady Crew album had a cover of It's Just Begun on it, it's an awful cover but the original is a bboy record. Anyway, all the music below are original compositions

The Wildstyle Club - Everybody Break (B-Boys Version) + (Up-Rock Freestyle Version) this one is from Italy. The tracks are co-written by Tony Carrasco of Klein & M.B.O. et al. The b-side features Spyder-D which is cool

Merrill & Brown – Waterfall Steven "Boogie" Brown was the other half of Snatch with Bernard Fowler (not to be confused with the no wave group Snatch). Fowler & Brown were also in the NYC Peach Boys together and The Smurfs who did Smurf For What Your Worth. The a-side of the record is narrated by Rosey Rose who it says was the choreographer at the Roxy niteclub

Merrill & Brown – Planet Rock the blurb on the sleeve reads Learn How... with this explosive package of breakdance music with vocal instructions. Plus... 50 full-color dance photos, authentic "hip-hop" music, step by step directions

Super Coper & Clarence Breakers - This Is the Way You Do the Breakdance this is a Peter Brown thing which has been reissued recently. I've gone for the 7" edit ,the full length track is almost 9 minutes. I'm thinking the bass line is from an earlier P&P associated production but this time played on a synth, it's going to drive me mad that - I know what it is, it's Gt Down by Horace Andy but that doesn't come out for another year

Mr. Robot - Dancing Like A Robot (Break My Style) following the Rock Steady Crew onto record is Mr. Robot... and here he is performing in the film Breakdance Sensation 84

All Rounder - Break Dance true to his name All Rounder gives breakdance a bajan twist

Alex And The City Crew - Breakdance this is an easy one to find. Alex And The City Crew were a crew from Holland. The a-side is filled with electro hits, Rockit is a rerecord by B.T. & The City Slickers. The b-side has original material and a few of the tracks have instructions. It's worth buying for the poster if it's still in the sleeve (see image below). There was also a video. I'll spare you the music

Larry Wolff & The Streetbeaters – Breakdance out of California, no instructions just all original breakin' tracks. It was remastered in 2021! and it's on Apple Music - you can hear the appeal, nowadays it sounds close to old arcade or early console music and that has a following

The Breakers - Breakdance U.S.A. (The Original Step By Step Method!) this is The U.S. Break Express Dance Team and they narrate moves over versions of popular records from the day like Thriller and Beat It. I can't find any snippets online

Finally here's a breakdancing class on Germany's ZDF

I'm off to watch some breakdance battles

#1984 #breakdance #electro #hip hop #stage and screen #80s music

[dorothy-leonardi-sisco]

There's this one person who keeps asking me "What's poppin'?" Now I can tell them about this guy.

#pop dance