What is a Bboy? The No Longer Exist

By Matt Da 5hat

I just found a really cool post, that was no longer up here on the boards.
I really felt that this type of knowledge needs to be up here on the boards for people to read and see so just to clarify, it's not me who wrote this, it was Alieness about a year ago as a reply to a question "What is a Bboy."

"Really really great post.
I want to answer this as honestly as I can, but I need to stress TIMES HAVE CHANGED, AND BECAUSE TIMES HAVE CHANGED, TERMINOLOGY, VOCABULARY, AND MEANINGS, change swell.
We live in a day and age where anyone who does a round of footwork and a baby freeze calls themselves bboy.
Look how many people start breaking, do it for like 3 months, and in those 3 months sign on to message forums and use the term in front of their name.. I.E. "BBoy Idiot"
I also understand that my views won’t change anything and nor do I intend to change anything, I will always speak my mind, however it doesn’t mean that what I say is law in this day and age.
Off the top...
BBOY = BRONX BOY
‘Nuff said.
That’s like me being born in the South Bronx, and holding up the west coast sign just cause I like gangsta rap.
Secondly, as time progressed, the word bboy described a certain caliber of people. not dancers. its just coincidence that breaking is a danced that was done by the bboys, however there were many dances that the bboys did, it just so happens that breaking outlasted them all and got international exposure. But breaking comes from the house party era and party dances were the norm.
In those days, the word hip hop did not exist. So there was no such thing as "hip hoppers" but if there was ever a term for hip hoppers before the word existed, that term was bboy.

I know bboys who don’t break and never did. It wasn’t just about the dance; it was a way of life. And when I say way of life I don’t mean like you guys do it now, trying to dress the part, or watching YouTube or such, I mean living a life in a poor broken down Bronx and making the best out of what you got.
From the way you walked, to how you dressed, to how you talked, made you a bboy, not the fact that you can break, bboys were dancers, and breaking was just ONE dance.

I once had a guy step to me and say to me "why you say I’m not a bboy? I top rock, I do footwork, I do power, I do freezes, meanwhile he was wearing (no joke) tight ass pants, fingernail polish, eyeliner, and a punk rock band patches on his jacket. My response, “look in the mirror,” which brings me to fashion. Some people have a misguided notion on what it means to dress like a bboy.
I’ve seen a lot of cats denim jacket try to dress like old school bboys with denim jackets and fat laces and mock necks (yuch) etc.

You have to look at it like this, the original bboys set the pace for what is known today as hip hop. What people call hip hop fashion is just bboy fashion of this era. When you dress like a 70's or 80's bboy, to a true bboy your outfit is 20 years outdated!!
Bboys dressed in the fashion of that time, or created something that would fit in with the fashion of that time; they didn’t dress like dancers from the 60's. The Nigga Twins were inspired by the Nicholas Brothers but never walked into a jam wearing a suit and tie like the Nicholas Brothers, get it?

Now compare it to today...the shirts and kicks that don’t match, kneepads
sweats with shirts that don’t match, kneepads and elbow pads, the so ugly head spin caps, the bummy sneakers, and the worst thing ever (drum roll please) mock neck shirts with sweatpants. Seriously, that’s like wearing wing tipped shoes which is normally used with a tux, and some track pants. It just don’t work. People don’t understand that the mock necks was used ‘cause it was a fly DRESS SHIRT, not a good spin shirt.

As mentioned, bboys came out of a party generations. you have people calling themselves bboys and go to events to break, I’m a bboy and i go to clubs literally every night to dance (for those in Barcelona, you can catch me any night in club Marulas near Plaza Real, best funk music party 7 nights a week).
With that being said, bboys was dancers, they partied, they had a god time, they didn’t go to jams to break, they went to jams to find girls and chill and dance, if by chance a BREAK BEAT came on, he did his thing.
If you aren’t an avid dancer, if you can’t get up and kill a 50 cent song like you can get down and kill a James Brown song, chances are your far from a bboy. If you can’t get your 2 step on, I don’t know what you’re thinking.

In a recent Paul Skee interview I said bboys don’t exist anymore, and many people got offended, so i will explain it in lamens term....
Girtisholland , you and I can go out together and learn all the dicaplins of the samurai. we can master Bushido, Zen, Kempo, Akido, Judo, shit, all the styles that made a samurai a samurai.
we can earn black belts in all those disciplines, we can get worldwide fame, we can open schools everywhere including japan and be respected by the masters, we can go on to win comps in the martial arts world, be number 1 in the world, we can go on to make movies and be world famous like Van Damme and Segal.

But the second either of us say we are samurai, we will be laughed at, ridiculed, and lose the respect of the people who know and understand that despite the fact we know it all, the true samurai didn’t belong to the martial arts, it belonged to a period of time in ancient japan. There are elements and conditions that help create the samurai that don’t exist today.
to me a bboy is the samurai of the Bronx that seeped into the rest of NYC, and there are elements and conditions that existed then that help create the bboys that don’t exist today.




In my opinion, today’s generation are not bboys, they pay tribute and do what the original bboys do in celebration of what they created. And in the end, carrying on tradition is not a bad thing, so please don’t take offence to anything i wrote, i just like spitting everything from the heart.
Love me or hate me, I’ve never bullshitted any of you at the least" - Alieness

First of all I never go on the bboyworld.com forums and this is one post that caught my eye. This was a post from Bboy Dyzee from the Super Naturalz crew from Toronto, Canada. Bboy Dyzee was quoting a post from legendary Bboy Alienness from the Mighty Zulu Kingz and Qweenz worldwide. I totally agree with Alienness's point of view. a lot of negative and positive things can be said about today’s bboys, but honestly just the way the dance is being carried on ‘til today and having younger generations catching in to breaking is much better to see than having the label bboy or not. even if we are just dancers living through a part of history it still is a culture to us, it’s not just a thing we do it’s a part of who we are. But take what Alienness said as it is. He’s not disrespecting anyone. I personally don’t take it as an offense, to me what he said is a lesson. Also visit Alienness’s BlogSpot at alienness.blogspot.com , it’s pretty sick.

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Inspired #7

By Emeroy Bernardo

This was inspired by the writer of The Simple Dollar. Every week I will be sharing the top 3 things that have inspired me as a person throughout the week.

1. World of Dance - San Diego

Fam Biz recently performed at World of Dance San Diego. As many times I've performed before, that feeling of being on stage is what continues to help drive me as a dancer.

FamBiz also has some new faces on the team who have never performed for this kind of event. It's like a child seeing the world for the first time, so many of them were blown away with what they've seen. It was a great show a great day, and great job to all the teams that came out and performed!

Competition days can be one of the most stressful and pressure packed days for a team. There's so many things going on at once that focus can quickly be thrown out the window.

On these kind of days I try to keep my team as focused, relaxed, and as level headed as possible. The last thing that I want them to be is overly stressed moments before we go on stage. The only stress I want them to feel is the excitement of performing on stage.

I feel accomplished that the team was able to do this. Instead of worrying about performing we were able to bond and fully enjoy the event instead of being anxious about performing which was only about so-and-so hours away. 

With our first competition finished and passed, I look forward to the many coming events that give us a opportunity to not only share our talents, but the opportunity to evolve as dancers and a team.


2. Be Present

"Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment. " - Buddha

I feel like I've been hearing this phrase echo throughout the past few weeks.  It didn't really hit me until I watched the movie, "Rumor Has It."  There is a scene in the movie were a man is sharing a phrase that changed his life, "be present."

Too many times we that the regrets of the past, anxieties of the future, and many other things in life hold us back from making the decisions of the now. 

With a quiet mind comes an open heart, and it can be quite difficult to have that if our mind is turbulent.

It is what we do now in each and every moment, no matter how big or how small, that will build towards our future and the rest of our life.

3. Less is More

“It’s not the daily increase but daily decrease. Hack away at the unessential.”

The more you take away, the more you see. Keep it simple.

I've been dabbling with this thought for the past couple of weeks. I know I previously mentioned it in Inspired #4. But I continue to notice how powerful simplicity truly is.

One being that this weekend was FamBiz's competing routine was the most simple yet, but the most successful. We didn't win. But the scores we got from the judges were higher than they have ever been.

Now were on the road of improving and taking out what's unnecessary to make us stronger.

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Fortune Cookie Choreographers

Written By Safi A. Thomas
Courtesy of Recidivism Deferred (A Hip-Hop Dance Blog)


“Just because people can’t understand what you say when you speak, don’t necessarily mean that what you be sayin’ is deep” -Talib Kweli

Dancers don’t need a fortune cookie (empty rhetoric) in class. They need solid advice that will help them facilitate a successful, empowered, economically stable career as well as kinesthetic knowledge to grow from. Empty rhetoric lacks substance and may appeal to the subjective artist side but impedes the longterm efficacy of that dancer’s career.

EXAMPLES

• “Just keep coming to class and you’ll get it.” (for how long? And get what?)
• “I can’t teach you groove. You either have it or you don’t.” (makes groove sound like an exclusive club that only certain people get into. In actuality, anyone with the proper assessment of music and understanding of different musical grooves will be able to estabish a connection with kinesthetic groove)
• “I can’t tell you how to dance it. Just feel it.” (Translation: I have no practical dance education and do not know how to explain my choreography to you, so just figure it out on your own.)
• “Just practice.” (usually the answer to the question “how can I get better?”)
• “Be fierce and bring attitude!” (for every piece)
• “Give me more energy!” (a general statement which precludes variability of emotive intent)
• “You have to be bringing it hard if you want me to see you in a class of 50 people!” (Mainly because the class has no structure and therefore the teacher/choreographer has no method of scanning the room and assessing all of the dancers. So they only focus on the sycophants in the front.)
• “Be the best that you can, not a watered down version of me.” (degrades the dancer surreptitiously by inferring that they will never be as good as the choreographer so just do what they can) This statement is ego under the guise of humility. “Work comes first, fun comes later.” (An empty statement or common idiom that sounds good but purports a separation between the hard work and fun instead of asking the dancer to redefine their idea of fun to be inclusive of challenges to their preconceptions.)
• “I’m not here to break down everything. I’ve got a class to teach.” (devolves the teacher/choreographer of accountability for the progress of the dancer)
• “Well if you go to an audition do you think they’re going to break it down for you? Just pick it up!” (using the excuse of preparation for an audition for not teaching the dancer how to assess the body both aesthetically and kinesthetically to gain clarity of movement)

If you’ll notice, these are all short one liners meant to obfuscate the choreographer’s ineptitude by sounding “deep.” Upon further examination, these lines fail to expound upon the craft or inform the dancer’s understanding of how their body moves relative to choreography. Dancers need empirical knowledge on form, line, shape, breath, dynamics, kinesthetics, music, stagecraft etc. Not empty rhetoric to make them feel like we care. I think that in order for these choreographers/teachers to gain the requisite tools, they must first be open to receiving new information. Many of these “teachers” are “dancers” who were thrust into the choreography realm sans dance pedagogy thus limiting their scope of understanding which has a deleterious impact on future dancers.

Their popularity is based on the work they’ve done and not their efficacy as a teacher of dance.

I would be more than willing to create a workshop for said teachers which goes for a whole day and covers the primary kinesthetic and aesthetic intricacies of line, form, shape, dynamic, stagecraft etc. however I’m almost certain that a majority of them (due to pride, ego and plain disinterest) wouldn’t show up. Many choreographers today are decidedly unwilling to pursue higher learning relative to their craft opting instead for their reflective observations and experiential biases to help them navigate their profession.

I sincerely hope that this is not the “new way that dance will be learned.” By engaging dancers with pithy idioms and magniloquent statements which lack empirical foundation they are destroying the clarity of the art and stunting it’s longterm growth. Showing choreography without informing the dancer how to engage said choreography creates a dichotomy within the dance world of innate dancers and kinesthetically inept ones. We need a new generation of dancers and choreographers with a care and concern for the proliferation of the art-form, celebration of diversity of techniques, a penchant for respect to dance foundation and detail as well as a desire to learn more before deciding to teach.


Safi A. Thomas
Artistic Director
The Hip-Hop Dance Conservatory

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Inspired #6

By Emeroy Bernardo

This was inspired by the writer of The Simple Dollar. Every week I will be sharing the top 3 things that have inspired me as a person throughout the week.

Disclaimer: Actually, this week is more than top 3. There's just so many things that inspired me that I want to share.

1. No Easy Props Hip Hop 101 Expansion Program

This is video that a friend posted on Facebook. it's featuring one of my favorite B-girls, Asia One along with some fellow hip-hop teachers talking about and after school hip-hop education program they've put together.

The philosophy it what they do is pretty enlightening as not a lot of studios teach the history of hip-hop and its true essence of the culture such as the four elements: B-Boying, DJing, Emceeing, and Graffiti Art.

It's a pretty dope video and is something a lot of these schools need  in California, especially with all the budget cuts. Watch and be inspired.






2. My Morning Classes: Total Body Conditioning
I teach a workout class every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday morning. It's called Total Body Conditioning.I truly enjoyed teaching this class as a enjoy the energy and the hard work the students put out.
I literally push them to the limits to the point that they're screaming. And after it's all said and done, at the end of class we meditate to relax our minds. It's the ying to our yang.
It not only makes me feel refreshed physically and mentally, but also as a teacher seeing all the smiles( and sighs of relief ) from the students. It lets me know that I'm doing my job right.
3. CourageousMy girlfriends mother recently took us to go watch the movie, Courageous. I wasn't sure what the movie was about, but once I saw the trailer, I was pretty excited to go out an watch it.
The movie was simply amazing, a bit too preachy at times, but nonetheless one of the best movies I've seen that need the use of blood or special effects. 
It's woken me up about responsibility and being accountable. 
Here's the trailer, I hope you get the chance to watch it as well.

4. My Team, FamBiz
My team, Family Bizness has been having some amazing rehearsals recently in preparation for world of dance San Diego. I enjoy the energy they give off when they are truly in the moment; Focused in what they're are doing, supporting each other, and having fun in what they love to do.

I love these moments as I not only feel the growth and evolution in each individual, but the bond between the team growing stronger. As a leader and teacher, these are some of my favorite moments to experience. It is what helps drive me to continue to give.

5. Friends and Family Night
Friends and family night is something Family Bizness always does when they have a new routine for competition. Not all of our loved once will always be able to come out to the events we perform at. So we give them an opportunity to see our routine to share with them what we've worked hard on that's a little closer to home. It's always great doing this event because it's a room full of not only people who support what you, but it's an audience of you're loved ones. It has a deeper connection because of the people you're sharing it with.


6. Oprah Winfrey - Surrender
I'm not the hugest fan of Oprah, but I greatly respect this woman. 

7. Master Class: Jay-Z
I believe that Jay-Z is one of the greatest Hip Hop artists and entrepreneurs ever along with Russell Simmons and Diddy.

He was able to transcend his environment thought would leave many either dead or in jail and become on of the most successful men today.

We all want to be successful, I hope this inspires everyone like it did me.

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Nickelus F is a rapper and contemporary R&B writer from Richmond, Virginia. He has a natural freestyle flow that he developed over 7 years and in 2000; he got his first break into the hip hop industry when he competed against 300 contenders in the regional Source Unsigned Hype Emcee Battle where he placed second despite having no formal recording experience. He was also named "Unsigned Hype" in The Source in 2000 at the age of 17. From there Nickelus F went on to participate in BET's 106 & Park Freestyle Fridays where he was crowned champion after winning seven weeks in a row in 2007. Since his debut in 2000 he has been very busy producing mixtapes and collaborating with other artists like Drake (Young Money). Drake is close a friend of his and described Nick as "one of the most gifted people he knows at finding flows". Drake and Nickelus F. went on to collaborate on songs that are featured in Drake’s mixtape “Room for Improvement”. Nick’s aggressive lyrics, alluring flow, and his underrated stature make him another great candidate for Mainstream Murder.








Mixtapes by Nickleus F.

• Anything You Can Do I Can Do Better (2002)
• Pistols and Teks (2003)
• B stands for Burglars (2004)
• Cut The Check (2005)
• How To Build a Buzz for Dummies (2006)
• The Relapse (2007)
• For the F of It (2008)
• Rayni Day Entertainment Presents... Umbrella Up Volume 1 ft. Radio B (2008)

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Inspired #5

By Emeroy Bernardo

This was inspired by the writer of The Simple Dollar. Every week I will be sharing the top 3 things that have inspired me as a person throughout the week.


Disclaimer: Actually, this week is more than top 3. There's just so many things that inspired me that I want to share.

1. David Ryan Harris' Music
I enjoy listening to music in the Jack Johnson and John Mayer genre. It's incredibly relaxing especially in the mornings.

I recently restarted listening to one of my favorite artists, David Ryan Harris. I don't think that many people know about him, but people have got to check out his music. His music has got a passionate, sweet (or or bittersweet) sound to it. Here's a couple of songs that are my all time favorites.

Call me cheesy, but these songs are super relaxing in the morning and after a hectic day.






2. Rich Dad, Poor Dad 
I was suggested to read this book a little while ago, and didn't take it into consideration until recently.

I did some resarch about it and have read some bits and pieces that it was a fraud. Whether or not it's true, it's still a great book with some great insight. It's made me aware that there are other ways in earning money aside from being stuck at an office for about 40 hours of your life a week. And it's definitely made me more aware of my spending habits. I'm in the process of learning how to budget my money better and have been keeping track of every single expense I make.

We all want to make money and save money. I believe this is one step towards the right direction

"Don't let making a living, prevent you from making a life." -John Wooden

3. 7 Spiritual Laws of Spiritual Success
I started reading a book off my girlfriends reading list. It doesn't seem to be too long of a read, but yet it's really insightful. I'm not too far into the book yet, but so far I've read lessons in the importance of silence that helps me with my meditation.

Whether it's challenging my beliefs or expanding on them, the more I read, the more I learn about myself and what I believe I know.

4. "Give and You Shall Receive." - The Bible
We've all heard this quote before, I was reminded of it again from Rich Dad, Poor Dad and 7 Spiritual Laws of Success. Yet at the same time, most of us always want something first before we decide to give our time or our talent to anything. We ask, "what's in it for me?" instead of "how can I help and give my best to this person?" It's "Give and You Shall Receive" NOT "Receive and You Shall Give."

I sure as hell know I've fallen in the "what's in it for me?" band wagon. But this really woke me up. If I want more money, I get to give more money. If I want to be successful, I get to help some one be successful.

4. "All I Know Is That I Know Nothing" - Socrates
This quote and the concept Beginners Mind that I learned from Zen is a reminder for me to stay humble in what I do.

Even though I am knowledgeable in what I do, there are still things that I know that will help me grow or even give me a new perspective I wouldn't have thought of.

I do my best to not limit myself to the many possibilities this world has to offer. I believe when we stop learning, we stop growing.

5. Rest In Peace Steve Jobs
I know it's a couple days late, but I still want to pay my respects to Steve Jobs. I'm not writing about him because he was the CEO of Pixar and Apple, but because he was able to become successful in many areas in his own way.

I'm sure this video has been all over the internet since his passing, but I would like to share his 2005 commencement address at Stanford University.




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Why Not Bboy Ynot?

By Matt Da 5hat

Hello true believers! Thanks for tuning into another blog entry from your friendly neighborhood @Mattda5hat. In the spirit of this month of toprocking thanks to Emeroy Bernardos bboy class I would like to take the time to talk about one of my favorite toprockers Bboy Ynot.

Originally a popper hailing from New Jersey, his bboy influences are (coincidentally) fellow Rock Steady Crew member and leader Crazy Legs and Seven Gems member legendary Bboy Ken Swift. Other dance influences include Rock Steady members Mr. Wiggles and Pop Master Fabel. Bboy Ynot (which is his name Tony backwards) feels that toprocking is "lost in the sauce" among todays bboys, which is true because you need to enter and exit a cypher or dance circle strong. Ynot feels that toprocking gives bboys better insight of the actual dancing portion of bboying. One video interview he mentions how seeing bboying for the first time ever at a jam gave him so much excitement, that he went home and practiced for three hours straight. Talk about carrying energy and being inspired.

Bboy Ynots main affiliations are with the legendary Rock Steady crew and a smaller group called the "Muthafunkers" which are a small collective of dancers from the Supreme Soul dance crew from San Francisco. With that being said its no doubt after you see Ynot dance you will even say he is the epitome of funky. Much respect and big ups to Ynot and the Rock Steady crew for keeping the "rock" steady. Word life and stay rocking and be sure to check out Emeroys bboy class every Thursday afternoon at Jayvee Dance Center!

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Inspired #4

By Emeroy Bernardo

This was inspired by the writer of The Simple Dollar. Every week I will be sharing the top 3 things that have inspired me as a person throughout the week.

1. Money Ball
I'm normally not the hugest fan of sports movies, let alone baseball. But I do thoroughly enjoy them once I decide to watch them. Once I saw the trailer for this particular movie, I was drawn to it had to watch it.

It's a great movie and I recommend everyone to watch it if you're looking for a feel good movie. I'm not gonna spoil anything or give a movie review here, and I am no expert in baseball either.

What I really liked about the movie is not only the way how the main character changed the way the game of baseball is looked at in putting together a team, but I also like how people reacted. They were so threatened by his point of view of how things were. The were stuck with an old way of doing things, and he very well knew that the old ways weren't going to cut it for this team, so something had to change.

A lot of people don't like the idea of change. Many people think that one way is the best way. Of course it may have worked before, but times change and there's always ways to do things better. There's nothing wrong with mastering one formula and learning another. It gives you another way of looking at things, another solution to a future problem. He saw an opportunity that would not only build his team up, but also an opportunity to change the way players and the way things were currently done.

As a leader I'm always looking to learn for ways to build up my team. And this movie definitely opened up a new door for my thought process. And I'm forward to putting what I've learned to good use.

2. Simplify
“It’s not the daily increase but daily decrease. Hack away at the unessential.”
This particular quote hit home to me when I read it. One of the many things I've improved on and continue to work on is not taking on so many things on at once. I used to think that keeping busy with all these activities would help me out and was productive. But in reality, my effort and focus simply weren't always there. I wasn't able to give my 100% all the time because I was worrying about the next thing.  It was one thing then quickly off to the other.

Simplifying my life such as saying "no" or detaching myself to unnecessary tasks is definitely an attribute I'm working on. I've been taking small steps forward, and have felt much more relaxed compared to before. I must admit that I'm still busy, but at least now I'm not overwhelmed.

3. Wedding Proposal Flash Mobs
The past few days my friends have been posting up videos of guys doing flash mob proposals.
I was actually invited to do one recently, but am unable to due to prior engagements.

I enjoy watching the efforts of these men to give their signifcant other the most grandiose proposal possible. It's sweet, bold, and pretty damn romantic.

Have a look see if you haven't already!

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