Battle Cry Beat Street Rockers Revenge

Remember Battle Cry Beat Street aka Rockers Revenge?

This was the famous, or infamous song of the battle in the subway scene, one of my favorites. I just wish it could've been a scene that was 3 times as long.

I really likes some of the lyrics like "don't you know how many crowds I've stopped -- when I break into my electric pop"

Who was behind this one? None other than Arthur Baker. BTW this was based on a real event in a NY subway station in 1980.

Enjoy Battle Cry Beat Street Rockers Revenge !

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Cybotron - My Cosmic Cars - Cosmic Car Techno Jam

Cybotron was the crew I heard back in about 84 when someone I met exchanged by accident a Beat Street tape for their Cybotron tape...and forgot to echange back...on a greyhound bus (they were returning from Seattle back to Detroit where this stuff originated...long ride)

Guess what it had on it...my cosmic car by Cybotron

That was a BBoying jam! That was one when you were gonna front and face of...sinister beat...waitin for a movie to use it...this is what they should've used in Gone in 60 seconds instead of low rider...

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Unknown DJ ,D r. Dre & Daniel Sofer - Scratchin 100 Speakers

Here's an 80's Classic for Breakin and BBoying...when Dr. Dre was part of the BBOY scene...

Unknown DJ ,D r. Dre & Daniel Sofer - Scratchin 100 Speakers

Definitely has that old electro boogie sound to it...and the fresh scratchin...like back in the day...

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Why Peeps Become Funk Stylerz

Why do Peeps Become Funk Stylerz?

Watch this video Why Peeps Become Funk Stylerz and find out...

By the way...you may be wondering, if you're not a hip hop BBOY or BGIRL

What's Peeps? People, dingbat.

What's funk stylerz? Someone who likes to groove to the funk jams and hip hop bboy boogaloo breakin scene and genre of music, dude. Get it now? This video represents some of the Old Skool Hip Hop Culture at its best...1984-1986 timeframe...the originals...much respect!

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Tour De France - Boogaloo Shrimp Breakin with the Broom Scene

This is one of the all time freshest poppin boogaloo scenes ever!

I remember when I first saw this I was like WOW...it was the bomb!

Check out Boogaloo Shrimp poppin to Tour De France (aka Michael Chambers as Turbo in the movie Breakin part 1 )

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Boogaloo Shrimp Michael Chambers - Best Popper Ever?

Boogaloo Shrimp, called "Turbo" in the movie Breakin, was simple one of the best if not THE best popper ever. He also was a top uprocker, locker, breaker and I truly think the best electro glide master ever! He knew how to take the beat and make the song and moves fit perfectly like in the scene where Boogaloo Shrimp dances with the Broom to Tour De France. Man That scene was one of the best poppin scenes and routines EVER! Stay tuned for that link!

I modeled my glide after his and never got is as good, but I came close and raised a few eyebrows at my glides back in the day in 84. Long live 84...bring that time back...it was the best and nothing today compares...it all went downhill after 84...mega rise of gangs, violence, drugs, rap, BBOYing, so sad...after about 85 or 86, true BBOYing of America went overseas where it has been kept alive ever since in things like Battle of the year...UK...France...Japan...Germany...Project Korea (I think they are now the best...Rivers...Drifters!) Man when I was in Korea in the early 90's nobody was even dancin like that and when we brought it and they tried it we laughed...now they're laughin at us 15 years later!...Anyhow enjoy this too short to do justice to Boogaloo Shrimp Electro Glide clip on youtube!

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DJ Kool Herc Old School

Kool Herc Old School DJ from the Bronx

Kool Herc is THE original south Bronx DJ from Jamaica, even featured in the movie Beat Street, a legend of hip hop and the BBOY scene...he made rappin...scratchin and cuts...the wheels of steel...all come live and hit the mainstream...a tribute to DJ Kool Herc the original Hip Hop DJ !

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Don't Fess - Sha Quan

Here's a Classic along the lines or Cosmic Blast and Captain rock, it's called Don't Fess by Sha Quan.

Don't fess means don't complain, don't talk stuff...it means be cool...don't fess...be civilized...be positive...this song truly REPRESENTS what true hip hop once was all about and is now seemingly lost...

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A Tribute to Jam Master Jay

Jam Master Jay of Run DMC was one of the baddest DJ's ever...

I really hated hearing several years ago when Jam Master Jay was shot and killed. It made me mad, made me sick, made me sad. Here was one of the best old school DJ's ever, killed in cold blood. He seemed invincible and on top. It was tragic. But we can't forget him or his mastery of the wheels of steel, even years later...this is A Tribute to Jam Master Jay...enjoy

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A Tribute to Arthur Baker by the Vagabonds

Arthur Baker Tribute

A Tribute to Arthur Baker by Fredski

The Vagabonds BBoy Crew from France (they should've been battle of the year 2002 champs) they beat Japan and I think they beat project Korea that year. Korea was still the official winner but France had the best show.

Vagabonds Site

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It's Back - My Site and Arthur Baker's Breaker's Revenge extended version!

It's Back! I hope it Stays back!

No, not just my site which was down due to a stupid DNS error...but also here's what's important...they brought that beat back...

What beat? Breaker's Revenge!

The best one in the world dude...Arthur Baker's Breaker's Revenge extended version!

Check it out and PLEASE keep this one online this time for all the fans!

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Grandmaster Flash - The Message

My second rap exposure in 1982-83 timeframe was The Message By Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five.

The first rap I ever heard was in 1978 or 1979 Rapper's Delight by the Sugar Hill Gang. But The Message took it to another level for me. I remember one girl in class from the projects was shocked I as a white boy knew this one (back then), and even knew what rap was.

The Message by Grandmaster Flash or Melle Mel I thought... was fresh!

It was like it was taboo back then or something for someone white to rap and know all about rap, like Run DMC's first album, etc. A friend of mine introduced me to it and it was tough, Original BBoy style baby!

Don't push me cause I'm close to the edge...I'm trying not to lose my head ahuhuhuh...It's like a Jungle Sometimes It Makes Me Wonder How I Keep From Goin Under...

Too bad Puff Daddy and Mace threw some lame talk-not-rap crap on top of it though to make money off of a fresh beat...what a bite...yeah I'm sure they paid royalties but still...how can anyone take talented music like that, throw garbage on top of it and call it a jam?...yet they made millions because the beat carried them...and the new schoolers thought they were being original...this was so wack beyond belief...real hip hop is GONE dude...every time I heard the Mace Puff Daddy version in the late 90's I got so upset...what biters...and they made more than Flash and the Five ever did I'm sure...man that just aint right...whatever happened to REAL Hip Hop and respect? Read my article about that on this page...

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Whodini The Freaks Come Out At Night

Whodini is one of the best rap groups of the 80's without a doubt...

Whodini knew how to get the party started, and keep it live and jazzed up with it's funky rap.

Whodini made a lot of rap songs, and one of my favorites from Whodini is The Freaks Come Out at Night, so check it out on Youtube at this link.

Remember...the freaks come out at night! Hey, how about having an old school hip hop party this halloween and playing this song!

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Def Jam Jazzy Jay

Jazzy Jay and the Def Jam

Does anyone remember DJ Jazzy Jay from the Soul Sonic Force and Beat Street Fame? Jazzy Jay was the one who mixed it up for all of the breakers back in the day. I used to pop to this one while kickin it live...

Places like the Roxy in New York City were his mainstay as a DJ...Jazzy jay was one of the best back in the day...

Here's a link to Def Jam by Jazzy Jay...

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Hot Streak - Body Work - Breakin Soundtrack

Remember the song Body Work from the Breakin Soundtrack?

Starts off kinda wack, but the song itself was pretty cool...kind of reminds me of an early version of later 90's stuff by groups like CC Music Factory, no?

Here's the youtube link of Hot Streak - Body Work from the Breakin Soundtrack

Real Hip Hop Don't Stop...

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What Happened to the Fresh Arthur Baker Youtube Breakers Revenge Track??

The one I posted about earlier that is...

Dude, they (Youtube) removed that Fresh Arthur Baker Youtube Breakers Revenge Track! Ouch! Why?? Now I have a broken link and the freshest BBoy Song on the planet is again MISSING! Bring that beat back! Bring it back! Someone tell me if it's back!

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Cindy Mizelle - This Could Be The Night (1984)

I don't know why Cindy Mizelle and This Could Be The Night never got to be more famous than she or the song was. This song was great and had some cool hip hop sounds to it, yet was also contemporary and grazed the pop, top 40 ands hip hop scene back then in style, around 1984.

Cindy Mizelle's This Could Be The Night probably will be a top 10 if someone like Jennifer Lopez or someone else of today do what they usually do...bites it and makes money off of fresh pre-existing lyrics and sounds, using only their voice to do the trick...the easy way of modern hip hop and R & B of today...not to say there is no talent out there...but it's become more than a "sampling sport", and the biters have taken entire tracks...like the Message from Melle Mel, and rapped corny stuff and made more than Melle Mel made on the fresh original. What a shame! See also my article Is Most Modern Day Hip Hop Wack?

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Freestyle It's Automatic

Though not a true BBoy song, this one was one of those like Rock It that caught on with the mainstream. Songs like Lookin For The Perfect Beat didn't make the top 40 like this, though they were way better. Anyhow here is Freestyle It's Automatic

I will never understand why the mainstream picks second rate stuff as caricatures over first rate true blue BBoy sounds...like Royalcash for instance...or Twilight 22...Mantronix...etc. They pick a couple by Whodini and Midnight Star and call it good...yet stuff like the unknown DJ gets forgotten, and stuff like Axel F only gets popular due to the Beverly Hills Cop movie with Eddie Murphy...ever hear the BBoy Version of that one BTW? I'll look for it on Youtube and post it if I find it...found it in an underground (i.e. non mainstream) record store in Germany in 1984...

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The Unknown DJ - Breakin Beat for Poppin - Lockin - Breakin

I remember the Unknown DJ (one track sample here) and picked up some 12 inch vinyl records from some of the urban record stores in Germany back as early as 1983 of 1984.

When I told some people about the Unknown DJ (check this track out), they refused to believe there was someone with that name. He was not very popular (Unknown!) and yet I am sure his beat track was used in the movie Breakin and Ozone (Shabba Do0 aka Adolfo Quinones) was practicing some moves to the Unknown DJ (another track) beats. Does anyone have a Youtube link to this part of the movie, so I can link to it here?

Do you remember these break beats?

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Best Street Movie - All In One - Battles - Songs - BBoy Tribute

What follows is the best and most comprehensive Beat Street movie scene tribute and links all in one spot on youtube...without further ado, here they are:

Opening Credits from Beat Street


Burning Spear Auditions Featuring Kool Herc and Double K


Beat Street Subway Battle


Beat Street Roxy Battle


Beat Street House Party


Beat Street Theme - Grandmaster Melle Mel


Beat Street House Party Double K Gets The Party Started


The House Party With Lee (Robert Taylor) poppin to a remix of Play That Beat Mr Dj (Whiz Kid and GLOBE) and Lookin For The Perfect Beat (Afrika Bambaata and Zulu Nation)


Beat Street Now That's The Biter


Misc Beat Street Songs


Cindy Mizelle - This Could Be The Night


Afrika Bambaata - Frantic Situation in Beat Street and the non-beat street video of Bambaata's Frantic Situation


Juicy - Beat Street Strut


Battle Cry


KK and The Christmas Show in Beat Street at Kool Herc's Burning Spear club with Santa's Rap Featuring the Treacherous Three Kool Moe Dee with Special K and L.A. Sunshine


Us Girls Featuring Lisa Lee, Debbie D and Sha Rock


Beat Street Trailer


Beat Street Movie Ending


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Is Most Modern Day Hip Hop Wack?

Whatever Happened to Hip Hop? Why is Modern Day Hip Hop the way it is?

The 70's, Hip Hop got started for what it really was with Kool Herc, Melle Mel, Kurtis Blow and Bambaata as notables...(and yes I left out a lot especially on the BBoy Side of Hip Hop)

The the early 80's started with Davy DMX, Run DMC, then came The Disco Three aka Fat Boys, Whodini, LL Cool J and Beastie Boys and many others of course...

Mid and late 80's saw BDP, Public Enemy, Digital Underground, Fresh Prince, MC Hammer and others

Early 90's we had EPMD, Kid N Play, Robb Base, Gang Starr and others...and that's where in my view the shift came..

First the shift was what the rhyming was all about, and it shifted big, as follows:

It first was good times and bad times (70's 80's rap such as The Message, 8 Million Stories, Hard Times, It's Like that, etc.)

Then it was dance dance dance (80's and 90's and 2 Hype, Here Comes The Hammer, Technotronic) and as that distracted us...real BBoying went overseas and...

But while dance dance dance was going on, the shift to gangster rap happened and this is where the self destruction started in my view...the beats were cool, but the lyrics and direction way off but since it sounded good in many peoples' minds it was good...and of course it sold and was more appealing than rappin about bad things in a positive light...the shift happened when rap was negative things were in a negative light and today this has become the negative made me money and here is what;s to flaunt as a result and it's ll good. Values and ethics out the window.

In fact, the foremost proponent of anti self destruction that jumped into the shift when it started as a person who tried to based on his strength and experience and affluence from Criminal Minded and Philosophy and the what happened to DJ Scott LaRock story was KRS-1 and BDP. They tried their hardest to make for a united front against the negative.

Remember the song My Philosophy? In it, KRS-1 says almost prophetically where the INDUSTRY was going, he saw it about 21 years ago...

"You've got to HAVE STYLE AND LEARN TO BE ORIGINAL...

...WHEN I HEAR WACK RHYMES I GET FED UP...

...I'm so and so I'm this I'm that...but they're all just...WACK....

...let me teach you something about hip hop

...about D-Nice, Melody and Scott Larock....

...some MCs be talkin and talkin....

...but I don't walk this way to portray or reinforce stereotypes of today...

like all my bothers eatin chicken and watermelon...

talk broken English...I teach you real fast...the way some act in rap is kinda wack and at last...

...but THEY DON'T CARE CAUSE THEIR COMPANY IS SELLIN IT

...it's my philosophy...

...on the INDUSTRY...

...don't bother dissin me...'

...or wishin we soften, dilute or COMMERCIALIZED all the lyrics

...LET US SKIP BACK TO WHAT WE CALL HIP HOP..."

Yeah that rings loud and clear TODAY, 21 years after when I first heard it in 1987.

KRS tried to prevent it. He tried to Stop the Violence and prevent Self Destruction which would put hip hop in a bad light...

But when you see someone who professes hip hop today wear what they wear, talk about what they talk about, only have fancy bling, ching, and the thing bouncin all around the videos...and they call it a real hop movement to be proud of? Stealing tracks and gettin in to make some ching bling and land some thing, and they uphold the banner that way?

Thank goodness for the BBoys who still try to preserve the real. Have most efforts now gone to Asia and Europe for this? Where massive mainstream BBoying is still LARGE like 1983-84 it was over here? What happened in the US with this?

Look what Captain Rock of Cosmic Crew fame (aka DJ Ronnie Green) had to say about modern Hip Hop in an interview with Jayquan when asked:

"JQ : What do you think of current rap ?

CR : I dont like all the cursing , and negativity ......we paved the way for the current rappers , and I dont like the subject matter . We use to go to the schools , hospitals , basketball tournaments......everywhere when we toured . I dont see that now. We respected what we were doing.......these guys are making a lot of money , but there is no respect."

My thought to add is...this is not 100% of the artists today, but it does apply to most, there are exceptions so don't think all is lost...but...too many self-absorbed to do the classic and cultural hip hop movement any good is my take...

Nuff said for now. Thoughts?

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The Best Ever Version of Arthur Baker's Breakers Revenge

This has got to be the freshest early mix originals of Arthur Baker's Breaker's Revenge that exists. I just love the way this starts and all the various sounds, drums and vocals. Finally someone posted the full version. Huh!

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Herbie Hancock Rockit 80's Breakdance Song

Herbie Hancock's song Rockit is one of the first songs I breakdanced to back in the day. I'm sure all of us who did remembered this song. It was one of the few songs to really hot mainstream during that time.

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Arthur Baker Breaker's Revenge - Best BBOY Battle Song Ever

I don't think I will ever get tired of Breaker's Revenge by Arthur Baker. It's simply the best BBoy battle song ever made and simply can't be matched. The only song that came close was some of Afrika Bambaata's stuff like Lookin For The Perfect Beat, Freestylers and Adfunk's The Chance. But Breaker's Revenge still stands out as number one in my book. Check the lyrics..."Breakdance is where it's at...say where it's at say where it's at....eeee hit me....break"

The beat Arthur Baker put together in Breaker's Revenge for the movie Beat Street was truly genius. The mixes of piano, vocals, scratchin, cuttin, drums, trumpets and everything else was unlike any other.

Here are several versions of Breakers Revenge from the original to some def mixes and cuts like this super fresh version of Breaker's Revenge mixed together with Egyptian Lover amongst a couple other tracks. I just wish they would've included the entire mix not just shy of a minute.

This version again is the classic version of Breaker's Revenge by Arthur Baker as seen and heard on Beat Street when the Rock Steady Crew (Bronx Rockers) took on the New Your City Breakers (aka Beat Street).

Here is the actual BBOY Battle at the Roxy in Beat Street when the two crews battled it out with the best of what they had in early 1983. This battle was a classic.

I will talk more about the movie Beat Street in a future post. For now, let's end with a couple additional of Arthur Baker's Breaker's Revenge varieties.

This one features one of my favorite Breakin crews in the 2000's, namely the Vagabonds from France with a Tribute to Arthur Baker's Breaker's Revenge. They are very creative sincere to the style, and have a lot of style and dedication to the dance like we did in the early 80's and practiced all the time and battled all the time.

The Vagabonds seem to do the same, as do the crews from Germany, UK, Japan and South Korea like Rivers, Drifters and TJ Breakers. They seem like they have taken BBoying to the next level. Anyhow it fits that Vagabonds do this tribute.

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Hip Hop Be Bop - Man Parrish

Man Parrish was a bit of a one-hit wonder, and Boogie Down Bronx was THE hit from the Boogie Down about the Bronx and BBoying. They did make another song that was not too bad called Hip Hop Be Bop and it's worth checking out.

Remember Hip Hop Be Bop?

Not many do...

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A Hip Hop classic T La Rock It's Yours - Beat Street

This one was on the Beat Street theme I believe (if memory serves correctly). Just seems like yesterday, can you believe this was over 25 years ago?

This one features Kool Moe Dee and some awesome scratchin on the REAL wheels of steel, and with DJ Jazzy Jay of Beat Street fame! Here's the jam - A Hip Hop classic T La Rock It's Yours - Beat Street

Where did the years go and all the old school fun that went with it with jams like these?

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Juicy - Beat Street Strut

I have to admit, this was funky when it came out

Juicy - Beat Street Strut remember this? Some of the lyrics were: Give it up to me Baby do the Beat Street Strut...I saw you walkin down the avenue...I lost control every step you took...I couldn't help but take a second look...Give it up to me Baby do the Beat Street Strut!

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Afrika Bambaataa & The Soul Sonic Force - Renegades of Funk

In the 80's and even the 90's, many hip hop mixes included bits and pieces from Afrika Bambaataa & The Soul Sonic Force's songs such as Renegades of Funk

Remember it? Hope you enjoy, they just don't create stuff like this old school hip hop funk anymore.

Whatever happened to real hip hop?

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Sugarhill Gang-Apache (Jump On It)

I think the drums in Sugarhill Gang-Apache (Jump On It) are outta site. While I'm not a fan of some of the overdone stuff in this one..."Tanto jump on it" and too much of the shoutin, I guess they were just having fun so you definitely have to appreciate it and respect it...but the drums were fresh in Apache.

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Captain Rock - Cosmic Blast - Cosmic Crew 1984

Man, I finally Found the old track I've been looking for, for so long. It's on Youtube...

It's called Captain Rock - Cosmic Blast - aka the Cosmic Crew of 1984

I first heard this in 1984 in St. Paul Minnesota when I used to record the late night mixes from unknown radio stations in Minneapolis. I'd start my 90 minute tapes at 10pm and then pop in another at 1130 until 1 am when the mixes stopped.

The next morning I'd listen to all the funky music that I was able to record. Between that and what I got from friends who has cousins in NYC and Chicago we'd have the freshest tapes any kid on the block could ever find...stuff that to this day no kid that age had before they came out on a record or now a CD...it's just like what Freddy Fresh said in the city pages historical documentary of hip hop from the Twin Cities, "...It wasn't like rap music was on the radio. The record stores had barely started carrying it. The black community was hip because they had family in New York, Chicago, and Florida, and they would send mix tapes to each other. You had these 10-year-old kids with the hippest music in the world on cassette tapes." That was right on.

The DJ who did this "Captain Rock - Cosmic Blast - Cosmic Crew 1984" bit was DJ Ronnie Green formerly Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde's DJ. I couldn't find this song because I kept mixing it up with scratch on galaxy and other stuff from Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Anyhow this one was funky, check out some of the lyrics:

Captain Rock is gettin ready to turn it out...he can slice any record in harmony...he's the master of the wheels of steel...listen to him cause he's the real deal...we're the cosmic crew...we're gonna rock with you...Captain Rock is like dynamite...the only MC that will never bite...

Here's a combo of good ol Bboy stuff found in this one:

The "Fresh" scratchin
The beat boxin
The funky beat
The cool and smooth
The heavy treble
Rock guitar (towards the end)

Almost sounds along the lines of Whodini's old stuff in a way, and when I heard it again I almost thought Rapper Jalil from Whodini was part of it but he was not. I especially thought so when I heard him say "the man of the hour too sweet to be sour" like Jalil did in Five Minutes of Funk.

Anyhow Captain Rock Cosmic Blast was Mixed by Marley Marl and Aleem - with the 12 inch vinyl label of NIA Records West Kenya Music (ASCAP). Enjoy a classic...

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DJ Cameron Paul - KMEL & Mixx-It (Bay Area 1987-1988)

I said my next post was going to be about DJ Cameron Paul, so here it is...

For those of you who don't know, Cameron Paul is a DJ from California who I consider one of the best mixers and faders. He bridged the gap for the next (post BBoy Break/Pop/Lock) generation to what in my estimation Afrika Bambaata foresaw when he made mention of a "futuristic kickdance" in the song Lookin For The Perfect Beat (see my other post on that one).

Anyhow, this next generation included what I'd call Next School after the old school. Anyone after 1986 was next school, because truly the BBoy Scene in the states hit its highest points in 82-85, then started to fade away with every following year, as many of us awaited for Beat Street Part 2 that never came.

But here's what did come...the kickdance of Kid N Play...the running man, the songs of the Fresh Prince, Erik B and Rakim, Salt N Pepa, JJ Fad, MC Hammer, Digital Underground and the Humpty Dance, Public Enemy, KRS-One and Boogie Down (Bronx!) Productions...and all the hype dances to go with them.

Who was at the center of mixing up the old school BBoy Music like Naafiysh and Hammer, Disco and Salt N Pepa? DJ Cameron Paul on 106.1, KMEL, which I remember back then boasted "50,000 Watts of Power" in the bay area..."Still Busy Come On Yeah"

Cameron Paul's mixing for the sake of dancing was in high demand in the Bay Area at the time, and his fame grew quite a bit though unfortunately never to the level of a top 10, although Cameron Paul's remix of Push It with Salt N Pepa was famous though again without his name attached for most people to recognize. To this say if I say "DJ Cameron Paul" most people don't know about him is his important contribution to Hip Hop and post Bboy Culture.

So to remedy that a little bit, I invite you to read his truly interesting story and it's a great story of the right talent landing in the right place at the right time. That's the way it should be and Cameron Paul's Blog tells the story about him and his days of Mixx-it right here. I also left a comment on his blog since I came across it and it brought back some memories. I mostly listened to the music by radio but would've loved back then to have gone to the live shows, just never did it regretfully. Here's Cameron Paul in action, doing what Terminator X would call "speakin with his hands" on the wheels of steel...It's time...say Yeah Boy!!

Also, for the die hard fans, here are a couple links to some of Cameron Paul's how-to with mixes of 1987-1988 fame and this Instructive editing mix video with Cameron Paul

, as well as an interview of his contribution to the next generation of youth dancers having fun, on Youtube talking about Cameron Paul's height of fame with the Mixx-it and The Beat craze with songs like It Takes Two, etc.

Hope you enjoyed this tribute to DJ Cameron Paul and his "late great 88" genre of mixes...

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Afrika Bambaataa-Planet Rock Kraftwerk Original Video

Planet rock was the bomb. Everyone liked it when it came out, it was one of those Bboy power breaker songs, much like some of the other songs. In this version, Afrika Bambaataa-Planet Rock meets Kraftwerk (Original Video). Enjoy,

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Afrika Bambaataa - Looking For the Perfect Beat

One of my Favorites - Afrika Bambaataa - Looking For the Perfect Beat

Yes, I used to pop and break to this one over and over in my friend's basement in the projects. We would play Afrika Bambaataa's - Looking For the Perfect Beat both the instrumental and vocal version, and it was really cool.

I don't think I'll ever get tired of Lookin For The Perfect Beat. This son can practically be considered THE theme song for BBOY culture. Truly.

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Planet Patrol III "Long Live Freestyle" Extended Version

Here's a modern version of an old-school classic by Planet Patrol...
Planet Patrol III "Long Live Freestyle" Extended Version

Hey...everybody say...Long Live Freestyle...Freestyle Will Never Die...Breakin and Poppin...Freestyle Will Never Die!

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Beat Street Theme - Grandmaster Melle Mel

Who can forget the song or movie Beat Street?

Some may complain that Beat Street and the graffiti and some of the other hip hop stuff it contained were a little bit too manufactured and commercialized by Hollywood. I disagree.

I think the movie Beat Street did a superb job of capturing the break dance scene and hip hop BBOY and graffiti scene of the early 1980's in a creative and entertaining way. It had to be done this way, to get everyone's attention that this new hip hop culture made an inroad and was here to stay.

The song Beat Street, theme of the movie, by Grandmaster Melle Mel, was clearly a masterpiece! The scene in the movie where it starts with the subway train was perfect! The rappin and scratchin of that song and its influence by itself is still unmatched to this day!

Beat street included all of the most popular rappers and breakdancers of those times to include:

The legendary DJ Kool Herc!!!
The legendary Afrika Bambaata (!!!), the Soul Sonic Force and Shango
The legendary MC Grandmaster Melle Mel!!!
Arthur Baker and Tina B (his wife Tina Baker)
DJ Jazzy Jay
Dougie Fresh
MC Kool Moe Dee and the Treacherous Three
Magnificent Force
Rock Steady Crew (Bronx Rockers)
New York City Breakers (Beat Street)
And several others...

Enjoy the song! I still do...Beat Street Breakdown Rah!

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Shannon "Let the Music Play"

This one was another favorite to pop and break to, and a song to get the party started back in the day. It's Shannon "Let the Music Play"

We used to practice a lot with this one, or just use it when hangin out, but usually not for a battle. Anyhow, it was another classic, that was very popular in the US and Europe.

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Jam On It by Newcleus aka the Jam On Crew

I remember back in 1984 my friend had his big boom box (what those who didn't know much about BBoying called a "ghetto blaster"...yeah you know those people always on the outside lookin in...) anyhow my friend brought his box and we all followed behind and came up to the park where everyone was at outside at school and he kicked the volume up and played the song...

..dun dun dun dun....dun dun dun dun dun...Jam On It...Yeah We Know We Know...Huh...Hey Cosmo, what's the name of this again, I forgot...

(Who can forget?) ... Jam On It! Newcleus was the Bomb! Get it?

And we all started poppin and breakin and it was fresh, the last week of the school year so the teachers let us do this, and enjoyed the show...we had some of the best breakers in the city in our school, one who took top place in the breaking convention that came to town. Everyone had a great time. Those were the days.

Anyhow, Enjoy another classic the new school can't touch, but can only re-mix! Jam on!

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Adfunk The Chance B-Boy Battle Track n Homage to Beat Street

I Blogged about The Chance (song) by Adfunk in my post about the UK Championships of 2002 as a top Bboy Battle.

Now here's the Youtube Video dedicated exclusively to Adfunk The Chance B-Boy Battle Track n Homage to Beat Street.

Also, here's Adfunk's myspace website that has their songs streaming to include The Chance. Again, I linked to it this and to the France vs Japan Vagabonds Bboy 2002 battle in UK that was the lead-up to the later Battle of the Year 2002 (aka BOTY 2002) that I believe Project Korea took.

Urban Armory referred very correctly to Adfunk's The Chance as a "...Homage To Beat Street" saying also that The Chance "has been played in battles all over the World & his production style is a fresh diversion from the normal process of just cuttin' up old records to make new ones." I couldn't agree more, and this is what makes The Chance unique.

Urban Armory continues to say about this top Bboy classic, "Adfunk produces original compositions in the same way as the classics that most other producers sample from, establishing himself as one of the most innovative B-Boy producers out there." I'd like to add that it's like what Arthur Baker used to do for tracks like Breaker's Revenge.

The tie in with Beat Street's Breaker's Revenge and Adfunk's The chance is the "Break" and the "huh huh", as well as some of the drum beats (if you listen carefully) and the overall funkiness of it. I absolutely love what sounds like a guitar at the beginning and throughout. I Can't make out what some of the words are after "break" as well as some of the background vocals.

Can any of you? If someone has the words, please post them! Anyhow I love the way the France vs Japan Bboy 2002 Battle culminates with Breaker's Revenge faded in on top of The Chance. That was Fresh. It just doesn't get any better than that!

BTW someone else also said it sounds like the battle for first place. Definitely!

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Newcleus - Computer Age (Push The Button)

I remember this one well. I had the Jam on Crew's 12 inch Vinyl and had this one - Newcleus - Computer Age (Push The Button). A couple years later at a Breaking/Poppin show, these 3 guys did an awesome poppin routine and electrified the crowd with some electro funk and electric boogaloo.

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BBOY Song - Play that Beat Mr Dj--Mc Globe Wiz Kid

Here's a classic that has been used in many other BBOY break and pop mixes and cuts of the era and genre...Play that Beat Mr Dj - Mc Globe & Wiz Kid. Enjoy...

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Classic Electro - Newcleus...Jam On Revenge

Known as the Wikki Wikki Wikki song...no not the web Wikis...the hip hop Wikkis...One of the best songs to Pop to, by the funky Jam On Crew... I used to love poppin to this one...this is true Classic Electro - Newcleus...Jam On Revenge

We used to break to this song at school during recess. Hey Chilly B--get down---woof woof---bow wow--hey buddy buddy...say one for the trouble...two for the time...come on...

This version starts out fresh too...a little mixin in this one as well...enjoy!

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Classic Hip Hop - Man Parrish Boogie Down Bronx

Man Parrish's Boogie Down Bronx was a poppin classic, and one could also break some as well. It was a really cool rap, and definitely had the South South Bronx (Boogie Down Boogie Down) sound to it only the old school genre can understand. A true BBoy Classic good for battles and should be revived today.

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Twilight 22 - Electric Kingdom

This used to be one of my favorite "Electro Funk To The Max" breakin and poppin all-in-one music. This was great for routines and practice sessions. Remember doing King Tut to the Egyptian sounds in this one? Take a listen to Twilight 22's Electric Kingdom here. This one is the vocal version. I will post the instrumental version if I can find it.

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Al Naafiysh by Hashim (Cutting Remix)

I remember this one well, Al Naafiysh by Hashim the Cutting Remix was fresh...one of the baddest electro fink jams on the planet. This was the song to pop to, the one you dropped on them when you were about to get beat and had to make a serious comeback, as a last resort or if you tied and needed to win. This was also a very strong intro/enter the battle groove (a Bboy version of Enter The Dragon theme music, if you will.

You took this jam, gave the routine all you had, did some of your best moves, and then turned the tables while the turntables played the fresh Al Naafiysh by Hashim and ended with a "I turned this out, so ya better not ever challenge me again cause you got beat bad!"

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RoyalCash - Radio Activity

This was one of my first boogaloo favorites of the poppin' scene around 1983. I had this vinyl 12' and this was the funky jam to pop to. One of my classmates won a BBoy contest at a big convention with this one, and it was a favorite jam...let's jam...let's jam Radioactive...who dat tryin to be baad...

Click here to hear RoyalCash - Radio Activity Vocal Version

and

Click here for the MC Frosty and Lovin' C - Radio Activity Rapp instrumental and more electro version

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DAVY DMX - One for the Treble Two For the Bass

Even Run DMC talked about Davy DMX in some of their earliest raps on their first album Jam Master Jay - Profile in the song, I believe it was "Sucker MC's"

"Dave cut the record down to the bone..."

Here's a cool old school jam with that smooth bass funk from Davy DMX - One for the Treble...

Enjoy as Dave does cut the record down to the bone!

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A Best Battle - BBOY France vs Japan (Vagabonds) 2002

CLICK HERE for One of the Best Break BBOY Battles - BBOY France vs Japan (Vagabonds) 2002

This one has it all

- A live crowd
- Comedy and narrative by Crazy Legs
- Awesome solos
- Awesome routines
- A boogie routine to knock your socks off
- The best music (incl Adfunk's The Chance faded by Arthur Baker's Breaker's Revenge)

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Adfunk - The Chance - Listen (to the right)

Adfunk - The Chance - Listen (to the right)

Definitely sounds like the battle for first place!!!

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This could be my chance
Chance to do my dance
Baby come watch me now
I'm gonna show you how
How to do my dance
This could be my chance

....Break!....Break!....Break!...

Check out the power move
Feel the groooove
I got so much style
Goin the extra mile
Burn this battle down
I wanna take the crown
Got to do my dance
This could be my chance...

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