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Originally Posted by Bboy KenKen
Don't let them get to you. Just know that us b-boys have the know already what's up in the breaking community. Knowledge is power. Do what you do and remember that your always a step ahead of the mainstream.
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good post.
k1ng, i agree with you, as usual, that this is definitely a big opportunity for bboying.
to all bboys: don't be an asshole to these kids. you're a step ahead of them, so you should let them know first of all that you're better than them-- if you're not a lot better than them and don't think they will listen to you, then you are not very well off and then it shouldn't be your responsibility. but for the heads that DO feel like they have a good understanding of this dance and what's going on, you should be teaching, educating. i'll say it again and again: knowledge is power. be the shepherd, guide the sheep.
show them waddup, and let them know that you know more than them.. and once they get the hang of it, kick it up a notch and start being harder on them, start picking on them. they need competition to get their hearts into it.
and i will say now to iggy: based on the vague-ness of your posts in this thread, i believe your understanding of bboying and what you saw on planet bboy is superficial. you can compare the exposure of bboying in the 80s with the movement that's happening right now, but you can't say the same thing is happening. what's happening right now is not that bboying is getting "mainstreamed" and "really ugly." that's a simplistic way of seeing things, associating mainstream with wackness. although that IS the usual correlation,
2008 is a year of change. and bboys are making
progress. i sound like bboy obama talking like this. but check it.
understand this:
2008 IS A HISTORICAL YEAR.
WE, AS BBOYS, ARE LIVING HISTORY. PEOPLE ARE LOOKING TO US. IT'S ON FUCKIN MTV, YO! THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE THE VOICE OF THE GENERATION. I NEVER THOUGHT IN A MILLION YEARS THAT I WOULD HEAR "IT'S JUST BEGUN" ON MTV. BUT IT'S DOPE AND ITS GOOD FOR THE SCENE.
HIP HOP IS AN AMAZING AND POSITIVE CULTURE THAT AMERICAN HAS NOT FULLY RECOGNIZED YET, AND MOST OF YALL PROBABLY DON'T EVEN KNOW ENOUGH TO APPRECIATE IT FULLY. BBOYS AIN'T LIKE NORMAL PEOPLE. IT'S ALWAYS THE BBOYS THAT STAND UP WHEN SHIT GO DOWN. AND SHIT GOING DOWN RIGHT NOW.
HIP HOP IS
ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT AT THIS POINT IN TIME BECAUSE THE
AMERICAN ECONOMY IS FALLING INTO RECESSION AND PLAYING WITH THE IDEA OF DEPRESSION:
-PRICES ARE RISING WHILE WAGES ARE STAGNANT;
-SO PEOPLE ARE MAKING LESS AND ARE SPENDING LESS;
-AS A RESULT BUSINESSES MAKE LESS PROFIT AND ARE GOING BANKRUPT,
-SO PEOPLE (who work at bankrupting businesses) ARE LOSING THEIR JOBS; BANKS ARE UNRELIABLE AND YOU COULD LOSE YOUR MORTGAGE/HOME (and that's just the economy!!!).
in sum: it's getting harder to live and it's gonna get harder to get food on your plate. these conditions are conducive to unrest, strife, poverty, etc. LUCKILY, unrest, strife, poverty, hunger and all that shit lends itself to hip hop. and hip hop is about overcoming that with peace, love, unity, knowledge, wisdom, understanding, positivity, knowledge, etc. (See: south bronx). if there's ONE thing this country needs right now, it's hip hop. it's more people being inspired by jabba and super cr3w and introducing themselves to this culture. it's more people understanding that life aint hunky dory no more. not in these times. that's what we need.
not to mention... THE WEATHER IS UNPREDICTABLE, COUNTRIES HATE US, WE STILL IN IRAQ... needless to say, shit is going down in 2008. and when shit goes down, people need to step up. if you can't do it by yourself, do it with your community. the hip hop community, thanks to the ease of information access in our age and community-building websites such as bboyworld and bboy.org, IS HUGE NOW!!! CAN YOU DIGG ITTT!??!?!?! IT'S HUGE
AND IT HAS EVOLVED AND COME A LONG WAY.
IT'S JUST STARTING RIGHT NOW. the recession, i mean. people are just STARTING to get more strapped for money, can you feel me on this? some of us are in a different economic position than others, but unless you're running an oil corporation, it's all in a downward direction. people are getting broke, gettin restless, gettin hungry. i know i been eating less to save money, and i'm losing mad weight and energy, but that's life.
i'm saying hip hop has evolved. people are doing beautiful things with it, making beautiful art, beautiful dances, taking things to new levels. it's getting legitimized with documentaries and academic endeavors as OLD SCHOOL CATS GROW OLDER AND WISER. y'all remember the harlem renaissance? it's time for the HIP HOP RENAISSANCE. you can say it's already started, but this movement is doing nothing but snowballing, picking up speed and momentum.
you guys will see. you guys will be a part of it. modern day history in the making.
final note: ABDC can be positive for the hip hop scene if you keep it right by contributing your own part, spreading the knowledge, stopping the ignorance.
that's all i have to say for now
-TN
