I've been popping for 5 ish years now. I still suck. My crew at my school is a breaking crew, so I break a little, but am primarily an e-boy -_-; lol. ITT: we post videos we think are cool (not just street style, but i'd also like to see some dope modern, ballet, salsa, what have you. i'm sure there are other people out there like me in different styles) skip to 4:20 for an awesome rendition of a classic michael jackson song just so you know in competitions the dj plays whatever song fancies him. to be a high level popper you basically have to know as much music as the dj. it's kind of crazy I've been watching kite for 3, 4 years now and he never ceases to amaze me. I dunno if you guys know about popping, but I would say it's one of the more creative dances. It's about reinterpretation of a few basic moves (boogaloo rolls, twist-o-flexes, basic hits and angles). I think what's enjoyable about at least watching it is, how people use those basic moves to show their mastery of a certain song (funk is a huge part of popping). I think most ppl who see popping on So you think you can dance and go crazy about it have no concept of what popping is really about. The stuff you see in commercials (like crazy waving and glides) are the commercial side of it. The really dope stuff I think are in competition. I love the surprise moves during certain beat breaks. Same with breaking. Machine, Born, etc are so creative with their musicality. Just shows you don't have to be a gymnast to be a good breaker. also it's called breaking. not breakdancing 
here's more kite. i posted this on sufu once and ppl were like he's fast and all and i don't get it. to get it you have to listen to the music and see how he expresses it. another michael jackson song here's one of bboy ynot. ynot is to james brown as kite is to michael jackson that was a top rock seven to smoke. top rock is the beginning dance of a bboy's set where you try and express the music primarily by standing up (top part of the rock). there's uprock which is a real degeneration of what uprock used to be. you generally then get on the floor with footrock, maybe do some power moves and end with a freeze. there's a lot of free from tho. ppl don't stick to the general structure and play around with a lot. seven to smoke means you have to beat seven people in a row to win. generally takes a shitload of time as nobody is that good, but it's great fun more bboy ynot ynot, crazy legs, bonita, and dj skeme richards came to my school once. awesome memory this is one of the best battles i've seen in a long time. neguin's seriously improved from bcones a few years ago
here's more kite. i posted this on sufu once and ppl were like he's fast and all and i don't get it. to get it you have to listen to the music and see how he expresses it. another michael jackson song here's one of bboy ynot. ynot is to james brown as kite is to michael jackson that was a top rock seven to smoke. top rock is the beginning dance of a bboy's set where you try and express the music primarily by standing up (top part of the rock). there's uprock which is a real degeneration of what uprock used to be. you generally then get on the floor with footrock, maybe do some power moves and end with a freeze. there's a lot of free from tho. ppl don't stick to the general structure and play around with a lot. seven to smoke means you have to beat seven people in a row to win. generally takes a shitload of time as nobody is that good, but it's great fun more bboy ynot ynot, crazy legs, bonita, and dj skeme richards came to my school once. awesome memory this is one of the best battles i've seen in a long time. neguin's seriously improved from bcones a few years ago
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you should see some of the OGs like popping pete (I think in his late 40s) still doing it (generally as judge showcases). this is one of poppin onion aka michael kim. i saw him first on so you think you can dance. prolly the only really legit popper that was on the show. just listen to the music and then see how he hits. fuckign amazing here's another one of onion i swear at least a tenth of those views are mine. watched this one video straight for hours on end when i first learned of onion. he's so good he can make you cry 
I do when it's dope ^^ that was exactly the kind of post i was looking for. the last two videos especially are were amazing. i got chills at the pique attitude turns. man i feel like i'm on the edge of witnessing a whole new universe. i've seen student ballet and modern dance shows, but i never could really appreciate it. some of it's very odd to say the least, but the i can imagine developing the techniques could take years the ballerina in quiet part of the third clip is hot 
that was fantastic. i loved the literal interpretation of the music. seriously. wow. soo good. yeah. japan and korea (maybe china and taiwan more nowadays) have been forerunners of street style for the past decade. ever since expression won battle of the year in 2002 , i think they've been gettin serious recognition. i think it used to be that japan was the popping and lockin country, and korea was breaking, but boundaries are seriously breaking down. korean poppers have been winning a ton of competitions and japanese breakers are really pushing the limit. this is ichigeki's show at boty 2005. they're a japanese crew that eventually split up. there was a documentary about that boty called bboy world. it shows how most of them aren't able to sustain their lifestyle (at least they werent able to then) and ichigeki broke up soon afterwards. a lot of key members got absorbed into other crews, but a lot of them also had to work (taking on the family business being salarymen etc) one of the more creative breaking shows i've seen besides expression's marionette and the glow in the dark thingy
