The freshest kids

A break is a musical interlude during a song, and the dance style called breaking or b-boying on the streets began in the 1970s in (arguably), the Bronx, NY. DJ Kool Herc noticed that when he played break beats between songs, dancers reacted with their most impressive dance moves. He christened those dancers "b-boys" and "b-girls" or "break-boys" and "break-girls." The Black and Latino communities of NYC invented early hip-hop dance styles known variously as toprock, uprock, or breaking, while locking, popping, and electric boogaloo arose among Black Californians. This film presents an oral history of the form, using archival footage and interviews with founding dancers from both coasts

Credits

Commentators, KRS One, Donald D, Afrika Bambaataa, Mos Def, Ken Swift, Rhonda Windham, Tony Tone, JDL, Kool DJ Herc, Melle Mel, Phase 2, Spice Nice, GrandMaster Cas, Mr. Freeze, Grand Mixer DXT, Crazy Legs, Mr. Wiggles, Keith & Kevin, Spy, Trac 2, Pop Master Fabel, Speedy, Jo Jo, Batch, Kid Nice, Sundance, Frosty Freeze, Ran Dee, Lennie Len, Lil' Crazy Legs, Fab 5 Freddy, Bobbitto, Kid Nice, Action, Michael Holman, Glidemaster, London, Skeeta Rabbit, Baby Huey, B-Boy Steve, Lil' Cesar, Orko, EZ Roc, Fred 'The Penguin' Berry, Mr. Animation, Suga Pop, Poppin' Pete, Bugaloo Sam, Talib Kweli, Pauley Shore, DJ Eclipse, Mr. Re, Remind, Poe, Freeze, Rakim, Q-Tip, DMC, Powerful Pexster, Fat Joe, Bas One, B-Boy Ivan, Crumbs, Flo Master, Super Dave, Steel Teal, Asia One, Henry Chalfant, MC Serch, Redman, Shaky Shake, Debbie Allen, Will I Am, Pfife; QD3 Entertainment (Firm); Brotherhood Films (Firm); Image Entertainment (Firm); QD III; Israel (Director); Eric N Brenner; Colon (richie)

Complete catalog record

Alternate title: Fresh, the freshest kids : a history of the b-boy | Subtitle on disc label: History of the b-boy
Original source: Special features: Music videos (17 min.); Uncut B-boy battles (34 min.); B-boy spotlight (15 min.); Interviews (16 min.); The hand of hip hop (6 min.); Highlight reel (30 sec.); Gallery [slide show] (2 min.). | Editor, Joel Watson ; music supervisor, William "Rhandi" Bannister ; 16mm cinematographer, Cristos Moisides ; cameras, Ilan Laks, Steve Rees, Adam Bachenheimer [and others] ; original score by QD3, Mr. Wiggles, Femi ; archival footage by Henry Chalfant & Michael Holman.
Release: [Los Angeles, CA] : QD3 Entertainment ; Chatsworth, CA : Distributed by Image Entertainment, ©2002.
Physical description: 1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. | polychrome | monochrome
Contents: Contents: Introduction -- B-boys -- Hip hop -- Kool Herc -- Break -- 1st B-boys -- Foundation -- Latin godfathers -- Birth of rock steady -- Wild style -- West coast -- Media explosion -- And by 1986 they tried to dead it -- Rap music and big business -- Resurgence -- New fresh kids -- B-boy events -- Rock steady anniversary -- Breakin' through -- International heads -- B-boyology -- Rockin' steady -- End credits.
Subjects: Breaking (Dance) | Breaking (Dance) -- History | Breaking (Dance) -- United States -- History | Hip-hop -- United States -- History | Dance -- Folklore | Break dancing | Dance | Hip-hop | New York (N.Y.) | Los Angeles (Calif.) | California -- Los Angeles | New York (State) -- New York | United States
Ucla location: Center for African American Studies Library | GV1796.B74 F74 2002

Sources

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