I was a breakdancer in the 80s and I use to watch this time and time again, I purchased beat Street on dvd year's ago would never get rid of it brings back great memories, I have looked the original cast up and how different they look now. 👊
Half those "Ricans" were Italians...Jim Borrelli, Leo Grant, Guy Davis. Both Hip-Hop and Break Dancing was multi-cultural from the start because it came out of mixed areas. Heck, it was Michael Holman that started up the New York City Breakers crew that brought Break Dancing to world fame, coined the term Hip-Hop and even got these two movies made. The world really is slow.
@@lexingtonluger3257The NYC Breakers, founded by Michael Holman (A white guy). Gonna come in here and try to argue with a person that is dropping actual names of people lol. Let me guess, you think Eminem was the first white rapper also... I grew up on 128th and St Nicholas...dont give me no shit about my history, Italians and Puerto Ricans have a long ass history together and I watched those white boys come up with the rest of us. Also, I was clearly talking about the actors in the movie and even named them. Leave your clear hostile racism out of the topic, its messing with your ability to comprehend what you are reading.
Still trippin' that this is what cops would chase us for! For freakin' dancing!!! Fast forward and now Breakin' is about to be in the freakin' Olympics!
Yep he put his money behind this movie because he saw it as something positive for the young people. He spoke about it all the time until he passed away.
Don't exaggerate or stereotype things that you see in a movie and compared them to real life situations. Not all gangs in the 80s resolved their beefs with dancing and rapping to each other. Not all gangs in the 80s did this type of stuff.
I did - in the 80s I merked this dude with The Wop and the Robocop and then he tried to ice me with the Roger Rabbit - it was all over when my boy came in with a blicky from the future and did the electric slide and it was alllll over
This scene is a Classic! I watched Beat Street when it first came out New Zealand, My Breakdance friend would talk to me through the whole film cos he seen it twice. There was this Passion about Break Dancing back then" The Music was Cosmic" Space Invaders whatever you call it; It was Super Freaky But Cool!
Roll of lino, tin of pledge, tandy ghettoblaster, british knights trainers and a fila shell suit.....walking round warrington golden square thinking we was the business...... we was.
In all honesty the Roxy battle is the best battle ever plus breaker’s revenge is the sickest breakdance jam to do it to. Its come a long ways homies…….. OLYMPICS!!!!!!! As it should be!
And the Best and Most Believable Walk-Up Actor Award goes to: #1… Glide Master (totally believable that he was staring at a rival crew) #2… Pexster (looks like he’s ready to do battle) #3… Flip Rock #4… Lee (he had the most lines so the effort required counts) For the RSC: #1… Crazy Legs (dap initiator) #2… Buck 4 (his stance and dap recipient) #3… Doze 👏 That is all… 😅
This was a subway battle, not a fight with no fists hitting one another and that was unfortunate that the police had to break up the battle between the two 2⃣ breakdance groups on the subway.
I think this scene is the inspiration that where Michael Jackson got the idea to shoot BAD Music video.....Coz it's so similarly with all this clip does anybody agreed😄
I use to ask myself that, but this is the early 80”s. Gangs were out heavily back then. From an outsider looking in they do look like they are engaging in some kinda of fight. I know their just dancing, but they were dancing aggressively against one another. It’s an epic scene captured in a film. I use to get mad too, but now as I’ve gotten older I was 7 back then, now I’m 44. I have a more understanding on why they were arrested!
@@rayshardrobinson7878From An Outsider's Point Of View It Looks Silly That They Got Arrested But They Were Dancing Aggressively Toward Each Other So It Would Look Like They're Fighting.
The nicest a New York subway station has ever looked.
It was a newly built station at the time.
@@Mr-Keyes exactly 👍🏻
Good one
When’s the last time you’ve been in one? Cause there’s a lot of nice ones these days
Don't forget MJ Bad video. Station looked kinda clean lol
I was a breakdancer in the 80s and I use to watch this time and time again, I purchased beat Street on dvd year's ago would never get rid of it brings back great memories, I have looked the original cast up and how different they look now. 👊
I'm sure we all look different than the way we did back in 1984! lol.
Hip hop culture at its best
@@stefjonno1 Naw it's some people that was in that era at that time still look decent for their ages today especially the women's
@darnezthomas4406 I never said they or myself don't look "Decent" I said they look "Different" It was 40 years ago man! Lol.
ruclips.net/video/aX-Sp0aCjHI/видео.htmlsi=_v0o5RyVkTr2xLe6
Im 26
Blacks and Ricans stick together forever ❤ brothers literally made something out of nothing 🤞🏿🌹history my hats off respect
Yeah but Puerto Ricans had nothing to do with Hip hop.🙄 (sarcasm)
@@lexingtonluger3257 facts
the world and people really slow
Half those "Ricans" were Italians...Jim Borrelli, Leo Grant, Guy Davis. Both Hip-Hop and Break Dancing was multi-cultural from the start because it came out of mixed areas. Heck, it was Michael Holman that started up the New York City Breakers crew that brought Break Dancing to world fame, coined the term Hip-Hop and even got these two movies made.
The world really is slow.
@thomasjones4570 Italian? The NYC Breakers were Puerto Rican and African American. There was no Italians in that group
@@lexingtonluger3257The NYC Breakers, founded by Michael Holman (A white guy). Gonna come in here and try to argue with a person that is dropping actual names of people lol.
Let me guess, you think Eminem was the first white rapper also...
I grew up on 128th and St Nicholas...dont give me no shit about my history, Italians and Puerto Ricans have a long ass history together and I watched those white boys come up with the rest of us. Also, I was clearly talking about the actors in the movie and even named them.
Leave your clear hostile racism out of the topic, its messing with your ability to comprehend what you are reading.
A way better movie than Breakin'.
Still trippin' that this is what cops would chase us for! For freakin' dancing!!! Fast forward and now Breakin' is about to be in the freakin' Olympics!
I witnessed it at the world games here in Birmingham Alabama and it was awesome !!!
Dont think it happened like this irl
🤣🤣 I was thinking same thing! Crazy 🤪
Yeah busted for poppin and lockin WTF
You think you got chased for dancing? You got chased for being Black or Brown.
One of the most iconic scenes in hip hop history.....
Watching this at 14yrs old in a 42 street theatre that was heavily weed smoked was memorable
I absolutely loved this movie........just wish I could see ALL the filmed dance scenes that didnt make the cut.......
One of the most iconic scenes in hip hop movies.
That Flip They Did From both sides is still Phenomenal 👌😎😊!
Agree
Man, these were the days when you fought by dancing. I hope they don't mess this movie up and make a remake. I got all my moves from this movie.
Yo man Crazy Legs was that dude...and still is. Live this scene and this movie.
REST IN POWER HARRY BELAFONTE 🎤🎧 .......... 🕊
Yep he put his money behind this movie because he saw it as something positive for the young people. He spoke about it all the time until he passed away.
80's the best years ever! W the Breakdance! Greetings from Italy
Yes it was; greetings from Finland
A Time Was Had!!!!❤❤❤❤
Fuckin' good old days 🫡
Dam that was hands down the cleanest NY subway station I've ever seen in my life.
Being in high school back in the 80s wasn't bad after all
This subway hall looks so clean
It was a newly built subway station
We need to bring back the days when fights were settled with dance offs haha to this day I still don’t understand why they were arrested for DANCING!
"Let's do the right thing let's serve these dudes man" -Lee
This was the greatest scene in the whole movie
The Roxy battle was deaf with the best
i agree. The Roxy battle was pretty cool, but this scene is more up close and personal like a real b.boy battle.
Facts
I liked it when spit got toasted
I was young watching this. My older brothers use to go nuts how Crazy legs dipped off @ 1:20
They need to do this today In Chicago
I watched this movie back in 1984! Loved it. Could never learn how to dance this though.
What are you waiting for?
@@joshuaiowa2190 I am 50 :) and now my shoulder hurt and I have become stiffer :)
I’m 54 and tried head spin ended up in the Emergency room 😅
Best movie ever!!! 😮
I remember watching this scene over and over and over again. It was so dope to me back then and it still rocks. NYC at it's finest.
QUE PELICULA MARAVILLOSA UNA OBRA DE ARTE ...JUNTO CON BREAIKIN ......SIEMPRE EN MI 💙🤗🤗🤗🤗
This has to be where Michael Jackson got the idea for Bad from?
i was going to say the same thing . . . i never knew.
Actually the inspiration was the movie West Side Story.
Crazy legs!!!!
his character was in the game def jam fight for ny
Yea man.
Yo the grey sheepskins super fly. I had the blue in 86
Wow, I am getting old. And I miss them breaking movies a lot.💯💯💯🍿🍿🍿💯💯💯👍👍👍
0:22 This shot is cinematography GOLD
We New Yorkers we have swag back in the 80's and 90's 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
You gotta love the b- boy fashion back in the 80s
I loved the fashion from back in the day ,I was 13 when beat street came and I remember wanting a sheep skin coat
The 80's. When gangs handled beef with a dance battle.
Don't exaggerate or stereotype things that you see in a movie and compared them to real life situations. Not all gangs in the 80s resolved their beefs with dancing and rapping to each other. Not all gangs in the 80s did this type of stuff.
@@ImliterallyaMF I'm genuinely not sure if this is sarcastic or serious. 😂😂
I did - in the 80s I merked this dude with The Wop and the Robocop and then he tried to ice me with the Roger Rabbit - it was all over when my boy came in with a blicky from the future and did the electric slide and it was alllll over
@@ImliterallyaMFI'm Not From An Urban Area And Know That Not All Gangs Solved Their Differences Peacefully This Is Make Believe
It’s a movie fam! People get shot every day over beef B
Hey look a rival gang, I guess we have to have a dance off. Lol
A more innocent time and era
Well actually that how it started. The black spades the Zulu and Kings. Decided instead of fighting let's dance or rap against each other
Well actually there is a lot of truth in your comment
This is coming on today on TCM (TURNER CLASSIC MOVIES) I CAN'T WAIT.
OH and did I just see Ben Stiller dancing in this??? 😮
I saw it !!! Right now !!! Just ended right now
This scene is a Classic! I watched Beat Street when it first came out New Zealand, My Breakdance friend would talk to me through the whole film
cos he seen it twice. There was this Passion about Break Dancing back then" The Music was Cosmic" Space Invaders whatever you call it; It was
Super Freaky But Cool!
Electro-Funk is the official genre name.
Roll of lino, tin of pledge, tandy ghettoblaster, british knights trainers and a fila shell suit.....walking round warrington golden square thinking we was the business...... we was.
I DONT CARE WHAT THEY SAY WE WERE THE BEST AND ORIGINAL. OLD NEW YORK LOVE>
Let's do the right thing🎶🎤 , let's serve these dudes man 🐦🔥🔥🔥😤
Battle cry 😠
Notice none of dudes were fat
And no one was physically harmed. Dear 2020’s kids.
In all honesty the Roxy battle is the best battle ever plus breaker’s revenge is the sickest breakdance jam to do it to.
Its come a long ways homies…….. OLYMPICS!!!!!!! As it should be!
I’ve seen the uncut version of this on Facebook somewhere…Buck 4 and Powerful Pexter have a turtle battle on their own as part of the Brooklyn rocking
Black and Puerto Rican pride big homie!
That was the dopest style of clothing, attitude, everything 🤘🏼
a Fresh, Def and Dope film..
So classic nostalgic takes me back
And the Best and Most Believable Walk-Up Actor Award goes to:
#1… Glide Master (totally believable that he was staring at a rival crew)
#2… Pexster (looks like he’s ready to do battle)
#3… Flip Rock
#4… Lee (he had the most lines so the effort required counts)
For the RSC:
#1… Crazy Legs (dap initiator)
#2… Buck 4 (his stance and dap recipient)
#3… Doze
👏 That is all… 😅
Everybody were more cooler back in the days. This generation has no cool dudes like we had in the 80s and the 90s
Yea and people actually spoke without mumbling
Quality entertainment education of music
yo! yo! chillout man! I hear sum thing....DUH!! your in the subway.....
It was the boom box
I always wondered how this situation would have ended if the police didn’t show . Do they fight, shake hands , debate on who won ?? What’s happens ??😂
Thats why its not the best written scene
Rock. Study. Crew. Is. My. Favorite. They. Did. Good. On. Showing. The. Red. Team. They. Know. How. To. Brake. Dance
New York City breakers was closed of beating rock steady crew
I was never able to find that all white parka, from this scene, in Cali. Wanted one of those in high school
39 years ago today beat street came out june 8 1984
Judge: you arrested these kids for dancing!
Cops: yes your honor.
Judge: GET THE FUCK OUT MY COURT! Case dismissed!
It's 57 street and 6th ave F and M train. Not to be confused with 57 street and 7th ave station N and R.
They were so fresh!
This was awesome
I was in New York but for me too many people on a small spot I like country more
From new york to the Olympics.... sadly one and done but ayee! At least we got the chance and now we are considered a real sport!
This was a subway battle, not a fight with no fists hitting one another and that was unfortunate that the police had to break up the battle between the two 2⃣ breakdance groups on the subway.
UpRock Battle !
I call this “Mexican Standoff - South Bronx Style”
57 st 6th avenue station. No wonder its so clean.
I think this scene is the inspiration that where Michael Jackson got the idea to shoot BAD Music video.....Coz it's so similarly with all this clip does anybody agreed😄
I see it😂
Crazy Legs is Clearly The Leader of His Crew in this Classic Scene!
🤙🏾🇨🇦
Lee was leader of his crew
Somebody should make a T-shirt with all the RSC members lined up and Legs giving Buck 4 some dap...
Still loks the same in 2023
For the movie probably was Lee as leader. I think Powerful Pexter or Chino (Action) were leaders of NY City Breakers though.
@@electriglazeactually kid nice and action were the leaders
WHY THE HELL CANT THEY MAKE MOVIES LIKE THIS ANYMORE
AWESOME 👍😎
Awesome!
I need to see the police report for this. "Uprocking in a 'no uprock' zone"?
Dope
When beef was settled by dancing 😏 .. no knives and guns here 🫣
classics
SUPREME SWAG...THEY ALL WERE ROCKIIN THEIR GEAR
Ay pobres mijos! A ver poque se los lleva la polisia, el baile no es un delito!
Black Pride ✊🏿
Imagine servicing 20 years in jail for breakdance fighting
20 fucking years in the can like Phil Leotardo😂
Always wondered what exactly they were arrested for 😂
The music still sounds good today! What is the name of the track playing?
Battle cry midtro colorado G
Proof right here
This is what New York City cops do to people caught dancing without a license.
Classic
They took all off are area for this minium
Cano csm mobb , Throggsneck projects , boricua craxy legz
There's alot worse things these kids can be doin than dancin 🕺
Check out the sheepskin coats lol
I want one... they are pure Classic
oh here come back up
New York got are the cool dudes
That's how real g's handle beef
Awww they all go to gymnastics class
Beef!
This sh** was so funny 😂😂😂😂😂
LOL THESE YOUNG CATS ALL GOT THIER STYLE FROM US YA HAVE NOTHING ORIGINAL FACTS RESPECT THE CULTURE BX LOVE WHAT
🙄I mean what the police thought they was doing breaking up a dance off?
I use to ask myself that, but this is the early 80”s. Gangs were out heavily back then. From an outsider looking in they do look like they are engaging in some kinda of fight. I know their just dancing, but they were dancing aggressively against one another. It’s an epic scene captured in a film. I use to get mad too, but now as I’ve gotten older I was 7 back then, now I’m 44. I have a more understanding on why they were arrested!
Watch the documentary The Freshest Kids. Some Rocksteady members mentioned how kids were getting arrested for doing arm waves.
@@rayshardrobinson7878From An Outsider's Point Of View It Looks Silly That They Got Arrested But They Were Dancing Aggressively Toward Each Other So It Would Look Like They're Fighting.
Has a original bboy we always look fresh . And it didn't caused lot of $$$$
Man buck 4s white goose wow
He supposed to have said yo yo yo shut up man. I hear something! let me know if you remember that guy saying that.