Beat Street Roxy Battle. NYC Breakers vs Rock Steady Crew

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  • Опубликовано: 15 янв 2025

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  • @toddedwards2295
    @toddedwards2295 4 года назад +102

    The Coldest break dance battle scene EVER . Back when life was good and you can battle dancing have fun and be the king of the streets..

    • @BigTymeDancer
      @BigTymeDancer 3 года назад +1

      Facts

    • @johnsiliga7364
      @johnsiliga7364 3 года назад +1

      💯

    • @professor_kenneth
      @professor_kenneth Год назад +1

      Yeah indeed 👍🏻💯 great time. But they made beat street (nyc breakers) look weak. They in real life I thought were better than the Rock steady crew.

    • @JamesTempleton-rh7wo
      @JamesTempleton-rh7wo 2 месяца назад

      Nit liked out now dancing 😮😊😅

  • @kuco31
    @kuco31 9 лет назад +60

    Beat Street and Wild Style was the best breaking movies to represent NYC hands down

  • @saleemwaheed9956
    @saleemwaheed9956 6 лет назад +40

    When we saw this scene at the movie theater, we all jumped out of our seats with excitement! This was the coolest shit goin down at the time! I get the same feelings 35 years later! Just bad ass! Rock Steady Crew!!

    • @lr5081
      @lr5081 4 года назад +2

      Yes ,it was first time in a movie,that breaking was being shown,besides Wild Style(OG documentary to profile young hip hop movement).

  • @CrowdPleeza
    @CrowdPleeza 6 лет назад +80

    I remember when Crazy Legs took his shoes off during that back spin everybody in the movie theater went crazy.

    • @thedigitalrepository9121
      @thedigitalrepository9121 6 лет назад +5

      Right? I remember the same thing. Love this movie. Brings me back.

    • @kbreeze35
      @kbreeze35 5 лет назад +1

      crazy legs still breaks check out the 2019 vids

    • @ajmanchester7058
      @ajmanchester7058 4 года назад

      Why did his feet stink 😂😂

    • @bhmch39
      @bhmch39 4 года назад +2

      We started jumping into the aisles, yelling.
      The theatre usher had to come in to tell us to get back in our seats. Lol

    • @JWFitness1
      @JWFitness1 4 года назад +4

      Man do I miss those days...

  • @colo-read
    @colo-read Год назад +11

    The best ever battel scene. My daughter was a dance extra in Beat Street. The Rock Steady Crew and some of the NYC Breakers hung out in my house. I have tons of pictures of them dancing in my house and in clubs. Unforgettable times

  • @il581
    @il581 4 года назад +70

    When blacks, whites, and Latinos partied together

    • @bhmch39
      @bhmch39 4 года назад

      Yes

    • @larry6686st
      @larry6686st 4 года назад +4

      Something that the youth these days will never see

    • @jetsal4297
      @jetsal4297 4 года назад +2

      No one is partying nowadays because of covid19!!!!

    • @MRFOX-sx9rb
      @MRFOX-sx9rb 4 года назад +6

      And no Democrats dividing us

    • @marxman300
      @marxman300 4 года назад

      @@jetsal4297 shut up

  • @1jameslsmith1
    @1jameslsmith1 4 года назад +18

    I was 4 years old when this came out and I watched this shit 100000s of times to master these moves. Greatest BBoy movie Ever! "Let's serve 'em'' is classic.

  • @JWFitness1
    @JWFitness1 4 года назад +5

    Still watching in 2020 and beyond. I sure do miss those days...

    • @GoldenArmss
      @GoldenArmss 4 года назад +2

      Same here bro! Who won in your opinion ? Red or blue??

    • @Lootrunner_
      @Lootrunner_ 3 года назад

      @@GoldenArmss they both we’re good but I’d have to go with blue

  • @pedroellis5360
    @pedroellis5360 11 лет назад +13

    still amazed this movie is one of a kind :)

  • @crysjumar1
    @crysjumar1 12 лет назад +11

    the good old days. We used to break out the cardboad in high school @ lunch time.

  • @JWFitness1
    @JWFitness1 4 года назад +8

    Still watching in 2020. Love these days. Miss them terribly.

  • @mikefresh7827
    @mikefresh7827 11 лет назад +6

    YO !!! this was my movie back in 84" I was 10 yrs old living in the Bronx, TIEBOUT ave off of snake hill I went to P.S. 85

  • @6801ls350
    @6801ls350 11 лет назад +7

    This brings back memories either I was watching Hills Street Blues or something like this on a late night 80's TV channel back in the day.

  • @originalgameronline3457
    @originalgameronline3457 4 года назад +29

    When you say The greatest breakdance battle of all time...........never truer words have been written.

    • @scottcohen4847
      @scottcohen4847 7 месяцев назад

      BEAT STREET REAL STUFF...PERIOD

  • @251to502
    @251to502 4 года назад +5

    Songs played:
    Afrika Bambaataa & The Soul Sonic Force - Frantic Situation
    Xena - Only Love (Shadows) - i personally met her months ago
    Arthur Baker - Breakers Revenge

  • @rmcfadde1
    @rmcfadde1 12 лет назад +6

    one of the best era's for hip hop!!!

  • @liljimmysjunk
    @liljimmysjunk 11 лет назад +8

    old school, love it, miss it.

  • @classichorror8538
    @classichorror8538 11 лет назад +12

    these guys are legends of breakdance, bboy george and niazi the turk... if anyone knows melbourne breakers then add to my history of the 80's high school breakers. flinders street break scene in 83......inspirational.

    • @christopherseaton2965
      @christopherseaton2965 4 года назад +2

      I'm sure Melbournes crew was energy transfer I was break-in the same time when they appeared on countdown Sydney crew was rap city crew check it out

  • @lorenita1283
    @lorenita1283 4 года назад +10

    My dad was a music man now I’m his copy (: thanks dad for giving me this wonderful life I’m living if ur reading this ilyyyypapa(::::::😞😞😞😞

  • @AzusaTeam
    @AzusaTeam 13 лет назад +3

    break is the largest film I've seen in my life. Excellent music and dancers. Thanks to the film makers to get a photographic record of this era. Africa Bambaataa, Rock Steady Crew, New York City Breakers, Grand Master Flash live legends. This movie is part of a break in history. Hip Hop Break Dance but I live in the greatest .... Guszti Szabó, Budapest Hungary.

  • @pego2
    @pego2 12 лет назад +5

    frst inspirations thank the beat street Im still dance..

  • @kuco31
    @kuco31 9 лет назад +54

    If bloods and crips battle like this the world be a better place lol

    • @mikeschneider1624
      @mikeschneider1624 6 лет назад +5

      that was the entire point of early hip hop culture

    • @kommandoiv7967
      @kommandoiv7967 5 лет назад

      What about other gangs. The gang I'm in is part of Arizona history. 1930s
      (LCM)

    • @Bloodsport1
      @Bloodsport1 4 года назад +1

      That is what they were supposed to do

    • @beachboi6196
      @beachboi6196 4 года назад

      They did back then gang volonice was down breaker just played out

  • @wasy1975
    @wasy1975 13 лет назад +9

    still love this film as much as when i first saw it in 83. "whats the big deal about eatin oatmeal,when all i feel is tired for real, my tongue too quick,my rap too slick, my gallant talent like a magic trick" "eat your eggs before i break your legs" \o/

    • @malik87breaker
      @malik87breaker 4 года назад +1

      wasy1975 was it in the theater? I thought Beat Streets came out in 1984?

    • @simonedwards5564
      @simonedwards5564 4 года назад +1

      Now you know where you're gallant talent came from lol

  • @bryanp4827
    @bryanp4827 6 лет назад +8

    One of THE best movies ever...and i own it!

  • @visualimpactmedia8205
    @visualimpactmedia8205 3 года назад +3

    This has to be the most complete scene of the infamous Roxy battle between the NYC Breakers and Rock Steady Crew. Up until this video, we had only seen pieces of this battle scene. Like this video because it is a rare piece of footage and American heritage history.

  • @veronicazamora112
    @veronicazamora112 3 года назад +1

    I love Beat.
    Street with all my heart the movie is amazing I watch the movie all the time in the morning when I get ready to go to work and I love everyone who is in the movie the break dance at Roxy was amazing

  • @jasondontcare792
    @jasondontcare792 10 лет назад +29

    when u compare this move to BREAKIN you can tell cali money and new York movie money , even with half the budget this was a very good movie

    • @MiketheCabbie
      @MiketheCabbie 8 лет назад +1

      I agree. I get the feeling that "Breakin'" was Hollywood's attempt to make a "Saturday Night Fever" for hip-hop. Thankfully, they failed, and hip-hop didn't meet the same fate as disco: oversaturation way too soon.

    • @ChantingInTheDark
      @ChantingInTheDark 3 года назад

      I liked Turbo, but the rest of that movie franchise was trash

    • @michaelkennedy5126
      @michaelkennedy5126 3 года назад

      Breakin was LAME compared to Beat Street

    • @redbaron1953
      @redbaron1953 Год назад

      @@michaelkennedy5126 yeah it was ...i moved to California back in 1986 and i cant tell you how many of them cat's out there thought turbo could beat mr. wave in a popping contest ..they obviously didnt see this scene..

  • @Rekthief
    @Rekthief 13 лет назад +4

    nothing greater in life than a breakdance battle

  • @Boygonebad
    @Boygonebad 4 года назад +7

    Soul Sonic Force killing it on stage.

  • @TonyJreamzdtw
    @TonyJreamzdtw 3 года назад +3

    When the crowd shouted “Crazy legs”...the fact that it’s the same dude from our favorite video game Def Jam FFNY. That’s wild 🤯. He’s the one that took off his shoes in the end of the battle.

  • @mimipl6447
    @mimipl6447 11 лет назад +11

    I remember these guys! Little Ray hung out with my sister and my mom wouldn't let him in our apartment. She said he was bad news! LOL

  • @bryanholston197
    @bryanholston197 11 лет назад +6

    My favorite movie of all time... I'm bout to break out the cardboard ....

  • @PingDoofus
    @PingDoofus 4 года назад +6

    These guys are dancing more flexibly than many of us today are unable to do.
    Epic.

  • @bhmch39
    @bhmch39 4 года назад +6

    The excited tension was so 🔥 before the battle started.
    We all knew it was coming.
    To be honest - it was the entire reason we saw the movie.

  • @Onehappyworlds
    @Onehappyworlds 3 года назад +1

    We used to have breakdancing contests in our neighborhood back in the early 80's. No cellphones or distractions. Interacting & having fun without drink or drugs.

  • @nycgoodfriend
    @nycgoodfriend 9 лет назад +8

    Crazy decided to take off his sneakers off at the end of the spin, at the last minute. He didn't even know it will work.

  • @karlclarke
    @karlclarke 3 года назад +1

    the Ultimate break dance battle, watched this hundreds of times back in the 80's

  • @6801ls350
    @6801ls350 10 лет назад +10

    Beautiful Times!

  • @WHOOLEEYO
    @WHOOLEEYO 13 лет назад +3

    Reminds me of the good ol' days of hip hop in NYC.

  • @jeromeharris2218
    @jeromeharris2218 5 лет назад +2

    If you pay attention...this is God in motion....all 5 boroughs stand up !

  • @SniffyPoo
    @SniffyPoo 11 лет назад +3

    i always love watching this battle. so classic.

  • @bedlumproductions
    @bedlumproductions 11 лет назад +20

    Still sends a tingle down my spine. I feckin love this,mate. Cheers. :)

  • @mysticalcarter
    @mysticalcarter 11 лет назад +3

    Classic. This battle was one of if not the best ever

    • @malik87breaker
      @malik87breaker 4 года назад

      mysticalcarter the tension is great here . + the dance scene was intense. So no wonder it's really great :D

  • @shud1
    @shud1 12 лет назад +1

    I love how they're like the Bloods and Crips of the dance floor in either red or blue. Great flick though. This is the first soundtrack I ever owned on tape as a kid. Can still recite the Beat Street Breakdown...Melle Mel, kids!

  • @runwayweekly
    @runwayweekly 3 года назад +7

    i miss those days im so glad i was a part of error.. NYC breaker won that battle by the way..

  • @ezequielvergara4617
    @ezequielvergara4617 3 года назад +1

    This brings chills!! we used to battle in Hollywood all the time with boogalo shrimp and poping taco way back. A few on whittier blvd but mostly Hollywood. Nike supreme Team!! brings back memories!! 2021 dec.

  • @Waynestvchannel
    @Waynestvchannel 4 года назад +1

    the baddest of the baddest break dance battle there is,.. thats whats up,.

  • @BirdmanSJ-ATX
    @BirdmanSJ-ATX 12 лет назад +15

    Your trippn, how old are you 16? These guys laid the foundation. Respect Old School BBOY

  • @patrickmclain4110
    @patrickmclain4110 4 года назад +1

    MY ALLLL TIME FAVORITE IS HOW THEY ALL MARCHED IN ON BEAT STREET NYC. FLOOR MASTERS N HOW THE BATTLE SHUTS DOWN THE WHOLE DSNCE FLOOR N NO ONE LEAVES THEY STAND BACK N WATCHED...DOPE💖

  • @GRANPAHCREED
    @GRANPAHCREED 13 лет назад +2

    i remember poppin and lockin on my block nyc

  • @dachudsta
    @dachudsta 11 лет назад +1

    Take me right back..... Feeling old right now...

  • @That0therG
    @That0therG 9 лет назад +10

    2:13 that guy who just jumped out of nowhere just killed me... XD

    • @TheJofrica
      @TheJofrica 4 года назад

      Looked like a dolphin lol

  • @nu43j3lly
    @nu43j3lly 3 года назад

    55 here from Scotland..had crew called Rock steady breakers.

  • @davehaines2220
    @davehaines2220 3 года назад

    Best days of me ,an all my crews days breaking was unbelievably excellent if only I could miraculously return tobthose unforgettable days of my life

  • @TheDarkbeatz
    @TheDarkbeatz 12 лет назад +2

    THE OLD SCHOOL -GOLDEN TIMES-

  • @jasminbrown8134
    @jasminbrown8134 3 года назад

    So another resident showed me a video of him popping and we used this video as the music. TELL ME WHY EVERYTHING SYNCED UP PERFECT! I’m not gonna say his age, but whoa! That just totally changed my life!

  • @robertsteed7705
    @robertsteed7705 4 года назад +1

    Shit still gives me goosebumps all these years later

  • @julesjackson4178
    @julesjackson4178 6 лет назад +2

    GREAT CAMERA WORK @3:32- 4:00... NYC BREAKERS APPROACH THE BATTLE...MUSIC IN SYNC TOO!

  • @heinrich3582
    @heinrich3582 4 года назад +2

    The best battle of universe

  • @weirdimusmaximus
    @weirdimusmaximus 11 лет назад +4

    This movie made me love bboy/bgirl culture

  • @user-vg5dj6qi9b
    @user-vg5dj6qi9b 4 года назад +1

    Shout out 2 Darrius n Darrell the Twinz of Wilmington, Delware. They loved this movie from kids all the way 2 their adulthood. Rest n Paradise Twinz. Y'all r sorely missed although I know y'all r 2gether now!!!!🙏🙏🙏😥😥😥

  • @ChantingInTheDark
    @ChantingInTheDark 3 года назад

    Saw this at the ABC theatre in Leeds when it came out, without a doubt, the most authentic break dance movie ever made, especially this battle, had many a battle at the Ritzy like this!

  • @TheOneHundredPercent
    @TheOneHundredPercent 2 года назад

    _Takes me back years. This gets me so charged._ 👍🏻👍🏻

  • @magic3186
    @magic3186 2 года назад

    I miss this era, was the best times growing up

  • @argen25
    @argen25 2 года назад

    La verdad, que esto es impresionante. Es la primera vez que veo a alguien bailar break, espectacular.

  • @chazieo
    @chazieo 3 года назад

    This is a true moment in time when it was just good to be free! Being that this battle is real, makes it more official! Love being a 80’s baby!!

    • @layditms2
      @layditms2 Год назад

      lol born in the eighties is not the eighties generation

  • @sae05z
    @sae05z 11 лет назад +4

    Real battle

  • @nu43j3lly
    @nu43j3lly 3 года назад

    RSB from Glasgow here in 2021...anyone remember us with RSC red trackies? Here in 2021.

  • @wisesatyr72
    @wisesatyr72 11 лет назад +3

    best breakdancing in this movie

  • @jjallen1976
    @jjallen1976 11 лет назад +2

    I always thought the nyc breakers were the guys in red and rock steady was in blue. I was watching a vid that said it was rock steady and it was the guys in red.

    • @michaeltorres9237
      @michaeltorres9237 7 лет назад +1

      Jeremy Allen you got it my brother, remember crazy legs is rock steady Zulu, and the last dude that took out he's sneakers at the end was crazy legs in blue.

  • @nzrichie4125
    @nzrichie4125 9 лет назад +3

    * Hey there's beat street! Let's serve! *

  • @Bipina42
    @Bipina42 11 лет назад +8

    Kuriaki and Buck 4,RIP guys,you have done your job!

  • @sutveafrarn7357
    @sutveafrarn7357 2 года назад +1

    They are legends!

  • @legotvradio
    @legotvradio 11 лет назад +3

    dope movie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @juanargueta2188
    @juanargueta2188 4 года назад

    Beat Street is & always be my favorite Movie grow'n up tagg'n & gett'n know! From BLUEH from A.I. A KINGS & QUEENS

  • @jdmayes511
    @jdmayes511 4 года назад

    Iconic scene! I'm excited that this cultural gem of dance will be an Olympic sport soon. ❤ Can't wait!

  • @MrCoughupalung
    @MrCoughupalung 11 лет назад +14

    I like the way crazy leg's ended this.

  • @r4ymon
    @r4ymon 4 года назад +3

    It’s like the breakdancing version of the bloods and crips😂

  • @clokwize
    @clokwize 11 лет назад +19

    Ken Swift came in @5:14, Buck 4 5:50, Crazy Legs @6:47 and at the end, Kuriaki @7:50
    Rocksteady Crew! real bboy legends

    • @cesarmartinez102
      @cesarmartinez102 5 лет назад

      Actually at 5:14 its jo jo

    • @sentry9834
      @sentry9834 4 года назад +3

      Yeah but they got served by The legendary New York City Breakers!

    • @clokwize
      @clokwize 4 года назад +1

      @@sentry9834 Rocksteady already served NYC Breakers at the Lincoln center in 81! And at the Negril in 82! Only difference? They really got served and not just in a movie!

    • @clokwize
      @clokwize 4 года назад

      @@cesarmartinez102 no it's not Jojo. That's Kenny right there known for that shotgun burn which he still does today

    • @GoldenArmss
      @GoldenArmss 3 года назад

      Great Battle but the what’s the name of the movie? Beat Street! = winner

  • @darondo97
    @darondo97 11 лет назад +21

    how can something so blurry and faint be so freakin beautiful?! This is Hip Hop at its best. I swear im part of the wrong generation! -_-

  • @allanya74
    @allanya74 11 лет назад +7

    I miss the Roxy...

  • @andrewmills2490
    @andrewmills2490 3 года назад

    Still gives me a buzz when I see this, classic.

  • @The1mrpmrp
    @The1mrpmrp Год назад +1

    Intro from soul sonic force is amazing, lead to jazzy j .. nothing compares to this with amazing artists

  • @MsMrsoulman
    @MsMrsoulman 11 лет назад +1

    love when they first meet

  • @aquillassongbird3351
    @aquillassongbird3351 4 года назад

    This is hip hop expression in it's purest form. Battles are nothing like this now. Pure hip hop expression of the body.

  • @modEfied
    @modEfied 6 лет назад +10

    I like how Breakers Revenge doesn't really have song structure. No real "hook". It just goes on various directions. The only consistency is that bass line and it's over all dopeness. Reminds me of Man Parrish' song Hip Hop Be Bops joint in that regard

    • @samsneed7172
      @samsneed7172 6 лет назад +1

      Man Parish and cool Raul

    • @kld5617
      @kld5617 4 года назад +1

      It's an absolute classic stand above itself I agree

    • @modEfied
      @modEfied 4 года назад

      @Mister Keyes Crazy. Speculating, i think because that was a new jam ir had not been liked aa much as these classics.

    • @lr5081
      @lr5081 4 года назад

      Mister Keyes I was just about to comment ,the same,back in the day ,”just begun”,”turn it loose”were the 2 heavy hitters in breaking battles,that’s when crews would really pop off.James Brown turn it loose ,would usually be for Brooklyn “style” Rocking!!

  • @SonofKhem
    @SonofKhem 4 года назад

    Damn... I miss Hip Hop....this was so dope

  • @bhmch39
    @bhmch39 11 лет назад +1

    The NYC breakers were in 16 candles too, but the dance scene was cut out.
    You can see them in Samanthas class room dressed in thier burgundy/ white windbreakers as in the battle here.

  • @lingerl1352
    @lingerl1352 Год назад +1

    When life was good and you could live it without having to worrying about offending anyone or them offending you we all just lived life and enjoyed it. No damn BS drama

  • @harrisonblake8587
    @harrisonblake8587 7 месяцев назад

    just remember that night at the roxy club i was there rock steady crew only had 6 members and one was a girl baby love and NYC breakers had 8 crew members if mr freeze and wiggles was there for rock steady crew they would of won hands down even tho there both excellent breakers with diffrent syles RIP to kurika buck 4 and glide much love respect to all god bless .

  • @aquillassongbird3351
    @aquillassongbird3351 4 года назад +2

    This was a time before B-boy went commercial. Before sponsors and people B-Boy for money. Where acknowledgement of skill was your reward. There wouldn't be New school B-Boy if it wasn't for this film, Breakin 1&2, and all the old school films before this generation . #Facts

  • @BLAM1ONE
    @BLAM1ONE 13 лет назад +3

    damn ramo lookin all fresh!

  • @delanomaxam2308
    @delanomaxam2308 3 года назад

    Classic material !

  • @cecimartinez1777
    @cecimartinez1777 3 года назад

    THEY HAD NO IDEA AT THE TIME THE HISTORY THEY BROUGHT TOO THE DANCE,HIP HOP INNER CITY CULTURE!!THIS WILL ALWAYS BE A PART OF OUR LIFE LIKE IT OR NOT!!TOO THOSE OF US WHO EMBRACED IT WILL CONTINUE TOO PASS ON THIS TALENT AS BEST AS WE CAN..I AM PROUD TOO SAY I HAVE BEEN A CHOREOGRAPHER AND THIS IS WHERE IT ALL STARTED!!
    #ONCEABGIRLALWAYSABGIRL

  • @dakotablack2003
    @dakotablack2003 3 месяца назад

    This scene filmed over 30 years ago puts this past Olympic breakdancing to shame

  • @aakla
    @aakla 4 года назад +3

    3:35+ Is my definition of Hip Hop

  • @Superflow66
    @Superflow66 11 лет назад +6

    That's when hip hop was positive and inspiring.

    • @last808
      @last808 3 года назад

      I mean some of it still is but the mainstream is after money not vibes.

  • @Radwynfinite
    @Radwynfinite 13 лет назад +17

    This breakdancing is amazing... All the new breakers are trying to move too fast, there is no focus or flow...

  • @autobyonix3168
    @autobyonix3168 2 года назад

    MEMORIES!!!

  • @rexyumul7824
    @rexyumul7824 4 года назад

    I loved it how the Crowd Naturally opened Up for the Breakers out ov RESPECT🔥🐅