Bring tears my eyes. You see whites , Latinos ,and blacks dancing together acting as a team. Look how country is more divided then now , and you don't really see this type collaboration on the streets anymore . They will never be a era like this again, and I'm glad I was around to experience it. Those puma windbreakers were hard back then. Puma company needs to bring them back .
After that movie came out we were spinning around on lino here in rural parts of Ireland, one of my favourite movies ever..I watch it every Christmas.. hope you're all well over there in the state's 👍
@@synestro1 Very fascinated with the NY scene..I often wished I grew up there..Visited there as child once but never returned...Everytime I see footage of NY I get envious..You are lucky to have experienced all that..The Birthplace of Hip Hop..
I’m 52,, born 72’ breaker /popper from 8yr old miss these days and this era , timeless never gets old to me , I’d go back this instant if I could so glad to be from the era hip hop was born ✌🏽❤
I’m 53 and was a breakdancer in the 80s from NYC. One thing hardly ever mentioned is how the best breakers on the block were also the fittest and most respected. It was a level of status that, as a 14 year old, I had because of this art. Being a good breaker also made me a good fighter and this lead me into martial arts. I then got into boxing and capoeira and I’m still in good fighting shape at 53. God bless those who still keep this art up.
Respect !!! Imagine when we saw this film back in the 80´ in Finland (Nordic, Europe) and it was mindblowing with all the music and style so we tried to copy all the moves from this movie (and from Rock Steady Crew & New York City Breakers). Those were the times...I´m 55.
I'm 51 and from London and my story is the same. Still in good shape and teach martial arts. Will also get on the dance floor if the right tune comes on, have to take extra care diving down for a head spin at 51 though.😂🤕
Sou do Brasil cidade de São Paulo e aqui o HIP-HOP No Geral dominou muitas cidades grandes Tenho 37 anos dancei BREAK Fui B.BOY uns 10,12 anos da minha vida. Fui para várias batalhas, apresentações e até dei aula De Danca de rua quase 6 anos. Pretendo no futuro fazer uma luta também um BOXE ou um Muay thai Vc falou de capoeira aqui tem muitos praticantes , luta originaria do Brasil estado da Bahia.
In those days if you were physical in 1 thing you were usually good at other physical things. I was an aspiring breakdancer too. Naturally good at football (soccer to yall), i did karate and everything else that required physical effort that was safe for kids. Track and field i was the fastest for some time also.
I also agree with that 100%. I was around the same height as him lol I felt like our styles were similar. He definitely inspired me, but lol I was nowhere near his talent
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That was the coolest, most innocent times of my life. The 80’s were so pure in rap, dance, and attitude. If I could pick a decade to go back to it would be the 80’s or 90’s…..
@@djmack1ny Cool I didn’t know that. I started high school in 1994 and people started wearing ski goggles again at that time, but I didn’t know it had already been done by the previous generation. Thanks.
@@djmack1ny It was cool, but it was very hard to pull off that look for sure. Those specific goggles he’s wearing in the video are high-end and would have been super expensive in that era.
@@djdedan Yes he was an actor and not a breaker although I have to say his popping is very good and his top rock one of the best and most stylish I have ever seen when he is on the subway. His breaking was pretty much at a beginner level though as seen in the roxy battle. There were many other top crews aside from RSC and NYCB at the time and I read on another video that the windmill and 1990 was actually done by one the top Puerto Rican breakers in NYC at the time. If you look closely the facial skin tone is lighter at times.
@@Jay1898 - Well said. His popping and uprock were both on point. His moves on the subway were real smooth. I always thought it might be Chino doubling for him at the audition. Funny how even back then we all knew it wasn't Lee. It was such a brief moment that it didn't take away from the movie though.
@@fabianavalos1386 I never understood why he didn't rock all his moves at the battle at the Roxy, like he did at the audition he attended, where he was windmilling, doing donkeys, followed by a suicide flip, and, of course, the 1990 handspin. Also, if you look closely, during the battle at the Roxy, when he first came out, he had a knee pad on and after he finished back spinning and got up, the knee pad magically disappeared?
The fashion of those days back in the days is incredible dope..if you wear those clothes nowadays they call you nasty things...back in the 80s blacks latinos white all danced in the club...love it...the 80s are the coolest and dopest era ...freshhhhh
Agreed. I will say this tho if you wear what everyone else wears, you’ll be another drop in the ocean. If you wear something nobody wears, they may laugh at you and call you names but that only means you’re sticking out above the rest.
Hip hop was going in so many creative directions back then. They'll never be another era like it! I had just got out of 7th grade and about to turn 13 when this dropped. Me and my cousin wore spiked bracelets to the movie. Good times back then.
This and breakin was amazing. What a time. Sadly I missed it. Born to late lol but I saw those movies later and helped us during our after school break dance class.
Glad I grew up in the 80’s! This is one of my favorite movies. Our era is something to be proud of. I went from Breaking to DJing, to Producing to a Landscaper😂. My wife says you don’t want to sell your equipment? I said are you crazy? 😂😂😂😂
Yes sir back in a time when teens was teens and blunts wasn't even a thought at this time. We didn't need drugs too have a good time back in 1984 85"!!!😎😎😎
NYC breakers where from my neighborhood. Many were my home boys aka B Boys. Nice flash back to all the cool clothes we had then. Smurf blue sheep skins, brass name buckles, colored Lees, and Puma and Addidas, cazal eyewear. Awesome times for sure. Peace!
NOPE!... ITS ALL GONE.... THE CULTURE IS DEAD. It will NEVER BE HOW IT ONCE WAS . Nothing but STRIP CLUB & DRUG DEALER RAPPERS left.... NO CULTURE!....NONE!.... Lol
Robert Lee had a stunt double . Think most of you jerks on here are casuals ... Robert Taylor was an original bboy.. No bboy in this movie had a double as there was no need too . Robert and the rest RSC and NYC breakers where all real crews you dorks. Robert breaks his ass off in jeans when he auditions at city college . Most of you casuals are prob from westcoast as HIP HOP breakin , graffiti all started there and went to all States of USA and then the entire world.
@@adeshkumar1063 who are you talking to I was clearly asking a question. Because in another video someone wrote a comment stating that Robert Taylor (Lee) couldn't break dance
Finally a Lee dedication video...he was really the draw and the centerpiece of BEAT STREET and never get credit...I mean Kenny was cool I guess but I didn't want watch him spin records and kiss Rae Dawn Chong all day with his lil afro?
Im 57 now...still goosebumps when i hear and see this ! Back in the 80 ies Frankfurt Germany Club called Funkadelic. Great great Times. This music and dance performance still sehr sehr schön ! 👍🙂
Dude same here. I was a teen back when this movie came out and remember going to a dance at one of the castles I believe in Heidelberg Germany. Such great and memorable times back then!
I used 2 party at the Funkadelic n Germany frum 89-91. We used 2 catch tha train all da way frum Bad Kissinger 2 party n the Frankfurt & Hanau area..Them German clubs be holding like 2k people
'87-'92 B-boy was alive and well in the city of Aschaffenburg where I was stationed in the Army. Jugend haus is where the kids kept the spirit alive and I'd go watch them and perform with them and then go party at the Funkadelic.
So glad I was in High School (84-88) during these times: Boom Box Battles, break dancin battles in the hall ways; Pop Lockin Battles; Soul Sonic Force Bumpin in the double cassette Boom Boxes with Adidas shoes with the fat-laces & Jordace Jeans!!!! Miss those times😢😢😢
Lol he was no way a pioneer of anything. He isn't even a good dancer compared to the others in the film, and everything he does had already been done a long time before him
@@ukbloke28 Someone who knows what they are talking about. How anyone that doesn't even know this obviously didn't pay attention to BEAT STREET. And to think, his comment got 19 thumps up.
@@LesA.R.6568 Bit of a Baby Love role, perhaps. I quite liked his popping set in the party though, back in the day, and he rocked a pair of ski goggles nicely. His b-boying was weak though. They should've had him pop in the battle instead if he had to be there, but I guess they didn't want to clash with mr wave. Does anyone know who was the stunt double for the 90 at the party? That's nice for the time, especially how he jumps into it.
@@ukbloke28 if that’s the case it applies to all dancers in beat street. Dancers were B Boying in the 30s & 40s way before the 80s. Regardless of your opinion of this movie, Kenny and Lee were the main characters in BeatStreet. Do the research!
@@FBA_AllTHEWAY his best dancing was in the audition scene, the roxy was garbage, and the train station you could barely see him... most of the audition scene didn't even look like him though, i'm guessing a double... i mean if you had 1990s why not do them at the roxy? He did a backspin instead, and a pretty wack freeze... what you think is great dancing is actually masterful editing..
Powerful man iwent to school with him god bless him and thither breakerscrazy legs watch out 80 was great to me.Love and blessings.Beat street will alwaysive on!😇😇😇😇😇😇🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💯💯💯💯💯💯💞💞💞💞💞😺
If Im correct, we attended PS 31. Ms. Percy class together. Cool dude. Wish he made more movies. Nice to see someone from the neighborhood in the big screen. God bless..
B BOY KURIAKI I LOVED HIS HELICOPTER STYLE HE WAS DOPE RIP KURIAKI WE HAVE HIM FOREVER IN A MOVIE HE BECAME PART OF NYC HIP HOP B BOYS LEGENDS KURIAKI FOR ME WAS THE BEST ..
Lee era is es el espíritu de Beatstreet el sabe lo último en música porque su hermano es dj,pintaba en el metro y tenía los mejores skills de breakdancers siempre creando shows tanto si va caminando con su crew, hace una performance en una escuela de baile o batalla con otras bandas rivales... Y no olvidemos que es un pionero del street wear creando sus propios looks que hoy son tendencia en todo el mundo... Lee era un adelantado a su tiempo, un visionario y su legado es atemporal, las leyendas nunca mueren, long life Lee!!!... Saludos y respetos desde Marruecos.
Robert Taylor was an inspiration to us all in the 80`s. Back then then films, the music, the clothes, the dance moves and everything that goes with hip hop was amazing 🥽📻🎶🎶
One of the greatest urban dance cult movies ever The Roxy battle remains legend I always felt Lee should had done the moves he did at the audition for Tracy they definitely would had won over Crazy Leg's sneaker removal move
This was such an artistic & creative time for the black community, the moves were pure magic & full of expression.Rap music combined with street fashion…& then it got exploited by the big corporations…When it was being cultivated from neighborhoods it was thrilling exotic & exciting…it was groundbreaking…an era that no one that traveled the subways or hung out in the parks will ever forget….good times….respect was in the air.
Depends on who you watch. There are so many b-boys and b-girls out there with different styles that you can't just blanket all of it nowadays as one style. Many breakers are definitely more athletic now that's for sure but they're still dancing.
Greatest times of my life,I was living in Brooklyn/ east Flatbush. I was around 8 and we would go into alleys with our cardboard and it was on. When done every one went home not to the morgue or ER for gunshots.
The year of the 80s. Breakdance rooming through the 80s Climbing up the 90s on thin ice. Beginning 2000 the new generation. To tell the truth, I was there, 70s 80s 90s 2000 even in 2010 2020 I’m still alive I’m 54 I seen it all I was once a great dancer, break dancing inspires me so much because by one person B. U. D. L.
@@richardanderson1398 why u say that though..Turbo could do both.-footwork...backspins...knee spins freezes....im tryin to recall Lees moves in BeatStreet-floorwork...baby swipes freezes..i think it would be good battle....East v.s. West Coast...Beat Street v.s. Breakin😃
This was the ERA. When NY had real nightclubs to go too. Black, Spanish, whites we all went to the same clubs an partied together not like now it’s like we going backwards
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I'm 52, Beat Street is still my favorite movie of all time. I've watched it hundreds of times. I miss those days....
Hi Im 51 and it was a verry nice film in the GDR - we have never seen a film like this before .
Warriors too!!!
1971 FOR LIFE!! Even The Wanderers!
Same bro
1972
I still wear suede pumas and I’m 63 “I’m going with you Kenny”
Bring tears my eyes. You see whites , Latinos ,and blacks dancing together acting as a team. Look how country is more divided then now , and you don't really see this type collaboration on the streets anymore . They will never be a era like this again, and I'm glad I was around to experience it. Those puma windbreakers were hard back then. Puma company needs to bring them back .
❤❤❤❤❤❤
thats what music is supposed to do... especially if it's good
I agree
All on purpose
I don't know where you lived but in LA/OC racism has been alive and well for a really looooong time
I'm so glad I was born in this era!!! Legendary!
gen...x...Forever
I remember ditching school the day Beat Street came out . Dope movie ...Best Hip hop movie of all time
I was probably there in DTLA
Me and my crew danced at the cinema to promote this movie. Great times.
Word homeboy
Show
Do the popping, windmill, and then real fist fights soon ensued, quilla Colombia, 1984.
After that movie came out we were spinning around on lino here in rural parts of Ireland, one of my favourite movies ever..I watch it every Christmas.. hope you're all well over there in the state's 👍
Man I wish we had ths still going down where I live
The original generation of Hip-Hop.. Meaningful rap lyrics and the best dancers. 80's 💪🏾💪🏾
Tears all in my eyes now!!..The dopest hip hop era period!!🎶
90s also very dope
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I went to all those clubs they filmed this movie on the block next to building.
I did more graffiti than breaking.
@@synestro1 Very fascinated with the NY scene..I often wished I grew up there..Visited there as child once but never returned...Everytime I see footage of NY I get envious..You are lucky to have experienced all that..The Birthplace of Hip Hop..
Hell yes
Became a teenager in the 80's back when everything was FRESSSHHH
I’m 52,, born 72’ breaker /popper from 8yr old miss these days and this era , timeless never gets old to me , I’d go back this instant if I could so glad to be from the era hip hop was born ✌🏽❤
I’m 53 and was a breakdancer in the 80s from NYC. One thing hardly ever mentioned is how the best breakers on the block were also the fittest and most respected. It was a level of status that, as a 14 year old, I had because of this art. Being a good breaker also made me a good fighter and this lead me into martial arts. I then got into boxing and capoeira and I’m still in good fighting shape at 53. God bless those
who still keep this art up.
Respect !!! Imagine when we saw this film back in the 80´ in Finland (Nordic, Europe) and it was mindblowing with all the music and style so we tried to copy all the moves from this movie (and from Rock Steady Crew & New York City Breakers). Those were the times...I´m 55.
I'm 51 and from London and my story is the same. Still in good shape and teach martial arts. Will also get on the dance floor if the right tune comes on, have to take extra care diving down for a head spin at 51 though.😂🤕
Sou do Brasil cidade de São Paulo e aqui o HIP-HOP No Geral dominou muitas cidades grandes
Tenho 37 anos dancei BREAK Fui B.BOY uns 10,12 anos da minha vida.
Fui para várias batalhas, apresentações e até dei aula De Danca de rua quase 6 anos.
Pretendo no futuro fazer uma luta também um BOXE ou um Muay thai
Vc falou de capoeira aqui tem muitos praticantes , luta originaria do Brasil estado da Bahia.
You are the 1st..original there never will be another! My man is 2nd generation b- boy New Mexico!
In those days if you were physical in 1 thing you were usually good at other physical things. I was an aspiring breakdancer too. Naturally good at football (soccer to yall), i did karate and everything else that required physical effort that was safe for kids. Track and field i was the fastest for some time also.
Lee was the coolest kid in the world to me. I remember every move, every windbreaker he wore, every line he had!! The baddest!
Agree. I’m 48 and still remember this dude.
I also agree with that 100%. I was around the same height as him lol I felt like our styles were similar. He definitely inspired me, but lol I was nowhere near his talent
Incredible
Right
I wore my hat all the way to the side like him when I was little.
I can't believe this movie is almost 40 years old. Still the coolest movie ever made
Even the speach pattern and dialect was different back then.
💯
You forget breakin
@@khalidbelasri5991 you're comparing "Breakin" to "Beat Street"🤔?
😳 😂🤣🤣🤣
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Hope Lee is doing well today, along with the rest of the cast. Beat Street was a favorite of mine 40 years ago.. Shout out to Breakin as well..
He is doing well.
He's my wife cousin. Seen him last year
@@TheRighteousInquiries I'm happy to hear that. I'm from NYC, send him our best!!
@@TheRighteousInquiries Wow nice! What the social media from him?
That was the coolest, most innocent times of my life. The 80’s were so pure in rap, dance, and attitude. If I could pick a decade to go back to it would be the 80’s or 90’s…..
These kids nowadays will NEVER experience or understand the joy of living thru the Golden Age of TRUE HIP HOP this was Authentic Hip Hop at its finest
I miss those days. Hip hop dancing, being creative and original. No mobile phones 📵 social networking or time wasting distractions
I am 57 years old and live in Germany and admired this little guy back then (1984).
Robert Taylor was so awesome. He was also way ahead of his time with the ski goggles look. Pure Style.
He's on FB also
@@djmack1ny Cool I didn’t know that. I started high school in 1994 and people started wearing ski goggles again at that time, but I didn’t know it had already been done by the previous generation. Thanks.
@@djmack1ny was it just tha break dancers wearing them goggles or street niggaz wearing them too??🤷🏿♂️🤷🏿♂️
@@djmack1ny It was cool, but it was very hard to pull off that look for sure. Those specific goggles he’s wearing in the video are high-end and would have been super expensive in that era.
@@djmack1ny oh ok
80s is when you had good music, movies, and friends.
As a kid, this Brotha has help shape my childhood. Mannnnn I loved being a kid in the 80’s 👍😁😁😁😁
Robert Taylor is a INCREDIBLE ACTOR & DANCER. He’s a modern Day HIP HOP Film star from the old musicals!..
Thank you ROBERT TAYLOR!
That Era is so special if you were in it. 💯👊🏾💯
Robert Taylor killed it in the audition. That one hand spin into that drop was insane.
I always wished I could dance like "Lee"
me too growing up in the 80s
it wasn't him dancing for most of it.
@@ukbloke28 Yeah i always thought that wasn't him doing the 1990s or the windmills... it was probably one of the nyc breakers
@@djdedan Yes he was an actor and not a breaker although I have to say his popping is very good and his top rock one of the best and most stylish I have ever seen when he is on the subway. His breaking was pretty much at a beginner level though as seen in the roxy battle. There were many other top crews aside from RSC and NYCB at the time and I read on another video that the windmill and 1990 was actually done by one the top Puerto Rican breakers in NYC at the time. If you look closely the facial skin tone is lighter at times.
@@Jay1898 - Well said. His popping and uprock were both on point. His moves on the subway were real smooth. I always thought it might be Chino doubling for him at the audition. Funny how even back then we all knew it wasn't Lee. It was such a brief moment that it didn't take away from the movie though.
One of the best break dancers I’ve ever seen. It’s too bad they didn’t make films with him as the featured star. Mad respect. 👊🏾🤙🏾😎
Hes a friend of mine and I'm about to make a movie with him In the very near future
He had the wack california style.
Nowhere near the level of NYC Breakers or RSC
@@fabianavalos1386
Cali...Locking and popping - West Coast style!!! Fucc haters!!!
@@fabianavalos1386 I never understood why he didn't rock all his moves at the battle at the Roxy, like he did at the audition he attended, where he was windmilling, doing donkeys, followed by a suicide flip, and, of course, the 1990 handspin. Also, if you look closely, during the battle at the Roxy, when he first came out, he had a knee pad on and after he finished back spinning and got up, the knee pad magically disappeared?
@@davidscott2095 because that's his stunt double
I'm mid 50's. Still smell the aceton and listeting to the old skool hiphop tunes.
The best years of my youth! The HipHop era! Still doin' my graff thing all because of that!
🎶🎶🎶💛🤸😔
Early Hip Hop was great and most of the early innovators of Hip Hop mad appearances in this movie.
Me too, graffiting &djing
Writers will never completely stop, Even when we get old!
The fashion of those days back in the days is incredible dope..if you wear those clothes nowadays they call you nasty things...back in the 80s blacks latinos white all danced in the club...love it...the 80s are the coolest and dopest era ...freshhhhh
Agreed. I will say this tho if you wear what everyone else wears, you’ll be another drop in the ocean. If you wear something nobody wears, they may laugh at you and call you names but that only means you’re sticking out above the rest.
@@itslikethesamebutdifferent8020 thanks bro...you are right..
Nah, it's still dope. Many people would love it. F the haters. Greets from Sweden.
Some a lot of the fashion has come back or has been influenced by it.
Word Up!!!!
When life was simple but so fulfilling!!! Best era!!! Best time of my life!!!
How i enjoyed visiting NYC in the 80s it's not the same anymore
You ain't never lied....
Hip hop was going in so many creative directions back then. They'll never be another era like it! I had just got out of 7th grade and about to turn 13 when this dropped. Me and my cousin wore spiked bracelets to the movie. Good times back then.
This is timeless. I watch it all the time.
My favorite breakdancing movie,so legendary and yeah mad props to Lee for sure he is one of the greatest bboy ever danced,respect from Zagreb
This and breakin was amazing. What a time. Sadly I missed it. Born to late lol but I saw those movies later and helped us during our after school break dance class.
I remember my cousin introducing me to Beat Street when I was 9/10 yrs old in London 🙌🏼 this was it for me. Game over 👊🏼
This is when everyone had their own style of fashion and dance moves!
They sure did 👌
My video tape for this film nearly wore out! The battle scene between the rocksteady crew and the New York City breakers was for us the pinnacle.
They definitely set the standards at the time
Glad I grew up in the 80’s! This is one of my favorite movies. Our era is something to be proud of. I went from Breaking to DJing, to Producing to a Landscaper😂. My wife says you don’t want to sell your equipment? I said are you crazy? 😂😂😂😂
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Yes sir back in a time when teens was teens and blunts wasn't even a thought at this time. We didn't need drugs too have a good time back in 1984 85"!!!😎😎😎
real talk👍🏽👍🏽
No lie 💯✊🏽
Great era but I do remember plenty of white owl and Philly blunts being smoked before 84-85 in NYC, just before crack hit the streets
I was like 7/8 yrs old when I first saw this movie and I wanted to be like Lee. I thought he was the dopest breaker.
This brother was fire in one of my absolute FAVORITE movies in the 80s!!! I still have the vinyl soundtrack 😁
Practicing moves after school in the hallways and at the Boy's Club...man, this made me feel ALIVE!
I was a teenager when Beat Street came out. I still pop to my Bambaataa records. Lol miss those days!
Zulu nation 4ever ❤🙏🏿😎
NYC breakers where from my neighborhood. Many were my home boys aka B Boys. Nice flash back to all the cool clothes we had then. Smurf blue sheep skins, brass name buckles, colored Lees, and Puma and Addidas, cazal eyewear. Awesome times for sure. Peace!
Lee was Dope! I was 12 when Beatstreet came out. We all wanted to be like Lee!
I was inspired by him when I was 14 years old in 1984, a true fan to this day 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷👍🏾💯
I was 10 in 1984 and this movie was MY SHIT when it came out!
mine too!! Went to see it 3 times at the movies and then saw it every year that it came out on tv
@@mpjproducer CLASSIC!
same here bro,watched all the way down here in New Zealand at that time lol my first taste of hip hop
Don't forget Breakin and Breakin 2.
@@shawnsmith2610 breaking 2 sucked
World needs more of this 👍
NOPE!... ITS ALL GONE.... THE CULTURE IS DEAD. It will NEVER BE HOW IT ONCE WAS . Nothing but STRIP CLUB & DRUG DEALER RAPPERS left.... NO CULTURE!....NONE!.... Lol
@Leon kingi
I think you're right
I love the ticking and popping combination along with the breaking also.. This kid was before his time..
my said that ticking yes sir lol
not before his time but 'of' his time, the whole B-Boy culture was before it's time
This movie made me fall in love with hip hop. New Orleans in the building
This was my life in NYC, we started this hip hop culture from ground zero.
Is that really Robert Taylor dancing in the beginning of the video? Because someone said rob can't break dance
Or should I say some one said rob(lee) had a stunt double
Robert Lee had a stunt double .
Think most of you jerks on here are casuals ...
Robert Taylor was an original bboy..
No bboy in this movie had a double as there was no need too . Robert and the rest RSC and NYC breakers where all real crews you dorks.
Robert breaks his ass off in jeans when he auditions at city college .
Most of you casuals are prob from westcoast as HIP HOP breakin , graffiti all started there and went to all States of USA and then the entire world.
Jon doe 101% dude...
Someone said Robert Taylor aka Lee had a stunt double lol..
Casuals x
@@adeshkumar1063 who are you talking to I was clearly asking a question. Because in another video someone wrote a comment stating that Robert Taylor (Lee) couldn't break dance
Lee is the GOAT. My fav movie ever.
Original style..creativity...musicality..fashion..love it all
I started breakin in 84 it was a way of life dancing everyday loved it,great times happy memories,when it was about the whole culture 😊👍
Brings back good memories that’s when life was fun 🙏👍
Wow wish i could of been there
I was born in 91
I really crave those 80s vibes
Finally a Lee dedication video...he was really the draw and the centerpiece of BEAT STREET and never get credit...I mean Kenny was cool I guess but I didn't want watch him spin records and kiss Rae Dawn Chong all day with his lil afro?
Jackson five for you
@@henryvillegasbaez7935 Im afraid not sir
I saw this movie in Oakland back in the 80’s. Hella hard.
Who's here in 2024 looking for what we lost?
Moi
I just warched this movie the other day epic
@LINCOLN PEARSON factz
Im 57 now...still goosebumps when i hear and see this ! Back in the 80 ies Frankfurt Germany Club called Funkadelic. Great great Times. This music and dance performance still sehr sehr schön ! 👍🙂
Dude same here. I was a teen back when this movie came out and remember going to a dance at one of the castles I believe in Heidelberg Germany. Such great and memorable times back then!
I used 2 party at the Funkadelic n Germany frum 89-91. We used 2 catch tha train all da way frum Bad Kissinger 2 party n the Frankfurt & Hanau area..Them German clubs be holding like 2k people
'87-'92 B-boy was alive and well in the city of Aschaffenburg where I was stationed in the Army. Jugend haus is where the kids kept the spirit alive and I'd go watch them and perform with them and then go party at the Funkadelic.
Shot out to The New York City Breakers & The Rock Steady Crew.... Classic Movie
Wow remember this..Great times..
NYC in late 70s early 80s started it ALL! Pay Homage!
80's de tudo! Saudades! Aqui no Brasil, A BREAK DANCE chegou com tudo em 1.984! Top!
Im 48 years old and still watching it, my family thinks im mad. 1974
So glad I was in High School (84-88) during these times: Boom Box Battles, break dancin battles in the hall ways; Pop Lockin Battles; Soul Sonic Force Bumpin in the double cassette Boom Boxes with Adidas shoes with the fat-laces & Jordace Jeans!!!! Miss those times😢😢😢
One of the true pioneers of breakdancing.
Lol he was no way a pioneer of anything. He isn't even a good dancer compared to the others in the film, and everything he does had already been done a long time before him
@@ukbloke28 Someone who knows what they are talking about. How anyone that doesn't even know this obviously didn't pay attention to BEAT STREET. And to think, his comment got 19 thumps up.
@@LesA.R.6568 Bit of a Baby Love role, perhaps.
I quite liked his popping set in the party though, back in the day, and he rocked a pair of ski goggles nicely. His b-boying was weak though. They should've had him pop in the battle instead if he had to be there, but I guess they didn't want to clash with mr wave.
Does anyone know who was the stunt double for the 90 at the party? That's nice for the time, especially how he jumps into it.
@@ukbloke28 if that’s the case it applies to all dancers in beat street. Dancers were B Boying in the 30s & 40s way before the 80s. Regardless of your opinion of this movie, Kenny and Lee were the main characters in BeatStreet. Do the research!
@@FBA_AllTHEWAY his best dancing was in the audition scene, the roxy was garbage, and the train station you could barely see him... most of the audition scene didn't even look like him though, i'm guessing a double... i mean if you had 1990s why not do them at the roxy? He did a backspin instead, and a pretty wack freeze... what you think is great dancing is actually masterful editing..
Btw I'm from the Rock Steady Block and now looking back I must say it was another phenomenon
I saw you when I was 12 years old now I'm 44 and I love you for that. Hip-hop is my life
Powerful man iwent to school with him god bless him and thither breakerscrazy legs watch out 80 was great to me.Love and blessings.Beat street will alwaysive on!😇😇😇😇😇😇🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💯💯💯💯💯💯💞💞💞💞💞😺
If Im correct, we attended PS 31. Ms. Percy class together. Cool dude. Wish he made more movies. Nice to see someone from the neighborhood in the big screen. God bless..
I fell in love with hiphop when I seen this movie in the 80s
B BOY KURIAKI I LOVED HIS HELICOPTER STYLE HE WAS DOPE
RIP KURIAKI WE HAVE HIM FOREVER IN A MOVIE HE BECAME PART OF NYC HIP HOP B BOYS LEGENDS
KURIAKI FOR ME WAS THE BEST ..
Kuriaki had a own fresh and unique style..that style was insane..respect
Rest in peace
RIP, Buck4, also...
The best era of hip hop everyone was dancing and enjoying themselves my era definitely remember the cloths and trying to breakdance in those days
Lee era is es el espíritu de Beatstreet el sabe lo último en música porque su hermano es dj,pintaba en el metro y tenía los mejores skills de breakdancers siempre creando shows tanto si va caminando con su crew, hace una performance en una escuela de baile o batalla con otras bandas rivales... Y no olvidemos que es un pionero del street wear creando sus propios looks que hoy son tendencia en todo el mundo... Lee era un adelantado a su tiempo, un visionario y su legado es atemporal, las leyendas nunca mueren, long life Lee!!!... Saludos y respetos desde Marruecos.
Hip Hop was the voice of the streets in song, dance, and art. That's why it brought us all together.
these days.....summer 1984, best summer ever....I was 12...
I was 15 from B-More, one luv
80,s best time on earth,ever!..
The 80's was lit on all levels.
Hey for you in for hector is better
Yeah that summer because of the Break dance scene was brilliant.
Us black kids at the time wanted to be like Lee when this film came out! 🙂
PURE TALENT!!! AN INNOVATOR OF BREAK DANCE!!!!!
He's on Face Book
Robert Taylor was an inspiration to us all in the 80`s. Back then then films, the music, the clothes, the dance moves and everything that goes with hip hop was amazing 🥽📻🎶🎶
Salute to him. He'll always be cherished in this culture 🙌
My sisters and I watched Beat Street and both Breakin’ movies about a million times back in the 80s. We loved it.
I remember having a Max Julian coat with them Oakley ski goggles. And jinglle boots in School in Detroit. 80s.great times
Let's do the right thing man. Let's serve these dudes.
👑 Lee was the youngest
king of NewYork
One of the greatest urban dance cult movies ever The Roxy battle remains legend I always felt Lee should had done the moves he did at the audition for Tracy they definitely would had won over Crazy Leg's sneaker removal move
YES!!!!
Spot on bruh 🤙🏽
That's bullshit because you ain't going nowhere until you bring your records home
This was such an artistic & creative time for the black community, the moves were pure magic & full of expression.Rap music combined with street fashion…& then it got exploited by the big corporations…When it was being cultivated from neighborhoods it was thrilling exotic & exciting…it was groundbreaking…an era that no one that traveled the subways or hung out in the parks will ever forget….good times….respect was in the air.
Roxy Battle is Breakin in its purest form.
Today's form should be renamed as Street Gymnastics
Depends on who you watch. There are so many b-boys and b-girls out there with different styles that you can't just blanket all of it nowadays as one style. Many breakers are definitely more athletic now that's for sure but they're still dancing.
He is the reason I still watch BEAT STREET WHEN IT VOMES ON....💃🏾💃🏾💃🏾💃🏾
Best film ever
That was a fun time ⏲️ Everybody danced 🕺😀 and the music 🎶was 🔥 fire.
Greatest times of my life,I was living in Brooklyn/ east Flatbush. I was around 8 and we would go into alleys with our cardboard and it was on. When done every one went home not to the morgue or ER for gunshots.
The year of the 80s. Breakdance rooming through the 80s Climbing up the 90s on thin ice. Beginning 2000 the new generation. To tell the truth, I was there, 70s 80s 90s 2000 even in 2010 2020 I’m still alive I’m 54 I seen it all I was once a great dancer, break dancing inspires me so much because by one person B. U. D. L.
Dude was the best combination of popper and breaker I've ever seen.
exactly
He was awesome..dope dancer...🙂 sick moves---great in BeatStreet...but whatabout frm the west coast....(clears throat)Mr. Turbo😲😃
@@leachjason111 turbo is my favorite popper but he couldn't breakdance as good as Lee
@@richardanderson1398 why u say that though..Turbo could do both.-footwork...backspins...knee spins freezes....im tryin to recall Lees moves in BeatStreet-floorwork...baby swipes freezes..i think it would be good battle....East v.s. West Coast...Beat Street v.s. Breakin😃
@@leachjason111 check lee out in the scene on stage when he auditioned.. he was a better breaker.. but he can't touch turbo in that popping
At 1:37 … bet y’all didn’t know Crazy Legs went out right after Lee on this scene. They cut it for some reason and changed it to Ken Swift.
This is what I am talking about! Taking it back to the old school
Supa Dupa Dope.......
childhood memories
keeping me drifting & flowing still
waving on & on
Peace
This was the ERA. When NY had real nightclubs to go too. Black, Spanish, whites we all went to the same clubs an partied together not like now it’s like we going backwards
This clip cures depression, one love ❤️
I wish I was there an amazing time for true hip hop headz. This instrumental looking for the perfect beat by Afrika Bambaataa crazy dope