tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post6154910154395933587..comments2024-03-28T07:58:41.643-04:00Comments on pancocojams: The Probable Hip Hop Sources For The "Who Shakes The Best" Stomp & Shake Cheerleading CheerAzizi Powellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14963772326145910073noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post-11472324239775583992016-07-18T11:12:57.252-04:002016-07-18T11:12:57.252-04:00I also happened upon this 2015 video of what I cal...I also happened upon this 2015 video of what I call "mainstream cheerleading" [i.e. not stomp and shake cheerleading] that includes portion of the "Who Shakes The Best Cheer": <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOhBlNhr6xc" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOhBlNhr6xc</a><br /><br />The video's title is "Hey, Hey, Hey Cheer" and the video was published by Billings Skyview Cheer on Aug 24, 2015. <br /><br />This cheer video is an example of how stomp and shake cheers have been picked up by mainstream (read "majority White") cheerleading squads much more readily than stomp and shake performance routines.<br /> <br />The cheer that is performed in that video is actually a combination of two stomp and shake cheers- "Who Shakes The Best" (or "We Shake The Best") and "We are the ___[sports team name].<br /><br />The comment feature is disabled for this video. That decision could have been made because some commenters criticised the way the cheer was done. And/or that decision to disable comments could have been made because some commenters weren't happy that the cheer used line from the "Who Shakes The Best" cheer without crediting the VSU Woo Woos. <br /><br />It would be great if contemporary mainstream cheerleading squads recognized the considerable number of cheers that they perform that are from African American stomp and shake cheerleading and African American foot stomping cheers. But my sense is that few mainstream cheerleading squads are aware of this fact. And that lack of awareness can be interpreted as another example of White Americans appropriating African American culture without crediting the creators of that cultural material.<br />That said, it's probably impossible to prevent community cheerleading squads and school cheerleading squads from using lines or entire cheers from university cheerleaders. But while using the entire cheer, or lines from someone else's cheer without permission might be overlooked in community or high school cheer events or competitions, many people consider it a much more serious infraction to copy the performance routines of those university cheerleading squads- even if those routines are publicly available on YouTube.<br /><br />From what I've read in YouTube comments about "stealing cheers and cheer routines", it's always best to create your own cheer routine. Azizi Powellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14963772326145910073noreply@blogger.com