Edited by Azizi Powell
This pancocojams post showcases the YouTube video entitled "Hip Hop Old School Dictionary".
That video shows Buddha Stretch and Henry Link from Elite Force Crew demonstrating how to do seven old school Hip Hop dances from the 1980s: the Smurf, The Prep, the Reebok, The Wop, The Cabbage Patch, The Happy Feet, and the Fila.
A few selected comments from these YouTube videos are also included in this post.
Thanks to the unknown creators of these old school dances, and thanks to Buddha Stretch and Henry Link for demonstrating these dances. Thanks also to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks to COSMOSUKR, the publisher of this video on YouTube.
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Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2020/02/youtube-instructional-videos-of-four.html "YouTube Instructional Videos Of Four Old School Hip Hop Dances: The Running Man, The Roger Rabbit, The Reebok, & The Cabbage Patchto see the differences between how these men do "the Reebok" and "the Cabbage Patch" and how the dancers from Howcast do those dances.
Click the tags below for more pancocojams posts on old school Hip Hop dances.
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PANCOCOJAMS EDITOR'S NOTE
After reading the comments in this video's discussion thread and similar comments in the pancocojams post entitled "YouTube Instructional Videos Of Four Old School Hip Hop Dances: The Running Man, The Roger Rabbit, The Reebok, & The Cabbage Patch" whose link is given above it occurs to me that while there are basic steps for specific old school Hip Hop dances, those steps may differ (within the same period of time, the same racial population [which created that dance] within the same nation) depending on where a person lives. Also or the same basic steps (movements) for a specific Hip Hop dance may have a different name or names (within the same period of time, the same racial population [which created that dance] within the same nation) depending on where a person lives.
Further complicating this is that it's possible that a specific old school (and new school?) Hip Hop dance may have a different name even within the same geographical location (city/state) in same period of time, and the same racial population within the same nation.
Also, a specific old school dance may be renamed by people in other decades before or after it becomes popular at a certain time. And a contemporary dance may be given the name of an older dance even though it doesn't have all or any of the basic steps of that older dance.
However, it seems to me that correct name of dance isn't as important as the skill, creativity, and flair that dancers demonstrate while performing that dance.
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SHOWCASE VIDEO: Hip Hop Old School Dictionary
COSMOSUKR, Dec 26, 2010
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Check out YouTube for more Hip Hop Dictionary dance videos.
Here are some comments from this video's discussion thread (with numbers added for referencing purposes only)
1. anewbginN, 2012
"props...ya'll hittin' all the OS Dances"
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2. Dreamtime, 2012
"this is a VERY dope vid.
needs more views *shared*"
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3. IIISugarShortsIII, 2013
"that's a dope ass beat, bro."
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4. Maria S, 2013
"Haha. I used to do all of those except the Smurf. And I thought the Fila and Reebok were switched. I might be mistaken though."
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5. yohann dubuisson, 2014
"LOL the smurf is the most important basic step.."
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6. sergio orduña colina, 2014
"Fila is rambo..and Reebok is gucci..i think"
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7. 37janie, 2013
"You remember ....??
Well....Junior Boogie said,that Link told him that the reebok isnt the reebok, but its the gucci.... then Link taught it at his workshops.... and I even asked him myself,just to be sure, and he made it clear. But you know....if you think you know better......"
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8. 37janie, 2013
"Everybody tells us smthing different...so confusing. Last week at the Street Dance Kemp in CZ Henry Link taught that the Reebok is actually the Gucci. Just sayin for those who want to learn.
Yo and the 'Mike Tyson' move(which is not in this video but I dont mind mentioning it) is just a variation of a running man.
Peace yall #Always a student"
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"Street Dance Kemp in CZ= Street Dance Camp in The Czech Republic,
Click https://www.sdkeurope.com/en/ for information about that camp.
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9. Ksenia Chaynikova, 2013
"I remember that at the SDK Link said that reebok is not Gucci, maybe I'm not right, but these steps (for me) look different. And the story of their creation isn't the same.=)"
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10. BD, 2013
hahah awesome ! some real swag up in here !"
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11. rifdaddy7676, 2013
"Fella's Say HOOOO! Ladies Say OUWWWW!! Nice Post Homiez. Ya'll kilt' it!"
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12. Jessica Sun, 2015
"smurf 0:11 | 3:58
prep 0:44 | 4:16
reebok 1:21 | 4:56
wop 1:51 | 4:29
cabbage patch 2:29 | 4:43
happy feet 3:01 | 5:23
fila 3:31 | 5:08
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13. julanie moreno, 2015
"he did the happy feet wrong,the happy feet was what the ronald mcdonald clown did back n the 80 movin your feet side by side but dope."
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14. EssentiallyFunky, 2015
"You do know those guys are the creators of hiphop dance?"
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15. 818ValleyRiderz, 2016
"Thanks For Old School Dance Moves Guys"
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16. Jolly Bot, 2016
"Pure culture. Killin' it with the Reebok and The Prep is mind blowing to see in it's original pre Janet Jackson cheerleader routine form. Thank you."
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17. higher self Alonso, 2015
"so drill these until you can build off the steps and add your own original style to them right ?"
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18. REPLY
Dobrob, 2018
"yes, yes you can. This is just the foundation"
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19. enmaxus, 2015
"In the south we did the smurf, reebok and the cabbage patch differently. The way you did the cabbage patch is what we called the reebok."
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20. nigel Zulu, 2016
"really needed these grooves for my freestyle..thanks for posting"
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21. michaelusam1, 2016
"+COSMOSUKR Hey... I was just wondering... Can somebody please tell me the name of these two dancers???"
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22. Koh Yamada, 2016
"michaelusam1 What!? You don't know these guys? These guys are pioneers of Hip Hop dance!
Buddha Stretch and Henry Link from Elite Force Crew :)"
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24. Lawrence Worrell, 2017
"Yeah, you get the moves down, then make up your own variations using the "theme" of the move. Wicked vids though. These are basic moves for the style. Add your own flavour though. Say for example reboking with one foot. Any ways these guys are the real deal, pay attention."
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25. Anthony Wooten, 2017
"Now we know how the dab got its influence from the fila...."
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26. GrowingDownUnder, 2019
"I think the dab came from soulja boy crank dat, after that was a lot of moves which came from songs like whip, nae nae, dougie, hit da quan, stanky leg, etc"
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27. Jordan Alexander, 2019
"He later said that Reebok was not called and that it's called the Gucci"
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28. Jordan Alexander, 2020
"And that cabbage patch is called Reebok"
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29. spicy1ize, 2020
"That's Not the Cabbage Patch"
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30. Michael Johns, 2020
"That wasn't how we Smurfed? Totally different? I learned in Jersey!"
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31. medaswho, 2020
"These are the dances nino brown did during the club scene on new Jack city"
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32. Disco 6000, 2020
"That's not the cabbage patch and definitely not the FILA . Still brought back good memories."
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33. jv Nas, 2020
"Bring back memories! Ya know it old school even has the nyc empire state building in the back ground! 😎"
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34. Rob 380, 2020
"Shout out to the dancers and shout out to the old school these guys kept it real👍🏽"
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