iamkennyj, May 29, 2009
Song: "I Don't Need It"
Artist: Jamie Fox
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This line dance was created by Ray Boyd & Tony Cee.
Total number of viewers as of August 29, 2022 at August 29, 2022 at 1:27 PM = 2,103,220
Edited by Azizi Powell
This is Part II of a two part pancocojams series that showcases the 2009 YouTube video of the "Terminal Reaction" Soul line dance that was performed by a group of New Jersey line dancers.
I'm particularly interested in documenting the different attitudes and opinions that some African Americans** have about White people performing Soul line dances.
*Definition of Shoutouts
From https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shout-out
"Definition of shout-out
informal
: a public
expression of greeting, praise, or acknowledgement directed toward a person or
group often as part of a performance, recording, or broadcast"
**Most of the commenters didn't identify their race/ethnicity. I'm presuming that almost all of the commenters who didn't identify their race are African American because Soul line dancing is almost always associated with African Americans.
Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2022/08/smooth-hot-cool-and-other-superlatives.html for Part I of this pancocojams series. That post also includes selected comments from the discussion thread of this embedded video. This compilation documents some of the comments from that discussion thread that include superlatives about that line dance performance.
I'm particularly interested in comments that document some examples of African American Vernacular English terms which mean that something is "great" and/or "performed very well".
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to all those who are featured in this video and thanks to all those who are quoted in this post.
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SELECTED SHOUTOUTS FROM THE DISCUSSION THREAD FOR THIS VIDEO
Numbers are added for referencing purposes only.
1. Ms. DeeJayDoubleU
"Now that is a smooth hustle!!!! I need that one slowed down to learn that
one. Who is the white lady? I love her!!!!!!!!! Every video she is in she is killing it!"
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2. pookah23
"Chunky dude in the front was getting it
in!"
2012
3. Chevelle Thomas
"White guy in the back is doing the damn
thing!!!"
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4. bigbenn83
"Lol lots of white folks can dance, this
is just a long 200 count line dance after all.
You want tos ee some other new age hip
hop style line dances. Look up Guyton Mundy...dances to anything from This
City....to Ludacris' "In the A" hell even got a new one fo Flo Rida's
Wild ones...crazy stuff"
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2013
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2015
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5. oprahisevil
"What about the white lady"
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6. LUX, 2019
"What about her?"
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7. MZ.NE-NE HUNT, 2019
"She was jamming💃"
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8. Tara Theus, 2019
"What white lady? She was so smooth, I
didn't noticed!😉"
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9. Jeeya, 2020
"She killed it."
10. Maggie, 2020
"Yeah, I think I know why she’s there."
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11. Natalie Harris, 2020
"@Maggie why?"
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2018
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2019
"You’ll get a whole workout & but some calories everyday doing this dance!! Not to mention the ONLY 2 white people in here slaying it too!! 😍😍 I need to learn this ASAP!!"
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13. jan Long
"White women can dance"
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14. Rhonda Creath
"Best Dancer tall man with designs on the back of. his shirt Jamming"
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15. Envyme088, 2020
"Lol yesss he was not playing!"
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16. Jaye Singleton, 2020
"He killin it!"
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17. Bass Webs Dean Ganalli
"Hey wait a minute. The Women up front on both ends, ARE DOING
IT!!!!!"
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18. James Bell
"I’m starting to develop a crush on the
black lady in the front with the silver shoes on...holla at me. Lol!"
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19. Chandra Jenkins
"the big guy int black kept my attention
he was smooth with his moves never tryed to show boat"
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20. s. Eve Gene
"YAAASSS$ 👑 BLACK 👑
PEEPS!"
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21. Craig Robertson
"Sister with the white necklace is
killing this dance. Everybody is great but she's owning this one.'
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22. zeezixx
"Yes she is!"
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23. Afanlynness
"dat white chick tho!!"
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24. Auntie Evelyn James
"These my first time seeing this video
The white lady is getting u go girl
ain't mad at u like the video"
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25. Estroughtonaire, 2020
"Right? Get down!"
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26. Estelle Mahoney, 2020
"They don't wanna talk about her as she
is showing them up for real"
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27. 4EVER TRUE!, 2020
" @Estelle Mahoney She is KEEPING up
NOT showing them up!🙄💯
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28. James Bell
"I see a white brotha in the back. I guess..."
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29. Denna Harmon
"We cant have sh-t* of our own. Yall.
Know what i mean first row"
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*This word is fully spelled out in this comment.
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30. Cheryl
"These brothers can dance."
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31. Osofoxley Oxley
"Black people are very accepting, can't say too much about other races. We
rock!"
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32. proudbluestaterful
"That white lady is making me cry cus i
can't dance, a lick"
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33. Valerie Fitzpatrick
"white girl killin it. Go girl"
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34. Lorenzo Spikes
"I absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE
the blonde!!! WHY? Because she GETS IT when we talk about cultural
inclusion!! This lady can freaking dance too!!!"
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35. Rhonda Creath
"I love that dance even the white girl is jamming Lol"
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36. Selwyn Bourne, 2020
"She is bad"
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37. Megan
"BIG UPS TO the one AND ONLY white lady who was killing it
the whole time but off to the side on the camera the whole time. Get it
girl!!!!! 💃💃💃💃❤❤♨💣💣💣♨💣"
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38. Jerome Smiley Johnson
"I saw that too! Girl
was doing it!"
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39. Kristine Maitland
"I would not be surprised if she does West Coast Swing
too. Great routine from the guys.
Cheers from the Toronto
Swing Dance Society."
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40. holli perkins
"Wasn't Vanilla Chile killin' it?!!!! Yasssss hunti!!"
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41. Robert Evans
"Yes, you go white lady!"
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"That’s Becky with the good hair dancing like butter. Get it
girl!!!!"
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43. New Nana
"I just saw her, Becky got rhythm. Killing it! Didn’tmiss a step🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾"
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44. Joann Hall
"The One I'm sure she probably married to one of those guys🤔"
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45.
"Yeah She Got Rhythm Fire"
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46. Patricia Taylor
"Joann Hall I am sure she is but good for her color is not an
issue for me. Just live laugh and love."
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47. Grandma Hands, 2020
"Patricia Taylor sowhat"
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48. deva190, 2020
"@Joann Hall I doubt it. I know some of them. Many white
men and women come to his dances and some are actually instructors."
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49. Patricia Taylor
"The lady was doing her thing she tore that up yessssss."
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50. Gaylon Alcaraz
"she was getting it!!!!"
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51. Hattie Horsley
"White sista got rhythm 😀😀😀"
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52. Kaiser Soze'
"I was just about to write the same thing 🤣🤣
get in there Becky!!🤣🤣🤣🤣"
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53.
"And she will capitalized from what she learn from them and
act like she invented it."
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"Let's hand it to the big ladies too!!!!"
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Rfeply
55. obsidiansea, 2021
"I'm not sure why she needs special congratulations, though.
She was no better than anyone else. It's a little like congratulating a dad for
doing something a mom does every day."
56.
"The one white lady ended racism ❤️❤️❤️
I love everyone, color is a label not a permanent print💕every
African American on this floor killed this dance 💃❤️"
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2020
"That one white lady is keeping up! All the dancers are great, but props to my girl!"
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58. BUN BNJ
camera do the white lady like that👀🤔🤷🏽♀️.....she
was killin it 💃🏼💃🏼💃🏼💃🏼💃🏼"
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59. Virginia Watkins
"That white girl didn't miss a lick great job"
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60. Estelle Mahoney
"Looks like the white girl showed ya all up as she had her sh-t* together for real! She may not have been front and center but she was definitely there and you could see that she had the rhythm for this dance whether you liked it or not."
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*This word is fully spelled out in this comment.
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61. Estelle Mahoney
"Still listening in 2020. White girl on the end is kicking it for real but love my brothers up there and doing their thing"
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"Hey my friend, rhythm comes in all colors...Peace and 💘 Love...."
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63. Sylvia Williams
"Not color people it's what's in all of us
and that's music"
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64. Ophelia Twine-Henry
"Love the ladies, BUT the guys are killing it, watch at least
once a day!!!!"
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65. Santina Santina
"👩💻🗯"Ooh,I
like the diversity, it shows unity,it shows harmony". It is love. New
subscriber now.👍🏻"
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66. EKeeping It Vertical Ministries
"Caucasian persuasion ain't missed a step
get it girl."
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67. Vivian Green
"About the two ladies in heels.. in the
front row... on each side.. get it mommas!!!"
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68. lean forward
"I just came across and love love it. My
Caucasian sister is really flowing she looks really good here. You go girl👌"
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69. ALMIGHTY'S SOLDIER
"YESSSS GET IT FAMILY!! THE TWO MEN JAMMING! BABY THIS ONE
WHITE LADY ON THE END IS GETTING IT!
EVERYBODY ON POINT! THESE LADIES
IN THESE HEELS THOUGH! 💙🔥🔥"
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70. Evelyn T Robinson, 2022
"The Sister ALWAYS dances in heels. She is one of the best soul line
dancers. I believe she's from the Philly
area or South Jersey."
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71. tamsmith61
"They're all great dancers, but the guy
next to the white lady is fantastic!"
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72. Home DivaBeauty
"The Only Caucasianos Lady in the Group was on fire 🔥!!
Who says White people don’t have Rhythm - I don’t even know if I could get EVERY step - this lady missed not one move - Hey 👋🏼 get it my White Sistah !!"
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73. Rebecca Singletary
"Go head smooth daddy in the black"
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74. Paul Driscoll
"Where the heck you guys hang out cos
this white dude (Me) wants to hang out with you brothers and sisters and step
it out ... lol"
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75. Rozlin313
"Sisters on front line holding it down!!!"
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76. barbara bryant
"All I can say is white girl, white girl damn, you go sister."
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77. Barry Stephenson
"They all are good but theres a young
lady in second row with 2nd from right with glasse yeaaaa but they all are very
good"
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78. S Franklin
"The ladies was not playing with the guys
they took this one and they done this dance ☺️☺️💖💖 don't get me
wrong fellas y'all done it I'll give you a hundred yeah I was there
"They getting it in......the blonde
sister on the end...:.:yesssssss mamma we see you too."
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80. wisdom seeker
"You're so kind.
May God Bless You and yours❗❤"
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81. Karen Bannister
"Guy on the left in the very back is
jamming"
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82. Cammilier Powers
"Got to give it to the Caucasian lady she
getting down"
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83. Estelle Mahoney
"Just noticed the white guy in the back
kicking it for real just like the white girl in the front, but still support
the dancers as a whole"
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84. Suzana M
"Think the lady at left back with pony
tail got moves too"
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85. steffie
"Apparently that sexy man that has the
emblem on his back, put out a training video on this dance! He even went and
got himself a wedding ring !!LMFAO
HES SOOOOO FINE!"
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86. Mary Sloan
"I'll take all 3 of the brothers in front row! They doing it. Watched
many times ,enjoy as much as first time."
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87.
"Great job everyone and shout out too The
white SOUL SISTER 🎶🎶💃🏾💃🏾
TERMINAL REACTION"
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88. Lynell Ferguson
"The man with the long sleeve white shirt
is really working it out they are doing the damn thing"
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89. Karen Bannister
"White guy in the back killing it!"
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90. MrCamp
"That’s me. Thank you for the shoutout."
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91. MrCamp
"The white guy in the back is actually me! My name is Mike. I’m glad you
all enjoyed this video, it was so fun to make. I loved dancing with everyone
here; they’re not only great dancers but amazing people. Watching this video, I
key in on a different person every time. No matter what, you’ll get something
worth the price of admission."
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92. Letha Stewart
"Wow that was entertaining, the lady in
blue had some smooth moves."
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93. Linda Leake
"THIS IS A GOOD WORK OUT DANCE THEY ARE KILLING IT NEED TO DANCE LIKE THIS EVERY DAY THAT WHITE GUY IN THE BACK IS ON POINT & KILLING THIS DANCE."
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94. MrCamp
"So true story: I’m sitting in my house
messing on YouTube and I stumble back across the video. I’m so excited that
people are still watching and enjoying this even 11 years later. Ray and Tony
are awesome, and everyone in this video are not only great dancers, but even
better people. I’m so thrilled I had a chance to be a part of this and so many
are still entertained.
- Mike aka “the white guy in the back”
95. Roxann Larson
"Tony, the man in black in the middle was
very smooth with his moves. I am so pleased they honored him by putting him in
the middle since he was the one who initiated and I guess he created the steps
with the other guy. All too often big people don't get the recognition that
they should. It looked like he had lost a lot of weight. I'd love to see him in
new clothes He'd be giving his friends a
run for their money! The girls would be after him! Yes! I was a big woman at one time."
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96. MrCamp
"Tony and Ray (to Tony’s right) collaborated on the steps together. Tony
has choreographed a lot of dances. He’s legit."
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97.kim leonard
"Come on big boy Yassss"
98.
"Wait...
Can we talk about Miss lady with the blond hair in the front row and
that white chocolate dude in the back row for a second?! I am sending this to some friends because
those two have set the bar HIGH and I now have expectations!"
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99. C Ross
"Check out the woman with the black scarp
on her head. She got it going on!!!"
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100. ted simms
"I don't care what anybody say, that white lady in the front row looks the
sexiest"
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101. Rooks Entertainment
"I wonder how many are still alive. The
pandemic wiped out so many"
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102. kenneth johnson
"All of us are still dancing"
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103. Nancy Stevens
"All Of Y'all Did Awesome! Thank you for sharing!"
This concludes Part II of this two part pancocojams series.
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