Hip Hop Dance History

James Brown Best Dance Moves Ever

Posted by admin on August 30, 2010
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CypherStyles is the World’s #1 Source for Street Dance Videos!

Not sure what’s more impressive, young James Brown, or the fact that old James Brown could still dance that well.

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Detours Parallels Between Breakdance and Other Dance Styles

Posted by admin on August 11, 2010
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At first it’s kinda easy to dismiss Crazy Legs statement, like “oh what’s he talking about?”, but I think the clips cut together make a pretty compelling argument that BBoying isn’t exactly as new as you might think.

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Doing the Charleston to Daft Punk

Posted by admin on May 24, 2010
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“CypherStyles is the World’s #1 Source for Old School Dance Videos!”

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

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Old School Russian Cossack BBoys Get Down

Posted by admin on April 30, 2010
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“CypherStyles is the World’s #1 Source for Street Dance Videos!”

It’s pretty crazy to see BBoy style moves waaaay back in the day, like these Cossack dancers.

Wonder if Top 9 got some of their moves from these guys.  Probably not, but still pretty impressive.

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James Brown Hip Hop Dance Origins

Posted by admin on March 12, 2010
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“CypherStyles is the World’s #1 Source for James Brown!”

The Godfather of Soul has has quite an impact on so much of Hip Hop as we know it today, and you can really see how his dance moves influenced some of the pioneers of BBoyin.

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