Hiphop

"I used to was break back in 1976...77'. And when I started breakin' then, it was already big. It had already been going on since seventy-two or seventy. I was like the only Puerto Rican breakin' for a while. I was local though, I wasn't famous. I was just literally known on my block. And what kills me, what people don't know, is that breakin' died in 78' in the Bronx. Breakin' just totally played out. Late 78' early 79', I remember going to a Cold Crush jam

Finally, rap, because of its inclusive aspects, allowed one to accurately and efficiently inject their personality. If you were laid back, you could rap at a slow pace. If you were hyperactive or a type-A, you could rap at a fast pace. No two people rapped the same, even when reciting the same rhyme. There were many people who would try and emulate someone's style, but even that was indicative of a particular personality.

"Rock Steady was a crew in every sense of the word. You gotta hang, you gotta be down for everything. Whether it be fighting, chilling, dancing. Ultimately, they look at your skills, and be like, Yo, come by the neighborhood. That's how it happened with me. I just popped up around 97th, 98th and Amsterdam. But honestly, we was fighting." Explained Mr. Wiggles.

All emcees use to have dancers, but as time went on, focus slowly became centered solely on the man (or woman) with the microphone. Sure, Heavy D had the boys, and Kane had Scoob and Scrap Lover, but they weren't B-boys. They also became part of the show, as opposed to being the show, as dancers had been in the past. Even though the dance forms popularity faded in the United States, it continued to be appreciated abroad. Nowadays, every R&B artist is trying to pop lock. There's even videos that will teach you how to pop and lock like N'Sync. Ain't no lie, baby bye bye bye...

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