Ness On Toprock

bboy 101
toprocks
if you cant rock to a song, you aint bboying
period

Ness

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Ness On Fame

trust me, being known world wide has its advantages. i wish it upon everyone, but there is a responcibility that comes with it that some of us dont even want or need. i try to compisate by teaching as much as i can.

Ness

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Ness On BBoy

ok
for starters, putting the word “bboy” in front of your name was never the case back in the days.
it wasnt even bboy, it was BEAT boy, but when you speak fast with a bronx accsent it sounds like bboy.
noone everr put the title infront of thier names in any elemnet (bboy, dj, mc)
the first people to do that was promoters
when promoters first started booking djs, it was the promoters who added the dj part to the front of thier namesso the people woulld know it was a dj playing at the venue. before hip hop, only bands, musicioans, and singers got pics and names on flyers and posters for parties and events, so this was the promoters way of letting everyone know it was a dj playing and not a singer for example. and the trend stuck by the early 80’s but only the dj did so, noone else.
it wasnt until the late 80’s that the most corniest most commercial rapper decided to put the title infront of the name and mc hammer was born. to alot of us al school cats it was corny just to hear his name before we even heard his music because he put mc in front of his name, years later he learned from old school nyc mcs who moved to cali (melle mel, caz, whipper wip etc) how corny it was to do that, so he eventualy droped the mc, and just droped records as hammer.
not sure who started putting the bboy in front of his name, but to this day i still think its corny.
when im hired, i always make sure the promoters dont put bboy in front of my name on flyers, and make sure the hostdont call me bboy alien ness.
whan people refer to me as a bboy, i always say im not a bboy, bboy is what i do.
besides
bboys dont exist anynore but thats another post.
on another note, another new trend in breaking is choosing your own name, especialy when it doesnt suit you. in my generation, your pears or a mentor gave you your name acording to how they say you, not how you see yourself, cause most times we see ourselves in a diffrent way then what we really are.
the only time peeps gave themselves names is when they used thier real names and just added a hip hop type word to it and always real names or initials
norman scot chose norm ski (its his name with a typical hip hop word attached to it.
my name is robert, befoe ness, freinds just called me robbiie d (d at the end of your name was popular back in the days)
hope that answered your question

Ness

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Ness On Judging

ok, so i be reading around the forums, and i see a lot of the same thing, mostly questions to peeps like me, poe1, or even other popular bboys.
the questions are always more or less the same…
“so when are you going to come to [ insert your city or country here]?”or “yo are you going to come to [insert your local event name here]?”
and even “why don’t you bring your workshop to [you get the idea by now]
ok this makes it obvious to me at least that a lot of peeps still don’t understand how the game works. so ill explain it.
when you see your favorite breaker or popular breaker at an event in you country they aren’t from, or doing a workshop, they were flown in and paid by that promoter who threw that event.
with the exception of maybe crazy legs (who i don’t know to go to events just to dance anyways), no breaker i know really can afford to constantly go out and about globetrotting.
its not the dancer you should be asking because EVERY DANCER wants to travel to your country or city and judge and do workshops. really.
its always up to the promoters.
its not for you to ask the dancer when, but ask the promoters of the jam, and in the case of judging, i think you should DEMAND for judges you know, not feel, are qualified.
that’s all.

Ness

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Ness On Stretching

tell that to kid freeze, icey ice, powerful pexter, and float. all had airmoves , noone ever saw them stretching at a jam, you came to a jam to party. niggas stretched at home.
today you got kamel, el nino, bizzy brooks, legacy, ronnie ruen, and speed-e
ive never saw them sitting in a corner stretching.
however, i do know the importance of stretching, i encourage everyone who takes my classes to stretch, and admire the dedication it takes to do airmoves

Ness

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Ness On Power

Yea you saw a whole bunch of niggas getting smoked without me having to use it.. stop looking for me to do a power move homie, its like a finger pointing to the moon.. (y’all know the rest) and besides, who gives a fuck about a power move? I AM a power move!

Ness

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Ness On Battles

A real battle the way i say battles should be.. no time limit.. no set rounds.. no judges.. just 2 niggas going at it until someone gives up or i see too many repeats.

Ness

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