Breakdance Crew
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[edit] Origin of the Name
Breakdance Crew was originally the name given to the popular breakdance community and tutorial website, breakdancecrew.com. The title was chosen because those behind the website started as members of several existing and newly-formed breakdance crews in the area of Okaloosa County, Florida, and the name appeared to be the most neutral available at the time. The early crews included the EPJ Crew, GT Breakers, RNATripleHelix, and other unnamed ones. Over time, those associated with Breakdance Crew began to take on the generic name for themselves, sometimes abbreviating it BDC or the BDC Crew, although redundant.
[edit] History of Breakdance Crew
The idea for Breakdance Crew (the website) was conceived in spring of 2001 at Okaloosa-Walton College after a dozen students of the college and the local Niceville Senior High School met every weekday afternoon to practice and uprock battle. Originally the website was to be made for an unnamed crew that was in the process of forming at the college, but when those plans did not reach fruition, the temporary website became branded BreakdanceCrew.com to match its new domain name.
Over the next five years, Breakdance Crew underwent several major modifications, changing it from a simple personal homepage to a full-fledged online community and resource tool for breakdancers and musicians. The most major change to take place at Breakdance Crew was the creation of member accounts on 9 May 2006. This idea, patterned after MySpace but specific to breakdancing/bboying and the hip-hop community, quickly expanded in popularity. With the growth in membership came the growth in popularity of the website among thousands of breakdancers.[1]
[edit] Aim of Breakdance Crew
Breakdance Crew's aim was and always will be the promotion of the breakdance scene of hip-hop to those ignorant of its history, cultural influences, athletic benefits, and social factors, through Internet relations, night club appearances, and music production. They firmly believe that breakdancing has become a main-stream cultural phenomenon and no longer carries much of its original gang rivalry meanings from decades ago. Thus it is something anyone can enjoy.
[edit] Discography
Founders of Breakdance Crew have released several singles and albums, produced either independently or with collaborations from outside talent. In addition, RNA has recently been signed to The Foundation. The releases are as follows:
[edit] Albums
- RNA (RNA) (2001)
- Breakdance Crew vol.1 (RNA, Mirakle, Brutal, et al.) (2002)
- Thinking... (RNA) (2004)
- Beats and Envy (RNA) (2005)
- Bad Ideas (RNA) (2006)
[edit] Unreleased Albums
- Breakdance Crew vol.1 DVD-Audio (RNA, Mirakle, Brutal, et al.) (2003)
- Breakdance Crew vol.2 (RNA, Mirakle, Brutal, et al.) (2003-)
[edit] Singles
- The Revolution (RNA) (2001)
- All For You (RNA, Crystal) (2002)
- Airborne (Mirakle) (2002)
- Bust It, Bboy (Brutal) (2002)
- Carol of da Bells (Brutal) (2002)
- My Dreams (RNA, Crystal) (2002)
- Overdrive (Brutal) (2002)
- Schizo (Brutal) (2002)
- White Girl (Brutal, RNA) (2002)
- Winter Wonderland (Mirakle, Lil Diva) (2002)
- Your Crew (RNA, et al.) (2002)
- Dreamscape (Brutal) (2003)
- Escape (Brutal) (2003)
- Syzygy (Brutal) (2003)
- Everything (Mirakle, Brutal) (2004)
- Hear My Shhh (RNA) (2004)
- Horseplay (Brutal) (2004)
- Dudes Don't Dance (RNA) (2006)
- I'm Leaving (RNA) (2006)
- So Dumb (RNA) (2006)
- Throwed Back (RNA, Jason Ahmad) (2006)
- U Ugly (RNA) (2006)[2]
[edit] Unreleased Singles
(Note: Several songs have been released with remixed or edited versions.)
[edit] Videography
Music videos have been made for two singles released by RNA: My Dreams (2003) and All For You (2003).
[edit] Appearances in Pop Culture
[edit] Movies
- The songs Airborne and Escape are both part of the soundtrack for the Clinching Productions comedy film Two Hitmen (2002).[3]
[edit] References
[edit] Personal References
1. Gump, Daniel (16 Sept 2006). BreakdanceCrew.com. Retrieved on 16 Sept 2006.
2. Huff, Randall (16 Sept 2006). RNA Triple Helix. Retrieved on 16 Sept 2006.
