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THE THREE THINGS BBOY ALIEN NESS WILL WATCH FOR IF HE SEES YOU DANCING |
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Sunday, 01 March 2009 18:18 |
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THE THREE THINGS NESS WILL WATCH FOR IF HE SEES YOU DANCING
1) HIPS
“I believe there’s a certain way to throw hips – hip movement comes natural,” Ness says. “That’s why guys like watching women walk. The same philosophy applies to dance. There are certain things that make even walking look better.”
2) HANDS
“I really watch how person hold their hands, and what they do with their hands,” Ness says. “That’s what separates Bronx style from all other boroughs. This day and age, a lot of people do it.”
3) CHARACTER
“Usually the hands are already determining the character,” Ness explains. “Just the way they carry themselves. That has a lot to do with the music … You have to realize that whatever they’re playing is your theme music. If it doesn’t fit your character, demeanor, style, it’s not gonna look right. At that point, you’re just going through the motions. But just because a person isn’t like me, I’m not gonna say they’re not a real b-boy.”
For more on alien ness:
http://morethanastance.com/features/sf/2008/08/the-book-of-ness/ |
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Last Updated on Monday, 02 March 2009 03:28 |
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What kind of hip hop are you? |
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Wednesday, 25 February 2009 09:13 |
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What kind of hip hop are you? The new slogan adopted by the Hip Hop Congress of Rockford,IL. The slogan will be used to explain the purpose of the Hip Hop Congress of Rockford,IL. |
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 25 February 2009 09:18 |
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It has almost been a year since the site has been up. How's the site doing? |
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Monday, 02 March 2009 02:17 |
Here is the statistics for the site in pdf format for the past year:
Analytics-hiphop.pdf
Growing and growing... |
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Last Updated on Monday, 02 March 2009 02:22 |
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mr. lara- teacher,poet - supporting local acts |
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Monday, 02 March 2009 02:24 |
worth re-posting, so please read:
Posted/Shared by Vic Rivera (Midwest Monsters)
mr. lara- teacher,poet,
First of all, I would like to thank all the people who came out to the show last night. I have great friends and made some new ones.
It really seems like local performers do a lousy job of supporting each other. I’m not calling out anyone specifically, because this happens in every scene in every city. If you’re just a trendy bandwagon jumper, it’s pretty obvious and everyone already knows what your transparent ass is all about and you can stop reading. This is directed towards those who devote their lives to their art but then don’t support other people who do the same. So what if someone else is in a different genre? Odds are even if you’re a heavy metal guitarist and another artist from your hometown who has a show going on is a rapper, you have more in common with the rapper than with any of the millionaires in Metallica or Korn. You’re not just supporting the local artist when you go to a show, you are also supporting the venue that hosted the show and just might book your band/act. In this recession, you’re better off going to see a local act for $5 or $6 than spending $20 on gas to park in a $10 space so that you can buy a $20 to $50 concert ticket to see a band that really doesn’t need your money. Even if you hate every band in your town, it’s a way to network and get the word out on your band. If you don’t support your local scene, it will go away. It’s happened before, venues shut down. Then people complain that “this town sucks, there’s nothing to do.” I hear people say that about Chicago and if you check Pollstar, there are shows going on every night.
I want to end on a positive note and once again express my gratitude for the people who were there. I was doing comedy but there were several local musicians whose show’s I used to attend.
If you think my comedy sucks, that’s fine, but odds are at least one of the people I am performing with will make you laugh yourself silly. Same goes with music shows, poetry readings, whatever. If you do not support other performers, other performers will not support you, and you will just end up another frustrated artist that no one gives a f*** about.
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Last Updated on Monday, 09 March 2009 22:54 |
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What is HHC? |
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Saturday, 07 July 2007 03:54 |
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Mission: The Hip Hop Congress is a 501 (c) 3 Non Profit Corporation. The Hip Hop Congress provides the Hip Hop Generation and the Post Hip Hop Generation with the tools, resources and opportunities to make social, economic and political change on a local, regional and national level. Hip Hop Congress is the product of a merger of artists and students, music and community. It achieves this mission in a variety of ways. Hip Hop Congress Meetings of Rockford are made to learn more about the local hip hop community and create positive images of hip hop by politically, economically, and socially being involved with the community. These meetings are for artists, emcees, DJs, Bboys, political, community and economic activists, music lovers, poets, leaders, idealists, dancers, college and high school students, and for everybody who care about the community and hip hop’s impact on it.
www.hiphopcongress.org
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