R&B AND HIP-HOP DANCES

R&B AND HIP-HOP DANCES

The purpose of this page is to showcase selected videos of various Black originated R&B/Hip-Hop dances that were first introduced in the mid 1970s through 2011.

Most of these dance video showcase African American dancers. However, because R&N and Hip-Hop music & dance are found the world over, some of these videos also showcase non-Black dancers.

This page also includes dances such as The Butterffly that originally came from Caribbean sources such as dancehall reggae music but are or were commonly used for R&B/Hip-Hop songs.

These videos are posted for their historical, folkloric, educational, .aesthetic, and/or entertainment values.

This compilation is not meant to be a complete listing of post 1970s African American originated R&B/Hip-Hop dances..

For selected videos of 1960s-1970s African American originated social dances and African American hand dances such as the Philly Bop and Chicago Stepping, click http://www.jambalayah.com/node/1142

Also, click http://www.jambalayah.com/node/10 for a listing of other videos of African American dances.

Sources Of The Videos

All of the videos on this page are from http://www.youtube.com/

Other videos of these dances, of other African American originated R&B/Hip-Hop dances, and of other social dances that were originated by non-African American people can be found by perusing the YouTube pages for these featured videos.

Please note that links to YouTube videos or to other online resources may not remain viable. Also, please be aware that comments posted on YouTube viewer comments threads may not be suitable for children or otherwise may not meet the standards of Cocojams.com

Because Cocojams.com is a family friendly website, videos with profanity, excessive violence, and/or with homophobic and other inappropriate language/content will not be showcased on this page.

Presentation of Dances

Videos are presented in alphabetical order using the first letter (after the word "the") of the name of the dance. Videos of various dances are presented in a category using that title.

Comments about the dance, the record, and/or the vocalist/musician may be included for certain videos. Hyperlinks to other information about the dance and/or the vocalist may also be provided.

This samplying of YouTube dance videos are presented in two different categories:
Examples of Single Dances and Examples of Various Dances. Videos from the television show Soul Train and (with a few exceptions) videos of African American line dances will be presented aas sub-categories within the "Examples of Various Dances" category.

Acknowledgements & Thanks

Thanks to all those who uploaded videos that are featured on this page. Also thanks to those commenters to those videos whose comments are quoted on this page.

Note About Selected Videos:

I chose videos of Hip-Hop songs that weren't too sexually suggestive, didn't include profanity, and didn't include the "n" word in their lyrics. Still beware when reading the YouTube viewer comments of any featured video.

Contact Information

Please send in links to YouTube videos of & comments about post mid 1970s African American originated originated R&B/Hip-Hop dance videos to cocojams17@yahoo.com

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Ms. Azizi Powell,
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Last revision on February 11, 2012

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SELECTED EXAMPLES OF R&B AND HIP-HOP DANCES (Single Dances)
(Posted in alphabetical order by the dance name)

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"The Aunt Jackie" and "Chicken Noddle Soup"

Uploaded by F0XxDyye on Jul 13, 2007
Chris Brown does Jason Fox's Aunt Jackie!

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Editor: There are other YouTube examples of the Aunt Jackie, but the song contains the "n" word and for that reason I'm not showcasing them on this page.

A dance custom that continues to be found in African and African Diaspora dances from waaay back and now is when people encourage dancers and praise their dance moves with shouts like "Go Chirs!" that is heard in this video.

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Bird Walk

Soulja Boy Tell'em - Bird Walk

Uploaded by SouljaBoyTellemVEVO on Oct 4, 2009
Music video by Soulja Boy Tell`em performing Bird Walk. (C) 2008 ColliPark Music/Interscope Records

Editor:
There have been numerous African American bird dances from the 18th century to now. Here's a list of African American bird dances that I can think of: "The Buzzard Lope", "The Buck & Wing", "The Pigeon Wing", "The Turkey Trot", "Buzzard", "The Bird". "The Eagle Rock", "The Chicken", "The Funky Chicken", "The Penguin", "Shake A Tail Feather", and "The Bird Walk". "The Fly" and "Chicken Noodle Soup" could also be added to that list. Did I forget any African American bird dance?

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Booty Dew

GS Boyz - Booty Dew

Uploaded by GSBoyzVEVO on Nov 23, 2009
Music video by GS Boyz performing Booty Dew. (C) 2009 RCA/JIVE Label Group, a unit of Sony Music Entertainment

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Breakdancing

Beat Street Roxy Battle

Uploaded by atcoates on Jun 29, 2007

Beat Street do battle with the NYC breakers in what must be one of the best breakin scenes of all time. Classic music, classic moves.

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Breakin; Electro Rock vs TKO )

Uploaded by CaliCandyGurl | April 08, 2007
Song : Don't Stop The Rock; Artist- Freestyle

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New York Subway Break Dance

Uploaded by gnsec on Jul 25, 2008

Getting off the NYC subway I ran into this breakdancing performance at the station. The song is "We gonna rock it" by Flying Steps, except 1st 10 seconds Sandstorm by Darude.

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How to Dance to Reggae Dancehall : How to Do the Butterfly in Reggae Dancehall

uploaded by expertvillage on Jan 18, 2008

Learn how to do the butterfly in dancing to reggae dancehall music with expert advice on dance moves and skills in this free dance lesson video.

Expert: Safi A. Thomas
Contact: www.bdanyc.com
Bio: Safi A.
Filmmaker: Paul Muller

Editor:

A number of children's cheers and rhymes include the line "we gonna do the butterfly". But most of the videos that I've seen of those cheers and rhymes just feature a arms crossed above the chest with hands fluttering mimicking motion while chanting "do the butterfly".

This is the actual dance, and, as indicated in this video, it comes from the dancehall Reggae music in the Caribbean. A sound file of soca great Bryon Lee's instructional song Soca Butterfly can be found at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGtpaJ4Allw&feature=related I'm unsure if this record started that dance craze or if it just capitalized on it.

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Carlton Dance

Uploaded by Tarantello; July 16, 2006

"Carlton and will: The last dance (Fresh Prince)"

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DJ Casper- "Cha Cha Slide"

MrCTheSlideManVEVO | June 16, 2009
Music video by Mr. C The Slide Man performing Cha-Cha Slide. (C) 2000 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.

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Chicken Noodle Soup

Uploaded by WebstarVEVO on Nov 22, 2009
Music video by Webstar, Young B performing Chicken Noodle Soup. (C) 2006 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.

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Clown Dancing
See Krumpin below

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Crank Dat Lion King

Uploaded by misskimari on Oct 21, 2007

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Crank That Soulja Boy

Soulja Boy Tell'em - Crank That (Soulja Boy)

Uploaded by SouljaBoyTellemVEVO on Nov 22, 2009
Music video by Soulja Boy Tell`em performing Crank That (Soulja Boy). (C) 2007 ColliPark Music/HHH/Interscope Records

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Crank That Spongebob

Best Crank Dat Spongebob

Uploaded by Cspar32 on Nov 3, 2007
Cleveland Sparrow (Lahser High class of 10)

Editor:
Another example of this dance is found on Cocojams' Rock And Roll Dance page.

YouTube also has a video of "Crank The Yank", However, because that song includes the "n" word, I'm not posting it here.

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Cupid Shuffle

Uploaded by AsylumRecordsTV; June 18, 2007
Cupid Shuffle (video) by Cupid (c) 2007 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States "

Editor:
This video includes members of many African American (Greek lettered) fraternities, each putting their own "flava" to this dance's basic moves.

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Da Butt

EU (Experience Unlimited)- Da Butt 1988

Uploaded by tecnoborg75 on Jul 1, 2010
from the motion picture " School Daze" filmed by the famous director Spike lee " Da Butt"

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The Dougie

Uploaded by LADYTIFFANY22 on Feb 12, 2008
THIS IS NOT ME!!!!!

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"The Dougie" is named after rapper Dougie Fresh, as that's how he is known for dancing.

E, F

Freestyle Dancing

Uploaded by Kipipiani5 on Nov 4, 2010

The Art of Teknique (TAT) at IOAta Think You Can Dance, dance competition for alzheimer's awareness at Sacstate Nov. 3, 2010

Editor: These 10 year old boys did the Robot, breakdancing, and other dance moves. A number of viewers commented that they danced to the song "Excision and Datsik - Guess I Got My Swagger Back (Dubstep)"

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Footwork

Chicago Footwork

Uploaded by ghettotekz on Apr 24, 2010

no real battle, just some amazin footworkin. This was with MOB, TS, Wolf Pac, Litebulb, Deryon, Stepz, Manny, just a whole bunch of dope cats. ..

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The Errol Flynn

Uploaded by singhsun on Apr 25, 2007

Editor:
"The Errol Flynn" is a dance that originated among Detroit, Michigan African Americans.

G, H

Heel & Toe

Dancehall Step Heel & Toe

Uploaded by DHnounours on Feb 3, 2007

I, J

The Jerk (2009 version)

Uploaded by skeetv on May 30, 2009

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The Jigg

Uploaded by yhaze101 on May 25, 2009

[Connally High School- Austin, Texas]

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Jig & Show Out Dance

Uploaded by zahria1998 on Mar 18, 2011
We was tryin to win jig & Show Out Contest.

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The Jit

Old School Jit (70s Jit)

Uploaded by KOVA1 on Sep 21, 2006

Clip of Old School Detroit Jit. Style is from the 70s. This clip is of Myron (Dr. Disco), Detroit OG.

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best female at jittin I ever seen

Uploaded by iamwarrior99 on Apr 19, 2007

I think her name is Tanya...

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Juke Dancing

Chicago Juke Dancing

Uploaded by chicagourban on Oct 18, 2006

Clips of Chicago Juke Dancers

K, L

Krumpin and Clowing

Trailer From The 2005 Movie Rize

Uploaded by digim; October 14, 2006

trailer of [2005] movie 'Rize' by David LaChapelle, best video quality on youtube! About Tommy The Clown, Tight Eyez, Lil C and Miss Prissy....and others

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krump kings vs clowns edition 2008

Posted by alyhipe

Members of the krumps camp and members of the clowns camp practice their moves and compete against each other.

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Russell Ferguson Krump Solo

Krumpin

Uploaded by hitogokoro on Nov 2, 2009

from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Ferguson

"Russell Ferguson is an American Krump dancer from Boston, Massachusetts. He won So You Think You Can Dance season 6 [2009], making him the first Krumper to win the title.[1] Russell is a graduate of the Boston Arts Academy and attended the University of the Arts as a dance major."

M,N
New Orleans Bounce (Right Side)

Battle Boyz VS Double Time Boyz

Uploaded by MCTV504 on Dec 29, 2007

Editor: I viewed a number of YouTube videos of this dance, but chose this one to show how dancing battles are and also because the language in some of the other videos didn't meet Cocojams strict standards regarding no profanity and no use of the "n word".

O, P

Poppin

Uploaded by BodyPopper92 on Oct 17, 2009

Popping at Tolworth

Editor: Tolworth is a mostly residential area of outer South London.

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Pop Lock And Drop It

Uploaded by Lady1178 on Feb 25, 2007
My 8 year old neice doing pop lock and drop it.

Q, R

Rack Daddy

Uploaded by bwade06 on Dec 30, 2007
Me once agin doin my hood dance

S, T

The Shuffle

shuffling at walmart

Uploaded by CangelesSlick on Mar 13, 2010

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A Hardstyle Battle - Shuffle vs. Jumpstyle

Uploaded by rkuehn24 on Feb 5, 2010

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Skanky Legg

GS Boyz - Stanky Legg

Uploaded by GSBoyzVEVO on Nov 23, 2009
Music video by GS Boyz performing Stanky Legg. YouTube view counts pre-VEVO: 778,181 (C) 2009 Zomba Recording LLC

Tootsie Roll

69 boyz - Tootsee Roll

Uploaded by langseth80 on Mar 9, 2008
the music video tootsee roll

The butterfly? Uh-uh, that's old!
Let me see the Tootsee Roll!

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W, X

Y, Z

SOUL TRAIN TELEVISION SHOW VIDEOS

Soul Train: The best of the seventies

Uploaded by globalimageworks on Jun 16, 2009
A selection of clips from the 1970's and 1980's featuring interviews and performances from the era's most popular artists. Global ImageWorks is exclusive worldwide clip licensing representative.

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Soul Train: The best of the eighties and nineties

Uploaded by globalimageworks on Jun 16, 2009
A selection of clips from the 1990's and 2000's featuring interviews and performances from the era's most popular artists. Global ImageWorks is exclusive worldwide clip licensing representative.

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Soul Train Dancers

Uploaded by globalimageworks on Jul 24, 2009
A quick compilation of some great Soul Train Dancing.

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AFRICAN AMERICAN LINE DANCES

African American line dancing "Kickin It Old School Holiday Line Dance Party Glen Burnie, Maryland"

Uploaded by petiteprincess92; December 15, 2008

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Clear The Floor

Uploaded by petiteprincess92 on Jul 27, 2008

Ray's Birthday Party, New Castle, DE

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Roland Ford and the Pittsburgh Soul Steppers-Black and Yellow Super Slide

Pghdanceambassador | January 26, 2011
Roland Ford and the Pittsburgh Soul Steppers rock out the Black and Yellow Super Slide. Jim Weaver (also in the video ) choreographed this soul line dance to Wiz Khalifa's song titled Black and Yellow. Although this song reps our hometown we have nothing but love for everyone who strives to represent the best of their hood, community, town, or city wherever it may be

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Wedding "Wobble"

Uploaded by SpB2Studios on Aug 21, 2010

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Official Soul Food Line Dance Video - Fantasia-Collard Greens and Cornbread

uploaded by golollc on May 13, 2011

Editor: I've added this video not because it showcases any particular dance but to show how artistic line dancing can be.

VARIOUS OTHER DANCES PEFORMED IN THE USA

How To Dance Reggae PT 2

Uploaded by TwinCityTV on Jun 25, 2010

Dance With The Best Brooklyn Dancers

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Various commenters on this video's viewer comment thread wrote that these dancehall reggae styles of dancing aren't the same as the dancing that is done in Jamaica where dancehall music/dance originated.

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Willow Smith - Whip My Hair

Uploaded by WillowSmithVEVO on Oct 18, 2010
Music video by Willow performing Whip My Hair. (C) 2010 Roc Nation, LLC.

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Various Dances Including "Walk It Out"

pop lock and drop it..www.myspace.com/stajgirls

Uploaded by staj4life on Aug 3, 2007
a clip of pop lock and drop it walk it out and buy u a drank...

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Battle of the Sexes

Uploaded by thinkblue2010 on Feb 12, 2010

it was better if you were there, i didnt record the whole thing

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SEVERAL DANCES FROM OTHER NATIONS BESIDES THE USA

Skip to ma lou Sereani And Ding Dong {official video} HQ (Jamaica)

Uploaded by bravestrook on Dec 6, 2009

Serani new dance video skip to my lou

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Passa Passa (Panama version)

Uploaded by jahlive87 on Jul 10, 2010

passa passa panama ghetto girls.wmv

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This dance look like the instructional dances done to Dancehall Reggae music from Jamaica. I believe that "passa passa" dancing in Jamaica is a whining (hip shaking) dance that can be rather explicit.

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black gaza(passa passa) veracruz .panamá.wmv

Uploaded by anceke on Jun 20, 2010

tiradera de paso en veracruz

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