Comments on: The 10 Biggest Reasons We All Love Popping

By: otis funkmeyer

otis funkmeyer — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 03:05:56 +0000

Yo Donoso I know *THAT* feeling.. I think we all do… Based on the crowd, you think you were KILLIN’ it! And then you see the footage and you’re like… OMG… angles could be better.. movement could be sharper.. hits could be harder.. rolls could be smoother…

the saga continues!

By: Donoso

Donoso — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:36:48 +0000

I agree so much with this.
I had a little battle with my friend the other day, for my school talent show. Before the battle, both of us were sooo nervous, but as soon as we hit the stage and the music started playing, both of us completely changed. Best feeling ever. Until we saw the video…and i saw all the mistakes i made, everyone loved us both, but the both of us were completely dissatisfied, but the feeling was still there lol.

By: rocky

rocky — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:51:53 +0000

it was during my ankle injury. i fractured my ankle while bboyin. during the time i was incapacitated, i knew i just hand to find a way to keep dancin. thats when popping hit me. the injury gave me loads of time to really focus

By: KB

KB — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:42:09 +0000

After the 2nd competition Ive watched in my life. Yeah as u said, some poppers became the music, the crazy funky sexy poppin music, And a popper blew ma mind. He was like expressing himself damn cool, diffrent from krumping, something with controlled violence. He stared at his opponent like he would bite him and he even seemed he was playing with that opponent sometimes. Such a sense of humor made me and audiences laugh and when he returned to dance crazy, his moves beat the music I couldnt take my eyes off him at all like some people who surrounded and were watching him. He was such a performer. He just played with it. After that night, I realized the way poppers express themself was just me. I wanted to copy them, make my own and I imagined i would battle the popper. To do or to be even more closer to do that, I needed to train. I started having passion deeply in my mind like fire works. Now its about achievement, loving myself and expression

By: coco

coco — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 22:53:24 +0000

It was 1980, i was a sophmore in High school and saw a white dude doin a body wave and i was like ” what the hell was that”… i knew it was some sort of new dance because he had his boom box playing some music so i went home and started to imitate him then the next year met another cat who knew how to pop and all his cousins were all poppers and lockers so that how i got into the scene in the OC.. and the rest is history!

By: Brady

Brady — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:14:32 +0000

Otis!! i love it, every aspect is dead on brotha. hope all is well with you and the mrs!! ps. loved the popping vids you recently posted up on the tube, should show us some more get downs!! the tutorials are the shit! =] peace brotha

By: Hardkor

Hardkor — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:43:22 +0000

You forgot “THE FUN”.

By: Strange Mike

Strange Mike — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 00:04:34 +0000

to me its #3, #4,and #10. i mean i love music. i love hearin a beat and just goin oh hell yeah this is tight. i love the moves. even just doin a simple wave is an accomplishment in its self. i love how it feels when you pull off a move or finally get a move that you been tryin to hit. it feels very rewardin. plus i like it when i do pop, peeps are like “whoa!!!! you know how to pop” “i never thought that you could do that”. that feelin is great

By: Haze elements

Haze elements — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 17:54:20 +0000

I was 14 and it was 95/96 my boy was doing box glides and this was when Ginuwine and Usher where in their prime so to speak. I was from the south so ticking and glides where popular. I didnt learn about hits until I was stationed in Cali while in the Marine Core. I am 28 and still growing and I love every min of it.

By: Fownky!

Fownky! — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 15:07:02 +0000

I think first time i was introduced to popping was when I had a seatmate in college who was teachin me how to liquid and wave when we was bored in class. He also showed me some tuttin’ which was hella dope! I got really interested and started to learn these moves in yotube. All those research on tutorials eventually led me to popping and from then on I started to learn hitting, angles, waves, tuts, boog etc. step by step. I also fell in love with popping seeing my idols Salah and Jsmooth dish it out in numerous battles showing who got the most soul through their moves, feeling, creativity, and musicality. From then on I kept on practicing popping until one day I become great like my popping idols.

By: Poppin Chee

Poppin Chee — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 08:24:41 +0000

I saw boogaloo sam and poppin pete on soul train back in the late 70’s..And I knew I was going to be a Popper..We used to use 8 tracks to play our music on… It had no reverse buttons..Man that was the good old Days..Now that Im 40..I try to keep up but mostly to encourge da young Generation..Way to keep poppin alive out there and Keep bangin.. Poppin Chee Old School Popper-

By: popitgood

popitgood — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 21:12:31 +0000

To be honest I always wanted to learn how to breakdance. But when I started getting into dancing in general, I saw that I really wanted to learn popping. There were plenty of clips of dancers such as salah and PHJ that made me go “wow!” and got me into the dance. But I later found out that I was only brushing the surface. Dancers like Acky, Kei, Kite, Jr. Boogaloo, Boogaloo Sam and many others really hit it home to me. And I have been in love ever since. Also, when I finally bought some mirrors for my room and saw that all my hard work really did pay off I was in ecstasy. #6 doesn’t really do it for me though.

By: LouRoc197

LouRoc197 — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:51:39 +0000

In 1984, I had a boy named Alex, one day he starts popping in the hallway.
I bugged out, his body movements were so dope. I wanted to move like that,
Mr. Frezze from RSC Crew had taught him, back in the days the only way to
learn to Pop was to get a teacher. I fell in love after that, in the BX, everyone
wanted to be as good as Mr. Wiggles.

By: itsthatguyDJ

itsthatguyDJ — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 23:28:33 +0000

it was #1 n 10 for me, it was just a “now n then” hobby tho. but when i actual started going off in front of ppl (@ clubs n stuff), #6 kicked in and got me hooked.

By: Spektakular

Spektakular — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 12:43:15 +0000

Mad respect! I agree with all of it…