BandHead REACTS to Norfolk State University "Spartan Legion" | National Battle of the Bands 2023

KBThaBandHead reacts to Norfolk State University's "Spartan Legion Marching Band" field performance at the 2023 National Battle of the Bands.
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[@IotaBetaKKPsiSpr99]

Man this is some advanced level musicianship. I love me some cranking SWAC but now I’m craving more syncopation, balance, modulations, runs, and dynamics within a field show.

[@georgefoster1075]

Norfolk State Spartan Legion With A Show For The Ages. That "Super Woman" Might Be The Song And Arrangement Of The Year. Congratulations Spartan Legion.

[@mitchellbrown8037]

I’ve been back to this video at least 20 times now.

[@jceza7947]

Norfolk has always been dope especially those dizziacs! Juke4Life 💙💛💪🏾

[@chargingdeck629]

Man...THE CROWD WAS SINGING

[@KirstenDeneen]

As a new resident of NOVA who’s from Louisiana reppin’ SU, I must say that I am impressed with Norfolk and I am fan. That band is amazing!

[@SayLess4more]

They owned that field. Nobody touching that crisp sound. They look and sound so regal!🔥 I love Southern too but as far as marching...Norfolk hands down!🫡

[@rougeboifilm]

The marching is not better then southern the style is so different and good I still will take southern style over them

[@SayLess4more]

@rougeboifilm It's all love but I SAID WHAT I SAID!!!🤷🏾‍♀️ I like Norfolk's Marching style more

[@deemanDavid]

It’s hard to argue. They are so different, a battle with them would be like the throwback FAMU/SU battles. A clash of styles in a good way!

[@lazurusredd8682]

​@@rougeboifilmit's all a matter of personal taste in style and opinion

[@troystrong8041]

@@lazurusredd8682and that’s what people and other bands need to understand…there’s other ways to greatness…one style doesn’t fit all and nor should it…Norfolk has their own, unique style and Southern has theirs…it’s just harder to copy Norfolk’s style(except for A&T ‘cause they’ve done an ok job copying) as opposed to Southern’s…

[@JourneyToTheTopWithKingMike]

Bro dont wanna say it but Norfolk really his favorite band don't worry bro the green and gold has that effect on people 😂😂😂 BEHOLD!!!

[@latarshaedwards6255]

I loved this band ! Trumpets were blowing lines were straight! Every one was marching the same style! Flags!!!!!! Yesss They we’re hitting those lines on time ! Loved this performance 😊!!!

[@DelmusicLover]

NSU is in their OWN LANE 👏🏽🔥👏🏽🔥👏🏽😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨…. They sound amazing! REAL music on the field! No 3-note wonders in Norfolk🙌🏽

[@tdlogan20]

NSU never disappoints on the field. And they always stay true to their identity.

[@rtscippio]

I slept on NSU for a long time until I actually watched and listened to them and the behold got me when they would do the entrance or review I love SU but man they are in my top 3

[@Hoppo2Def]

NSU has always been on point. I remember attending the football games as a student back in 02. Missing my HBCU. Behold The Green and Gold!!!!

[@Shay_Shayy]

💚💛💚💛 BIG LOVE FOR MY ALUMNI… Thanks for the LOVE!!! BEHOLD!!!! LEGION, NEVERRRR LEAVES ANY CRUMBS!!! Proud!

[@luluscraftycafe8830]

Overall performance 10/10! Entertaining, musicality, auxiliaries and presence!

[@reggiep]

Dam that.... we need to start a dam petition for this legion vs su battle smmfh. It gotta happen.

[@SayLess4more]

💯

[@Blackice0318]

I swear it needs to happen, thats the MEGA FIGHT errbody want, like a Davis vs Garcia fight lol #Major

[@janetguy2177]

‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️🔥

[@rougeboifilm]

They killed it best one I seen because it was all over on point. I don’t understand why other bands didn’t put the 50 years of hip hop in the show. I give it to them.. they win.

[@KBThaBandhead]

The other bands definitely did incorporate 50 years of hip hop into their show. Txsu ,TSU, etc.

[@chosea9602]

Norfolk was outstanding and number 1. TSU was in the top 3.

[@nickh3848]

Big ups to NSU!

[@user-ir1qq8mi9s]

So proud of the Legion! Very proud to be Alumni of the Legion and NSU...BEHOLD THE GREEN AND GOLD!!!

[@Mayhxmmmm]

The swap back to Dynasty drums- WE LOVE IT 💚💛🔰

[@Scarfinger36]

Agreed the System Blue drums were a little too muted in sound for me.

[@willtimbales557]

Thats a bit much ...Drums sound great...no other HBCU drumline matches their playing.

[@anthonyspruill101]

Thanks so much from a Norfolk st Spartan Legion Alumni

[@tedmaster82]

This was the best so far. Everything they did was perfect. Finally a band that has a good flag corp. Never send a band separate the men from the women but they were great.

[@liquidlightz]

The Spartan Guard do more than twirl the flag. They protect Hot Ice and escort them during uniform changes as well as help provide a barrier between the crowd and the percussion section when they block.

[@demonegrayson9843]

So glad to see a band drill and not just do step 2’s. No one marches like them. I went to Tuskegee university but been a fan of the Spartan Legion since I first saw them in 1987. If i can change anything it would be the tempo on the dancers number.

[@kevinsivells8996]

I agree. Something about the breaks in-between.

[@latarshaedwards6255]

I saw that too

[@danovidz9146]

That used to be valley style until I went showband style. I love Norfolk State. I am very impressed with their style and sound.

[@troystrong8041]

Number 1 show by far!!

[@aniahmelton328]

THANK YOUUU FOR THE SUPPORT😁🎺🔰

[@HBCUBandTalk]

Great Sound!!!

[@yvettepatterson5912]

Love my SPARTAN LEGION💚BEHOLD💛

[@smartguyray3372]

I agree with you KB. I got turned onto them last season and they're good!

[@jasonmeredith1580]

K B should check out old Legion footage from the 80's to present. I'm pretty sure you will Earn a little more respect. For Norfolk we've been doing this at a high standards level for decades my boy. Still check A1media film in the stands the whole game back and forth non stop and then did a 45 minute 5th quarter. Vs Tennessee state because Texas Southern University is the original TSU ok. Norfolk state motto Take No Prisoners. Homie Kill a flie with a Sledgehammer 😮 yeah pure concert band sound on and off the field. Green and Gold Magic

[@edwinbatiste7550]

They need to come to N.O. for Bacchus to see SU!! That would be the best Blood Sunday Ever!!

[@getitboont]

That would be dope since they haven’t been since 03

[@keithyounger9397]

They definitely need come to N.O. For Bucchus to see S.U or the Sonic B,definitely be waiting on thirty ass!

[@KeepCalm8321]

They would get killedt by SU because they're not built for pound 4 lb heat .. their best quality is fieldshows and their percussion .. 🤔

[@amsu76]

Behold👊🏿👊🏿👊🏿👊🏿

[@BdCgWgLover313]

Let's be honest if you've been a fan of hbcu marching bands over a certain amount of time. It has become very boring, especially on the field. It's all about cranking, No substance or balance. A quick little feature by the dance team. Bands like Norfolk, A&T, Hampton and a few others are refreshing in a sea of likeness. They have auxiliary teams that color the field, balanced sounds and thought out themed field shows. Most of the bands daring to be different exist outside of the SWAC. Yeah i said it. Y'all can keep that mess. Great job Norfolk! 💚💛

[@latarshaedwards6255]

👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@djrobinson6688]

NSTU killed it!

[@skeethova]

You need to look up NSU battle of the bands and watch that! You will be amazed

[@briancyres2621]

Brother oh the band head that drum line right there will give war n thunder a run for their money

[@troystrong8041]

W&T is no competition to The Million Dollar Funk Squad…none at all😂😂😂😂

[@Gigsteve]

@@troystrong8041 agreed

[@liquidlightz]

😅😅😅😅 no they wouldn't. There's a guy who's a well known percussionist who said the MD had the #1 multi tenor feature he's seen and that was above DCI and PWI lines. WT is not on the same level and more than likely won't get an invite to the PASIC because they aren't on that level of difficulty.

[@melfirst165]

NSU is best overall in this band battle.

[@jasonmeredith1580]

I would love to see a percussion battle Foster & Fears annual HBCU DRUMLINE. top 3 MEAC, SWAC, CIAA, SIAC 12 Lines 1 winner size don't matter just skills

[@jalilwhite5438]

Nsu all day 🔰🔰🔰

[@anthonyspruill101]

Stop sleeping on the Spartan Legion from Norfolk State University

[@neauxluh6545]

Good reaction.

[@mr.32k]

Glad to see a popular page like yours give Norfolk their credit. Lord knows if they got another 100 people (which they are cool without it) they’d scare a lot of programs.

[@tanyabrown8008]

Say less

[@KBThaBandhead]

I give credit where credit is due. That's how I roll in this channel. I'm not on anybody's payroll.

[@mr.32k]

@@KBThaBandhead Respect 💯

[@shawandadowe1707]

BEHOLD THE GREEN AND GOLD.💚💛 NSU LEIGON

[@kavery3410]

They keep a crisp sound.

[@HBCUBandTalk]

MDFS 👍🏾

[@1jtes]

I feel like they field show was lowkey dci inspired with the side marching and the drum feature🔥🔥🔥

[@KBThaBandhead]

Their style is hybrid. The best of both worlds

[@roderickhawthorne3368]

Definitely Hybrid !! That came from the Great Emery Fears when he left I.C. Norcom High School and came to NSU

[@sordidC]

​@roderickhawthorne3368 didn't know Fears was at that school. That's a LONG history for that area, wow.

[@jasonmeredith1580]

@roderickhawthorne3368 Doctor Foster director of bands and creator of Famu was Emery's high-school band director at Tuskegee high-school. Fears just recently passed may two Master's of Musical art REST IN PEACE these two Generals impacted decades of lives in such positive ways. Spartan Legion crab year 1989. From the streets Fears persuaded me back to the beats thanks pops

[@Lilquan2004]

Do you accept special requests from here or do it have to be for cash app only? And how much for certain request

[@isthatjerryyy]

Kb I get out of practice everyday & wait to see us, when you gone post southern ? 😂😂

[@KBThaBandhead]

Wait on it ( Migos voice)

[@kennygore1395]

their was one band that heard from this battle that was mic right . That was FMU. That was not right.

[@CamelotCOMMUNITY-vx3fc]

Why do we not hear tonals in swac bands?

[@liquidlightz]

based on the comments I read on some pages some think it's a "white thing" which is crazy.

[@sordidC]

​@liquidlightz it's because of the influence of funk drum sets not using tonals over toms. Most swac bands got their original drum section influences from funk drumming over using corpstyle things.

[@liquidlightz]

@@sordidC I realized that. But I'm basing my response on the comments I read on HBCU band pages for the past 20 years that they think that tonal drums is a white thing. These are things I've heard people actually say. If what you say is true then a lot of bands from BCU, Hampton, Howard, VSU, NC A&T, Shaw, didn't get the memo since they eventually transitioned to tonals and members of the Funk band Mass Production went to Norfolk State. Some even think that playing rudiments is a white thing. Mississippi Valley marched with tonals in the 80s but abandoned them to be like everyone else because they were considered by some in the SWAC as playing white. Pharrell Williams (a drummer in high school) said he was influenced to play music and make beats because of Norfolk's drum line and tonals and you can hear that in the music he makes (Busta What It Is, Grindin by the Clipse, Hollaback Girl) But refusing to add tonals because your fan base or alumni think your being white is the dumbest thing ever.

[@sordidC]

@liquidlightz that's not why Funk Train does. Funk, soul and jazz are part of Houston flavor with blues. That's the focus of Funk Train with a punch from the basses. I don't and plenty like me don't see tonals as "white".

[@larell811]

Next video can you try to put at the top instead of the bottom

[@jeromebrooks8209]

NSU and east coast bands engineer their shows to please bandheads. SWAC and deep South bands engineer their shows to please the average fan/crowd.

[@KBThaBandhead]

This comment is straight 🧢.

[@troystrong8041]

Having seen the show with my own two eyes, in person, the average fan that was in Houston , which is the Deep South I suppose, gave Norfolk a standing ovation….so I’m not sure what you are trying to say…this is the second time for Norfolk being at the BOTB in Houston getting a standing ovation🤷🏾‍♂️…maybe you should have said “I don’t like them but other brethren in the Deep South seem to appreciate them and like their style and gave them LOVE”…maybe, just maybe an East Coast band that stresses musicality over loudness and features all of the talented students in its band, can entertain any crowd, anywhere because they just did the same thing in California in the Rose Parade and Band Exhibition there and those crowds were lily white

[@liquidlightz]

LOL the Legion designs their shows to please everyone, from band heads to the average fan. I'm not sure how other east coast bands operate.

[@jeromebrooks8209]

@troystrong8041 the comment is not a slight to NSU or east coast bands. Just compare the crowd response at their games to the crowd response at games in the deep South.

[@jeromebrooks8209]

@liquidlightz the comment is not a slight to NSU or east coast bands. Just compare the crowd response at their games to the crowd response at games in the deep South.

[@margieadams9327]

Norfolk dancing dolls done sampled SU dolls routine I see

[@troystrong8041]

This doesn’t even elicit a response…totally different style😂😂…why is it that as soon as another band gets props, here comes Southern and Jackson fanatics to try to discredit the performance…I’ve got good psychiatrists in Mississippi and Louisiana I can recommend

[@liquidlightz]

You dance cult members are hilarious. 😂 Y'all be saying anything

[@kevinsivells8996]

If you are going to accuse them of something at least get their name right. LOL

[@yvettepatterson5912]

Every band & their dancers have copied THE SPARTAN LEGION for years💚🤣💛You talking out the side of your neck😂🎉😂

[@yvettepatterson5912]

P.S. They are the one and only HOT ICE💚🏆💛

[@Brenda-lr5ik]

NSU always stay the same why disappointed

[@johnhinton1357]

Stealing some of A&T moves from Honda incorporating drum line while playing music

[@NYSweetEPie]

Sorry to burst your bubble, but Da "Legion" has been doing drumeline features. If anything, NCAT copied us from the early 2000's.

[@kevinsivells8996]

​@NYSweetEPie actually there were shows back in the 80s and 90s where MD was featured AT NSU. One In particular was the '93 Legion LA Suerte de los Tontos. Killer song with a funky drum line.

[@jameswideman8878]

EXACTLY ​@@NYSweetEPie

[@carolinabailbond]

That show was okay... They are better in the stands... it looks like they are trying to conform to the Aggies... Don't go that direction stay true to you guys on style... Over all you guys were okay.

[@MagnumVa5840]

Just tell the Aggies to bring their A-game to Norfolk Sept.30th when A&T plays NSU in football. Sure there will be a band gym battle the night before.

[@RJ-TNT]

I don't think NSU is conforming to no Aggies, it's the other way around.😂

[@KBThaBandhead]

This comment is so biased... SMH

[@Scarfinger36]

@@RJ-TNT It's 100% the other way around. They took so much from us.

[@carolinabailbond]

@@KBThaBandhead how KB... Go to your old videos of Aggies field show especially from the ones from this past year look how Aggies futured there drum line... Now look at spartan.. in what they did in this video. I'm from Norfolk, born and raised. No bias here brah I know they bitten. I used to go out my house walk 4 blocks and be at Norfolk. Watch them practice a lot. Just saying, and I'm in my 40's so I know.