Beat Street Subway Battle

Beat street just happen to bump into another crew.

[@rehakauba]

no knives, no guns, no fists, no slurs...the art of fighting without fighting. i love it. where have these days gone?

[@cobrakainevereverdies6940]

*EVERYTHING YOU MENTIONED WAS MISSED IN THIS VIDEO...........THAT'S WHY I HATE LIFE* !!!!!

[@luckylove5021]

They were gangs back then . We had a lot fights with knives .

[@haraldploessl4620]

❤

[@sidebite2533]

The Elite's made sure they put an end to this non-violent act at once!! They can't have people settling their differences without a body or two left behind dead.

[@LeslieJeanineArris-v1LL]

We 😂 dancing, officer

[@samuelbradley8062]

Watching this brings tears to my eyes. A long lost era. Nothing can replace this. We were b boys in s. alabama in 85. Peace out

[@SunShine1732]

I was 11 years old when this movie was released! I miss everything about the 80's..bombers, sheepskins, everybody had a boom box and walked around with it, the style of dress, the music & sounds, I could go on...lol! When Beat Street and Breakin' was released it started a break dance, b-boy epidemic...everybody was doing it or at least trying to!

[@djdutahman2517]

U

[@tomcollingridge5953]

I could've written your post word for word! 😉👊🤙

[@sirmanni4534]

Lumber 🪵 Jack jacket with the hat to match and some Balleys

[@drewilliams4299]

subway battle they was fresh ass hell puma suit and leather bombers I used to rock that shit to 80s my favorite movie😀😀

[@woabeatz9717]

suits with the puma all down the sleeve...😱

[@johnfleming9531]

I rock the leather white bomber back when I lived in Bridgeport in the 80s

[@supreme1096]

Sheep skin jackets,

[@supreme1096]

Baby blue Adidas with the fat shoe laces

[@DaRealKINGKLIPS]

that moment you get locked up for dancing in the subway....the 80s were rough.

[@martinkuliza]

HEHE

[@eios76]

I think you still get locked up now

[@NinjaBuddha503]

They did take up a lot of space and sometimes they did end up in fights. It’s also a fire hazard. It’s very cold outside in the winter to have a battle. The 80s were amazing

[@visualimpactmedia8205]

tell me about it. Today's crews are accepted. But in the early 80's in NYC, the city was still burning and in chaos. It was rough. I was born in Queens.

[@williammunny9916]

*_John 3.16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. 17 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. 18 “He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed. 21 But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God.”_* _Jesus Christ loves you. Repent and be saved. Only Jesus Christ saves. God bless you, and the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you and your family._ ---

[@23DeepDish]

I'm laughing my ass off remembering this scene. Deep down inside, this scene was so fucking dope. Were they see the other crew on the opposite side of the subway. and walk up to them. That shit was too dope. BATTLE CRYYY

[@MultiMrMiles]

for me the essence of the culture...this scene is ALL art and total perfection...it touches my blood...80s decade BEST times ever....remember how awesome it was....

[@crazyshit8]

23DeepDish was? this shit is still sick ass hell

[@bighomie8255]

I like beat street but i like the first breakin better. The subway stare down and challenge was cool and so was the roxy battle but nothing beats the first challenge in breakin where popn taco walks up, doesnt even say one word and just challenges ozone and shuts it down

[@jimimcglone4965]

@@bighomie8255 I agree and I dig it my Homie

[@visualimpactmedia8205]

brau, you are so right! This was the golden age of the battle.

[@barrijhnson8297]

Let's do the right thing and serve these dudes. Very dope.

[@tavaresmelton5709]

properly

[@J.M.C_Official]

Yo yo yo chill out man i hear something

[@williammunny9916]

*_John 3.16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. 17 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. 18 “He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed. 21 But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God.”_* _Jesus Christ loves you. Repent and be saved. Only Jesus Christ saves. God bless you, and the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you and your family._ ---

[@markzilla9623]

Never get tired of watching this scene, BattleCry is the anthem track of All breakbeats past-present and future..Found that it was wisely chosen over Renegades of Funk in the movie.

[@fusilier9276]

its choreographed to death, but still stands up, great scene. 80s BBoys live forever

[@echo036]

This is one of my favorite scenes of all time, in all the movies i've ever seen. I remember rewinding and playing back this scene over and over.

[@keithnoriego6465]

..U know..lve been doing that the re-watching the last 24hours!..Wasn't a breaker..But respected it. Class of "84"!..

[@vizzel1000]

This is how gangs and street crews battled back in the day! Too bad they don't battle like that no more.

[@loporter775]

I still want 1 of them puma sweat suits

[@cyclops1092]

I wish crews still battled like this

[@cyclops1092]

***** Right?

[@raymondgarner8687]

yjgjhj

[@canopeaz]

They do. In contests. And they dance 10 times as good.

[@9577frasier]

canopeaz music is corny though

[@visualimpactmedia8205]

You are Absolutely correct: this is how battles started, and I was one of the crew members who used to battle in subway stations.

[@therealartvalero]

The puma windbreakers suit are bad ass . I still remember going to Kmart to buy the cassette

[@mikemartin8495]

Loved the style back then. Lee jeans, , le tigre, sheepskin , cazals, kangols, windbreakers, baby blue suede pumas with the fat laces, pro keds, adidas warm up suit etc. loves it all

[@fresherc9057]

Let's do the right thing let's serve these dudes classic Lee

[@entertainingsportshighligh7525]

He inspired SPIKE LEE to make the classic movie - DO THE RIGHT THING"

[@barbarabutler7086]

Dancing war!!! I love that up-rocking style. Still dope till this very day.

[@visualimpactmedia8205]

This battle scene was the origins of the 'Top Rock'. Today's top rocks have evolved into such creative menageries. While the NYC Breakers were battling Rock Steady Crew, south in Miami, I was part of the 'Nast Rockers Crew', in a battle with 'Top Masters Crew' (TMC) - the 2 best B-Boy crews in Florida. I'm proud to have been a part of this era and in an elite crew of performers. We could have battled anyone, anywhere.

[@AlexanderNevermind888]

One of the most classic movie scenes EVER. Forget about putting it simply into the B-boy category. To this day, whenever Beat Street is one, this scene and the club dance off are the scenes I look forward to the most.

[@RoganRicheart]

Things brings chills. One of the sickest tracks!! Battle Cry!!

[@michaelault1900]

BIG FACTS!!!!!!!

[@timvo8311]

Now thats how you Up Rock! Props to RSC and NYCB!

[@bigolbabyhuey]

Uprocking is not flipping around

[@REGINALD0205]

Im maybe a few years younger than the guys in ROCK STEADY CEW AND NYC BREAKERS. i just thnk its cool that there kids can actually see DAD when he was a teenager and not just here stories about it

[@rolybling]

The clothes are dope

[@paulmccormacksvideogamesan2912]

Yup, and it's cool how some of them wear levis

[@jasonwilliams7902]

Check out the styles

[@jasonwilliams7902]

Sheepskin with the Lee denim suit The puma suits lots of hot shit

[@chrisgeorgallis7746]

Fashion POPS‼

[@atanasiosmith6408]

The DOPE Puma gear!!!!! 😃😃😃

[@SunShine1732]

I was a kid when Beat Street and Breakin' was released in 1984. I feel kind of bad for these kids today because back then we had originality...rap was still very new, breakdancing, fat shoe laces, etc. Now everything that's being done today has already been done before! Well I guess it's new for them but when it experienced it, it was new for everybody!

[@ianmoran2419]

Made good money selling diamond laces back then! No one knew where to get em,and I'd buy five meters r on John Lewis and cut them down to size myself...good times

[@knucklegame5050]

Rap was FAR from NEW at this time. Hiphop started around 72, this was 84. 12 yrs IN, That's FAR FROM NEW

[@UltimateKeyboardWarrior]

This is why I battled legally at Chuck-E-Cheese on Friday nights when I was a kid. I made so many game tokens lol

[@Jay1898]

love the swagger and the attitude. bboying at its finest with the excellent choreography....plus u have great lyrics like lets do the right thing lets serve these dudes man...legends!

[@jgn2112]

Imagine what this would look like to a passing observer if there was no music

[@1jdillafan]

My favorite part of the movie!!

[@josemezatorrez]

When I was 13 years old watching this back in the early 80s it was the coolest thing ever,I even tried doing some of the moves and almost ended up un a wheelchair.This reminds me of West side story with a the battles in dancing

[@ejektro]

Straight Uprock Battle!! Loved it! OG RSC! Buck4, Kuriaki, Kenny, Crazy Legs, Devious Doze, and Baby Love.

[@nglza]

*A Massive Thank You* to the Heads that paired this scene to this song.. The battle at the Roxy was ill,but this is the scene that does major damage to my cabesa. I'm taking this little piece of magic with me to the next life.

[@AikiNinja1]

I havent seen this battle in like 20 years, still brings a smile to my face.

[@rebelryng]

Too much style back then

[@Lookout4the3rdrail]

D Bag Fitness What too much

[@saleemwaheed9956]

D Bag Fitness Yo Kid the style was off da charts!!

[@manuelshaul4858]

Yep. That's why people in the new era mess up no style

[@manuelshaul4858]

this is swag and styling I'll I love this shyt. real hip-hop don't stop

[@StreetLethalRacing]

You know it's amazing. Prince Ken Swift came SO FAR since this movie, his moves have progressed to the point of simply being unmatched. If only Kuriaki had lived yo, he was another one who would have transcended above all others. Peace...!

[@catrin956]

I wore out my soudtrack cassette tape practicing, practicing for a battle that never came.....lol...it was fun as hell trying to perfect moves that were always being topped by new moves...

[@hobodivine]

We used to play this movie over and over on VHS trying to learn these moves. We used to also joke about the breaker's bionic hearing ("Mr. Wave") @ 0:23. Thanks for posting! Brings back some fond memories.

[@LiverpoolFan74]

I like the look on Beat Street's face when they see the Bronx Rockers in the subway, like "Not these dudes again! We already served you once!!"

[@shwndh]

NYC breakers were always better than Rock Steady on tape. It may have been different on the street, but NYC was always so much more polished. Much respect to both of them for being pioneers of breakin. This was such a great era to be a kid in.

[@Bee-zy5yb]

Because NYC Breakers had more authentic moves and they could pop

[@brianglade848]

@@Bee-zy5yb they used cleavers?

[@angelsantiago1430]

r.i.p....buck 4....and...kuriaki

[@bignadier]

Angel Santiago and Glide Master

[@misterabel_9017]

...and glide master

[@drewilliams4299]

Crazy legs rocking the blue jeans suit let's go!!

[@eltravo2112]

And Frosty Freeze

[@supreme1096]

I want say thank you for sharing your gifts with the world

[@fastedge]

@80sbreaker I used to be a badd ass breaker back in the 80's. Now I'm a 40 year old SOFTWARE ENGINEER working in healthcare. I never gave up dancing or my education now I'm LIVING LARGE! Thank you 80's.

[@dolemite401]

I use that subway station almost everyday. Next time I go imma start playing Battle Cry and start breakin'

[@yocos10]

I think my brother and I watched this 10,000 times. We wore out the tape itself from pressing rewind so many times! Best movie ever

[@runwayweekly]

it was great living those days back then!! today kids miss so much and what to be were we were... in the 80s.

[@edwardhegeman6065]

illest scene in hip hop cinema history. hands down

[@rcole718]

Chill. The Roxy battle kills this.

[@rachaelmaldonado9445]

10 years old when, I saw this movie;

[@JazzyKennedi]

‘PEX’ HAD SUCH A SKILLED TOP-ROCK..HIS OPPONENT WAS NICE WITH IT TOO!! THIS WAS THE BEST PART OF THE MOVIE

[@Jay1898]

There are 3 words to describe this scene: "Pure Style Wars!". Its just full of pure style, attitude, swagger and lyrics like "Lets do the right thing, lets serve these dudes man..." I'm tellin' you man...Pure Style Wars! Legendary scene haha.

[@jamilaharris3061]

If my son said he was dancing, he was dancing, lol...favorite movie scene

[@Meltznyomouf]

I used to have this on VHS. Yeh I'm showing my age but it's cool. This movie is/was dope!

[@arealgoodguy]

Hey buddy, what you in for? Dancing. Lol

[@NeighborWOODTx]

A Real Good Guy lol

[@martinkuliza]

@A Real Good Guy yeah.... And how about you? BREAKIN' and Entering the subway. Lol

[@grandcreator11]

Lol

[@kollusion1]

. . . "Yeah, I'm in for scratching, & the guy over there, he's in for drawing!"

[@missayawk]

We used to say " Battling"

[@visualimpactmedia8205]

We were making a movement. But few understood. I'm proud of what I did, along with the NYC Breakers, certain members of Rock Steady Crew, and my brothers in Miami, Nasty Rockers Crew and Top Masters Crew.

[@joelsims98]

I call this "Mexican Standoff - South Bronx Style".

[@timafiggy]

the song came back out that year.

[@stylewarz_nyc]

This would have been even better than the Roxy battle. Damn cops.

[@saleemwaheed9956]

Stylewarz Y for 35 years I've been sayin the same thing! Goddam cops!

[@MYTMIC]

Realistic though, they always broke up the battles

[@dai-shonharris9642]

I always felt that same way.

[@jeahavvalentin980]

Did the cops back then in NYC would really arrest people if they caught them break dancing?

[@markzilla8004]

i would say this scene will always be the spark of the movie (thanks to Battle Cry) but the Roxy battle i must admit will always be the final battle that matters for Beat Street fans.

[@Scotty-P]

A Great Movie from start to finish, from a magic time, so influential on me and many others...and THIS IS MY FAVOURITE SCENE!

[@visualimpactmedia8205]

The greatest opening to the opening of any movie based on a Broadway musical or movie musical. Facts.

[@jamescouillard8068]

That has got to be the cleanest subway anywhere

[@dshawnmarshall3299]

Came back 2020 those were the true be boys not a bunch of gymnast old school all day but one love to the new generation keep it moving🔥

[@Allentox]

Wow if we only knew how good we had it back then. Fast forward a 20 years after the scourge of Gangsta Rap hit the black community and the world, from 80s dance battles to multiple victim drive by murders. It's never too late to change! All you have to do have enough people in the community believe we can return to these days - that's it. Then there could be new pumas and addidas warm up suits everywhere with some of the freshest beats, ever, coming from legendary artists all over again! We could hear good music again, no more tired ass - clubs,rims, and bitches songs playing over and over.

[@jayriots]

love the old skool Puma gear!

[@BrookLynn74]

The original 'You Got Served'. Loved this movie when it first came out in theaters

[@kldezines]

Lee is an icon! The DMC glasses and Kangol from the Roxy battle, and the bomber jacket were 80s must haves!

[@talyquiles1184]

I remember them day's ain't nothing like the old school hip hop era

[@nuracaicedo2632]

Breaking and beat Street popping and locking Anna lollipop pop and taco boogaloo shrimp and shabba do it's one of my favorite break dancers of all times....❤️🌍

[@johnd1466]

You know Poppin Taco & Shabba Do passed in the last year RIP breakin legends 💔

[@biggslove4217]

THAT WAY A TIME...WHEN YOU COULD JUST HAVE FUN.... .

[@visualimpactmedia8205]

For those born after circa 70-80, this reenactment by the late director, Harry Belafonte, is a cult-classic. Hip Hop as you know it today, had its origins...And this is what it looked like. I was born in Queens, NY; my fam are life-long New Yorkers. NYC is the capital of these United States of America.

[@falsealarmno]

Oh! I didn't know that he died.

[@OneMixDJ]

For those who do not understand, "uprocking" is what was considered the very original premise of the one-on-one battles in regards to dance. Unfortunately, the scene on Beat Street only provided a taste of what uprocking is, but if you search for actual footage on crews such as RSC, NYC Breakers, Dynamic Breakers, and Floormasters; you will see some nice examples of true uprocking. Had it not been for uprocking, the concept of one-on-one battles would not exist today, even with today's styles.

[@Executor2012]

I want to give a shout out to The O'Mighty Floor Lords (Bronx,NY)..They were under rated by many

[@martymcfly3159]

80's the best years ever! W the Breakdance! Greetings from Italy

[@goodgood713]

this movie brings back memories for me and i'm only thirty.. love it.

[@UrDoinItWrong]

I haven't even finished watching the video and I already rated it 5 and know its going to change MY LIFE MAAAAN

[@bettygraves2400]

Best movie ever made omigod I remembered in the movie theater we were going crazy

[@nrgitalostyle]

Before anyone asks, the song is Battle Cry by Rockers Revenge. In the movie there were some keyboard overdubs made to the track that are not on the original.

[@kenhoward100]

Hip Hop was nationwide at this time i was part of a group none as the Marshall Street Breakers lol i loved this time period wish everyday i could go back epic

[@brianglade848]

This song.....I got my jock....now I'm in a New York Serengeti.....speed trucks....street trucks!!

[@snake9911]

I remember watching that movie in the theater when it came out. I remember seeing Lee telling his mom, they arrested us for dancing.

[@bettygraves2400]

One of the best movies ever made

[@SecretSpots]

Thats a sweet guitar solo when they're gettin arrested lol.... Anyway, I was a bboy in North NJ from 80'-85' and was in a crew and battled, etc. I remember when this came out like it was yesterday. I really miss those days. I may have watched this movie more times than any other movie hands down. .... Anyone from the tri-state area remember listening to DJ Red Alert on Friday nights and DJ Chuck Chillout on Saturday nights on 98.7 kiss? I listened EVERY week! ;-)

[@Underhills]

Thinking back the battles were first held at discos in the 70's. BeatStreet is likea HipHop version of Saturday Night Fever.

[@FieldMarshalMike]

Steelixman that was the art of that style, fighting was substituded with battle dancing for a period of time in the 80's. The art of it was the fact that you didnt touch your opponent, yall just battled, trust me I lived it, It was a great era in interatial relations. Even white boys were battleing and doin head spins and windmills. Greatest era of civil dancing in history. IMO

[@Jay1898]

love the swagger and attitude at the beginning especially with flip rock , chino and kuriaki....it was great that many teenagers at this time would settle disputes by uprocking rather than violence and gangs....how different things are today....bring back these days.

[@TaliyahRNCalif]

Omg I love the kat with the black leather jacket and hat on The way he struts out there Killing it lmao every time That’s what I call WHATS HANDLIN MAN ha ha haaay lol

[@cosasquenuncatedije]

I am an early 90s baby and if I had the chance to grow up in the 80s I wouldnt trade the 80s for nothing I looks like it was an awesome era but I still grew up in the 90s and I got a chance to be a child before the rise of the internet and before smartphones and tablets , I wouldnt trade the 90s for nothing because those were the best years of my life.

[@sexyssilverfox]

This is when they started fixing up the train stations in NYC. I still love watching folks performing in the subway (the decent ones anyway). Dudes would get their cardboard and break on the train and then go through the car for donations. Talk about a captive audience!

[@mannlichesgehirn7689]

I remember in 1985 it runs on TV.. 25 th of December.......i was 14 ...and high from watching this .

[@likesmusic11]

I was a little kid when this came out, and I'm just learning today that the kid in the red headband, in the Best Street Crew is Vin Diesel... never knew this.

[@rauldiaz7309]

That's Action

[@Jay1898]

@TheStephanieJustine Growing up as a teenager in the early 80s was amazing!!. You had electro, graffiti and breaking all coming out at the same time and we were all so into it. You were just constantly stimulated everyday by the latest moves, electro track or burner. There was no violence or bad stuff going on when breaking was at its peak amongst my peers. As soon as it died down people got into bad ways or were just bored. Very sad when it died down. Most exciting time of my life.

[@tonycooper3744]

This movie will be 4 every be a classic good times salute to the 1980s

[@updedubs]

this is absolutley the best thing ive ever seen on youtube!!!!!!!!!! nice one atcoates!!!!! unreal!!!!!!!! :)

[@Poullard78]

This is how it was back in day. You battled each other and everyone lived to talk about it the next day. It wasn't about 'wettin' someone and making sure they was dead. It was about repping your hood, with moves. And dig this, my father thought this was dangerous LOL. I miss those days, and I would give anything to relive that all again. This was hip hop was in its rarest and purest form. So called artist like Lil Wayne, Young Jock, and Solider Boy can't compare to Run DMC, MC Lyte, Queen Latifa

[@josefino72]

Straight B-Boy, son.....The good ole days when Hip Hop was Hip Hop.

[@rayshardrobinson7878]

This shit is still vicious! I miss the 80”s! Back when Streets was Raw and uncut

[@6801ls350]

I was watching Hills Street Blues and I thought I had seen everything! But then along came this back in the day.

[@mexer]

BATTLE CRY! thats the jam hommie i still bump this when im Up Rockin! This movie had a sick sound track man!

[@chefbee70]

Wow 1984 I was 14

[@DJBoogEDownPresents]

LOL I was 17

[@bladedspokes]

oh my lord... 80's break dancing movies... I remember when these were all the rage... brings back memories hahah

[@171TITO]

The Puma suits are legendary

[@fivefivevirgo4055]

Hell yeah, this was back in the day.I use to be a B boy, in the mid 80s

[@celo317]

agree im 38 and this reminds me of the best days!!!

[@eltravo2112]

“Let’s do the right thing and serve these dudes” Babylove: Excuse me???