Harlem Manhattan, N.Y. Block Party 1967

Not Gang Related But Interesting Dancing Style, That Kinda Looks Like Locking? In Harlem Manhattan, N.Y. 1967
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[@therealgameofdeath]

Dope you killed it shown incredible history historical history excellent work well done Love watching it

[@brooklynalmighty845]

I don't know where you got this footage from but this is something special. Wow. Different times in NYC.

[@robertbright2057]

I remember going to the block parties on my Grandmother’s block back then on 129th St bet 5th and Lenox, it was nothing but “GOOD TIMES, GOOD FOOD AND GOOD PEOPLE”.

[@LoopiGodz]

loved seeing this

[@TonyManso]

You made my day! Thanks for sharing!

[@brooklynalmighty845]

James brown-cold sweat

[@alijordanx8954]

0:42 was saying “wassup” since the 60’s

[@youngnation23]

Bugs Bunny was saying “What’s up in the 40s.

[@coreyortiz9913]

@@youngnation23 he means "wassup"

[@MrRepsMrReps]

Block parties were special back the whole day and night was exciting

[@alvincobbs92]

If I can just jump into this photo and go back in time

[@Ms.Tee65]

Wow, I was 2yrs old. Love this ❤

[@OlandoMcCall]

Love this ❤️

[@Maurice572]

Before Kool Herc, Disco King Mario, DJ John Brown, Afrika Bambaataa, Grandmaster Flowers, Pete DJ Jones... Wow 😍

[@JoseBXNY]

Don't think that this is hip hop tho. This is funk

[@Maurice572]

@@JoseBXNY Who said this is Hip Hop? In my opinion is this a Block Party... The seed is planted 😉

[@JoseBXNY]

@@Maurice572 ok good, you mentioned Herc and Bam. I was hoping you wasn't trying to say this is hip hop or where it came from. You're not so we good. No offense, I'm just trying to keep the truth alive.

[@JoseBXNY]

@@Maurice572 I am NY, I'm Bronx NY. It's an opinion, this is exactly a block party. But there's no seeds planted. I don't know what you mean by that.

[@Maurice572]

@@JoseBXNY Thank you for your reply. I guess this video was made in 1967/68 maybe 1969. We all agreed this is a block or street party. If this was indeed in 1967/68/69, this was before the pioneers. Again, I am not saying this is Hip Hop, but this video shows where they grown up with in NY. The pioneers got there records from their parents collection. The seed was maybe not planted, but it waved through the air all the time 😉 What is your opinion?

[@TheTrill334]

You can see the origins of hip hop in the music and dance .

[@wandawhigham7576]

Yes! I see poplocking

[@JoseBXNY]

No you cannot 😂😂😂 that's funk. The music was used to mix for hip hop along with many other genres. That dance is not the origins of breaking.

[@TheTrill334]

@JoseBXNY I can see it . Just because you can't see it is not my issue . You really thought I thought this was hip hop and not funk ? Sheesh . I think you didn't read the word "origins".

[@JoseBXNY]

@@TheTrill334 yet this is not the origins of hip hop. Can YOU read cuz thats what I'm saying. You only see funk, that's only 1 genre added to the music form of hip hop. West African traditions show the origins.

[@TheTrill334]

@JoseBXNY I've been a dj since 99 . You are the only one that disagreed. Keep your opinions to yourself. I don't care what you think . Keep it moving.

[@michaelcrockette8694]

r u kidding me man! 50 seconds?! I could have watched this for hours.

[@manhbx96]

This is what it is I love my city I love my people

[@freetherealkeeptherest]

This was so fire gotta love it

[@jdrayton7224]

The year I was born 😊

[@mekpiisua]

とても貴重な動画ですね🎞 何度も見てしまいます📻🕺🏿

[@50meters20000tons]

Tell me my man at 0:17 with the Fred Rerun Berry beret and moves isn't a few dances away from doing an all out "burn" on his opponent. The little kids dancing with him/ next to him are on some fly shit too. This video is a gem. thank you King Klast!

[@dreval7957]

Yes I agree. It was actually the girls that started the burning. It wasn't until a few years later that it was more pronounced. We danced closer to the girls and the hand gestures were closer to the face. Great observation!

[@kajouman]

Mr.James Brown keeps them dancing.

[@OhyesSofresh]

Beautiful

[@classicharlem3952]

Harlem Baby! Doing what we are know for TURNING THE @&)# UP!!!!!!!!!! 🎼🎶🎵🕺🏾💃🏾 #SoulPower ✊🏾

[@benjamincunningham5070]

This is wonderful

[@florastewart7957]

Anyone remember Solomon Coleman owner of Bell, Cook and Candle, Goldbrick, Jumasol and Andre’s Bar from back in the day?

[@Tribesreactions]

This was dooooope

[@lakersin556]

I wasn't born yet, but I know those were good times despite all that our people was going through. It was Black Love.

[@tdo.harlem7245]

That’s like 131 between park and Madison Close to Lincoln pjs

[@JohnValencia70]

Cool

[@starchildofthe90s7]

Culture

[@LloydMajor]

Awesome!

[@jashary15]

I lived in Harlem back in 1967; I was 6/7 years old. I don't where this was at, I was trying to see anything I recognized from back then, but I didn't notice anything in particular. It might have been not far from where my family and I lived. For most of the year we lived on 115th Street between Park and Lexington Avenues. In August my family and I moved to 118th Street between Fifth and Madison.

[@JeezWhiz1]

Seeing the elevated train makes me think it was more East Harlem

[@jashary15]

@@JeezWhiz1 You're likely right, but where in East Harlem I don't know.

[@richdome1]

Met Shabba Doo original Locker around 72/73 in NY in 67 we were Burning each other and the Rock was the bball!

[@mc_seimo]

감사합니다!

[@WhatHaveIDone]

Need to go back to this, more community vibes

[@50meters20000tons]

That interplay at 0:34 couple dancing, one guy walks by and does the exaggerated look back at the young lady, then the tall guy walks into frame, does a slick on beat scan of the girl and of the dude shes dancing with then continues walking. But notice her hand goes up in a "stop, keep walking" motion just as the tall guy approaches. So much information in this small clip. or I might be reading too much into it lol

[@atifhameen196]

Cold Sweat

[@HispaniolaHistoryChannel]

Great footage, but for all those in the comments saying this is "the origin of Hip Hop", I don't see any graffiti pieces on the walls, no one breaking dancing, DJ not scratching or replaying the breakbeats, etc... while these block parties were great for the community, let's be clear...this is not Hip Hop and let's give credit to those who took these block parties and evolved it to what we now know today as Hip Hop.

[@MrCarltonjsmith]

BEAUTIFUL BLESSED BLACKNESS AND JAMES BROWNS MUSIC RULED!

[@rodrigoalberto4171]

Harlem is the american version of Madureira (neighborhood in north zone of Rio de Janeiro)

[@markogarcia7578]

🟧🫵🟦⭐️24️⃣

[@chauncitoney6578]

where do you find this type of vintage footage? love it

[@melikthegeek]

I see family

[@Shakawkaw]

Bumpy Johnson paid for the cider...and duji :D

[@Apex_grind562]

Yo, I see that poplocker Rerun.

[@kingklast]

Not Him, But Looks Kinda Like Him….

[@ColtanFree]

RERUN got his style from Harlem. Check out that cat at the 0:18 sec mark.

[@coryd.6333]

Yo That’s crazy that had to be a style of dance people did before it became national lol

[@kas3583]

Is there anyway additional footage to this party? Also were there two record players at the beginning of this video or one? Looks the beginnings of hip-hop culture.

[@kingklast]

No…

[@kingklast]

1 Player…

[@Amidat]

Nah that would be a few miles to the North in the West Bronx... and a few years later

[@kas3583]

@@Amidat 😂😂😂 wrong

[@mohamad-ms2pb]

Was not until after 1969 when a DJ, Francis Grasso started the concept of two turntables at clubs.

[@miratalia6814]

Yoooo was that re-run from what’s happenin?!

[@rhvreramon]

I was 11

[@mebeasensei]

James Brown?

[@chauncitoney6578]

I'm starting a music page, can I use a snippet of this video? Giving you full credit of course

[@mohamad-ms2pb]

At the 0.16 mark we see Rerun.

[@kingklast]

Not Him But Looks Similar…

[@dremarwil6456]

Looks like the mash potato was the begining of the burning period.

[@hotfudgecake]

Nice. Before the heron and crack epidemics took hold of tbe block.

[@robertbright2057]

The Heroin epidemic had already hit Harlem back in the 60’s.

[@mcrivas4714]

Wonder what song everyone was grooving too?

[@robertbright2057]

The song is Cold Sweat by Mr. Dynamite James Brown.🎼🎤🎼

[@leonardshatner4717]

Where did you *find* this footage??

[@S_misa]

Porqué este vídeo dura 2 horas?

[@kingklast]

@@S_misa actualiza tu youtube…

[@Aniontedone]

Wussap goes way back wow!!!! I was 4

[@unc1589]

You see Harlem (New York in general) was about cool! None of that soul train country nonsense. Even the kids were cool!!!

[@ninjaq2338]

what’s wrong with soul train? that’s african american history

[@gyptianskin]

All the people in this video migrated from the south tho genius. You don’t even know Wtf you talking about. James brown is country and southern.

[@ColtanFree]

@@kevingomez-johnson140 And the Caribbean too. About 1/4 of the Black population in Harlem in the 1920s was folks from the islands before they left for Brooklyn, Queens and the North Bronx in the 50s and 60s.

[@harlemhottie1377]

@@1800BrickCity I think he's referring to the 'over-performance' of the Soul Train dancers: big smiles, hitting all the steps strong, etc. You could call it 'hamming it up for the camera' in the old idiom, but black Americans of the current era tend to judge that behavior as low key minstrelsy.

[@harlemhottie1377]

@@1800BrickCityCalm yourself, sir/ maam. 😆 I don't disagree, all of my grandparents were from the Carolinas and I myself read as 'country' to other ny'ers. I didn't make it clear, bc this is yt and not academia, but I based my theory off an elder yter's opinion. This elder is not a ny'er, btw. He's from Chicago, in the same place and era where Soul Train started. He's the one who made the point that, when it was in Chicago, the kids were still 'cool.' Moving to LA, land of professional dancers and such, is what made it 'hammy'. Bc they were professional performers, not just bp feeling the vibes.

[@ThePonceman]

Shing aling

[@kofi5964]

Where is this from?

[@robertbright2057]

Harlem U.S.A it looks like it was between Madison and Park Ave or 5th and Madison.

[@kevinluis4969]

This is East Harlem 131st between Park & Madison Ave. with the Metro North train in the background. Where I was born and raised!❤

[@theomniverse9758]

Where is this footage from?

[@WhatHaveIDone]

New york

[@slimesosaYt]

I wonder what bumpy johnson was doing on this day

[@HassanAli63090]

Selling heroin to his community

[@valeriereaves4096]

When being black really was cool, we've become corny now

[@Radentstwo]

When blacks were cool and got along generally I see.

[@kwekuoboasi9352]

Quick question? Is there any 5%ers first born in any of this video shown. I don’t know the exact date of when this block party was recorded but the Father(Allah) was release from Mattawan State Hospital in 1967..... 9c footage

[@kingklast]

Oh That I Do Not Know Brother….

[@robertbright2057]

It was either 1967 or 1968, I think it was 67.