Norfolk - Million Dollar Funk Squad VS Hampton - Sticky Situation (Drumline Battle) 2021

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[@carlosm.8058]

My favorite part is the end. No animosity, just a friendly battle and smiles all around.

[@tgregorywoodley3871]

My thoughts exactly! I love the fellowship !!!

[@curtismcphatter5953]

We definitely need more of this…. Back in my day we were toxic af lol

[@saintanthony1529]

That's how you build a community; a nation.....

[@miguelroberson6363]

We used to call out dropped sticks. WE NEVER EVER WOULD'VE WENT to shake another HBCU bands hand. It was straight mean mugs until we left each other presence. The end made me cry!

[@KM-px8cs]

That cymbal syncopation at 4:30 had my jaw on the floor. Clean asf.

[@eusindugu1438]

Great sportsmanship and pure talent on both lines.🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁

[@dajourloggins4417]

This was a great battle to me. The technicality was shown from BOTH sides, especially those tonal and snare lines. The cleanliness was exactly what I expected from virginia drumlines👌. Great job from both sides. And btw, both of those new uniforms are Gorgeous

[@DJ-ci5zf]

Even though the crowd was a little rude to HU the first cadence (calling them cold steel), I feel Hampton has gotten really good over the years. Great job HU!

[@privatedude2683]

NSU has the MOST ignorant groupies alive.

[@micahshoaf8196]

Ralph their percussion instructor (for years now) is from Cold steel

[@michaelgraves7718]

Mdfs…even with a few errors they were cleaner with more difficult material. HU is better than they have been but let’s not get ridiculous folks 🤷‍♂️

[@Astrobishop]

They about even ...Norfolk 1st and last piece wasn't too difficult but was cleaner Hu material was consistent

[@michaelgraves7718]

@@Astrobishop even? How? Bd’s, Quints, and Cymbals… no comparison. 😂 y’all funny but I get it 👌

[@Astrobishop]

@@michaelgraves7718 you cant possibly think that jmu cadence is top difficulty compared to what Hampton played in the first round ....like are listening to all of the material

[@michaelgraves7718]

@@Astrobishop JSU? Huh? I think you meant JMU. They call that cadence Spyder. We call it WEBS. Can’t really have a debate with someone about my line if they prove they don’t really know much about what they are talking about. But WEBS is as technical a cadence ( with different time signatures) as anything played yesterday. Especially for the BD’s so I’m not understanding your point bro.

[@Astrobishop]

@@michaelgraves7718 yes i know what Webbs/spider is i marched tenors in 2013 my guy .i have performed it myself...its not difficult...not more technical than hampton 1st piece..

[@marchingartsmarketplace8114]

MDFS 3 round, smoothest stick drop recovery in drum line history.

[@viajeconchuck7345]

Love that, "Ayyyyyyyyy you made it!" during the fellowship

[@artoismta]

8:22 My boy dropped his stick and was so smooth with the backup

[@kershiffreeman308]

Love the respect at the end!

[@MsPoeticVisions]

Both lines soooo smooth! Great job!!!

[@Henry_GamesX]

Both lines were great. But, I think that if Hampton would clean up their drumline just a little more, they'll be even stronger. And by the way, I love the ending. Yes, these drum battles should be about respectful fun, maybe learn something from the other and should be about showcasing what both lines have in common: It is that both lines got skillz!!

[@GEdwards412]

My take on this. Being an MD fan for about 15 years now I can say that the snare line is dirtier than usual. Overall MDF$ narrowly pulled this out only because they had a little more groove to their cadences and you can hear the tonals. Hampton has a clean snare section and is cleaner than I've ever heard them, but the only thing that is a pet peeve of mine and that holds them back is the fact that Hampton's top three tonals (bass drums) are tuned too high, and the lower bass drum has no pitch and is dead tuned. The pitches of the top bass drums clashes with the quints and the pitches of the single tenor drums. Hampton has really come up over the past few years. MD better tighten up forreal. Clean those snares up. ASAP!!

[@Faygopapi91]

This is the difference for sure. This is why I say MD has a more mature sound the tuning is 60% of that the. The arrangement is the next 30% they just gotta lock it in just a lil tighter for that last 10% the lock between the sub sections as a whole was just a little off, more that usual for sure. Hampton has come a long way, we battled them at least twice when I played. Do I hear the CS influences yes but what do expect when A&T literally brought there old head BD to direct and some CS alum to run the line it’s the same when u hear MD influence throughout different lines or Cookmen alum take on other school ie EWC or MOrgan. It’s natural.

[@GEdwards412]

@@Faygopapi91 Y'all used to bust Hampton's ass too. Especially in 2015. You're absolutely right about your take, Hampton is up and coming, MD better tighten up for sure.

[@AlexMartin011]

I totally get what you’re saying. I came from dci drum lines and WGI drum lines. The clarity these cats had was close enough. I didn’t expect perfection. Some of the rolls were dirty and some clean. All together it was dope to watch though.

[@guerschmidesaint-ange8821]

The end was the best. Back in my day there would have been no greeting, just walk away… or perhaps a fight. 😬 Glad this generation is better than we were!

[@TheLogicalIdiot]

Old Dominion Cymbal player here. Great job on both sides. Had fun playing against, and with, HU Drumline during the end of the ODU/HU game.

[@X19-x5f]

Wow, what a treat to hear both of these drum lines!

[@sauchronicles2794]

GREAT JOB TO BOTH LINES. Hampton has came a long way in the past few years. They look and sound good. Can’t wait for these two matchups in the future !!

[@cpo87]

The Cymbals on that last cadence 🤯🤯🤯🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@Ifonlyyouknew1976]

I just love the Drumline

[@tamyrajones9566]

MDFS!!! Behold! 💚💛 I give my props to Hampton they were good

[@jahleeleli3280]

CLASSY ending 👍🌟💪 Respect & mutual admiration & camaraderie. The art of music & the discipline of percussion IS a large fraternity & sorority. HBCU'S FOREVER 💛

[@YourGoat803]

I love meac snares and tonals.

[@RammEditsYT]

1:02 that was omgggg🤯

[@isaiahharris1998]

Y'all killed it 🥁🎼🎵🎶🔥

[@michaeljonesmckeiver3320]

That ending was epic 👍👍👍

[@deandrejones3087]

They both ate.....I still ride with Hampton though ;) Good sh!t from both drum lines.

[@seyqyanabrams4333]

Sticky situation is having a hard time finding their identity. There are improvements showing for sure. But being a carbon copy of Cold Steel is ehhh.

[@Astrobishop]

They look and sound nothing like A&T at all

[@Lewiss2123iceman]

HU is still building give them time but know they not A&T level so far as drumline. but not many lines are not remember A&T NSU is MAXED out......if HU had the funding like them they would crash A&T

[@curtiswilson1345]

They not copying steel they have their own style and let’s not forget they instructor came from steel

[@kedryckjames2021]

@@curtiswilson1345 instructor last year came from Steel. Their instructor this year is HU's own Ralph Nader

[@sauchronicles2794]

They are not a carbon copy lol they sound and look nothing like Steel and I mean that in a good way. GREAT JOB HAMPTON!!

[@DubbleTee]

I would NEVER mess with Norfolk State 4:55-5:10 THAT CADENCE.

[@seansdr3743]

fax

[@monicamakins]

That was awesome!! HBCU bands be killin it!!

[@AKINGSKYD]

If you couldn’t wait for NSU to have a shaky day, just say that bruh 🤣 A lot to be talked about, and a lot to be learned from this exchange

[@warrenmitchelljr.56]

After listening to it bout 10 times, I changed my mind. MD got the edge but S.T.I.C.K.Y. definitely put folks on notice.

[@edennard1]

Agreed. Hampton has come looong way ..

[@kentonmoore9998]

I been following NSU since 87 that snare line need to tightn up where the swag at

[@micahwynn6889]

Oluade!! You made it!!!

[@DrumLuv23]

Yes, I heard a little dirt from MD but: 1. Not nearly as much as people are making it out to be. But I get that they have set such a high standard for themselves over the years. 2. I heard more clutter between the subsections than in the snares. I'd like to hear them lock every sub section in the pocket. It wasn't bad. But it was more noticeable. 3. I wouldn't call it close. I still think NSU showed themselves to be further ahead. Great job to both lines!

[@Faygopapi91]

100% agree

[@Saxophone-1999]

I understand I'm late on this, but what happened to MFD$ System Blue Drums? Did they decide not to use them anymore after 2022?

[@julianfreeman3271]

@@Saxophone-1999they get new drums every four years

[@aliciabaker1542]

Behold the Green & Gold!

[@JeanLondonDia]

For the video team. Let me make a recommendation and say just have one person focus on one section at a time. So if that means 4 cameras than 4 cameras it is. There is way to much movement on these cameras. Y'all killing me on what I should be focussed on .

[@Faygopapi91]

it was like six different video teams out there getting multiple angles, so it is what it is.

[@zaishaw6602]

Don’t nobody need no 4 cameras man lmao

[@JeanLondonDia]

@@zaishaw6602 That's another reason why we can't focus on the quint solo, bass solo or cymbal solo. Too much movement with the gimbals.

[@JeanLondonDia]

@@Faygopapi91 That's crazy. Some of them need to get kicked out no cap.

[@kidd5952]

Lmao 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Why MY MAN, YELL OUT "COLD STEEL"?

[@Faygopapi91]

MD sound just too mature for all these other schools

[@Gnosis639]

What does it mean to sound "mature"?

[@Faygopapi91]

@@Gnosis639 like a collegiate level percussion line...like some of these other schools sound like how i would like my high school line to sound.

[@Gnosis639]

@@Faygopapi91 so basically drum corps sound is the only "mature" sound? Why is that? Bc that's how drum corps play? You have a right to feel how you do though, i just think different styles are credible as well.

[@Faygopapi91]

@@Gnosis639 that’s not what I said 😂 I said Hampton sound like a high school while MD sounds like a college there are other schools that sound like a college to me BCU, FAMU, Morgan, JSU, PV, SCSU Circa 2010-2016 the new VSU sound and Benedict. This has more to do with tuning and how the section lock in, along with arrangements. Don’t dumb down my comment. I actually played so I feel I can have a say on this just a bit.

[@BroSheridan]

I wish Hampton would’ve stayed with dynasty’s; they sound way better then previous years! Norfolk is just fire everything they play is funky and clean, Hampton coming up I wish they would go back to leg tenors instead of chest but over all great battle

[@kidd5952]

Real Talk.... Thank YOU BOTH SCHOOLS FOR A REAL DRUM LINE BATTLE 💪🏾💯💯🔥🔥 NO offense to the SWAC but damn, you can't understand nothing SWAC drum LINES play, just beating away, no Dynamics, color, pure rudiments, etc. But good job to both schools🙌🏾💪🏾💯. And the tonals for both schools were great 👍🏾💯. But my man that hollered, "Cold Steel", in the beginning🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@tutru03jones77]

SWAC style is different. They don't focus on their drum lines. Probably the reasons they stay ranked high in the world of bands. Now if SWAC bands started to focus on their drum lines, the world would be in trouble.

[@lazurusredd8682]

@@tutru03jones77 that's the one thing that kills me about southern, great band but that Drumline just bastardizes everything

[@storm14k]

Which SWAC drum lines? No two really sound the same. The broad brush I see MEAC folks loving to use on the SWAC is better served on the MEAC. I love DCI personally but both of these lines strive so much to be a corps that they sound exactly alike. It's one thing exhibit technical ability but it's ok to deviate and have some character. As I watch corps and corp like high schools cut more and more out of the bottom of the basses these two seem to go right along with them. Tonals are cool but there is nothing but treble in these performances. DCI has a niche they are working in. Marching band serves an entirely different purpose and doesn't need to mimic it so tightly. Borrow yes but good grief maintain some character.

[@lazurusredd8682]

@@storm14k apparently you need to look at more of mdfs material not based off on this video alone these two drumlines are nothing alike,

[@storm14k]

@@lazurusredd8682 I've been watching MFDS for years and NSU is often my favorite MEAC bands. It's Hampton I'm less familiar with and seeing this tells me they've been on the DCI'ification journey too. It's not just MEAC either. The entire corps style high school band world has gone nuts with this and it's bothersome. They retain no character or school spirit.

[@scairl40]

I love the end of this

[@idowua1576]

CS and Hampton are 2 complete different lines. Just because Hampton has chest tenors now doesn’t make them sound like CS because CS wouldn’t have chest tenors if it wasn’t for Keon Galloway which was Hampton’s instructor last year.

[@zaishaw6602]

Hampton has a lil steel influence because Keon is steel lol

[@dre9926]

And the cold part is Conn-Selmer now makes System Blue Marching Drums

[@spiritualkiller14]

Hampton got sent into another dimension! Nsu obliterated dem😂

[@zaishaw6602]

Hampton definitely sound like they own section. They don’t sound like steel

[@ATLDRUMACADEMY]

Correct

[@zaishaw6602]

@@ATLDRUMACADEMY it’s a some influence but it’s not what everybody making it seem. They sound hella different

[@Faygopapi91]

No lie, WEBBS was my favorite cadence played!!! 💯(MD 1st cadence)

[@brycemith]

Do you have the tuba battle?

[@MARCHING100PAPARAZZI]

Somebody said Cold Steel lmaooo

[@mr.cantdorightt]

Anybody else heard somebody say "COLD STEEEL" in the background 😭

[@MusicManC]

Yes and it's funny I didn't hear it and I was standing right near him lol @3:40

[@randytyler9431]

Yes bro, I was standing right next to the man who said it💀💀

[@AKINGSKYD]

Super disrespectful 🤣🤣🤣

[@maddbeatz6015]

I didn't go to either school but I've seen both in person. MDFS is just cleaner and better overall. Hampton is good too but not as clean

[@scairl40]

I loved it…

[@cjxboii11]

@ 2:00 north folk definitely a pv ending cadence but y’all ight

[@Faygopapi91]

So a lot of schools have a variation of this cadence (spida cadence) PV’s is suncoast where as MD’s is WEBBS…that’s why u hear similarities

[@vickiefinn2574]

Love my Va HBCU.

[@BishopEddie5443]

Sorry, but nobody beats the Spartan Legion Drum Line! 💯

[@garylewis7904]

These guys are all friends an some might have went to HS with each other

[@backagaintwin]

MDFS WE RUN SHOW

[@magmagoon9852]

But y’all lost lol

[@jalilwhite5438]

If you think MD lost to sticky situation it is clear to say you are clinically insane 🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️

[@whowantswhat6485]

Hampton's tenor drum heads sound horrible but as a whole they're jamming......Norfolk is a technically sound as they come.......great battle

[@voiceofreason1613]

Yes rep VA 😊😁. #Hampton and #Norfolk

[@TheTeamIsSHaRP]

NSU got new unis?

[@Zyz804]

Yeah for like 2 years now when they got new drums

[@ShaquanTalbert]

Jasmine with the grown lady hands. Looks like she came and hit the ground running lol

[@titangamerhd9215]

thats the ada girl right ?

[@darwinfussle5031]

STICKY SITUATION ??? WTF AT MORRIS BROW we were the world renowned Sticking Sensation...hhhuuuummn

[@Astrobishop]

Both lines are about even yes Norfolk is a bit cleaner at times But Hu had great material in all 3 rounds were as Norfolk kind of amped up by the 2nd

[@dayvonsavage315]

What 🤦🏽‍♂️!

[@jrellzva]

🔥🔥🔥🔥💯

[@ManhasNoName1-v9v]

Norfolk was solid and clean, but Hampton had that vibe lol

[@uoipuiop]

💯🔥

[@dariousmarshall2838]

🔥💯✊🏾.

[@boozie03i]

In the words of Katt Williams: your Chrysler 300 looks like a Phantom until a real Phantom shows up. NSU is that Phantom, period.

[@tinajohnson2000]

MDF$ over Everybody...skill over entertainment...unless you going out of HBCU bands, maybe dci no one compares. We talking about skills that other drumlines ain't ready for.

[@DMACKCAPONE]

NCAT definitely will give em hell

[@randytyler9431]

@@DMACKCAPONE have you seen the 2019 BOTB?

[@DMACKCAPONE]

@@randytyler9431 hell yea they spanked A&T.. that’s 2 years ago.. MDF performance was crazy tho

[@msadburns]

Hampton wasn't bad they just sounded like they needed more practice and a little more creativity

[@HZOT2023]

I got mdfs bias to be clear from the start HU is improving just gotta clean up details like stick heights nd uniformity that's exactly how md win before they hit a note everybody look clean nd together. Mdfs for the standard yall usually set I'm disappointed. Why this block or cadences nd the energy seemed off.

[@darwinfussle5031]

There is only one Sticking Sensation... MBC- Morris Brown 1969-1977

[@AKINGSKYD]

Respectfully, what do they have to do with this battle ?

[@darwinfussle5031]

@@AKINGSKYD they stole an historic battle... respectfully,,,how can you battle under another drumlines' name ?

[@darwinfussle5031]

@@AKINGSKYD we have a code among HBCUs

[@AKINGSKYD]

@@darwinfussle5031 Couple of Questions here. How did they steal a battle ? And how did they steal Morris Brown’s name ? Two different names here’s. Sticky Sensation, and Sticky SITUATION. Close, but not the same

[@darwinfussle5031]

@@AKINGSKYD couple if questions back Do you have a GED or a cta from an elementary school? That's like Vanilla Ice stating he didn't steal David Bowe joint because of ine note You step to a Hbcu challenge with somebody else's name you already lost before the first cadence. TSU tried it on Southern back in the day. ...

[@BowTie_Sir03]

I hear a little PK Boogie

[@ThanhNguyen-vq8do]

This two band had no chance with Top Secret Drum Corp

[@rockyhines4731]

Mdfs by a landslide. Sticky just ain't got enough beats to hang.

[@WellsCreativeServices]

Why they standing so far away?? MDFS all the way!

[@jeraldcarter342]

Nsu for the win easy.....try again

[@Gnosis639]

I think it says alot about what people think when they say mdfs and others like it sound more "mature". What does that mean? Sounds like people are saying the more someone sound like drum corps the better they are, ie they are better bc we do things similar to how white folks do it.

[@saintanthony1529]

You gotta give credit where credit is due. Stop making everything about race.....

[@intermediate212]

NSU's drums sounded cleaner, more fine tuned and had more difficult rudiments. Don't be dense and try to talk about race lmao.

[@gthi24]

Ive been sleeping on HU

[@perrion357]

Neither one had Funk, I guess this is how they do it now 🤦‍♂️

[@POCCITY15]

That was a draw. Neither side impressed me. Hampton has come a long way from what they use to sound like.

[@royswygert6535]

Didn't like Hamptons simulated gun action. We have enough of that in real life; don't need it in a drum competition

[@zaishaw6602]

Hampton got the W lmao I think people hear Norfolk tonals and get distracted and then the other half be biased fans

[@michaelgraves7718]

No NSU is just better all around… pick a section 🤷‍♂️ It be their victims who are the most biased 😂💯

[@zaishaw6602]

@@michaelgraves7718 you are literally biased I see your comments. You think Norfolk is the only school that plays “difficult” material. I’m not knocking y’all at all yall always sound good and very consistent but y’all not what y’all think y’all are. I liked Hampton 2-1

[@michaelgraves7718]

@@zaishaw6602 now you’re cyber stalking me? 😂 You want Hampton to win soooooo bad but I’m the one biased? Lol, ok. Obviously MD IS who I think they are and they prove it with every performance. You so excited about this ONE performance let’s us all know how mediocre Hampton/Cold Steel really is . 🤷‍♂️ keep following me around this cyber space though. I got plenty more to say 👌😂

[@zaishaw6602]

@@michaelgraves7718 I’m reading comments and I see you boy you ain’t nobody to stalk weird ass dude. Like i said this ain’t the first time I believe y’all to take an L and ain’t shit biased about me. I have no relation to Hampton, I think mdf$ is a great line, one of the best but they ain’t win my boy

[@drugzundisputed4457]

@@zaishaw6602 like if you can could you explain why you think they won?

[@KG3_cj]

It was a tie for me

[@kristianruffin3782]

Hampton caught a body !!!

[@Faygopapi91]

Stop playing

[@marstarr1127]

Hampton 3-0🤷🏾‍♂️

[@liquidlightz]

You mean Cold Steel

[@GVocalz3]

SAY "SIKE!"

[@AKINGSKYD]

🧢

[@byronbey9437]

Hampton. Really??

[@curtiswilson1345]

@@liquidlightz where do they look and sound like steel com on be real

[@nbcghost50x35]

Niggas screaming cold steel but didn’t block up DOA on the track after gettin called out………🤣 but good battle tho

[@AKINGSKYD]

Huh ?

[@drugzundisputed4457]

Man idk like Hampton is improving but I just can’t get down to what they playing it just sounds bad.

[@Lewiss2123iceman]

HU 3-0 NSU timing is off

[@GVocalz3]

Nah Bruh, say "Sike!"

[@jasonwilliford5260]

That last block Hampton did was definitely off. Bad

[@Lewiss2123iceman]

I guessing nobody seen 3 from the right drop his sticks and 4 from the right timing was way off

[@michaelgraves7718]

@@Lewiss2123iceman you must go to or play for Hampton 😂😂😂😂😂🤦‍♂️

[@Lewiss2123iceman]

Get out your feelings when drop the sticks match over