dances in hip-hop go hand in hand. growing up, it was the traditional b-boying. then by the mid to late eighties we were doing the prep, the cabbage patch, the wop, the running man, the roger rabbit, the kid n' play, and a bunch of others. i was so into the movement, that my brother and i even developed a routine to Lean on Me (a la Scoob and Scrap Lover). Needless to say, i've tried to remain atleast aware of new dances (as means to relate and interact with pop culture and hip-hop). on my recent trip to DC, i was exposed to the Dougie. i heard the song prior, but failed to realize it was referencing a dance. i thought it was some type of drug or sex reference. well, what i found out was, like the Reject was a version of the Running Man, the Dougie is just the old Doug E Fresh dance. if you've seen Paid in Full you know exactly what i mean.
i guess it was inevitable, first they take the same hooks and breaks, then they take the fashion and the slang, now its the dances. hopefully, high-tops and processed fades won't make a comeback.....
and just because it's a fly song!!!!
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