Written by Emmanuel Adelekun Published on What's the difference between calling a breaker a B-Boy, B-Girl or breakdancer? Find out the history and meaning behind the different streetdance terms. It can be a little confusing for anyone outside of breaking culture, or new to it, as to why they're told the terms breakdancer or breakdancing are incorrect ways of referring to someone who breaks or to the dance style they practise. So what's the meaning and history behind the actual names and terms used?

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Top definition. In the early 70's Dj Kool Herc would play the 'breaks' of songs. Meaning, he would only play parts of the songs where it was beat only, no lyrics. This would excite the people to dance.
While diverse in the amount of variation available in the dance, breakdancing mainly consists of four kinds of movement: toprock , downrock , power moves and freezes. Breakdancing is typically set to songs containing drum breaks , especially in hip-hop , funk , soul music and breakbeat music, although modern trends allow for much wider varieties of music along certain ranges of tempo and beat patterns. Breaking was created by the African American youth in the early s.
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