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The Music Room
A LETTER FROM DOC BOOGALOO -A MEMBER OF ELECTRIC BOOGALOOI would like to submit you a more concise history of westcoast street dancing. I myself was dancing over 22yrs ,my age is 33. I started pop-locking in San Francisco, FRESNO,LosAngeles area.& in Chicago an in New ORLEANS.started with a group in 71, called HOCUS POCUS, THEN a Group called MASTER OF ILLUSION which created 3D & 5D, TWIST O FLEX.THEN I started dancing with ELETRIC BOOGALOO inwhich most of were my cousins . BOOGALOO SAM, PISTOL PETE or POPPIN PETE ,ROBOT SLIM & SKEETER RABBIT &etc.and myself DOC BOOGALOO.WHAT most people DONT UNDERSTAND IS THE STRONG PRE-DOMANICE OF AFRO-CARIBBEAN INFLUENCE.THE BOOGALOO CAME FROM A DANCE CALLED RHUMBA COLUMBIA WHICH IS A CARNIVAL DANCE& ALSO A RITUAL DANCE DONE BY THE DEVOTEE`S OF SANTIRIA,VOODOO, MACUMBA.MOST OF THE OG`S OF HIP HOP HAVE SOME CONNECTION TO CARIBBEAN OR CENTRAL,SOUTH AMERICA. ETHEIR BEING BORICUA,JAMICAN,CUBAN,OR FROM NEW ORLEAN`S . I WILL ALSO GIVE TIME CYCLE PATTERN WHICH IS ALWAYS REPEATED IN SOME FORM ANOTHER, THIS HAS HAPPEN THRU OUT HISTORY OF AMERICAN SO-CALLED POP CULTURE.CHECK OUT FOR YOURSELF THE MIGRATIONS OF SLAVE`S TO NEW ORLEAN`S,CAROLINA`S MISSIPPI DELTA THE ORIGIN OF JAZZ BLUE`S &FUNK WHICH STARTED IN NEW JERSEY WHICH MOST MEMBERS WERE OF CARIBBEAN HERTIAGE ,BILLY BASE,ETC. AFRO-CARIBBEAN HERTIAGE OF MACOLM X & LOUIS FARIKANN, MARTIN LUTHER KING AND OTHER`S.ALSO CHECK ORIGIN OF SALSA, CAYLSPO,GOSPEL . THEIR HAS BEEN SILENT REVOLUTIONS GOING ON THRU DANCE.B-BOY`S SUCH AS RICHIE "CRAZY LEGG`S COLON MIGHT NOT REALIZE THAT THEY ARE PROPHTS. MY CULTURE IS CUBAN/BORICUA. I HAVE BOOK COMING OUT IN LATE 97 CALLED SILENT REVOLUTION (THE HISTORICAL RECONSTRUCTION OF AMERICAN POP CULTURE).
