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Northwestern University, KASA show 2008.

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Quentin Taratino, Sasha Singleton, Kaba/Jabba, Se7en, Far East Movement, the Filipino from Black Eyed Peas, & Ron Jeremy….talk about an eclectic crowd.  Expect to see more of Se7en around LA and SF…and maybe sponsoring Crown Royal.

Wed, April 23 at UCLA’s Royce Hall!!!

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*Behind the Scenes..so freakin Cool*

With “Viacom” permission…Heroes star Hayden Panettiere and her brother, Jansen Panettiere, are fans of “America’s Best Dance Crew” and even visited a taping of the show at Sony Studios in Los Angeles. YoungHollywood.com was there for the reaction of dance crew “Jabbawockeez” to the star watching their performance and Hayden tells us why she’s excited to see them! Hosted by Jill Wilderman.

Well, there goes my prediction, it’s no wonder I don’t bet on sport games. So much for being the most “versatile” group, aye Breaksk8? They should have reinterpreted “Dream Girls” into “Dream Boys…” and use a masculine “sexiness” that seems to turn on Shane. They could have even put the idea into the judges heads during their intro, so they could actually think about it. Breaks8 do deserve respect though for what they are capable of doing…even from me. While I may not consider them special, since all their hardest moves were when they weren’t using their skates…they are smoother than Status Quo who hop around to bootleg happy hardcore beats.

Yuri Tag seems to be Kaba’s lucky crutch. Despite her messing up, the fact that she’s a cute Asian girl will get her team votes from regular Joes. So her fan-boys better unite! Yuri is even crying, don’t let her down! And how did Kaba get less votes than Status Quo? It’s one thing if they got less votes than Jabba, it’s another to label them as one of two groups with less votes than the Status Quo. I can only assume that people gave Status Quo more votes, Fysh & Chicks fans went over to Jabba’s bandwagon, and UCI is on spring break…..

I’m actually getting tired of all these “challenges.” It’s making the show boring….just let the groups do their own thing, pick their own music, and share their own inspirations. I’m sure the challenges makes it easier on deciding who to eliminate at the end for the judges, but still….it’s getting uninspiring. I just hope in future shows, they don’t come up with bright ideas like…”Kaba Modern, use some of Status Quo’s antics as part of your choreography.”

I actually like the show’s intro instead of each team’s performances, especially at 00:27

Jabba should win the whole thing, despite still having the same energy level each time. I’m still hoping Mike Song and the Brat Pack will come through. Also, since there were only 4 groups left…why aren’t the performances getting longer? Either there are more commercials or the show is getting shorter….isn’t it about time to elongate the performances a bit?

Mike Song for the win. I think it would have been funny if they wore orange jump suits as a reference to the Filipino prison’s version of “Thriller.” And for the first time, I’ll admit it…Yuri was pretty hot in this performance considering how much fun she seemed to be having.

hmmmm….can’t decide who did better, since they both did very well.

I will make a prediction though, Status Quo will be out next episode. I think it’s becoming clear that they aren’t the best dancers and are more about stunts than steps. As much as I want Breaks8 out, their clean routines…will make them outlast Status Quo.

Compared to Jabba, Kaba are the underdogs. Sure, they are both dead on with isolations, hitting beats, and are also better than all the rest. I just thought Kaba’s advantage was that they could change things up since their boy to girl ratio is even. They can have two separate styles of choreography going on at the same time because of that split. Jabba usually just has that one person standing out and doing something different….”but still part of the group.” On top of that, Jabba’s tempo has always been the same…with the drumbeats being the only thing that makes them go faster. While they are entertaining….their energy level is predictable. I guess you can call it their style…which is a whole lot better than Status Quo who talk more about their stunts than dance.

Then I saw this…

I thought the crew only had one tempo they felt comfortable with, but seeing this guy on his own…..makes me feel like Jabba should win the whole thing. They just have more experienced choreographers. No offense to Jia and Mike Song……..

I’m still pulling for Kaba though…. I’m hoping they’ll break out some H.O.T.’s “We are the future!” …for some laughs.

Yup…Kaba “killed it.” (I hate that saying…) I’m biased so I’ll probably always say they had the most entertaining performance in my least favorite episode so far. Jabba’s performance was a tad boring this week. Although the Naruto wallpaper camouflage thing was pretty funny at the beginning and the payoff at the end was nice.

I also like when A.C. Slater starts talking about who’s on the bottom 3 and pairs up the stronger crew with the weaker one. The crew with less vote counts usually know they are in trouble and just start laughing in defeat. It’s cute, especially when Fysh & Chicks respond….

And I still can’t believe Breaksk8 is still around, especially over Live in Color. Either America is feeling sorry for the Memphis Grizzlies and their shiny rolling coins or they just don’t know any better. Live in Color’s (Trillanie Brown) enjoyable booty shaking does get old but they are far better dancers than those skaters. I even think Live in Color’s stage performance was stronger than Kaba’s…..it was like watching the Matrix without the wires and CG. I honestly thought they’d move on rather than Fysh & Chicks….

I also disagree with Shane, or whatever the Judge’s name is. Breaksk8 aren’t the most “versatile,” they are baby steppers using wheels as crunches to get votes. Lil Mamma also mocked fans sentiments by saying…”ooo, you can’t dance” or something like that. It’s not that they can’t dance….it’s that they can’t dance better with or without skates than the other crews. I will say this though, their performance on episode 4 was their best…even though they had no story.

or Asian Elevation…which is Kollaboration before it became an Asian Pacific Concert. These images are from 2006 and I see Tony Tran, Yuri Tag, and Cindy Minowa. Haha…I guess PK didn’t know that those three members were in here.

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damn…no youtube videos tho.