Harlem reacts to the Harlem Shake meme

[duck]

@ them fools actin' like the Harlem Shake was some culturally, holy, untouchable grail.

nikkas really offended.

White people are cultural thieves, but fukk that dance in the grand scheme of things.

word...the puerta rican dude actually said "it's not really a dance it's a lifestyle"....lmao wtf

 

[Atlrocafella]

word...the puerta rican dude actually said "it's not really a dance it's a lifestyle"....lmao wtf

Lmao at lifestyle.

 

[Steezy]

gawd damn everybody in harlem ugly as fukk

 

[Scustin Bieburr]

White people turn everything into a commodity cuz they seldom ignite follow-worthy trends of their own.

And that's fine to me cuz white people have been doing that since the dawn of time.


The only thing that perturbs me is that fact that not a single person is "doing the harlem shake". But that's a redundant comment because, to this very day, i have yet to see a white person effectively and correctly perform that dance (i'd say, based on how many people i ever witnessed "attempting" to do it - it's prolly the most difficult dance not-ballroom-related in the history of man kind. The gyrations and fluid movements all while synching to a beat is the equivalent of putting on a wetsuit 3 sizes too small for you, your boat is about to sink and the remaining divers have already left without and you still haven't located your oxygen tank yet - shiit ain't easy).

Back in 2001-2001, i remember seeing that manouever in the "Let's Get It" and "Whos That Girl" video in complete awe. At the time, It was essentially the best thing i've ever come across since Infamil (and to this day, still is).

I made it a quest to perfect that dance.


To this day, i am one of the last remaining Harlem Shakers that aren't from Harlem and and isn't white.


That's why i see the Harlem Shake turn into a contemporary commodification piece, it angers me because everything that is done, is done inappropriately for the wrong reasons.

They b*stardized the dance/movement and there's no saving it because its so damn prominent in media right now.

Swear to god to Killa Cam, damn ya man... if i ever end up in one of these videos, i'm gonna shut shiit the fukk down and show these naive cacs how to do a REAL HARLEM MOTHAFUKKIN' SHAKE!!!

*trembles for no reason while yanking out an imaginary flower from his pocket, tossing it in the air, wiggling a few times then catching it with his mouth...

... and goes back to more vehement shakes*



BYAH!!!!!



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[Ninjaz In Paris]

Lmao at lifestyle.

 

[Silkk]

gawd damn everybody in harlem ugly as fukk

Just Thinking About Living In New York Makes Me :dro:

 

[Tommy Knocks]

 

[BIGDENNIS10UK]

Good to see the local community caring about the real problems.

 

[Flawdaboi]

Smh @ saying their looking corny and like their on drugs, but then proceed to start shaking like they got a bad case of mollys.


Both "dances" are retarded...... You both LOSE!

 

[Jone2three45]

the Harlem shake dance came from a crack head....

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

gawd damn everybody in harlem ugly as fukk

GTFOH. harlem bred the most prettiest nikkas in all of new york. of all time. u can tell the ones who weren't born and raised cause they got that ugly complexion.

 

[Brock Landers]

I think it's a case of cultures clashing and a misunderstanding of intent more than anything. People from harlem are going to look at it as whites mocking their region or their dance...or just black people in general - and white people have stolen a bunch of shyt from the black community in terms of music, lingo, style etc. This entire 'movement' stems from a group of guys in their bedrooms dancing to a song by a producer named Baauer and doing stupid stuff when the beat drops

Key point - white people DO STUPID shyt, and it catches on like wildfire. And then everybody is doing it (see: planking, coning, gangnam style). If people want to feel like it's a mockery of their race/region, they're entitled to that opinion, but I feel like it's a giant case of white people doing dumb shyt

 

[Steezy]

GTFOH. harlem bred the most prettiest nikkas in all of new york. of all time. u can tell the ones who weren't born and raised cause they got that ugly complexion.

 

[Taadow]

this is how dallas nikkas felt when those cali fags took the dougie and made it into some homo shyt.

Yeah...because The Dougie was completely hetero before that, huh?


(i am being sarcastic.)

 

[Dilltastic VolWon(derful)]

Harlem cats really wanna claim fame to a dance crackheads did for money