Happy Friday My People! I don't know about you but I'm already in 3 Day Holiday Weekend Mode like whoa. It's hard to believe we've reached the end of Summer because I'm not ready to let it go yet. Anyway, we've got loads of stuff to get to today so let's make a dog burying a bone and dig in...
First up, the 2 CHAINZ Song of the Day! This is another track off the upcoming new album B.O.A.T.S. II: Me Time featuring Rick Ross and Future called My Cocaina...
Second is today's installment of Twerkathon OH-13. Seems like EVERYBODY has been having a giant laugh at poor Miley's expense along with us all week. In case you missed it, check out Happy Monday Theme Songs: Super Fresh 2 CHAINZ, Twerkathon OH-13 - Twerking Trainwreck, and Wiz Khalifa! to see Miley's performance and whatnot.
Anyway, this photo is courtesy of my Facebook friend Shaun and his status update this morning about a photo from an article in the New York Post. All I can say is WooOooOoooOoooW! GOOD LORD! I sincerely hope nobody takes this seriously because that is definitely NOT how to twerk like a pro.
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| New York Post |
If you've been following along with our twerking tutorials at home or you are already a Twerking Veteran then you know just how wrong that is. The only step that's correct in there is Step 1 about the wide stance with your feet angled out... and half of Step 2 because, like I said the other day... You need to bend yo knees bitch! Bend yo knees and pop yo booty!
And BTW, clearly this Gregory E. Miller dude is misinformed because popping your booty is not "old-fashioned". It is the foundation of booty bounce basics. If you can't do the plain booty pop then you'll never get the fancy, advanced shit down because all they are are variations of the original basic booty pop.
Today though, we're going to take a slightly different approach on the tutorials and get into some serious cultural dancing. Last week I mentioned in my post Happy HumP Day Theme Songs: 2 CHAINZ, Twerkathon OH-13, and More Fresh DnB that Nicki Minaj was rated by Fuse as the #1 celebrity twerker (NOT Miley Cyrus). If you're trying to learn some of Miss Minaj's dance moves then you have to understand the foundation for them.
Here is her video for Beez in the Trap featuring 2 CHAINZ. Pay especially close attention to her dancing during 2 CHAINZ part...
OK Class, today we are going to learn 2 of the moves she does: The Shimmy and The Vertical Figure 8. Believe it or not, those are belly dancing moves. Middle Eastern and African cultures have some overlap, particularly with styles of dance. They carried over into Dancehall Reggae as well because part of the "Wind-Up" are Figure 8's and isolations. Bet up until this moment you just thought "twerking" was nothing but some random shaking that required very little technique and had no foundation in legitimate dance huh? *Mind blown*
As some of you know I'm a Euro-Arab mutt so belly dancing is a part of my Lebanese culture. I actually started learning how to do it last year as a fun workout. The series I learned from is also on YouTube by Belly Dance Boulevard. The username is BellyDanceB. Start with Lesson #1 because you definitely need a foundation. It is the basic movement from which all others follow and will teach you how to isolate your hips and booty from the rest of your body. ***THIS IS ESSENTIAL IF YOU WANT TO BE A GOOD TWERKER!!!
Hopefully you'll continue to Lesson #2 before continuing to Lesson #3 - The Shimmy. This folks, is where Miley went wrong. Unless you have a booty like the chicks in the rap videos, you can't afford to lock your knees because you can't sustain the amount of torque you need to wiggle your butt in a stance like that and make it look the way it's supposed to look. If you don't have a big booty or you just want to get more torque on your wiggles and wobbles, the best way to do that is "The Shimmy". I like this lady's approach about "waiting for the bus".
Continue to Lesson #4 to learn Horizontal Figure 8's. Then Lesson #5 is Vertical Figure 8's...
It feels funny at first because you are going to move parts of your body you didn't even know you could move... But keep at it and you'll get it.
Now here are your songs to practice in front of that mirror gurrrrrllllll!! First one up is by OHBOYPRINCE....
I actually found it thanks to this video of a white girl twerking who puts Miley to shame...
And ya know we had to get some K-Stylis in...
And also NEW stuff... This is the latest single from Nelly featuring Nicki Minaj and Pharell and it is HOT...
And because you should practice your wind-up... This is Freaks by French Montana also featuring Nicki Minaj...
And even more brand spankin NEW stuff... Found out the other day that the new Drake album Nothing Was The Same is set to be released on September 24th, 2013. Obviously I'm a HUGE fan of Young Money so I <3 me some Drake and I'm crazy excited about this album because I think the whole thing is going to be disgustingly sick and awesome.
Here are few tracks off of it...
This is my personal fave.. It's The Motion featuring Sampha
Next was the first single off the album that was released back in January when Drake announced he was working on this album... It's called Started From the Bottom and you've probably heard it a gazillion times...
Finally this song is called All Me and features Big Sean and 2 CHAINZ!
Hope this all got you in the mood to go buck for the next few days.... BOOM!
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