Battle Born vs Top 9 | SEMIS | STYLE ELEMENTS

Battle Born and Top 9 battle during the semifinal round of Style Elements 2010, held in Inglewood, CA.

BATTLE BORN
-- Roland
-- ATN

TOP 9
-- Kosto
-- Robin

[TheRolandBluntz]

Hey yall I apologize if any of yall were offended by my battle style but that's how this bboy life works, love it or hate it Battleborn making footprints. If it's a bite that I'VE seen then I'm callin' it. Battles are not pleasant and expect your feelings to get hurt when someone like me tells you the truth.

Peace,
Battle Born.

[TheRolandBluntz]

@teejjesrai I appreciate what you're saying, alot of what happen in this battle was explained on my first post which is at the top. To clarify "signature" moves means its your move that you signed your name on it, and just because you add your "own" flow and originality doesn't make it your "style". I understand we all do the same art form and you say %90 of moves have been thought of? So....that leaves %10 of bboys that are capable of being fully original? Look at Korea %90 all look the same.

[DayAtRots]

I've never seen Robin so intimidaded by someone

[asan]

@AKABboySushi The Ogyatanaa Show Band - Disco Africa its my favorite song hahaha took me forever to find the name awhile back

[Qobe]

I'm not a judge and i won't tell who won for me (it's for me),

Battle Born should stop thinking that they're most creative, legendary etc, Top 9 started dancing not yesterday!They're working hard and other crew in the world too, only if you're training longer that is not giving you option to disrespect or showing bites for many moves.

If Top 9 bited so much, who they was biting?There's many cretive bboys

And yes, we should respect each other, doesn't matter what opinion, moves etc

[Mrjorgegarciaify]

@seymourglass26 good shit yo, let those e-boy know who it is when you step into the battle ring.

[danielf]

Roland is creative and definitely dope I prefer rawness as well but he is different and gewd

[seymourglass]

I can't believe people are saying Roland bites Full Force. The cat's been bboying since the early 90s and is one of the freshest bboys who backs his talk up with insane creativity. If anything, Full Force bites him, though they're all Las Vegas cats who have been known to hang out, so it may just be a local influence. He may not be the nicest guy to battle, but neither is Marlon from Havikoro and he's dope too. Some older bboys just don't have patience for what they dislike and call it out.

[creation]

I thought Robin was the one always callin the bites... haha

[BboyKidKarmaTV]

@TheRolandBluntz don't need to apoligize for bringing the rawness to the battle. You guys are named Battle born because you were born to battle. You seemed prepared as much as the other team. Keep doin what you are doing bro. Much love, to both side of the battle.

[Gigabite]

I missed this battle
Its funny that chine man call all bites
Might after it robin begin call all bitr

[teejjesrai]

@TheRolandBluntz

Yeah I'm from Cali bro, but thank you for sharing your knowledge with me man. I'm always trying to learn my history and expand my knowledge of this dance. You're absolutely right about youtube and these other websites' discrepancies, I've progressively been trying to stop watching vids because I'm serious about practicing more now. And sure fuck the 90% then, working for the 10% will be tough but worth it. Where's B-boy summit at?

[ssaiyans]

it doesn't matter if you top rock on the beat, if your footwork is technical. if you don't belve me look at the bests bboys nowadays: wing, hong 10, thesis, no style, no flavor, just tons of sick moves

[MindfullMC]

@seymourglass26 It was sometime in the early 90s and after.. I was born in '91 though haha. I remember seeing some old footage of him and he was doing some of these moves then too, though they're much fresher now because of how long he's been doing it. LV has dope style though and I can see the influence.

[seymourglass]

@TheRealist I think you're right. He was in Headhunterz way back, but that's before my time for sure. I think he's been in LV for a while at this point.

[xLilRicePickerx]

Roland is dope. Lovin' the battle attitude.

[Sokyujo]

shiiiit man the roland ATN combo from battle born is seriously impressive, i wish they were in more high profile/international 2v2's because they have some ridiculous range

[TheVenomz]

@TheRolandBluntz

at least you back your shiz up. Can't be mad at you about that. Do what motivates you, Roland. Your freezes are art dude.

[pleasepaul]

dude battle born...
maddd props to them, they ripped it

[jony]

@atnasty Yo alright let me get straight what i was saying 1st no dis towards Battle Born or Full Force, But at 1:36 when you did the freeze, it immediately reminded me of the end freeze that the full force member did at the b1 finals 2007 against break disciples, but now that i look at it again i see the differences in the arm positions, so yea my bad, i was just in the heat of the moment lol