The Missy Elliott challenge gave all the crews something to stand out on.
First, I’ll start with SoReal Cru. Wow, I must admit this is one of their more creative performances and I was impressed. They lived up to their slow-jam choreography and it worked well with the song. I love the way they recreated the girl-on-wall part with Ailyn and Jackie. Also the part with the girls going slow and pushing the guys away. That was very nice. The intro was very interesting and it made me see that it wasn’t KABA-LIKE at all, it was SOREAL-LIKE. I must disagree with JC because the moves may not look hard from another point of view but incorporating the moves is a different story. I do find the moves they did very hard. I hope this doesn’t hurt them in votes next week, because the final 3 crews had nothing really wrong this week. As I said from last week, I needed SoReal Cru to make them stand out to me. This was the week they stood out to me.
Now on to Super Cr3w. I liked their performance this week. Another crew who also worked their butts off to be in the top, despite what people say that their a cheap knock-off of Jabba. LET ME SAY THIS, THIS IS SECOND SEASON PEOPLE! NONE OF THESE CREWS ARE TRYING TO COMPETE WITH THE STAR POWER OF JABBA! THEY’RE TRYING TO MAKE THEIR OWN NAME TO BE THE “NEXT” DANCE CREW. Back to Super Cr3w, I liked the intro in the beginning. I also noticed that the final 3 crews had amazing intros this week. But back to that, their intro was like week 1 except BIGGER. I liked that. And the ending was very fun to see. That’s group work. This is gonna be tough next week for sending who will be in the bottom 2.
Now onto the bottom 2 crews. Considering last week’s performances, I agree why America sent them into the bottom 2.
First off Boogie Bots. Overall, a nice performance. I like the handstand freeze and the wiggle walk. I do agree with all the judges on this one. They had bad timing on some of the moves and aside from the wiggle walk, there was not much I saw that was “Missy Material”. And Lil Mama was right, Boogie Bots have exciting MOMENTS but that doesn’t come throughout the entire performance. I had read that Boogie Bots had changed their performance last minute, creating an entire new routine because they felt it wasn’t Boogie Bots. I respect them for trying to stay true to their name but this late in the game, stick to the challenge given and perform it. You can still find a way to respresent yourself well and still own the challenge.
Now onto Fanny Pak. I have high bets on this group, thats for sure. They had the best performance tonight hands down. I like the history this group has. It’s very difficult to change America’s view on this dance show because most fans sway towards the hiphop style. But Fanny Pak has finally gotten through to America and showed them what beautiful variety is out there. Overall, an amazing performance. The intro (intros are really on the Tee tonight!) was in your face and I loved it. I love the red tape part, floating Tifanni and they did surprise us with what came out of the Fanny Pack! This performance was a major step up from last week’s messy breakdown. The callout to Super Cr3w means business to Fanny Pak. Their here to take it. The way they used Cara as a gong was fun to see. This group got the standing ovation, the first of both seasons of ABDC and they deserved it. AND YES FANNY PAK HOMOPHOBS GET YOUR HEADS OUT OF YOUR ASSES, STRAIGHT OR NOT THIS GROUP IS ONE OF THE BEST.
After seeing Boogie Bots and Fanny Paks performances, the obvious choice to stay is Fanny Pak. But I do respect Boogie Bots because their entire run in the competition has been rocky, but has been good as well. I have enjoyed their performances and will be hoping to see them in the finale.
FINAL THOUGHTS,
The final 3 may have repeating history from last season with one exception. Fanny Pak is not a Status Quo! They have proven they can dance but still bring flavor with their creative style. No need for a recount here people. The final 3 deserve to be the final 3. Rocky road for all 3 crews but it has paid off. As for next week, guessing from the standing ovation for Fanny Pak they will be final 2. As for Super Cr3w and SoReal, its going to break my heart for who has to go home. This is one of those times you wish you had a crew you thought was so bad in the final 3 it would be that easy to send them home and watch the other crew move to the final 2. But this is not the case. All these crews can f*ckin dance (sorry for language) and is different in their own right. This season may not be as hyped as last season, but the closing episodes are much more better than last seasons because we know this is gonna be the battle of the TOUGHEST CREWS. At least this time, the final 3 are FORREAL. No arguement here. I apologize for the rant but I’m a little fired up.





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August 3, 2008 at 6:06 pm
andyadontstop
i agree that fanny pak is no status quo…they were not deserving last season of being in the final 2. congrats on the new blog!
one tip, make sure you list “america’s best dance crew” all together as a tag. seperating the words doesn’t get you on the tag page as:
wordpress.com/tags/americasbestdancecrew
peace
August 6, 2008 at 6:04 am
Peter Gonzaga
Fanny Pak Gets Their Freak On
By Peter Gonzaga
Burbank, CA – Looking back at the last episode (Thursday, July 31, 2008) of “Randy Jackson Presents America’s Best Dance Crew,” Fanny Pak definitely wowed Missy Elliott with their challenge of recreating her “Get Ur Freak On” video. All the judges were blown away by Fanny Pak as they stepped up their game and showed that they are a definitely a dance crew to contend with. After their performance, I was able to join in their celebration of their triumphant success of their challenge and sneak in a few questions.
PG: Hey guys, how’s it going?
Fanny: Great! (Megan Lawson sticks out her tongue)
Great tongue action Megan.
PG: Missy Elliott is creative as anyone can get. How were you guys able to take the creativity of her video and make it a Fanny Pak video?
Matt Cady: Especially that it was Missy Elliott, we had to push ourselves creatively as we’ve never pushed ourselves before. We listened to the song, got the feel for the song and we got the video that we wanted. It’s very dark. We never went that route before. We haven’t gone that strictly modern almost hip-hop number and that’s where we pulled our inspiration from this video.
PG: Shane mentioned about the crawling backwards move on the hands and feet. Who came up with that?
Cara Horibe: That was from “The Exorcist.”
PG: Did it just come into your mind?
Cara Horibe: We were all trying to brainstorm and come up the weirdest f**kin blank. The first thing that came into my mind was Exorcist so I was like, “It would’ve been amazing if we came down some staircase.” I think that would have been a little scary and a little short for time.
PG: With all the moves of this performance, what was the hardest to execute?
Matt Cady: Glenda’s flips.
Glenda Morales: Nah, not that.
Fanny Pak: The tape!
Phill Collins: You can’t tell if the tape falls off. If you’re sweaty, the tape falls off before you start pulling it off.
Beau Fournier: Girl, then we got a free wax job. I think some of my hairs were on it. My lips were burning.
PG: So the whole time with the tape, you had trouble with that?
Beau Fournier: Well, I learned to tuck my lips to do it. It still hurt.
Matt Cady: He has a nice mustache and it tugged a little.
PG: Did you notice Missy Elliott get into your routine? It was like you did your own video and she was awed by it. How did you guys feel about it when she gave you all those props?
Matt Cady: That’s the best feeling in the world!
Glenda Morales: It’s Missy Elliott!
Megan Lawson: It’s an honor because we were definitely excited about that video.
PG: Imagine if she did a remix of the video and had you guys star in it!
Fanny Pak: Aargh. Yeah!
Megan Lawson: I would probably die.
Phill Collins: Missy Elliott is one of my favorite artists.
Cara Horibe : If that happened that would be the best thing we got out of this even if we won!
Check out photos of Fanny Pak at pacificrimphotopress.com
January 15, 2009 at 11:23 pm
RACHELLE
I LOVE APRIL & JOESAR. AND I WANT TO MEET BOTH OF THEM SO THAT THEY CAN UNDERSTAND ME MORE.