Why is the House Party dance battle so iconic?

[Neuromancer]

I love this movie period. But the dance battle has a special place cultural consciousness. Why is that?

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

Because it captured what time dancing and parties were really on back then. For people watching it in real time, it reflected life and they got a new dance out of it. As for watching it years later, it’s nostalgia because hip hop and the culture took a hard turn by 93 and all that dancing and fun music started dying out. It’s the perfect time capsule of an era in young black America

 

[God Of Art]

Because it captured what time dancing and parties were really on back then. For people watching it in real time, it reflected life and they got a new dance out of it. As for watching it years later, it’s nostalgia because hip hop and the culture too a hard turn by 93 and all that dancing and fun music started dying out. It’s the perfect time capsule of an era in young black America

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[ORDER_66]

Kid and play styled on them with that footwork...

 

[god shamgod]

My favorite scene in the movie with several good ones

 

[Rekkapryde]

Because it captured what time dancing and parties were really on back then. For people watching it in real time, it reflected life and they got a new dance out of it. As for watching it years later, it’s nostalgia because hip hop and the culture too a hard turn by 93 and all that dancing and fun music started dying out. It’s the perfect time capsule of an era in young black America

Mic Drop

 

[Ziggiy]

One of my top 5 movies of a time


The House Party trilogy, for how iconic it is, is STILL underrated in my opinion for its exploration of black male friendship, education, and entrepreneurship

 

[So-Chi]

Because it captured what time dancing and parties were really on back then. For people watching it in real time, it reflected life and they got a new dance out of it. As for watching it years later, it’s nostalgia because hip hop and the culture took a hard turn by 93 and all that dancing and fun music started dying out. It’s the perfect time capsule of an era in young black America

And there it is..

 

[RehReh]

The authenticity of the moment
What's a party without a dance clash

 

[7th Letter Specialist]

Umm...cuz that shyt was fun

 

[Ethnic Vagina Finder]

House Party - 1990. This was the tail end of the New Jack era. People actually danced a lot in clubs. And Kid N Play we’re known for dancing.

House Party 2 - 1991. The New Jack era was over. Hip hop was more pro black and conscious.

House Party 3 - 1994. This was a pure money grab. The hip hop landscape had changed drastically and it didn’t really fit with the other two.