Video: Favorite ABDC6 performances -- Group Performance - "6 Foot 7 Foot"

Several weeks ago, we surveyed our readers on their favorite performances from America's Best Dance Crew Season 6. We've already posted clips from the top 10 favorite performances of the season; now we're featuring the other notable performances, including the favorite performance for each crew (if it wasn't already in the Top 10) and the favorite group performance.  

The favorite group performance for the season occurred the first week when IaMmE, Phunk Phenomenon, ReQuest, Street Kingdom, and Eclectic Gentlemen danced to Lil Wayne's "6 Foot 7 Foot". Here the official MTV video. Click here to watch the full performance. Thanks to  Mike C for all the links.

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Video: Favorite ABDC6 performances -- Eclectic Gentlemen's "Fireman"

 Several weeks ago, we surveyed our readers on their favorite performances from America's Best Dance Crew Season 6. We've already posted clips from the top 10 favorite performances of the season; now we're featuring the other notable performances, including the favorite performance for each crew (if it wasn't already in the Top 10) and the favorite group performance. 

Unfortunately for us, we only saw one performance from Eclectic Gentlemen: their dance to Lil Wayne's "Fireman". Here's the official MTV clip. Click here to watch the full performance starting at 26:19. Thanks to Mike C for all the links.

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Video: Eclectic Gentlemen members freestyle behind the scenes at ABDC Finale & Jason Derulo video

Though we didn't see much of Eclectic Gentlemen during America's Best Dance Crew's Season 6, they're making up for it with post-season videos. The latest: EC members Genesis and Juice free-style at the taping of the ABDC6 finale and at the taping of a Jason Derulo video shoot.

Video: Eclectic Gentlemen freestyle

Here's a new video from Eclectic Gentlemen (ABDC Season 6) showing their individual skills. From InsidetheCypher Youtube.

Mailbox videos: We are Heroes Interview/performance; Eclectic Gentlemen workshop; DavidSeanJason's project

-- Innervision Filmworks interviews and shows We are Heroes (ABDC4 champions) warming up and performing. They talk about their pride in winning America's Best Dance Crew, their styles, dance inspirations, how they've changed since Season 5 and  their current projects.  Click here to watch. Thanks for the tip,Mike!

-- Two members of Eclectic Gentlemen taught workshop sessions, in some of their first appearances after leaving ABDC6. Click here to watch

--Reader/contributor David Sean Jason created a beginners dance recital for a senior project,  "mainly for the enjoyment of seeing whether or not he could do it being a person with little or no dance experience. He wanted it posted here for constructive criticism --positive or negative". So click here to watch and please leave comments!

Our surveys say: IaMmE won ABDC's Lil Wayne Challenge

Over 1100 votes were cast in our polls for most popular and least popular crews during the ABDC Season 6 premiere. Results:

• Out of 1448 votes, IaMmE was the clear winner for most favorite performance with 52% of the vote. Phunk Phenomenon and ReQuest were tied with 15%. Click here to see the survey.
• Out of 1175 votes, Eclectic Gentlemen and Street Kingdom tied for least favorite performance (36%), followed by ReQuest (11%), IaMmE (9%), and Phunk Phenomenon (5%). Click here to see the survey

One more: Zekeish's review of ABDC6's Lil Wayne Challenge

Given the number of people interested in writing America's Best Dance Crew reviews this season, I will probably need to combine posts (as done with the episode recaps) starting later this week. Here's one more read-worthy review:

Hey there BABDC community, this is Zeke aka Zekeish. I saw the reviews online and decided to jump on the opportunity to write a review of my own. This episode of ABDC was historic, epic, mind blowing and amazing all in one. I have yet to miss a single episode of ABDC and I must say, this was the best season premiere yet. I have involved myself heavily in dance in the past couple years after getting inspired by the JabbawockeeZ in season 1. My style of dance encompasses more than just one genre, I pop, hype, wave, krump and im learning how to break a little. So I have a little respectability in that regard.

Click here to read Zekeish's unconventional rating scale and his review of the group number and the individual performances by IaMmE, Phunk Phenomenon, ReQuest, Eclectic Gentlemen, and Street Kingdom. Thanks Zekeish!

Dance's Review of ABDC6's Lil Wayne Challenge

Hi everyone! This is Dance and I hope you'll enjoy reading my review. Feel free to agree or disagree with my comments. It's great when someone can show me a perspective that is different from my own. Thank you for taking the time to read my review!

Click here to read Dance's review and ratings for America's Best Dance Crew's Lil Wayne Challenge performances by IaMmE, Phunk Phenomenon, ReQuest, Eclectic Gentlemen, and Street Kingdom. Thanks, Dance!

More back-stage coverage of ABDC6 tapings: DanceOn, DancePlug, Pacific Rim

There were many interviews backstage for the ABDC 6 tapings. Besides our coverage, you should check out the interviews from:
-- Pacific Rim: Eclectic Gentlemen, IaMmE, Phunk Phenomenon, ReQuest, Street Kingdom
-- Dance Plug: Eclectic Gentlemen, IaMmE, Phunk Phenomenon, ReQuest, Street Kingdom
-- And this compilation from DanceOn:

Ninjaboi's review of ABDC's Lil Wayne Challenge

Can it be? Yes it can! Ninjaboi makes his return to BABDC.  Well, at least the review part of his job here on the site. For those of you who don’t know me, I’m Ninjaboi.  Nice to meetcha.  I’m a moderator here on the site so I get to read all your comments.  I also help Nancy out with posting. One thing I did last season was to write up reviews of each episode, which for some reason people really liked. *confused*  I guess I’m back, due to popular demand?

And for those of you are gonna question where this whippersnapper gets the authority to judge crews like this… Well, I’m just a human being like ya’ll who happens to be decent at putting his thoughts together in writing, combined with analytical skills.  I’m also a bboy (Reppin Freaks of the Beat), and a popper. So I hope you at least consider these humble opinions of mine when looking at the crews.

Click here for Ninjaboi's rating scale and review of the performances in the Lil Wayne Challenge by IaMmE, Phunk Phenomenon, ReQuest, Eclectic Gentlemen, and Street Kingdom. Thanks Ninjaboi!

Video: Eclectic Gentlemen talk about ABDC, show their audition routine and ABDC rehearsals

WildaBeast and K.love of Eclectic Gentlemen posted a video talking about their ABDC experience, what they're planning to do next, and thanking their fans and viewers. There's also footage of their ABDC6 audition and their rehearsals for the Lil Wayne Challenge. From beast9688 Youtube.

One of my least favorite aspects of America's Best Dance Crew is that the first few episodes of every season usually sends a worthy crew home much too soon. I was looking forward to watching Eclectic Gentlemen on ABDC for longer, and hope to watch them perform live in the near future.

Video: Eclectic Gentlemen interview after ABDC elimination

Layla Kayleigh talked to Eclectic Gentlemen backstage after their elimination on the Lil Wayne Challenge of America's Best Dance Crew Season 6. They talk about their disappointment and feeling that they weren't given adequate chance to show their skills, and thank their fans and MTV for the chance. Posted on MTV's Remote Control.

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BJhayPinoy's Review of ABDC6's Ep. 1: The Lil Wayne Challenge

Hey Guys! It's BJhayPinoy back with the hourly reviews (for the most part created in an hour or a little more). I create these reviews in about an hour so please excuse my typos, errors, and grammatical flaws.  Usually, I include a ranking of what I believed to be the best performances right down to the worst performances, but for the first two episodes I'll keep it as only a review + criticism.

Click here to read his full review of IaMmE,  Phunk Phenomenon, ReQuest, Eclectic Gentlemen, and Street Kingdom. Thanks BJhayPinoy!

Backstage interview with Eclectic Gentlemen before the ABDC6 premiere

Chris Trondsen and Brian Puspos (Mos Wanted Crew, Architeks) interview Eclectic Gentlemen before the taping of America's Best Dance Crew's first episode. They talk about the bow ties they always wear and how they're dealing with the tension. Thanks to Scott Yoshimoto and MOVeMEDIA Productions for working with us this season!

Video: ABDC6 Episode 1 Group Performance

MTV (and some intrepid Youtubers) posted the group performance for ABDC6's Lil Wayne Challenge. So, here for the first time on the America's Best Dance Crew stage are IaMmE, Eclectic Gentlemen, ReQuest, Phunk Phenomenon, and Street Kingdom.Thanks Brett, Taff1013 and numerous commenters!

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Video: Brian Puspos and Chris Trondsen's ABDC6 Ep. 1 'Preview show'

Brian Puspos (Mos Wanted Crew, Architeks) joined Chris Trondsen in the backstage interviews for America's Best Dance Crew Season 6's first two tapings. We have interviews with all the crews who performed that day and some other surprises and will post them soon. But we're starting with Brian and Chris' Pre-show, where they talk about the crews that would perform on the show airing April 7 -- IaMmE, Eclectic Gentlemen, Phunk Phenomenon, ReQuest, and Street Kingdom -- and what they're looking forward to seeing. Our videography partner this season: Scott Yoshimoto's MOVeMedia Productions.

Non-spoiler reports from the taping for Thursday's show

Here's some brief non-spoilery news about the episode that will air on this Thursday, from TimeToFlytoThe Cheese, Crazed Beats, and YoYoYo. I promised MTV that I would hold off all reporting about the April 14 episode until after the April 7 one aired, so I'll post Yoo's report early next week. Thanks guys!
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From TTFTTC and Crazed Beats: Five crews performed --Street Kingdom, Eclectic Gentlemen,.I.aM.mE, Phunk Phenomenon, and ReQuest...The five crews danced to Lil Wayne songs and they were all amazing!!! I think the judges had the hardest decision for this one. But somebody had to go. New stage, new judge, and new crews are gonna take this show to a whole new level. 

From YoYoYo (edited by Nancy): 

• IaMmE was up first.....very clean and sharp...Their story is that Jaja is not from america and she left home to dance in America  
• Phunk Phenomenon were like Rhythm City meets Phresh Select...very versatile crew. Their story is that the leaders' father passed away and it was his dream for his boys to be on the show.    
• Request-  very clean, sharp, and hard....story is that Kaili has a birthmark on her face and she always felt self conscious
• Eclectic Gentlemen- they had fireman....they were very clean and versatile with tricks and isos and popping
• Street Kingdom-everyone SK knew was at the taping. They did free-style the whole time 

Video: Eclectic Gentlemen's ABDC promo

Eclectic Gentlemen are getting ready for America's Best Dance Crew Season 6. They've posted a video with individual member free-styles. On the video, they say to watch on April 14; that may be the date that their crew is first featured, but Season 6  premieres on April 7. From iDejANCE Youtube.  Thanks for the link, Zekeish.

ABDC6 Preview by Names are Overrated: What to expect from the crews

 Hi there BBDC readers! Names are overrated here, bringing you a little preview of the upcoming season of America’s Best Dance Crew. I’ve watched videos of each of the competing crews and formed my opinions on what their strengths are and what they need to work on in order to find success on the show. Feel free to agree or disagree in the comments below!

787 Crew-San Juan, Puerto Rico
Strengths-This season’s trick crew hails from Puerto Rico. 787 is insanely athletic. Their tricks are unique and exciting and they give us creative visuals. America has shown that they have loved tricks in the past, so combined with their Puerto Rican fan base, 787 has the potential to go far.
What they need to do if they want to go far-While their tricks and visuals are very entertaining, their choreography could be crisper and cleaner. Tighten up the choreo, and they’ll be golden.

Click here to read the rest, including analysis and video for Eclectic Gentlemen, FootworKINGz, IaMmE, ICONic Boyz, Instant Noodles, JAG6ED, Phunk Phenomenon, ReQuest, and Street Kingdom. 

Get to know the ABDC6 Top 10 -- Lots of links for Info and videos

To help you prepare for the new season of America's Best Dance Crew and our next contest, here's a summary of recent links about the crews:

• The Official press release
• 787 Crew: information and video of audition routine; interview at Hip Hop International 2010
• Eclectic Gentlemen (who auditioned as Oceans 11): information and video submission to ABDC Casting;  interview and dance demo at auditions
• FootworKINGz: info and World of Dance video; America's Got Talent performance video
• IaMmE: Note: most of their older group performances are currently not available due to a dispute with Youtube info and "Brain Bang"; Del's interview with the crew; new "Bang" group video
• Iconic Boyz: Info and video promotional trailer; Live to Dance performance
• Instant Noodles: info and Hip Hop International performance; 2010 San Diego Best Dance Crew competition; 2010 World of Dance Pomona performance
• JAG6ED: info and promotional video; Maxt Out performance
• Phunk Phenomenon: info and video of Hip Hop International performance; 2010 Prelude EC performance;  2009 Prelude EC performance;
• ReQuest: info and recent video; recent performance with part of their audition routine; winning performance at Hip Hop International 2010; videos at ABDC6 auditions including interview and dance samples
• Street Kingdom: info and recent video; interview and dance demo at ABDC6 auditions