Youth Radio - Topic: jerkin

The Four Steps to Jerkin

denise — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 12:20:27 -0500

Do you jerk or do you do the reject? A lot of people think by doing the reject they're jerkin, but in fact, the reject is one of four steps that make up the famous jerkin dance. The reject is a dance that you do with your feet. The logistics of it basically consist of stepping forward and stepping back—but it looks more elegant than that. The New Boyz joined forces with Hot Topic to create Jerk 101, a video that teaches the four steps to jerkin.

If you're going to join the jerkin movement make sure you've got the following steps locked down.

1) The Jerk

2) The Reject

3) The Dip

4) The Spin Drop

Once you've mastered these four steps you can successfully say you're jerkin

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Audio Push "Teach Me How To Jerk" [VIDEO]

wilmer — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:45:53 -0500

"You're A Jerk" , the smash hit by the New Boyz has everybody from West to East jerking to the song. Jerking is a new movement out of LA that includes dance, music, and its own style -- skinny, colorful jeans, fitted shirts, and colorful shoes. But what if you still don't know how to jerk? Don't trip, because now you can learn--unless you really have no rhythm.

There is a new song from Audio Push called "Teach Me How To Jerk". Even though it doesn't break down the steps to jerking, I have to admit that it sounds better than ,"Your'e A Jerk." The beat is better, the verses are better, and the video is better.

Check it out for yourself:

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Jeriel Bey Speaks On Turfin vs. Jerkin

Devonte Swag — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 12:35:31 -0500

All Day Play on Vimeo.

Before Jerkin, there was Turfin...

Jeriel Bey is the CEO of the turf dance group from Oakland,Ca known as the Architekz. This native Californian has seen dancing evolve from a perspective similar to that of Darwin. He gives Youth Radio reporter Pendarvis Harshaw an insightful look into his philosophy on the mutation of Californian dance moves.

Jerking: The L.A. Summer Dance Craze

skhan — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 18:03:34 -0500

In the past few years, hip-hop has moved from one dance craze to another. The new big thing on the streets in L.A. is “jerking” or "jerkin'". You may ask yourself, "What is jerkin'?" Well, this dance craze that's hitting the nation by storm all started in L.A. when two friends, Ben J and Legacy, made up a few funny dance moves. After the dance moves caught on, they decided to make a song to go with them, and the single “You’re a Jerk” by the New Boyz was born.

Their album will come out on August 16, on Asylum/Warner. Their official video on YouTube already has had 3,357,825 (and counting) views. Tons of young people have posted videos of themselves doing the dance. The youth around my neighborhood in L.A. have come up with variations on the "Jerk," including the "Sponge Bob," the "Reject," and the "Tippy Toe." I bet the New Boyz never thought their song-and-dance would be such a great hit.

Here is a video that shows you how to do regular jerking and some of the variations I listed above. (Note: Thanks to Rebel Kid for letting us use his song "Hazardous" instead of "You're a Jerk," which we can't use in its entirety because of copyright law).

When I was looking around in my neighborhood to shoot some video of people jerking, I asked one of my friends who I should approach, and he told me "You can't just ask anybody, You have to look at how people dress." Jerk style is skinny jeans and colorful clothes. It's true: I noticed that every time I asked a person wearing skinny jeans, they knew how to jerk. Legacy has said that their "style and music connect because they're both so different to the game [...] everything complements each other." Jerking is basically hip-hop and skater style rolled into one. The beats are hip-hop, but the fashion is skater. The beats are like hip-hop because of the bass line. The fact that the dance is just as important as (and maybe more popular than) the song is part of what hip-hop is all about. According to will.i.am of the Black Eyed Peas, "Hip-hop became big business and had to be marketed and sold far beyond the nightclubs where it had begun. But even if hip-hop was no longer traditional dance music, dancing never really left."

I personally don't really like the music, so I thought I'd ask my neighbors what they thought. They didn't think the song "You're a Jerk" was all that great. They thought that the dance move was "stupid" even though they did it pretty well. Maybe the record label thought it was a great idea, and then it spread for some crazy reason throughout the music community. These days, it seems as if musicians write songs about anything. At this point in time, everyone thinks they know how to sing..

Maybe jerking is a trend for mainstream audiences, but if you ask me and my friends, I don't think that this trend is going to last long.

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