Looking at that list, I'm just going to do this:



...and move on. At least I didn't have any respect left for BET to lose.

BT11 said:

VenusBlingBling said:

Let's Jam Venus!!!

lilgish said:

This list is a freaking joke. Chris Brown rank HIGHER than Janet, Bobby Brown, Hammer, Tina Turner, AND Omarion.

New thread please!

qvgangsta18 said:

Exactly.
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TonyVanDam said:

It's a complete and total joke... whoever made this list happen, this is 4 u:

and



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LittleBLUECorvette said:

Preach it brotha! And lets not forget about Jeffery Daniel

In fact, what about the three main stars of Breakin' 1 & 2?!?


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theodore said:

ECW-style!!!
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TonyVanDam said:

What's ECW?

Come to think of it, where the hell is Damian "Crazy Legs" Hall of Guy? That brotha could get down!

theodore said:

The original Extreme Championship Wrestling, where every match was a hardcore match.

TonyVanDam said:

A Tony, are you related to Rob Van Dam. That'll be cool as I'm New Jacks' nephew.

TonyVanDam said:

I guess

MICHAEL JACKSON NUMBER 1

LittleBLUECorvette said:

No. But I use "Van Dam" as part of my stagename in honor of Rob Van Dam (one of my Top 10 all-time favorite pro wrestlers).

TonyVanDam said:

Cool I'm not really New Jacks nephew.

GangstaFam said:

Prove!

AlexdeParis said:

Another example would be the late 1970s/early 1980s version of "Crazy Legs" -- Jeffrey Daniel of Shalamar fame (who was doing The Moonwalk way before Michael Jackson, you zealots).

AND WHERE IN THE HELL IS SAMMY DAVIS JR. ON THE LIST ?!?!
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theAudience said:

BET should said the list fall in line with its scope, such as "the top dancers in R&B and rap history." That would have made the scope popular recording acts and would have cut out the accomplished dancers such as Alvin Ailey, Sammy Davis Jr. et al. Instead, it became an ill-defined mess.
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It's the Nicholas Brothers all the way for me. Prince has definitely watched and learned. Check them out here:
http://www.youtube.com/wa...8yGGtVKrD8
90 Secs of Cab calloway, then the boys do their thang.

andymacfunky said:

EXACTLY!!!! To this day this footage give me chills it's so incredibly amazing. They defy gravity and everything. Now how is it they're not number one? Can MJ do that?
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Najee said:

And Bill Bailey was doing the moonwalk way before Jeffrey Daniel.
http://www.youtube.com/wa...RByZlHS6GE 1.30
It's not a matter of who did what first. Michael Jackson improved the moonwalk and brought it to the mainstream.
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wonder505 said:

You all keep missing the point. Michael ranks high as he did because he completely revolutionized dance culture. The Moonwalk has got to be the most well known dance move ever. Of course I am aware that he did not invent it, but he was the one that brought it to the masses. MJ is the one that made the moonwalk famous.


...And I agree that The Nicholas Brothers & Cab Colloway were amazing & I wouldn't have minded if they had placed at #1 but you have to take into account not only how talented of a dancer someone is, but the impact they had. MJ danced with The Nicholas Brothers on "The Jacksons Variety Show" and more than held his own with them, but anyway who's had a bigger impact and inspired more people than MJ when it comes to dancing? Okay nobody so he (along with Janet) deserves the high ranking that he always gets when it comes to his dancing for that reason alone.

This list was really bogus. Somebody tell me if i'm crazy to think that Puffy didn't even deserve to be on this list? Since when did folks consider him a talented dancer? How can Puffy even be included on this list when Sammy Davis, Jr. is nowhere to be found??? That's a mockery. And how in the hell did Chris Brown become a better dancer than Tina Turner, Gregory Hines, or Cab Calloway? I mean are we really suppose to be taking this list seriously??? I was really surprised for them to not include Debbie Allen, Josephine Baker, or Ben Vereen. BET is really a joke.

And where on the list are non-Americans? Are all the greatest dancers from the US?

VenusBlingBling said:

Shakira

missfee said:

No, you're not crazy. I didn't even know he was a dancer!
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UCantHavaDaMango said:

I Puff made the list because he danced in videos in the late 80's/early 90's, why not Flex "Michael Jackson" Washington and Jermaine Dupri. They danced in a ton of videos back then too.


Shit if BET does a 25 greatest musicians of all-time, I better see Bill "Sax man" Clinton on the list or i'll be upset.

lilgish said:

How could I forget? Sorry, my mistake.

VenusBlingBling said:

For REAL. . .