The kink kronikles rapidshares. CD and DVD The first ever CD issue of the classic debut album by arguably the most recognisable B-Boy / Breakdancing acts ever. Originally released in 1984, Ready For Battle contains the smash hit single ‘(Hey You) The Rock Steady Crew’ – (UK #6) and follow-up electro B-Boy classics ‘Uprock’ and ‘She’s Fresh’. “Ready For Battle” was one of the first albums to be produced and co-written by the legendary producer Stephen Hague who went on to work with the Pet Shop Boys, Jimmy Somerville, Erasure, Holly Johnson, OMD and many, many more. This special 2-disc collector’s edition contains the full original 7 track album as well as all the associated single edit, remix and instrumental variants that were issued at the time, making this a definitive and comprehensive collection of all the recordings made by the Rock Steady Crew at the height of their music career. Also includes extensive sleeve-notes and a full colour 16 page booklet. Also included is a DVD containing the 2 existing original promotional videos that showcase all the famous breakdance moves that the Rock Steady Crew were famous for – the first act to take breakdance crew battles off the streets of New York and into the commercial mainstream! Press:- “Early exponents of the ‘turtle’, ‘spider’ and ‘coffee grinder’, South Bronx breakdance posse Rock Steady Crew remain best known for their brief incarnation as a six-piece rap act.

Signed by Charisma Records and released the album, 'Ready for Battle' where they reached top 10 in great Britain (for their hits 'Hey you Rock Steady Crew' and 'Uprock') and sold over 1 million copies.

(3/5*) Rupert Howe (Q Magazine, August 2012) “ Lino acrobatics were their forte, not droppin’ science, but this pop-electro is still fresh”. 3/5* (MOJO, August 2012).

Breakdance: Rock Steady Crew: History and Noday.Should I shoot his bitch, or make the nigga rich? Don't wanna commit murder, but damn they got me trapped. Breakdance Advertising: Rock Steady Crew: History and Noday Rock Steady Crew is a breakdancing crew and hip hop group that was established in the Bronx borough of New York City in 1977.

The New York Times calls the Rock Steady Crew 'the foremost breakdancing group in the world today'. History The original founders were Jimmy D and Jojo, two early popularizers of breakdancing. Although breakdancing has since become a well-known subculture, in the late 1970s it was little known outside of New York, as such their early rivals were from the other boroughs of New York. In the beginning, membership in the crew was only granted by battling with another Rock Steady member; it was a competition few people won. In 1979 when b-boying or 'breakdancing' was beginning to die down, Jimmy D added Crazy Legs and Lenny Len to the crew. This fresh talent came at a critical time for the crew, if it had not been for these fresh new faces Rock Steady quite possibly would have ended then.

Crazy Legs then was living in Manhattan and would return to the Bronx on the weekends to 'hang with the boys', but that eventually became too expensive. At that point Crazy Legs began to explore the hip hop scene in Manhattan, this meant losing contact with some of the other members of Rock Steady. Crazy Legs wanted to start a crew of his own and went back to the Bronx to get Jimmy D's permission to start a new Rock Steady chapter in Manhattan. Unable to find Jimmy D he instead joined Rockwell Association (a competitor to Rock Steady) on suggestion of his cousin Lenny Len. They immediately added him to their crew and gave him a chapter in Manhattan. The Rock Steady Crew circa 1981 It was not until the early part of 1981 that Crazy Legs finally got permission from Jimmy D to start a chapter of the Rock Steady Crew in Manhattan.