Schloss's article on B-Boy culture is one is told from Joseph Schloss, who has been involved in participant observation of the culture by learning how to b-boy as well as being involved with the hip hop culture in general since 1987. Schloss's article also focuses on the aspects of b-boy culture, such as: the deejay and its role in b-boying; the b-boy musical elements of popular b-boy songs and elements common in those songs; the b-boy canon, classic b-boy songs that Schloss views as a canon on material; and the dancing itself. The article as a whole shows another aspect of hip-hop culture that is not nearly as scholarly extensive as the purely musical and lyrical aspects of hip hop.
One question I have is, is the level of difficultly of b-boying the reason that it hasn't fully integrated into pop culture or is it pop culture's resistance to anything other than basic dance what keeps it somewhat underground?
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