D-Town Boogie: The Do It Ourself Video

Here at DC9 this week, we took Pete's cover story to heart, especially this dig DJ Drop takes at folks in night clubs who try out the D-Town Boogie dances: "You can tell the people that are doing it right off YouTube. They're doing it right off the instructions."To those...

By Patrick Michels

December 1, 2008

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Here at DC9 this week, we took Pete's cover story to heart, especially this dig DJ Drop takes at folks in night clubs who try out the D-Town Boogie dances: "You can tell the people that are doing it right off YouTube. They're doing it right off the instructions."

To those of us who'd never seen the Rack Daddy or the Ricky Bobby in a club, that sounded like a challenge. Below, see a few of the dances for yourself, as performed by our in-house dance crew. And after the jump, check the Youtube versions we're swagger-jacking here.

For further study, check out these videos on YouTube -- many, for whatever reason, also shot in a parking lot. Go figure.

Rack Daddy
My Dougie
Soulja Boy and Lil Wil perform My Dougie (Live)
Do The Ricky Bobby
Do Da Stanky Legg

--Patrick Michels

Patrick Michels

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