TEC!: HARLEM SHAKE! ANOTHER HIP HOP DIMENSION.THE STORY BEHIND THE TREND.

"con los terroristas", meaning ''with the terrorists'' in Spanish, is the voice of the female you hear on YouTube as people from various parts of the world have been uploading videos of themselves shaking awkwardly to the song of American DJ Baauer titled ''Harlem Shake''. This trend started when a group in Australia known as The Sunny Coast Skate (T.S.C.S) uploaded this video on the web, this has become an Internet trend thanks to YouTube, over forty thousand various videos of the shake has been uploaded and the upload load rate is increasing at a very amazing rate with over 175 million views so far. This is another global trend that has gained its roots from Hip Hop as the song '' Harlem Shake'' is a fusion of UK Bass, Hip Hop and Trap, Trap own its own originated from the southern Hip Hop called Crunk. It will amaze you to know that the original dance known as the ''Harlem Shake'' is in no way related to the Internet Meme that is trending right now. Now lets take a look at Harlem Shake from its origin ''The Dance'' and ''The Song''

HARLEM SHAKE. THE ORIGINAL DANCE

The original dance known as Harlem Shake was introduced in 1981 in Harlem,New York by a guy named Al B, the dance was initially called the Albee dance, it was later named the Harlem Shake as it spreads to other urban areas. The Harlem Shake gained mainstream attention in 2001 when it was featured by then Bad Boy Records artist G Deep in his music video ''Lets Get It'' as seen above. This dance also gave birth to a similar dance called 'The Chicken Noodle Soup'' dance. Originated by DJ Webstar from his song with the same title, this dance also originates from Harlem. The funny thing is, alot of us know the Harlem Shake dance quite well but we dint know it by its real name, this dance has been featured in numerous videos and often used my dancers in competitions. Seeing the real Harlem Shake dance, it becomes clear that the ''internet meme'' has nothing in common with the original dance by that name,we can hypothetically conclude that the trend is clearly associated solely to the Song ''Harlem Shake'' and not the popular dance routine that already goes by that name.This brings us to the song.

HARLEM SHAKE THE SONG

The song was released in May 2012 by DJ Baauer an American, real name Harry Rodrigues, after almost a year the song finally garnered attention on February 2013 when the TSCS uploaded their video on YouTube. The song like i earlier said is a fusion of Hip Hop,Bass and Trap. DJ Baauer started producing at the age of 13 and is highly influenced by Hip Hop and Dance Music. The Harlem Shake was shelved by the Record Label as a result of the initial unsatisfactory impact of the song, it was however released on iTunes in January 2013. DJ Baauer and his record label started making money from the song via YouTube via its ''Monetize'' package and on the 26 of February DJ Baauer's Label Mad Decent signed a deal with Warner Bros records for the worldwide distribution of the song. All this happening in less than a month is a tremendous breakthrough for this producer and we can rightly call this an overnight success. I hope the TSCS gets a handsome reward for taking the song to another level with their funny video, little did they know they were going to turn around the life of a young man far away in the United States. Yeah! Such is life.

For the records, let it be stated here that there is also a musical band of five members that go with this same name. Weather its Harlem Shake the song or the Dance or the Internet meme, The name will always be remembered as one of the phenomenons that moved the world and brought a lot of people together for the purpose of fun and excitement, as even protesters in some Arab countries like Tunisia have given the trend a new meaning using it as a method of sending out their message in a peaceful yet humorous way. Lets emphasize here that in all the forms of the Harlem Shakes, dance or song, you cannot take away the influence of Hip Hop from its creation, Hip Hop is growing everyday and it keeps manifesting in different dimensions and sensations, Hip Hop is ruling the world, this is why I LOVE HIP HOP.