Ignited by the cultural movement of hip-hop, a musical scene evolved devoted to making danceable tracks and beats for its dancers. The dancers would dance during breaks at block parties, so the new music would repeat the breaks indefinitely and would be specially designed for dancing repeatedly. Often, the music would contain very little lyrics, and was full of beat-boxing and scratching. Samples were frequent as well. This sub-genre of hip-hop is referred to as breaking or breakdance. The term breakdance evolved later and was used by mainstream America to refer to breakers, or b-boys, that were breaking on cardboard and concrete all across America ... .
