Battle of the Year Page #4

they are mostly known for having

a lot of individual

skills for battling.

They need to get together

as a crew and also overcome

that ego problem

that most of the b-boys have.

It's disastrous.

Sweet.

Yo.

Trying to be

the first one gone?

Sorry.

Flipz.

Grab a pair.

Yo!

Dream Team sweats?

(LAUGHS)

Sick!

Why you late, Flipz? Yo, nice

sweats, but what are these?

Baby Gap? That's cute. You think

you can take that to France?

FLIPZ:
Man, I just got here.

And you, look at these

pockets on your titties.

That sh*t ain't gonna

get you to France.

You know who's going to France?

I'm going to France.

(ALL CLAMORING)

(BLOWS WHISTLE)

What you talking about?

All right, everybody line up,

shoulder to shoulder! Move!

I said, move!

What the hell?

First day.

So this is how

we begin, huh?

At each other's throats.

There's two ways to have the

tallest building in the world.

One, build yourself

a giant-ass skyscraper.

Two...

...tear all the other

skyscrapers down.

We're here to build.

To build a team.

The quicker you get

that through your heads,

the better chance you got

of making that team.

Battle of the Year is your chance

to stand on top of the world.

But not if you keep

thinking small.

Not if you're just trying to prove you're

better than the b-boy next to you.

Hey, Coach,

I ain't got to prove sh*t.

I know I'm better than

the b-boy standing next to me.

Still running that mouth, bro?

Want to try and shut it?

Hey! Hey!

All right, that's it!

That's it!

That's enough!

You two got a problem?

Do Knock's just jealous of Rooster.

Hey!

I said, shut it!

Get back in line!

Get in line!

So you got to know

which one's the best, huh?

Well, let's clear

the decks and find out.

We're splitting into teams.

I need two captains.

Do Knock and Rooster,

surprise, surprise.

Pick your teams.

Double Trouble.

Anis, Flipz.

Kilowatt.

Same.

That's it, that's it!

Let's go!

I want to see a warm-up.

ALL:
Oh!

Get it, little man!

Get him out of there!

Let's go, baby!

What you doing, huh?

Work it out, work it out.

Coach, can I

ask you a question?

B-BOY:
Smoke him, Rooster!

If the idea is making these

guys a team, then...

Why have them battle?

Yeah.

Isn't there enough

bad blood already?

Just trying to figure out why

we're kicking the hornets' nest.

It's not like these guys

don't feel the pressure.

Wrong kind of pressure.

The right kind will

make them a team.

Let's go!

Let's go, baby!

I'm about to show

you how it's done.

Yeah, that's right, boy.

What?

Man, you ain't got nothing!

Yeah, get him!

Yeah, put it to him now.

Yo, Grifter,

what are you doing?

Yo, it's not even your turn.

That's so wack.

No one can requote this

No one is the dopest

Tell me if you smell me

Tell me you never felt me

I Coming on to help me

Not to overwhelm me

I Move your body

Back up. I got this.

I got this. I got this.

Bring it, whatever

Whatever the weather

I I never say never S

I just owned you! Oh, yeah!

(WHISTLE BLOWING)

Yeah!

That's all you got, kid?

And especially you, Rooster!

No more questions.

No more questions.

This is a joke, right?

I look like I'm joking?

Today's Friday, Grifter,

somebody's got to go.

Not me. Hell, no, not me, Coach.

Any one of them, yo.

Take your damn pick.

You are my pick.

I said we're

breaking into teams.

But you didn't become

part of a team, did you?

Yeah, but I just roasted them, Coach.

I smoked...

"I,I,I."

Everything out of you is "I"

You even understand

the concept of a team?

Might be a cliche, son,

but there is no "I" in team,

and there'll be

no "I" in this team.

This ain't no team,

this is a crew!

And obviously,

I'm better than anyone on it!

Congratulations.

Yo, Coach!

Coach!

Yo, I've taken shits

bigger than Do Knock.

Sisqo wannabe over there.

It's not right. Grifter

smoked him, roasted him.

That was cold, babe.

Coach fired off a warning shot.

Damn right.

Don't give

the man what he wants...

BOTH:
You will be gone.

Congratulations, Grifter.

You're the best.

Here's your bus pass.

You will be gone.

Too bad it wasn't Rooster.

Thank God it wasn't me.

Yeah, word.

Lot of kicks.

Oh, yeah.

My sister's husband's cousin's

mistress runs advertising for Puma,

so she hooked us up

with some gear.

Am I gonna have

a problem with those two?

Those two?

Catch up, Franklyn.

What's the deal with

Rooster and Do Knock?

They're in the middle

of a really heated Twitter war

right now, so...

The point?

They're like Shaq and Kobe.

They used to be real tight,

even ran a crew together.

So what happened?

You've seen them.

They both want

to be the man.

Got to be more

to it than that, man.

A while back, they were

both dating the same chick.

You know how that goes.

Two guys fall in love

with the same girl,

settle it with dance.

It's a tale as old as...

...as time.

We got new bags?

We got bags?

We all get one?

What?

Yo!

Hey!

Yo, listen up.

This came from Dante, man.

You know how much these cost?

These aren't cheap.

I know I can't afford it.

What? No way.

I got a PS Vita!

Are you serious? You can

control it from the back.

Yo, I got a shaver.

Yo, I needed this.

Rebel, you don't

have facial hair.

Hey, I'll trade you

my camera for that.

It's got everything.

It's like Christmas in here

right now, seriously.

(SIGHS)

MAN ON TELEVISION: The

criteria's to judge on are

choreography itself,

theme and music,

and if the crew

are synchronized.

So the top four crews

from the first rounds

are qualified for

the second round...

BLAKE:
It's real simple,

gentlemen.

You don't place among

the top four teams,

you don't even get a chance to

battle for the world championship.

In six weeks, we have an

exhibition against Russia.

For us to have any chance,

we must become a team.

And since we've been reminded

there's no "I" in team,

the word "I"

is now forbidden.

We will hereafter strike it

from our vocabulary.

Whenever the word "I" comes

out of one of your mouths,

the entire team will do 100 pushups.

(ALL GRUMBLE)

You will become "we,"

or we don't stand a chance.

(BLOWS WHISTLE) All right,

gentlemen, listen up.

We'll begin

this nice and easy.

All right, sync drills.

Everybody clear?

And five, six,

seven, eight!

Feel the guy next to you?

By the Battle of the Year, we should

be able to do this blindfolded.

You're messing me up, bro.

Shut up, man.

I'll smoke you.

Keep talking, I'm gonna bust your ass.

(BLOWS WHISTLE)

Did we hear

"I" over here?

You know what

to do, gentlemen.

ALL:
One, two...

All right, let's go, let's go!

Time is short here now!

Keep that formation tight.

There it is.

Right!

That's what

I'm talking about.

Now we're

getting somewhere.

All right, form your lines up.

Let's do it again.

Coach, we just did it, like...

Come on, man.

Hold on a second.

This is the Olympics

of our sport.

Sh*t is crazy.

What's that, Abbstarr?

Coach, no disrespect,

but b-boying is not a sport.

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