The Dynamic Breakers were a hip-hop music and breakdancing group from Queens, New York whose members consisted of Airborne (born Jose Lopez), Flip (born Juan Barranco), Kano (born Milton Torres) and Spider (born Cliff Lyons). They also had another breakdancer named Duce (born Julio Martinez from New Jersey), signature move was the doo-rag-enhanced extra long headspin.
The guys were all teammates on their high school gymnastics team and formed their own crew after they were given the opportunity to sign to a management company.
Under their new management, the Dynamic Breakers began putting together routines they choreographed and got their big break when they appeared on the TV show “That’s Incredible.”
They also made appearances in films such as “Flashdance,” “Delivery Boys,” “The Exterminator” & “The Last Dragon” and on the NBC network series “The New Show.”
The Dynamic Breakers appeared on the ABC network’s local New York affiliate channel, WABC-Channel 7 in a televised talent contest sponsored by Swatch where they won first place. The grand prize of the contest was supposed to be a role in the film “Beat Street,” but due to a financial dispute between the group’s management & the film producers, they never appeared in the film.
In 1984, they released their debut single “Dynamic (Total Control)” on the Sunnyview Records label which peaked at #83 on Billboard’s Hot Black Singles chart, staying on the chart for 5 weeks.
The song was originally supposed to be a duet with rap group Total Control, but due to a dispute with their record label, the Dynamic Breakers were credited as the artists on the single even though Total Control were responsible for most of the content on the song.
A year later, they released their follow-up single “Kim” (without Total Control) which didn’t appear to make the charts at all.
The Dynamic Breakers became featured acts for hip-hop artists such as Kurtis Blow, Whodini, Fat Boys and even Run DMC in hip-hop tours Fresh Fest and Fresh Fest 2.
By the time Fresh Fest 2 came around, a couple of the original members of the Dynamic Brakers had left the group and were replaced. Once the breakdancing fad died down, the group faded into obscurity. It’s currently unknown what the members of the group are up to these days.
To see a fan-made video for “Dynamic (Total Control),” go to:
To see a fan-made video for “Kim,” go to:
To see a video for the Dynamic Breakers and their performances, go to:
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