Toppa Top 10: Dancehall Dances of the Decade

10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 1/2 Honorebel Mention
January 9, 2011


1 (and 2) Willie Bounce/ Wacky Dip

Elephant Man’s 2005 Bogle tribute “Willie Bounce” exhorted dancers through two of Wacky’s signature moves in a single, interrelated sequence. We can’t put it any better than Ele himself: “Alright, bring yuh hand dem gwaan like yuh mad/Then yuh double di double, double di out and bad/Look left, look right, swing yuh hand like yuh bad/Like yuh mad then yuh double, di double, double di out and bad…Walk with it, mek up yuh face like yuh get rob/ Then yuh double di double, double di out and bad/Alright stop… mek a pose… tek a sip shake yuh foot start do the dip…”