| | I have been trying to communicate this to SOOO many people who don't know about dance and who are susceptible to the manipulations of TV producers....but Supreme Soul is NOT cocky. It was a sentiment that MTV manipulated into the show, and I've heard SO many people that have bought into it. I felt that SS was unjustly labeled as the "cocky guys", and that probably contributed to their early demise from ABDC2.
I actually found this on Supreme Soul [Sector]'s Wiki, and it describes the situation very accurately. I couldn't put it in better words, so I'm gonna just copy/paste. Here's the reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Soul
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Supreme Soul, affiliates of Soul Sector crew, was introduced by MTV
and portrayed by MTV producers as the "cocky" crew to create
controversy on the show by fabricating a story which took a battle out
of context to create Supreme Soul as the "cocky crew" that beat the
Season 1 victors, the Jabbawockeez. The battle which was refered to was
between Jabbawockeez and Supreme Soul's affiliate units, the SoCal
Allstars and Soul Sector, respectively. Although different Soul Sector
members have battled different members of SoCal Allstars and
Jabbawockeez in the past, when inquired about the result of the battle
by Shane Sparks, a judge on ABDC, Bionic a Supreme Soul-Sector member
also a former co-member with Rainen, from Jabbawockeez in another crew,
wanted to fairly say that both crews battled well, but they were
further pushed by Shane Sparks for a straight answer by the judges when
Pharcyde, also member of Supreme Soul-Sector,sarcastically remarked
that they won in order to protect the crews reputation since it was an
audition show and Shane was attempting to make them look bad. Different
Soul Sector members were actually present and Bionic was the only one
that was present at that battle from Supreme Soul, very few members of
the Jabbawockeez were also involved along with Ronnie, a Super Crew
member from ABDC season 2.
In an interview with Ben Chung, from the Jabbawockeez, by Hawaii's
power 104.3 , he remarked about the situation and stated "it wasn't a
completely legit statement, partially true and partially not , thats
'reality tv' and thats what they [MTV] do. Big ups to Supreme Soul you
are all doing your thing, big ups to you guys, much respect,
Jabbawockeez crew we respect ya'll. keep doing your thing man." The
interviewer tried to push more controversy by responding, "so they
kinda exaggerated the whole thing, they kinda took an inch and turned
it into a yard", in which Ben replies "well you know...we all know how
'reality tv'is man. The producers tell them to kinda say something, so
we're not hating on that man, its all good, it's all love its hip hop."
The push for the storyline was created by MTV and pushed on Supreme
Soul to create drama and entertainment, a trademark of MTV "reality
tv". Unfortunately many people viewing did not understand how MTV
producers, editors and writers of the show handled the dance crews to
portray what viewers think is "real". All crews are prepped and each
crew is provided an image and encouraged to say things to create story
lines for each crew. The story lines create drama as well as steer the
mind of viewers.
Members of Supreme Soul Sector and Jabbawockeez continue to have
much respect for each other as dancers despite what MTV told Supreme
Soul members to do because of their understanding behind the screen of
MTV and mutual respect for what each other has done for hip hop.
Unfortunately many unknowing fans, who do not understand the
relationship of these different crews as well as the history and dance
culture, continue to believed in the propaganda of "reality tv" stirred
and created by MTV and have continued to spread rumors and gossip
through out the internet about Supreme Soul as a result. Many of those
spreading rumors are those who do not understand hip hop dance culture
and have only been introduced to hip hop culture and dance through MTV
and ABDC. Even Jabbawockeez member Rainen has tried to clear things up
for fans in order to stop fans misunderstanding on youtube by replying
"its not jabbawockeez vs suprem soul..Its so-cal all stars which is a
mix of bboys and freestylers. some from jabbawockeez, full force, and
cultures shock la...the other was the orignal soul sector. The only one
who was in the battle that is a part of surpeme souls was bionic
man...this battle was a showcase battle..No beef was involved..peace
and blessings. RAINEN" Sadly for many fans, Supreme Soul was the victim
of misguided direction from MTV producers, editors, and writers which
lead to their premature elimination on the show.
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