Walk It Out, Fosse

by Carmen Van Kerckhove

Unk’s “Walk It Out” has been one of my secret guilty pleasures for some time.

(That, and Pretty Ricky’s “On the Hotline.” Any song with a chorus that goes “So Hornaaaaaaaaaaaay!” is kinda awesome in that R. Kelly 12-Play way. And the fact that none of them are remotely pretty makes it even funnier.)

But this takes the song to a whole other level. It’s a mashup of Broadway dancer Gwen Verdon doing some kicking ’60s Bob Fosse moves to “Walk it Out.” (Hat tip to Jason.)

Trackbacks & Pings

  1. Andymatic » Fosse Remixed: Walk It Out on 18 Jul 2007 at 4:48 pm

    […] Gwen Verdon doing Fosse choreography, remixed to hip hop. (via Racialicious) […]

Comments

  1. Malena wrote:

    This really shows how translatable hip hop is to virtually any sort of expression…and i’m glad someone finally went on record with their Walk It Out addiction It’ll def. be a classic we’ll tell our kids about over and over…

    Posted 18 Jul 2007 at 10:31 am

  2. Keke wrote:

    Wow. The moves go perfectly with the song. Music and dance crosses all boundaries. Great vid.

    Posted 18 Jul 2007 at 11:32 am

  3. Karen wrote:

    lol…walk it out and Aunt Jackie are stuck in my head….

    Posted 18 Jul 2007 at 11:52 am

  4. Lynn wrote:

    That was awesome! Thanks for making the work day a little more tolerable.

    Posted 18 Jul 2007 at 4:12 pm

  5. Undercover Black Man wrote:

    Fantastic clip! If only that were the official video… how cool would that’ve been??

    Posted 18 Jul 2007 at 10:26 pm

  6. Kai wrote:

    Jesus H that was some of the funniest shit I ever saw on YouTube…

    Posted 19 Jul 2007 at 12:48 am

  7. Stef wrote:

    Blanche Devereaux sure can move!

    Posted 19 Jul 2007 at 1:10 pm

  8. EVD wrote:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_GNONpI2c4

    Posted 19 Jul 2007 at 7:14 pm

  9. dnA wrote:

    You should have added that this video cannot be un-watched.

    Posted 19 Jul 2007 at 11:35 pm

  10. Erica wrote:

    Awesome.

    Posted 20 Jul 2007 at 8:48 am

  11. eric daniels wrote:

    This is Hip- Hop at it’s best when it can trasnfrom something old into something new and orginal like the Jay- Z /Beatles mash-up. Using Gwen Verdon and Fosse’s cherography for “Walk It Out” is brillant, This is the true spirit of Hip- Hop

    Posted 21 Jul 2007 at 6:55 pm

  12. afrobella wrote:

    I absolutely ADORE this clip! Have you seen the original yet? The music is so absolutely opposite. It’s hilarious. So much better than the original video.

    Posted 22 Jul 2007 at 5:59 pm

  13. Social Citizen wrote:

    Are you kidding me? This is ridiculously awesome!

    Posted 23 Jul 2007 at 8:12 pm

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