[Sly Fox]

Does this mean anything to you guys?

McLeod housed Battlegrounds' hypnotic performance last week
DJ Quest, representatives from Def Jam Records and students from Liberty University made this free-style rap and dance battle a success; catch the show again at Spring Fling

by Meta Pettus
The Cavalier Daily

I have to admit, I was skeptical about a hip-hop event being held in tiny McLeod Hall Auditorium, but Battlegrounds proved it could be done.

Students from Liberty University joined those from the University and packed into the auditorium to see an intense dance-off and a fierce free-style rap battle sponsored by Sigma Gamma Rho and EMC Talent Group. The performances were so huge they could hardly be contained within the walls of the building.

None of it would have been possible without the indispensable DJ Quest to man the turntables and keep the party alive. Quest, an independent deejay signed to EMC Talent group, brought label connections from Def Jam, G-Unit, RPM Music Group and Street Academy with him to the event.

I had the opportunity to speak to DJ Quest on the phone before Battlegrounds. He assured me that "people of the art itself" would enjoy the dancing, not just fans of hip hop. He said that I would see b'boying, crunk dancing and choreog-raphy with "all forms of dancing combined into one."

DJ Quest pointed out The Representatives and Alan Powell, also with EMC, as performers to watch out for at Battlegrounds. Powell, decked in a white "Jesus is My Homeboy" t-shirt, matching pants and pageboy hat, stood out as the immediate crowd-pleaser. With a large group of his fellow Liberty students in attendance, Powell was cheered on as he sang and busted out choreographed moves with The Representatives that rivaled *NSYNC at their peak. In fact, Powell reminded one of a brunette Justin Timberlake, possessing the same triple threat of awesome singing, powerful dancing and fly style. With guys like Powell coming along, it's no wonder J.T. is getting into the movie business.

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[Hold My Own]

That's crazy, one of the best dancers at LU isn't there any more, he was a back up dancer for Tait, Toby Mac and a few others...I'm going to do some checking on this though, I'm intrigued