<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705367498970327006.post2616008718345558164..comments</id><updated>2008-11-11T13:55:19.211-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on Hip-Hop Connoisseurs: This Or That?</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.hiphopconnoiseurs.com/feeds/2616008718345558164/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4705367498970327006/2616008718345558164/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.hiphopconnoiseurs.com/2008/10/this-or-that.html'/><author><name>dessex</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12116249563620887215</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>5</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705367498970327006.post-5913682086640050020</id><published>2008-11-11T13:55:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-11T13:55:00.000-08:00</updated><title type='text'>so far i'm loving this blog its interesting and i'...</title><content type='html'>so far i'm loving this blog its interesting and i'm gonna try my best to answer....&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;man...i'm gonna have to go with Rakim&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Mc Lyte&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Illmatic&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Kingdom Come&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;*screams* i dunno... tribe, TRIBE...&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;kim...but foxy was good too&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;damn...diddy is easily worse but i still love him&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;i'm gonna give it to canibus because he made LL come hard&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Fight The Power&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Mos Def all day&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Shawty Lo might be retarded so I'll give it to him he's less annoying&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;...damn... pete rock has some classics&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;pharrell or timbaland?! timbaland because pharrell is hit or miss without chad.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;yung berg easy. at least t-pain has hits.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;growing up it was pac now its big&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;wu is forever!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;i can't think of an all time one jay-z is probably the most quotable for me but as of today, kanye on go hard. mannn...killed it. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;hammer all day! i cant even name another vanilla ice song..other than ice ice baby and ninja rap, lmao</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4705367498970327006/2616008718345558164/comments/default/5913682086640050020'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4705367498970327006/2616008718345558164/comments/default/5913682086640050020'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.hiphopconnoiseurs.com/2008/10/this-or-that.html?showComment=1226440500000#c5913682086640050020' title=''/><author><name>[$ H A R O N A]</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01300878813562319024</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.hiphopconnoiseurs.com/2008/10/this-or-that.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705367498970327006.post-2616008718345558164' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4705367498970327006/posts/default/2616008718345558164' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705367498970327006.post-5276228345023469443</id><published>2008-10-19T21:35:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-19T21:35:00.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'>LL Cool J Who is better MC Lyte or Lauryen Hill?I ...</title><content type='html'>LL Cool J &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Who is better MC Lyte or Lauryen Hill?&lt;BR/&gt;I cant do it... I cant choose!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Reasonable Doubt&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Nastradumas&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The Roots &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Lil Kim&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Worst rapper... P. Diddy&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;LL Cool J&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Bigger Rap record "The Message" &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Talib Kweli or Mos Def?&lt;BR/&gt;Damn damn damn... I love them both but I'm gon have to go with Talib&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;DJ Unk&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;9th Wonder&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Timbaland&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Biggest Joke...Young Berg&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;PAC all day&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Wu-Tang Clan&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;What is the illest one verse you ever heard your whole life?&lt;BR/&gt;gotta think on that one&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;MC Hammer</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4705367498970327006/2616008718345558164/comments/default/5276228345023469443'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4705367498970327006/2616008718345558164/comments/default/5276228345023469443'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.hiphopconnoiseurs.com/2008/10/this-or-that.html?showComment=1224477300000#c5276228345023469443' title=''/><author><name>Eb the Celeb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12920888116302185562</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.hiphopconnoiseurs.com/2008/10/this-or-that.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705367498970327006.post-2616008718345558164' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4705367498970327006/posts/default/2616008718345558164' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705367498970327006.post-5938895326106771788</id><published>2008-10-17T11:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-17T11:00:00.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'>whats goin on,diggin both of your blogs man but i ...</title><content type='html'>whats goin on,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;diggin both of your blogs man but i def had to add my input on here, being that I LOVE to shoot the wind on any case over hip hop..ha&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;You def present some good conflicting choices to choose from but here i go...&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;1. without a doubt Rakim in his prime def tears through LL Cool J in his prime...&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;2. I gotta give it to my girl Lauryn Hill...her flow is/was remarkable on top of the fact that she is an amazing lyricist....&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;3. hands down illmatic....first hip hop album i listened to and i couldn't put it down....first album i can listen to from front to back...To this day i have it bumping in my car...&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;but i got to give it to reasonable doubt...def an instant classsic..&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;4. Can i say neither...haha...imma go with kingdom Come...nastradamus was just horrible...&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;5. man i hate that you just made me choose between both..it has to go to tribe...i mean you got tip and phife who are redic..&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;but the roots....blackthought....crazy!!! def right up there for me..&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;6. i wanna go with neither with this one...how bout jean grae...&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;7. both...straight garbage...&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;8. Canibus murdered him with 2nd round KO....&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;9. The message to me was amazing....but according to VH1 fight the power is the # 1 hip hop song of all time...&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;10. shit i hate that u made me choose again....imma just choose black star...they are amazing...two of my favorite MCs...each of them has something that makes them stand out and can't make that decision that one is better than the other...&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;11. boo neither...&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;12. pete rock....the production on illmatic....redic..&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;13. pshh....pharrell&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;14. both...straight garbage..&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;15. I love biggie [raised on NY hip hop] but i gotta give it to pac....so many dimensions to pac...he can go hard with ambitions of a ridah..than switch to brenda's got a baby, heaven ain't hard to find....&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;16. Boot Camp Click was the original....straight for the hip hop heads...&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;17. shitt.....when i first heard eminem on "hellbound"..wow.....thats when i knew he was going to be a force to reckon with...&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;but Nas 'NY state of mind" the imagery and how he paints a picture of early 90s NYC...classic..&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;18. Hammer&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Both of your blogs are informative man....keep up the great posts!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4705367498970327006/2616008718345558164/comments/default/5938895326106771788'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4705367498970327006/2616008718345558164/comments/default/5938895326106771788'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.hiphopconnoiseurs.com/2008/10/this-or-that.html?showComment=1224266400000#c5938895326106771788' title=''/><author><name>HD</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16745970785847170422</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.hiphopconnoiseurs.com/2008/10/this-or-that.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705367498970327006.post-2616008718345558164' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4705367498970327006/posts/default/2616008718345558164' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705367498970327006.post-8371153434930052702</id><published>2008-10-16T14:16:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-16T14:16:00.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'>RakimL boogieIllmaticKingdom ComeTribeKimJDLLFight...</title><content type='html'>Rakim&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;L boogie&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Illmatic&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Kingdom Come&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Tribe&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Kim&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;JD&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;LL&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Fight the Power&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Mos Def (by a smiggen)&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;NEITHER Unk or Lo&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;9th&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Timbo&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;T pizzle&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;PAC ALL DAY&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;CLAN&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Eminem: "Put anthrax on a tampax and slap u til u can't stand" :D&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;HAMMER Time! lol</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4705367498970327006/2616008718345558164/comments/default/8371153434930052702'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4705367498970327006/2616008718345558164/comments/default/8371153434930052702'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.hiphopconnoiseurs.com/2008/10/this-or-that.html?showComment=1224191760000#c8371153434930052702' title=''/><author><name>Queen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01517417211785224774</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='10803541376851385807'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.hiphopconnoiseurs.com/2008/10/this-or-that.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705367498970327006.post-2616008718345558164' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4705367498970327006/posts/default/2616008718345558164' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705367498970327006.post-6951314909260231199</id><published>2008-10-14T21:33:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-14T21:33:00.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Damn! This is tough!!!RakimLyteReasonable DoubtKin...</title><content type='html'>Damn! This is tough!!!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Rakim&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Lyte&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Reasonable Doubt&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Kingdom Come&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Tribe&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Neither (LOL)&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Dupri&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Can-I- Buss&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Message&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Mighty Mos Def&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;LOL&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;9th Wonder&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Timbaland&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;TPain in the ass&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Biggie&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Wu&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;AZ..."Life's A Bitch"&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Hammer</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4705367498970327006/2616008718345558164/comments/default/6951314909260231199'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4705367498970327006/2616008718345558164/comments/default/6951314909260231199'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.hiphopconnoiseurs.com/2008/10/this-or-that.html?showComment=1224045180000#c6951314909260231199' title=''/><author><name>12kyle</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11639316610856750674</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.hiphopconnoiseurs.com/2008/10/this-or-that.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705367498970327006.post-2616008718345558164' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4705367498970327006/posts/default/2616008718345558164' type='text/html'/></entry></feed>