<?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/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2345397981715121565</id><updated>2011-11-27T15:53:03.480-08:00</updated><category term='Kanye West'/><category term='Terrance Boykin'/><category term='Chicago rapper'/><category term='bank robbery'/><title type='text'>Word on the Block 2x</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hiphop2x.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2345397981715121565/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hiphop2x.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Hip Hop 2X</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10661598094143003678</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>8</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2345397981715121565.post-2437399213468671609</id><published>2009-09-30T14:17:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-30T14:17:44.247-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Bad Boy joins Interscope</title><summary type='text'>Much to the dismay of many people out there Diddy the shame of New Yorkers has taken his Bad Boy Music Label and hooked up with Jimmy Lovine's LA based Interscope Records. There are rumors that this more based on the fact that Bad Boy Records is actually broke and needs dollars to promote its artists. Bad Boy and "Diddy" on the same label as Death Row, Pac, Snoop, Dre, 50 Cent and The Game who </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hiphop2x.blogspot.com/feeds/2437399213468671609/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2345397981715121565&amp;postID=2437399213468671609&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2345397981715121565/posts/default/2437399213468671609'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2345397981715121565/posts/default/2437399213468671609'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hiphop2x.blogspot.com/2009/09/bad-boy-joins-interscope.html' title='Bad Boy joins Interscope'/><author><name>Hip Hop 2X</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10661598094143003678</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2345397981715121565.post-673589228820148559</id><published>2009-09-23T15:43:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-23T15:43:14.064-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Good show to catch in San Francisco</title><summary type='text'>Goze aka Bless of 12 Step Records will be performing at a collective hip hop show at the Blue Macaw on Mission St. The Blue Macaw is a 2 story venue with a full bar and an intimate setting.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hiphop2x.blogspot.com/feeds/673589228820148559/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2345397981715121565&amp;postID=673589228820148559&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2345397981715121565/posts/default/673589228820148559'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2345397981715121565/posts/default/673589228820148559'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hiphop2x.blogspot.com/2009/09/good-show-to-catch-in-san-francisco.html' title='Good show to catch in San Francisco'/><author><name>Hip Hop 2X</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10661598094143003678</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2345397981715121565.post-225071076643448912</id><published>2009-09-14T16:42:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-14T16:42:04.514-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Marketing Genius</title><summary type='text'>I know a lot of people will disagree with me, but what Kanye West did at the MTV music awards was marketing genius. Now I didn't say it was a classy move or one that may make him look charming but stunts like this are apart of showbiz and more specificly hip hop. Whether its catching a case before a album drop or a “beef” with a rival rapper. Not too long ago I was talking with a friend about </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hiphop2x.blogspot.com/feeds/225071076643448912/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2345397981715121565&amp;postID=225071076643448912&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2345397981715121565/posts/default/225071076643448912'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2345397981715121565/posts/default/225071076643448912'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hiphop2x.blogspot.com/2009/09/marketing-genius.html' title='Marketing Genius'/><author><name>Hip Hop 2X</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10661598094143003678</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2345397981715121565.post-8581796538843429600</id><published>2009-09-06T02:58:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-06T02:58:42.413-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Somebody Finally said it.</title><summary type='text'>Look Jay-Z is top of the game, everybody knows that. He is the one of the very few that made it out of the Golden Age of Hip Hop (95-2000) without a major case, and alive. So naturally he has walked into the thrown. So nobody says a damn word about him. But the real talk was put out by none over than DMX who's been called a crackhead, crazy and all sorts of other names. It wasnt also appreciated </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hiphop2x.blogspot.com/feeds/8581796538843429600/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2345397981715121565&amp;postID=8581796538843429600&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2345397981715121565/posts/default/8581796538843429600'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2345397981715121565/posts/default/8581796538843429600'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hiphop2x.blogspot.com/2009/09/somebody-finally-said-it.html' title='Somebody Finally said it.'/><author><name>Hip Hop 2X</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10661598094143003678</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2345397981715121565.post-3665439846851221553</id><published>2009-09-02T03:13:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-02T03:13:29.736-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Jay-Z, Greatest of All Time?</title><summary type='text'>Some people talk about how great Jay Z is this and that. I agree the music is hot. Some call him the greatest of all time, and thats where I disagree. See Jay-Z has access to the best producers, best studios, top equipment, mass marketing avenues and is at the top of the game. I give it up to him, his success is probably unseen and in that respect he is a hip hop and rap pioneer, with the likes </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hiphop2x.blogspot.com/feeds/3665439846851221553/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2345397981715121565&amp;postID=3665439846851221553&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2345397981715121565/posts/default/3665439846851221553'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2345397981715121565/posts/default/3665439846851221553'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hiphop2x.blogspot.com/2009/09/jay-z-greatest-of-all-time.html' title='Jay-Z, Greatest of All Time?'/><author><name>Hip Hop 2X</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10661598094143003678</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2345397981715121565.post-2006170141492110489</id><published>2009-08-29T18:51:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-29T18:51:09.776-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Jump on DLX Radio, at www.dlxradio.com, No fees, nothing to buy, no equipment needed. Just logon and listen to fresh new Hip Hop. Now playing the new cut from Warren G, "Lets Get High".</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hiphop2x.blogspot.com/feeds/2006170141492110489/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2345397981715121565&amp;postID=2006170141492110489&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2345397981715121565/posts/default/2006170141492110489'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2345397981715121565/posts/default/2006170141492110489'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hiphop2x.blogspot.com/2009/08/jump-on-dlx-radio-at-www.html' title=''/><author><name>Hip Hop 2X</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10661598094143003678</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2345397981715121565.post-5279108138128014476</id><published>2009-08-27T06:06:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-27T06:09:01.821-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Terrance Boykin'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Kanye West'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Chicago rapper'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bank robbery'/><title type='text'>Chicago Rapper faces life for Bank Robbery</title><summary type='text'>Chicago rapper Terrance Boykin, better known as Bump J [click to read], may face life in prison after admitting to a 2007 bank robbery in Oak Park, according to Fakeshoredrive.com [click here]. In the plea deal, signed in late June, Boykin confessed to participating in the heist, which netted over $108,000.Although Boykin's deal would give him between 37 and 46 months in jail, his admission to </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hiphop2x.blogspot.com/feeds/5279108138128014476/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2345397981715121565&amp;postID=5279108138128014476&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2345397981715121565/posts/default/5279108138128014476'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2345397981715121565/posts/default/5279108138128014476'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hiphop2x.blogspot.com/2009/08/chicago-rapper-faces-life-for-bank.html' title='Chicago Rapper faces life for Bank Robbery'/><author><name>Hip Hop 2X</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10661598094143003678</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2345397981715121565.post-9075348191249683851</id><published>2009-08-26T03:36:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-26T03:38:31.722-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Hip Hop is life</title><summary type='text'>In the mid 90s hip hop was at its golden era. With the abundance of music that came out, each region created its own style and brought a unique sense to the game. Now days it seems like everybody sounds the same. No one wants to step out of the box. So we're all stuck in the box using the same fx Kanye got famous for.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hiphop2x.blogspot.com/feeds/9075348191249683851/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2345397981715121565&amp;postID=9075348191249683851&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2345397981715121565/posts/default/9075348191249683851'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2345397981715121565/posts/default/9075348191249683851'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hiphop2x.blogspot.com/2009/08/hip-hop-is-life.html' title='Hip Hop is life'/><author><name>Hip Hop 2X</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10661598094143003678</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
