Can anyone else not stand hip hop elitists?

Yeah, gotta agree. Like you said, it's like they're just now getting into the game and they discover underground rap and undermine some great rappers who are mainstream. Hov, Nas, and Fabolous come to mind. It's almost like a way for them to sound cool and express their "knowledge" of rap, when it really doesn't... It really just makes them look far too close minded, people need to expand their horizons and give other guys a shot.