Personally I think Jamile is the best Hip Hop thus being my Favorite. I'd say Josh comes second, then Ivan, Twitch and the rest follows. Jamile's Solos were the best I've seen by any Hip Hop dancer that was on the show. I know people are going to lean on how Josh can dance anything amazingly, but this isn't about being a dancer of all trades it's about being a Hip Hop dancer. It basically comes down to Jamile and Josh cause they are the most talented Hip Hop dancers on the show ever. I say Jamile mainly for the fact that he displays his strength in the sub-styles of Hip Hop such as Break Dancing, Clowning and Pop Locking. I remember back in 2004 season one of the competition when i didn't really keep track of the dancers and seeing Jamiles second solo I thought he was a BBoy then to see his third solo which was amazing i thought he was a Popper. Josh is amazingly strong, has great transitions and a very street stryle, but when I look at his locking and bboying in comparison to Jamile thats when I felt that Jamile was the better of the two. I couldn't really judge the styles since to they're both amazing, so it came down to what they can or can't do or who can do this and that "better" than the other.
Josh has great transitions and variations when it comes to locking; He just hits hard and is great at waving. Jamile however is more controlled and precise in his locking and has more over in that style with gliding, strobing, waving, and robot. Even then I wasn't convinced that Jamile was #1 in my books for Hip Hop dancers in SYTYCD... until I watched Jamiles 2nd Solo again and I was sold. When it came down to Breaking Josh more or less dabbles in it with some freezes here and there like the Inverted Hallowback and the Elbow freeze. I was so surprised when Jamile started to Toprock and I was thinking is he really gonna break dance? He busts out a decent combo from a 6step to Turtle to Hollowback where he falls out of but rolls back into it which redeemed the combo and sick, then ends off the solo with windmills to a headspin it was surprising cause I didn't expect it. These are the two reasons why Jamile is my favorite Hip Hop dancer on SYTYCD, plus he was the only Hip Hop dancer to make it to the finals for 3 seasons before Season 4 when Twitch and Josh made it.
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