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Jay-Z May Have 99 Problems, But A Bitch Ain't One -- And UK Correspondent Gives Hov His G.O.A.T Title
Posted on July 3, 2008 12:08 PM
Written By SOHH Reckless
Remember when Oasis guitarist and songwriter Noel Gallagher was bitching and moaning about Jay-Z performing at South England's Glastonbury festival, claiming that Jay was the reason the ticket sales were going to be down?
"If it ain't broke, don't fix it," GALLAGHER complained back in April. "If you start to break it, then people aren't going to go. I'm sorry, but JAY-Z? No chance. Glastonbury has a tradition of guitar music. ... I'm not having hip-hop at Glastonbury. It's wrong."
Well. Not only did Hov make history at the concert due to a performance of his mocking version of Oasis' "Wonderwall"-- which he to turned into a dis towards the rock group-- but according to a UK website, Hov actually boosted the sales of "Wonderwall," which is expected to re-enter the UK Top 100 singles chart. This song was released back in 1995. The album from which this single appears, entitled What's the Story (Morning Glory), has already seen a 200% sales increase.
To add further insult, Hov went from the Oasis dis right to an explosive performance of "99 Problems," which was, without a doubt, directed towards Gallagher and whoever else. This single, according to the source, also appeared in the mid-week UK single charts, and is expected to peak at a top 25 downloads position. "Encore," which was also performed, hit the UK Top 40.
Jay-Z's headlining set went down in history as the most talked about performance at Glastonbury-- ever. After talking all that sh*t about hip-hop being at the festival, hip-hop ended up writing Gallagher a fat check, and beat out his group in the popularity category. I have yet to hear a statement come from this clown in regards to this. But what can he say? He's probably choked up since he was forced to eat his words. On top of being angered that his least favorite genre put some extra money in his pocket.
SMH.
Looking at the crowd it's plain to see that Gallagher was terribly wrong. Before you run your mouth, do your homework.
Whatever you think about Jay, he is definitely a worthy ambassador for the culture. The way he put the Brit in check was straight gutter. Obviously Noel or whatever his name is, didn't know. Good sh*t Jay.
Wow. Jay had some showmanship with him. I don't think he put anyone in check though. I think he simply held his own. Trutfully, the best part of his performance is when he covered dude's song. I wish the crowd could have been into his music as much. Now THAT would've been a real statement.