Monday, August 18, 2008

Hip Hop is wrong?

Jay-Z vs Oasis

Here's the backstory on their tiff: Earlier this summer, a reporter asked Noel Galagher, of the British rock band Oasis, what he thought about hip-hop artists being invited to perform at Glastonbury, the famous music fest.



Noel said Hip Hop was "Wrong" for Gastonbury. Jay-Z got teed off.

Then in a tit-for-tat move, when Jay-Z took the stage at Glastonbury, he sang a mocking off-Key cover of Oasis biggest hit. (Video of the performance later became a huge Web hit.)

But the two singers made some play-nice moves. Gallagher said: "I like Jay-Z." Jay-Z said he wouldn't mind working with Oasis. OK, everything's fine.

Or is it? Cut to last week. Jay-Z took the stage with Kanye West at Madison Square Garden and performed "Jockin' Jay-Z" a track from his upcoming album. In the song, Jay-Z takes more swipes at Gallagher, such as: "That bloke from Oasis said I couldn't play guitar / Somebody should told him I'm a rock star."

Jay-Z has had other well-publicized feuds. Past alleged blowups have been with fellow rapper Nas, record executive Damon Dash and R&B star R. Kelly.
But Web searchers don't just want to know who Jay-Z is mad at. Top searches for him are:

Whether he and longtime love Beyoncé are married:

Details about his hot club, 40/40:

Lyrics to his songs;

Specifically for this song more than any other.

A top for Noel Gallagher? Noel Gallagher and the Who. So we know there's at least one other band he approves of.


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