Glastonbury 2008 (watch Jay-Z's historic performance)

"If it ain't broke don't fix it. 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 and even when they throw the odd curve ball in on a Sunday night you go 'Kylie Minogue?' I don't know about it. But I'm not having hip hop at Glastonbury. It's wrong."
-Noel Gallagher of the rock band Oasis

Jay-Z was chosen as the headliner for this year's Glastonbury Music festival, which usually draws an audience of over 150 thousand fans, and there was controversy as to how a rap act would appeal to the crowd. Jay-Z had a lot of supporters ranging from Usher to Chris Martin of Coldplay to the event organizer Emily Eavis sticking by her choice of Hov, but still there was a lot of controversy, critics, and doubt over the selection of Jay-Z.

Lupe Fiasco's speech at Glastonbury 2008 yesterday

Well the festival has been going on this weeked and it looks like the controversy was for nothing. It's obvious hip-hop has a place at the festival judging by the crowd's reaction to Lupe's speech and the entire crowd chanting "Lupe! Lupe! Lupe!" at the end of his set. Even if you don't like Lupe or Jay-Z, hip-hop definitely got a win at this music festival. Hip-hop is worldwide.



Watch Lupe Fiasco's set (video)

-Daydreamin'
-Hip Hop Saved My Life
-Kick, Push
-Little Weapon
-Streets on Fire
-Paris, Tokyo
-Superstar

Footage from Jay-Z's set will probably be up after he hits the stage later today.

lulz, hip-hop haters have ALWAYS been the most biased opinion in all of music industry history

lulz, hip-hop haters have ALWAYS been the most biased opinion in all of music industry history

DrCoCoPiMp

rofl @ noel.

btw. wtf is lupe doing on stage??? lmao...skippin jump rope..

Lupe Ownstmac200913

duh,when i saw him at GITD i was going crazy...even if he did fall

Jay-Z performs Oasis' "Wonderwall" at the festival

lmao:lol:

Jay-Z performs Oasis' "Wonderwall" at the festival

lmao:lol:

Orlando_Magic

Jay-Z performs Oasis' "Wonderwall" at the festival

lmao:lol:

Orlando_Magic

damn,noel lost seriously

Jay-Z performs Oasis' "Wonderwall" at the festival

lmao:lol:

Orlando_Magic

Oasis has been done for awhile so I cant say im suprised by noels comments, Jay is too humble...50 would have brought a blow up doll on stage with NOEL written on it.

rofl @ noel.

btw. wtf is lupe doing on stage??? lmao...skippin jump rope..

makaveli_89

Oasis has been done for awhile so I cant say im suprised by noels comments, Jay is too humble...50 would have brought a blow up doll on stage with NOEL written on it.

Andrew_is_basic

50 cent would make oasis fans be embarrassed to be oasis fans.

Noel Gallagher is quite simply a complete moron. :)

Noel Gallagher is quite simply a complete moron. :)

Foolz3h

ya dig?

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Ck5srO6S-qI

full jay-z "wonderwall" performance

anyone notice how they call lupe a "her" on the related stories on the lupe concert page lando linked?mowz00

I saw it earlier but when I clicked it gave me an error. Guess they deleted it:D

Kick Push=CLASSIC SONG...Atlantic really dropped the ball when they didn't put Lupe's album out when that track was all over the airwaves...forcing him to put out that wack second single...man...Lupe owns live, but he's much better with the live band...and I love that mad people there were singing the words to almost every song...:) fat_rob

Part 1
-Wonderwall
-99 Problems
-Is That Yo Chick?
-Rehab (Remix)

Part 2
-I Know
-A Billi
-Blue Magic
-Minority Report

Part 3
-PSA
-Dirt Off Your Shoulders/Lying From U

Part 4
-Jigga What, Jigga Who
-Izzo
-Can I Get A...
-Beware of the Boys

Part 5
-I Just Wanna Love U
-Show Me What You Got

Part 6
-Excuse Me Miss
-Song Cry

Part 7
-Girls. Girls, Girls
-American Boys (Remix)
-Umbrella

Part 8
-Big Pimpin
-Hard Knock Life
-Heart of the City

Part 9
-Numb/Encore

You can also watch most of the show via the BBC site, Jay-Z at Glastonbury, however they don't show the whole thing and are missing songs like PSA, Heart of the City, Jigga What Jigga Who, Big Pimpin, Excuse Me Miss, I Know, Blue Magic, and Minority Report...

Props to Hov for holding it down for hip hop.

DayDreamin live might be one of my favorite things ever. Lupe held his own too, no doubt.

WTF..did the almighty Camel just play the guitar?? :| :shock:GoonVSGoblin

He wasn't really playing it, just mocking the dude from Oasis who said "Glastonbury has a tradition of guitar music" and that Jay-Z had no place at the festival.

Not feeling Jay's song selectionfat_rob

Yeah the Black Album was much more rock crossover, like Run-DMC. I definitely was not feeling the songs. Girls, Girls, Girls - it is an awesome song but I don't think it means much when Jigga the Hov is married to Beyoncé.

[QUOTE="GoonVSGoblin"]WTF..did the almighty Camel just play the guitar?? :| :shock:Orlando_Magic

He wasn't really playing it, just mocking the dude from Oasis who said "Glastonbury has a tradition of guitar music" and that Jay-Z had no place at the festival.

Yeah best diss live track ever

i think lupe and RATM perform the same day at lollapalooza so i think i might have to go.Decko5

In fact they do. Lupe from 6:30-7:30, Rage from 8:30-10:30. I'll be there!

lolz

Jay-Z's Black Album Singles Chart Again After Glastonbury

Only a few days after performing as one of the headlining acts at England's Glastonbury Festival, rapper Jay-Z is starting to reap the benefits of his at times controversial performance chart wise.

Although it has been five years since The Black Album was released "99 Problems" is expected to break into the Top 25 Downloads bracket for the mid-week UK single charts.

Also returning to the charts is "Encore" which broke into the Top 40.

Jay-Z along with coordinators of the festival received criticism from Noel Gallagher, a member of the English rock band Oasis, for choosing Jay-Z as a headlining act for what Gallagher considered to be a guitar-driven event although groups such as The Roots, Cypress Hill, and De La Soul have performed at the festival.

Come performance time, Jay-Z lyrically shot back at Gallagher and other critics with his own rendition of Oasis' song "Wonderwall" and a fiery performance of "99 Problems."

Thanks for the vids.

All for these performances are amazing.