jay-z is oasis’ wonderwall.

ask nas… dissing jay makes for a hard knock life.

congrats to jay-z for silencing the critics and tearing up the pyramid stage at the 2008 glastonbury music festival.  many people in europe weren’t too thrilled to have a hip-hop act headlining one of the premier concerts of the summer.  but all of us stateside know… jay isn’t your typical gold chain rapper, is he?  still, doubters like the frontman for oasis had their say:

“Sorry, but Jay-Z? Fucking no chance. Glastonbury has a tradition of guitar music, do you know what I mean? Even when they throw the odd curveball in on a Sunday night and you go, Kylie Minogue? Don’t know about that.”

According to the BBC, Gallagher, whose band Oasis headlined the festival in 1995 and 2004, also said: “I’m not having hip-hop at Glastonbury. It’s wrong.“  LINK

the cover of oasis’ “wonderwall” at the top of the set was ill advised, mostly because dude really can’t sing.  but i think everyone got the joke once jay transitioned from that cover to his own “99 problems.”  noel, we feel bad for you, son.

here is video of his whole set, courtesy of BBC.  watch it all the way through if for no other reason than to see jay-z perform “encore” at the end: