He stunned me with that crappy, karaoke cover. I really wanted to like it but, bleh.

Seriously, I can sing that song better. :(

I bet he could have hit the notes if he wanted to

Yeah I wonder if he was either drunk or just didn't care. He can sing pretty well.

so one crap artist covered another crap artist?

SilentStrider: so one crap artist covered another crap artist?

bro, you should hear him cover Punjabi MC.

Crap is an understatement.

I don't know which fact disturbs me more;

That he did an awful cover song of a generally tolerable song, or that most of his fans knew the words.

Hmmm... tone deaf and can't play an instrument.

I can see how he makes millions of dollars. WTF?

He did it because Noel dissed him being at Glastonbury. Pretty funny, I think.

I'm gonna throw a bone and say that most people (like myself) won't understand the context of this video until reading about it..

So if Jay-Z sucks, and Oasis sucks, who's good? What exactly are you people listening to? I'm curious.

SuperCatBarf: So if Jay-Z sucks, and Oasis sucks, who's good? What exactly are you people listening to? I'm curious.

Johnny Cash

SuperCatBarf: So if Jay-Z sucks, and Oasis sucks, who's good? What exactly are you people listening to? I'm curious.

You don't know them. Nobody does

rockneedsasavior: I don't know which fact disturbs me more;

That he did an awful cover song of a generally tolerable song, or that most of his fans knew the words.

Since it is a festival, there aren't just jay-z fans in the crowd. And I'd say the logical reason most people knew the lyrics, is because the festival is in England. Oasis is from England.

/Agree it was a horrible cover.

SuperCatBarf: So if Jay-Z sucks, and Oasis sucks, who's good? What exactly are you people listening to? I'm curious.

no youre not, but if you were serious(which you cant be)id answer you with this:

Link (new window)

Sounds like he couldn't perform it properly to save his life, to be honest - just mumbling over the original track.

Noel was right - sales this year are way down, and most people are blaming it on Jay-Z. He's just not that big outside of your MTV-crowd.

I am embarrassed for the HOV. Why would you get in front of a giant crowd like that, pretend to play guitar and not know the song in your set, nevermind the opener. FFS Amy farking Winehouse could've held it together better than that turd of a preformance.

/99 problems and being tone deaf Is one

danduran: Sounds like he couldn't perform it properly to save his life, to be honest - just mumbling over the original track.


I'm pretty sure that was the point. Jay-Z isn't untalented, and he can sing pretty damn well- this was intentional.

PEOPLE, PEOPLE!!
He doesn't sing the whole song, just the first verse and chorus. skip past this clip and click on the one after it. its got the whole thing of the song plus a kick-ass version of 99 Problems set to Back in Black. somebody post the link, i suck.

/but a biatch ain't one!

Jay Z: Giving hope to millions of shower singers worldwide.

SuperCatBarf: So if Jay-Z sucks, and Oasis sucks, who's good? What exactly are you people listening to? I'm curious.

He / she's right: there are only two recording artists out there, so who ARE you people listening to?

Glasgowsfinest: SuperCatBarf: So if Jay-Z sucks, and Oasis sucks, who's good? What exactly are you people listening to? I'm curious.

He / she's right: there are only two recording artists out there, so who ARE you people listening to?

The Doodletown Pipers own all.

The Gentleman Caller: PEOPLE, PEOPLE!!
He doesn't sing the whole song, just the first verse and chorus. skip past this clip and click on the one after it. its got the whole thing of the song plus a kick-ass version of 99 Problems set to Back in Black. somebody post the link, i suck.

/but a biatch ain't one!

Here you go (new window)

Thanks for posting those links You_mean_Im_gonna_stay_this_color - I forgot about the Oasis thing. What I originally saw as a terrible cover I know look at as pretty effin funny.

I liked it. It was clearly making fun because they had the oasis track playing in the background. It seemed like during 99 problems the guitar player got bored and started playing back in black

That was painful to watch

It's clearly a pisstake. Noel Gallagher said before the show that rap artists don't belong at Glastonbury. He's having a little fun.

/do they call him Jay-Zed?

is it still a cover when you sing over the original track? if so i'm taking the show i do everyday in my car to the club. see you farkers on mtv!

Thanks, You_mean_Im_gonna_stay_this_color. I wish there was a way to prevent people from posting their thoughts until after they read through the links you provided.

When I saw the video I was like :-\
Then when I read the link I LOL'd

Well done, Jay-Z

Nice strat.

Mr Cut and Paste couldn't rock a note of his own if you held a gun to his head.


/mama didn't raise a thief, boy

.....and he still gets to fark Beyonce in her booty if he wanted to.

davynelson: Mr Cut and Paste couldn't rock a note of his own if you held a gun to his head.

are you talking about Jay Z, or Oasis here? Because the same could happily be said for both. Only Jay Z might actually admit it, and call them 'samples' as opposed to pure plagiarism.

/not really a fan of either.

I won't believe he's ridiculing Oasis unless somebody gets shot.

ARRRRGH! I like that song, but not when it's sung by strangled cats.

At first that did just seem really shiatty, but then I sort of picked up on that it seems like its mocking the song instead. Sure enough after reading the link someone posted in the thread, I think that was the intention, which I think is a nice way to dig at the douche from Oasis. That is one of the wussiest popular rock songs of all time, sung with a bit of a whiny British accent. In other words, the perfect song to mock.

I've never understood the appeal of that song. It's an okay pop song, but it's not all that.

I think it's adorable because it shows that no matter how rich, powerful and genuinely awesome Jay-Z is...he still fantasizes about being able to simply sing. I actually went, "Aaaaawwwwww..."

/I can sing.

Jeeze... that went from one of the coolest things I could possibly hear to "Uh, I'm going to have to try hard to forget that." He didn't even get half the lyrics right. At the end the crowd takes over the singing duties. Cool concept, not executed well at all.

I would believe that he can hit the right notes if he wanted to.

carmody: I think it's adorable because it shows that no matter how rich, powerful and genuinely awesome Jay-Z is...he still fantasizes about being able to simply sing. I actually went, "Aaaaawwwwww..."

/I can sing.

But you can't read, apparently. It was a farking JOKE!

Third Day Mark: Jeeze... that went from one of the coolest things I could possibly hear to "Uh, I'm going to have to try hard to forget that." He didn't even get half the lyrics right. At the end the crowd takes over the singing duties. Cool concept, not executed well at all.

It was mocking Noel Gallagher.

/Are people just allergic to reading threads?

See?

Take away the beat machines and vocoders and these guys are revealed
as talentless hacks.

He can't even sing out of tune right.

fark this.

Seriously.

After still being explained through out the thread and a rocking version of 99 Problems posted, people are still zooming through here to post in ignorance. This thread is full of fail and Jay-Z isn't one of them.

/not a fan of either artist
//huge fan of people artists who can crack back

A fitting tribute.

Hilarious, but it would've been more awesome if he actually tried.

YES!!! I finally get to use this!!!

Too big to show, but it's a gif of Jay-Z watching Coldplay...

Link (new window)

Can't believe farkers are getting so riled up about Jay-Z singing poorly for 60 seconds during what was essentially a joke. You're telling me that if you were there, and you knew about all the controversy surrounding his headlining the festival (as everyone at Glastonbury did), you wouldn't have been thrilled by that opening? The crowd was loving it, singing along with enthusiasm; they already knew they were in for a sick hip hop show, and obviously enjoyed the opening as well, even if, as the tape clearly shows, it wasn't Jay-Z's forte.

lsc78: Take away the beat machines and vocoders and these guys are revealed
as talentless hacks.

not sure who "these guys" are, but hopefully you're not referring to all hip hop artists.



Definitely not a talentless hack.

/Like Paul Pierce, The Undisputed Truth

Jay-Z can sing, he was just farking with Oasis for saying he wasn't good enough to headline.

lsc78: See?

Take away the beat machines and vocoders and these guys are revealed
as talentless hacks.

He can't even sing out of tune right.

fark this.

Seriously.


Read the thread, moran. He was mocking Oasis for a reason.