Westwood was a black man to some but he never meant shit to me.

LOL! Very nice, Westwood is a fucking idiot.

b’shalom

bananabrain

Sunny (no.16) – yes they’re all different, but they’re similar genre and as points of reference, i’ve no doubt T, Cube and PE in their day would have gone down better with a festival crowd- simply because they are better /had more lyrical credibility and sounded like they enjoyed the hard rock and jazz they sampled.

everyone – Look I’m showing my age, what with praising tv coverage, defending Gallagher and whatnot , so I will bow out of this – but not without restating that were it not for his missus, some of his defenders would be taking a much harder look at Mr Z – come on really he said he liked Coldplay on Jonathan Ross.
How many of Mr Paltrow’s riffs will survive 40 years?

ha ha!

Saying that, why are you comparing Jay-Z to Public Enemy, Ice T or even NWA? They’re all different. I don’t like Jay Z as much as oher hip hop artists but he’s still a mean MC.

As for ‘Jigga my Nigga’, it was a big spectacle, but only the quietest bit in the middle where he was rhyming with a conscience was true Glasto. It is utterly hypocritical for anyone (especially Jay Zeavis) to big up his hustle/bling/bitches steez while lamenting the tide of imported US gang affiliation that is eating young black kids in this country like a cancer (true indeed).

RIP Ben Kinsella.

I think Westwood is only a black man in his own feverish imaginings! I was inspired by the mentions of him to check out his Wiki entry. Apparently one of his catchphrases is: ‘”Bow down and kiss the ring… and I don’t wear any jewellery”.’

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i was watchin it on the box and thought it was a good concert from what i saw. anyone notice him mixin in an old prodigy track into his set, along with doing a bit of a risky track selection performin some his older less known classics that hip hop heads know but i don’t think the whole crowd knew what to do except be appreciative of it if nothing else – jay z seemed to get the most support for his most popular tracks such as encore, hard knock life, the punjabi mc bootleg – and then the stunts like covering wonderwall, the america boy rap – made for loads of highlights which made the gig more talked about and more memorable than just watching another band of guitars.

if anything its almost as if noel gallaghers throwaway comment forced jay z to step us his game for the festival.

unfortunately he loses points for not punching someone in the audience! seriously though, its not uncommon at all for hip hop acts to be at the festival, typically on the side stages – this year was no exception.

I just finished washing for several hours after returning from Glasto. In response to your question Leon, with Massive Attack and Squarepusher clashing with Jay-Z, he didn’t have a chance. In fact I didn’t see any acts on the main stage all week. But hip hop definitely has a place at Glasto, I’m glad Jay-Z, Lupe, Dizzee were received well.

The Verve aced last night though. Glad they are back.

Anyway, fair play to Emily Eavis was booking him ( 8-( but no Beyonce!) and the Beeb’s coverage was, as ever, excellant. A capricious and uncaring universe bless ‘em!

HOVA!!