Gamers rejoice, Team Teamwork (some group out of Massachusetts supposedly) put together 11 tracks of music from Zelda: Ocarina of Time mashed up nicely with some classic rap. Creative I must say. Who knew Zelda mixed with hip hop just works? Stumbled on it the other day. Probably pretty late on this one, but ah who cares? I love their use of some familiar drum breaks, most notably in track 3 with that Paul Simon sample (Common - Forever Begins). Good stuff.
What was the greatest response to a diss? Boogie Down Productions with the Bridge Is Over? Nahhhh. The Game with 300 Bars and Runnin'? Not even close. Jay-Z with The Takeover? That's a little closer. Believe it or not, the greatest battle was between two juggernauts in opposite music genres.
In February 2008, the organizers of the legendary British rock concert, Glastonbury, announced that Jay-Z would be headlining the festival, a feat no other hip hop artist had ever done. Legendary frontman Noel Gallagher, of the super rockband Oasis, (stupidly) stated this:
"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
The Gallagher brothers, notably Noel, are known for their catchy music and degrading comments of others. But this harsh remark had had to be the most cruel of them all. So how could Jay-Z respond to this diss by possibly the biggest band of the past two decades? Here's how:
The opening set is why this battle surpasses any other exchange between two artists. To come out, play Wonderwall chords on the guitar, and sing your opponents most popular song AND THEN have 150,000 fans sing it along with you has got to be the greatest counterattack in music history. Oasis had no idea how to respond to this. They had no idea that an artist that was so different in terms of music could woo the hearts of hundreds of thousands of rock & roll fans. And then to add insult to injury Jay-Z released a single, titled Jockin' Jay-Z of Blueprint (dropping soon!) in which he spit
"That bloke from Oasis said I couldn't play guitar/ Somebody said shoulda told him I'm a fuckin rock star"
Oasis had no response once again. Just goes to show you that you cant mess with the king. Adding up the score, the final tally is: Jay-Z: 2 Oasis: -1 (Oasis broke up recently)
After a good turnout from our Spring Show, ASUCI looked to Hip Hop Congress to start off the school year strong. That’s why the HHC committee decided to kick things off right by bringing emcees Speak and Pheo to perform at the Anteater Involvement Fair aka Welcome Week. The reason we decided to bring back the entertaining duo for an encore performance is because of their high energy and ability to rock the crowd. Speak is the funniest act I’ve ever seen live and Pheo carries unquestionable swagger. The two combined will have the opening set of Welcome Week to combine their humor and talent to start the school year with a bang. ASUCI also asked us to DJ the whole set on Monday of Welcome Week, so we decided to bring in the very talented DJ Geo-D, of Crew Royale, to spin for us. Here is what to expect Monday, September 21st at 11am sharp (note Speak’s ponytail LOL).
"You make it rain....I pick it up!"
And if they perform this remix of Pheo's, I will go apeshit.
HHC affiliate lisa and I arrive at UCR's spring splash at 12:30 welcomed by cops, security, and these guys. cool already. take that raiders cap off son I forgot to take an "after" picture
and this, which is not out of the ordinary, reminiscent of our very own wayzsgoose. stage
after two hours of waiting up at the front with josh and tiff we received our first treat... kanye???
nope just wale wearing his shoes but sick nonetheless.
