Jay-Z recently sat down with Steve Stoute for an interview as part of The Tanning Effect, reflecting on his headlining slot at the Glastonbury festival in 2008 and the controversy it drew from critics. During the interview, he said that it was
“It was just another one of those checkpoints. It felt like the DMX ‘Hard Knock Life’ conversation all over again, to have that conversation of, ‘No, rappers, we can tour together. We don’t have to have an outside R&B act or anything like that.’ Done,” he said. “People listen to music differently now. That was the old guard holding onto something they thought was dear. ‘We can’t let any other type of music infiltrate this rock festival.’ But people don’t listen to music like that no more. Globally, anywhere. Everyone’s iPod is a list of all eclectic things. You have some rock, some blues, some jazz – all types of things, whatever you like. They try to keep this thing segmented.”
He continued by emphasizing the importance of words and how a slight oversight or misunderstanding can completely misconstrue what he’s actually saying.
“It’s like a misconception of anything. I can have a misconception of anything I hear one or two words from. If you hear buzz words coming from Hip Hop or anything like that, you say that’s what it’s all about. It’s very difficult to fairly analyze something in a 30-second blip. If I analyze even a Maya Angelou in a 30-second blip, I can misjudge who she is as a person and she happens to be the most incredible poet of our time.”
Watch the full interview below, where he also touches on his single “Change Clothes” featuring Pharrell Williams (via HHNM).
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STFU YOU CAMEL FACED FUCK
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_li7stUvd0I
Hov opened the doors for rappers to play what were traditionally rock festivals with that move back then….way to expand the culture.
Cypress Hill/Rage Against the Machine
Before Jay was biting
@ Ryan
damn u sound bitter lol…
Ur right except Cypress/Rage didn’t really chance anyones perception on this sort of thing and it was their OWN shows…Cypress didn’t headline Glastonbury so what you said is kind of irrelevant to the article man…it’s not a rock/rap show article..it’s about a big hip hop name headlining Glastonbury…otherwise you could talk about Run DMC and Aerosmith dude, get that hate out of your blood
* change anyone’s perception…
JAYZ rocking the Black&White FREEMASON colors again!!! It’s funny that cats try to defend this nigga! Dude makes good music, but he is a Lucifarian, Devil Worshipping Snake!
How old are you son 15??
When a nigga makin money
other niggas hatin’
I’m glad someone called him out, he’s going straight to hell if he keeps this up. It seems more attractive and easier now to whorship the devil.
Na I aint 15 nigga, and I aint hating on no man…. Just Stating FACTS!!!! TRUTH HURTS!!!
WTF nigga can’t wear black and white now? What you smoking on ma dude, go do your own thing, and stop worrying about other people…
YOU ARE DUMB
I agree w dude… He makes great music, one of the best lyricist of all time… But…he does make and show subliminal free mason messages in his music and clothing.. His pose is even a free mason symbol…and nobodys hating on em” theres no need as long as you yourself are progressing.
Uhhm how am i the only person that realized this shits old? When hes reflectin on change clothes u kno that shits ollld.
SMDH. So because he spoke of an old song makes it old? It’s obvious you missed the first sentence, which said RECENTLY. Here, this is for you:
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Its like a misconception of anything. I can have a misconception of anything I hear one or two words from. If you hear buzz words coming from Hip Hop or anything like that, you say thats what its all about. Its very difficult to fairly analyze something in a 30-second blip. If I analyze even a Maya Angelou in a 30-second blip, I can misjudge who she is as a person and she happens to be the most incredible poet of our time.
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Or maybe becuase both the glastonbury bullshit and change clothes were fucking forever ago? And it wasnt like change clothes is his biggest song..there was an article on dx identical to this years ago and they do occasionally fuck up and post old articles. Besides he literally answers the whole thing himself..its a rock festival..hes a rapper. If i went to a hiphop festi and slipknot was headin it id be pretty pissed..want an example? Tila tequilla at the gathering of the juggalos.
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Lil B says words don’t matter. Pay attention to the OG Jay they do. Lyrics (words) are the only instrument that an MC has to play, so he/she better do it well.
That’s why he can write a book based upon his lyrical content (decoded) and it be poignant, a lot of MC’s won’t be able to do the same.
Well said, man. I agree.
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Jay in the first to do the rock open thing man, check the records, other rapper and rap group done that, old new nothing new there
thats wassup
I find it interesting how all you little anonymous Internet bitches have latched on to the idea of certain Black elite being down with secret societies.
There may be some veracity to those claims but why is that information so easily available? I know myself and my enemy and his only power is deception. So say it is true; so be it, let God be the judge as he is better equipped than your little estrogen filled asses. You really don’t care if Jay is or isn’t in those societies – that would be rational but you are emotionally driven.
Bottom-line Jay serves as a better example of a man than you – making moves you don’t, won’t or can’t. Deep down that bothers you because it makes the little bullshit you do insignificant. So Instead of following his blueprint to put yourself in a better position to help your community you try to tear him down. Why? is it jealousy or just another example of self-hatred.
Nonetheless it is accomplishing the goals of the same organizations you claim to be against. You are the Manchurian candidates character assassinating your brothers when the code word is uttered all while hiding your hands just like them. Funny thing is the same thing happened during Biblical times.
You really don’t see who Jay is. He understood who they were coming into the industry off the streets and he changed the game. He named his company after one of them – Rockefeller – he had to know who he was and what he was about and look how Jay changed the game – they don’t let people that look like us do that.
That diamond sign is a pyramid – who built them? Who are all these secret societies masquerading to be while studying the originators behind closed doors? I know who I am and I know who they are; liars just like their father. When you are ignorant you are easily mislead.
I’ve listened to his music for a number a years and it has not compromised my vision or my allegiance. All this subliminal bs you all talk about how is that affecting you or others. Are ya’ll joining up at your local Prince Hall Masonic Lodge? Fuck outta here with that bullshit then.
Yall just some little girls in boys bodies throwing shade. So do me a favor; take your ass to the store, go to the feminine hygiene isle and get a big pack of Maxi-Pads with wings. When you get home pull down your panties put one on your pussy – bitch.
Glad you took an hr to write this and noone reading it!
As expected; an anonymous response like a bitch would. You little emotional limited vocabulary damn near illiterate fools don’t read or write anything but short contrived drivel in the first place. The circumference of your understanding determines the diameter of your success.
History shows ignorant people hate what they don’t understand. That’s why you hate winners and root for the underdog with whom you can relate. Which is a rather loquacious way of saying you are bunch of little bitches.
However, real men don’t act like that. Somewhere along the we lost that understanding.
Other hip hop acts had played the glastonbury, however, known had headlined there. That’s what made it some what epic.
“DO WHAT THOU WILT” MUTHAFUCKAZ!! Do the Math
straight up!! Mr Crowleys lil nigga!
Illuminati Bitch!
This dude waxes every inch of his body and ya’ll think he dont like lil boys LMAO!
That fact that you know that or noticed that about a grown ass man, that you are judging is amazingly ironic, lol.
I didn’t notice until you pointed it out, I’m only concerned with his words not his choice in bodily upkeep.
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