In reply to the ‘underdog’ column - Latest MTM – July issue 64
Latest MTM – July issue 64.
In reply to the ‘underdog’ column
I wasn’t looking for it but changing channels on TV I happened to stumble over the broadcast of Jay-Z performance at Glastonbury. What a waste of time and space.
He started off with a snippet of Oasis’ Wonderworld (I think... I’m not an Oasis fun anyway); of course this was in answer to one of the Oasis guys saying something negative about Jay-Z coming at Glastonbury.
Well all Jay-Z achieved by trying to sing Wonderworld was to show that he (Jay-Z) can’t sing.
Then he went on to do his stuff and I was really not impressed. I sometime listen to hip hop / rap but I don’t keep track of who makes which track. I like some of the hip hop stuff I dislike some other. So all I could do was compare Jay-Z to tons of CDs I listened to over the past few years (borrowed from my hip hop / rap fan friend) and other stuff I hear now and then on radio/TV/online stations.
Well , again ,I wasn’t impressed. All I can say after watching him perform is
• He can’t sing
• His voice as a hip hop artist is not as deep and cool as others
• His voice as hip hop artists is not as ‘not deep but cool’ as others
• Maybe it is just me but I really didn’t like his voice :)
• I didn’t think much about his music/songs as a whole.
I need to specify that my only experience in listening to Jay-Z is his performance at Glastonbury. I never listened to a CD of his. I never looked him up online and stuff like that. So if his performance was meant to show me how good he is, how cool his music is... well he failed!
I don’t feel like I want to go and look for more (online/cd)
Yes he had a live set, but of course musically it is ‘simple’, nothing that makes you go wow.
Maybe people do like him because the lyrics he writes/sings? (Assuming he writes them?) Well, I was so unimpressed with his performance that I didn’t feel compelled to pay attention to what his songs where trying to say.
What I thought of him overall after watching the pre-show talk (WWF wrestling style) with Tim Westwood...
- (T. Westwood: a white guy trying to sound like a black guy... I don’t know you but every time Westwood opens his mouth on the radio or on TV he just sounds stupid; I can’t understand why some people like him; black guys can feel/look cool in their hip hop attitude/ways... but Westwood trying to sound and look hip-hop just feels/look stupid).
What I thought of him overall after watching the pre-show talk (WWF wrestling style) with Tim Westwood... ...was that Jay-Z is just a clown, a buffoon maybe ticking some teenagers’ cool box? Really no idea why he is so popular (maybe because Beyonce?). Of course if what he does makes him money then he would be right to think why do it different
Anyway, luckily enough on another TV channel there was this other guy called Buddy Guy :)... now 'that' was entertaining and good; Buddy Guy’s songs also had some strong language but Buddy Guy is good... Jay-Z is trash.
In reply to the ‘underdog’ column
I wasn’t looking for it but changing channels on TV I happened to stumble over the broadcast of Jay-Z performance at Glastonbury. What a waste of time and space.
He started off with a snippet of Oasis’ Wonderworld (I think... I’m not an Oasis fun anyway); of course this was in answer to one of the Oasis guys saying something negative about Jay-Z coming at Glastonbury.
Well all Jay-Z achieved by trying to sing Wonderworld was to show that he (Jay-Z) can’t sing.
Then he went on to do his stuff and I was really not impressed. I sometime listen to hip hop / rap but I don’t keep track of who makes which track. I like some of the hip hop stuff I dislike some other. So all I could do was compare Jay-Z to tons of CDs I listened to over the past few years (borrowed from my hip hop / rap fan friend) and other stuff I hear now and then on radio/TV/online stations.
Well , again ,I wasn’t impressed. All I can say after watching him perform is
• He can’t sing
• His voice as a hip hop artist is not as deep and cool as others
• His voice as hip hop artists is not as ‘not deep but cool’ as others
• Maybe it is just me but I really didn’t like his voice :)
• I didn’t think much about his music/songs as a whole.
I need to specify that my only experience in listening to Jay-Z is his performance at Glastonbury. I never listened to a CD of his. I never looked him up online and stuff like that. So if his performance was meant to show me how good he is, how cool his music is... well he failed!
I don’t feel like I want to go and look for more (online/cd)
Yes he had a live set, but of course musically it is ‘simple’, nothing that makes you go wow.
Maybe people do like him because the lyrics he writes/sings? (Assuming he writes them?) Well, I was so unimpressed with his performance that I didn’t feel compelled to pay attention to what his songs where trying to say.
What I thought of him overall after watching the pre-show talk (WWF wrestling style) with Tim Westwood...
- (T. Westwood: a white guy trying to sound like a black guy... I don’t know you but every time Westwood opens his mouth on the radio or on TV he just sounds stupid; I can’t understand why some people like him; black guys can feel/look cool in their hip hop attitude/ways... but Westwood trying to sound and look hip-hop just feels/look stupid).
What I thought of him overall after watching the pre-show talk (WWF wrestling style) with Tim Westwood... ...was that Jay-Z is just a clown, a buffoon maybe ticking some teenagers’ cool box? Really no idea why he is so popular (maybe because Beyonce?). Of course if what he does makes him money then he would be right to think why do it different
Anyway, luckily enough on another TV channel there was this other guy called Buddy Guy :)... now 'that' was entertaining and good; Buddy Guy’s songs also had some strong language but Buddy Guy is good... Jay-Z is trash.
Tags: glastonbury, hip, hop, jay-z, underdog
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Permalink Reply by Throbber on -
Yeah, Yeah, Uh Huh, Uh Huh. Yo, Yo. That's what I'm saying, That's what I'm saying.
You herring, You Herring, cause I'm going to say everything twice, cause I'm going to say everything twice, just like them, just like them, Yeah, Yeah, Uh Huh. Uh Huh, Yo, Yo, That's what I'm saying, That's what I'm saying and ain't it the biggest load of shit. Yo, Yo, - F**kin Yoyo, Toffeepop, Kitkat. LOL.
Why do they say everything twice ? Why do they say everything twice ?
They must think we can't hear, I said, they must think we can't hear.
Jay-Zee, NO, Jay Zed, yes, while you are in Britain it is Jay Zed. You herring, You Herring.
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha haaaaaaa !!!!
Very amused,
Throbber.
Throbber.
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Permalink Reply by Throbber on
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Isn't Westwood actually a black guy ? I thought him on the TV as a white guy was a special effect or was the result of a very powerful spotlight.
Maybe he is a black guy, but, he has just had a very big shock that turned him white.
Sort of like Michael Jaxi.
Throb.
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Permalink Reply by Howard Williams on -
Could you imagine though Tim Westwood coming in to Pimp your studio!!!!!!
Pimp your studio (oops nearly forgot to say it twice)
Is it just that he doesn't know how to turn off the digital delay?
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Permalink Reply by Throbber on
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Hmmmm,
How long could you put up with him before you had to knock him out.
Yo Yo,.....Whack.
Throbs.
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Permalink Reply by Ian Maleney on -
I really wish someone who likes Jay Z comes up here and rips you all to pieces for being dismissive pricks.
The majority of music is shit, we all make shit music, if you believe otherwise then you are deluded. The sun does not shine out from our behinds. I personally thought it was better to let Jay Z headline it, so what? Would you rather have Oasis peddling the decent songs they wrote over a decade ago? Or the newest over hyped british bullshit "indie" band peddling cheap knock offs of decent songs Oasis wrote over a decade ago? I suppose you might.
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Permalink Reply by TCwebtime on
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There is no need for someone who likes Jay Z to come here and rip us pricks to pieces.
Their opinion would be super very welcome of course!
Jay Z is big enough to represent himself... and he did, live at Glastonbury; I saw his performance and it was bad, boring...I didn't like it. That's my personal opinion
Cheers
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Permalink Reply by Daniel on -
I really think to this day that ''Dr Seuss'' is and was the best Rapper that ever lived!!
I think Jay- Zee could learn from this great Master!!
DJ.
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Permalink Reply by jason gray on -
Green eggs and ham ''Dr Seuss'' i tell thee he had some lyrics to put all these rappers to shame a! Daniel, lol.
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