Oasis bassist Gem Archer has said that Jay-Z should grow up instead of slagging off Noel Gallagher via the medium of rap. Which is a bit rich, given Gallagher's propensity for slagging off anyone and anything via the medium of his mouth. But there you go.
Anyway, as you might just recall, Gallagher criticised Glastonbury earlier this year for booking Jay-Z for the event, instead of a rock band, and the rap star responded in a track entitled 'Jockin' Jay Z' with the lyrics "That bloke from Oasis said I couldn't play guitar/ Someone shoulda told him I'm a fuckin' rock star/ Today is gonna be the day that I'm gonna throw it back to you/ I'm living life as a rocker..." Actually, now that I've read the lyrics, he's not really slagging Gallagher off that much, really, is he?
But here's what Archer thinks: "It's like eight-year-old girls in the schoolyard, running off and writing ditties like that. Grow up! But rappers love a ruck. It's what they do. They set out to have a fight and it's there in their lyrics. They love biffo".