Given my limited exposure to Kendrick Lamar's music and his beef with Drake, your breakdown of his Super Bowl performance sounds about right. When I watch the half-time show every year, I want to be able to be ENTERTAINED, whether or not I have heard of the artist/band or his/her/their music. I want a big, creative spectacle with good music. IT IS THE SUPER BOWL: ALMOST 130 MILLION PEOPLE WATCHED IT THIS YEAR--MAKE IT COUNT!!!! He fell short on that stage, in my opinion.
Great piece! Though I don't agree that Kendrick is a challenge to the status quo, if anything he's part of it much the same way Beyonce is. Anyone who was a legitimate threat to it wouldn't be getting heaped with awards, having thinkpiece after thinkpiece published about them, or being allowed to get anywhere near the Super Bowl halftime show.
In my mind, nobody has ever (maybe WILL ever) top Prince's half time show and I agree that Kanye would have put on an incredible one. It's a shame what's happened to him. .
Given my limited exposure to Kendrick Lamar's music and his beef with Drake, your breakdown of his Super Bowl performance sounds about right. When I watch the half-time show every year, I want to be able to be ENTERTAINED, whether or not I have heard of the artist/band or his/her/their music. I want a big, creative spectacle with good music. IT IS THE SUPER BOWL: ALMOST 130 MILLION PEOPLE WATCHED IT THIS YEAR--MAKE IT COUNT!!!! He fell short on that stage, in my opinion.
If they made artists who utilize autotune ineligible for a Grammy, who would be left?
Great piece! Though I don't agree that Kendrick is a challenge to the status quo, if anything he's part of it much the same way Beyonce is. Anyone who was a legitimate threat to it wouldn't be getting heaped with awards, having thinkpiece after thinkpiece published about them, or being allowed to get anywhere near the Super Bowl halftime show.
In my mind, nobody has ever (maybe WILL ever) top Prince's half time show and I agree that Kanye would have put on an incredible one. It's a shame what's happened to him. .
That medley was honestly garbage.
I liked the medley's intro. The rest was garbage. But even that was preferable to what Kendrick did on that stage.
Respectfully disagree. Show was great.
Cool.