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Originally Posted by Kelevision
It actually makes very much sense. Kendrick Lamar is incredibly smart and talented. He won a Pulitzer Prize for one of his albums. He’s a great storyteller. If you’re interested, you can easily find all the explanations of every minute of his performance with a quick google search. There are lots of people breaking it down for you. He’s brilliant. From the layout of the PlayStation controller, Sam Jackson as Uncle Sam, to the lower case a on his necklace. Every single moment of that performance was calculated. Even if you’re not a fan of rap, which I’m not, that performance was genius.
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I could not disagree more. IMHO, it was not pure genius. I had the good fortune of touring with a RRHoF band for decades. We cross paths with countless rockstars. I got to know a lot of them on a personal level. Some became friends. They were pure genius. They spent years and years perfecting their craft. Their musical contributions were genius. I did not see that same quality in the half time show. Of course some people would accuse me of being old and out of touch. I blow that narrative up because I am a fan of artists from Metallica to The Beatles to Lionel Ritchie to Robert Cray to Joe Satriani to Patti LaBelle to Van Halen...blah blah blah. I even like Frankie Yankovic. I wont deny that rap is an artform, but it does not fit the conditions that I know to be music. If I wanted the spoken word, I'd go back and listen to Maynard G. Krebs or Frank Zappa. At least I could understand them.
And one last thing...accomplished vocalist know how to use a microphone, for dynamics. It is called the proximity effect. Go youtube Paul Rogers of Bad Company for a primer on it. There was no evidence of understand that concept from the halftime performers.