I'm unpissed but am disappointed that he chose selling out to the weak position of little to no risk vs taking a position of strength, accept the consequence then, shut that whole show down to go off on both the NFL for its hypocrisy as well Trump and his own shitty values.
It's Kendrick Lamar. I mean did you expect a bunch of right wingers to appreciate his music? Or his performance?
Or anything?
I mean this is the standard.
I’ve heard zero people pissed off. I’ve heard I didn’t like it and not my type of music, and I couldn’t understand the vocals. But again Bluesky users going to somehow make this about nazis
Great shout out to Gil Scot Heron and his 1971 masterpiece. Boomers will get a good laugh and be able to understand the references. This is considered a Granddaddy of Rap. Do give it a listen. https://youtu.be/vwSRqaZGsPw?si=7WNfhiDLyL9LRCoR
Kendrick knew what he was saying and I’m sure he is well aware of this but I think he is right to change the narrative. Cameras are everywhere anyway - inevitable
"Would I have preferred Woody Herman's Third Herd Big Band? Hell yeah! But the FACT that this has seriously pissed off white squares who clap on the wrong beat....I'm all in! Go Kendrick! Great job!"
I forget who said it, might have been Churchill or maybe Mark Twain, but sometimes you can tell more about a man not by who his friends are, but by who his enemies are.
Or something like that.
So, I'm watching a coup d'etat of my country, by hostile entities Trump, and musk, and we are being asked to have faith in the same justice system that failed to arrest and jail Trump--that ultimately led to his being re-elected (by stupid people) who is now essentially a dictator-king?
You mean where Justin Timberlake ripped off more of her outfit than was planned for the show? He is the one who created the issue, not the person whose privacy was violated on national television.
Trump just signed an executive order saying that only Lara Trump, Lee Greenwood, Ted Nugent and the J6 Choir will be allowed to perform the Super Bowl halftime show from now on. Not sure why Kid Rock was omitted. 😞
only valid criticism is glorification of gang culture with cwalk stuff. thats not great, gangs are pretty objectively negative and do harm to communities.
Black men making up the American flag while Samuel L Jackson was Uncle Sam - class. Then there were them lyrics like “you picked the right time but the wrong guy”. 🫡
It’s really interesting because so many people didn’t understand the words he was saying, so they didn’t pick up the potent messages he was dropping. You’ll probably need to watch it again, but here’s what Lamar was referencing:
It was masterful! So was the opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games...it's the interpretation that sends the subtle messages...it takes an artistic open mind to absorb them.
Interesting. An intelligent, artistic, thoughtful & open minded gay friend dismissed the French Olympic ceremony as crass.
So, I'd be interested to learn about the interpretation.
Could you direct me to an interpretation I could share with him, please?
There were layers underneath those layers. He gave a pulitzer/collegiate level visual dissertation. Black America won't let the other America live their alternate reality in peace. An unresolved problem for 300+yrs.
We've never not-not "utilized our power. Power ebbs and flows by its very nature. Power has peaks and Valleys. Pay more attention to us, and it will be apparent that Black women are the real power. They fight for everyone, when it's a just cause, but few fight for them just because.
So very true. I'm a retired nurse and remain close friends with a woman who fostered sick children and demonstrated how to care deeply and to have faith and hope. They got scorched in this last election, so I marched for them in DC.
I think it was good for what the Super Bowl performances have become (a musical medley of many songs) but his songs have messages and are much better heard the entire way through.
Like the song he did part of with the kind of du-wop group making the beat under the street lamp https://youtu.be/wiALRpD0Ztg
It was an ok halftime show, but it was an amazing work of art. Entertainment value was not Kendrick’s aim. He pushed the right buttons, those of us who needed to see it, saw it. The rest flew over everyone’s head cause it’s not coded for them.
It’s funny: I read one comment last night that “he could have said more!” I read that, and thought: has this person never listened to Kendrick? He’s a master at multiple layers of meaning in what he does. (They forget: the man has a Pulitzer. He’s on another level.)
I boycotted the Superbowl (me and 10 others apparently, lol) and just learning about the significance of Kendrick's performance. Excuse me while I go subscribe to him on YouTube and what I have left of social media.
yup-well done Kendrick, the felon can influence the NFL to erase the "end racism" signage at the end of the field but one thing they, or the felon, cannot erase is artistry, creativity and public expression, those will live. This is a time when we, as a country, need artists, poets, and musicians.
just like during WWII the nazi party went after artists, poets, and musicians and some went underground or fled the country....now most American artists won't flee the US but there's a way to get that music and art out...will disagree with you...creativity will never die...
Yeah but...the comedians are probably *extremely* exhausted by having so many years where there was an overabundance of good material to work with, plus knowing the burden of having to deal a good laugh has never been heavier or more important in their careers.
Add to that the fact that so many of us just don't want to hear about him all the time, even if it is comedic. Additionally, the situation is getting impossible to laugh about.
I think most of them are in recovery from the first go round. This ain’t the G.W. years. At least that war criminal was absurd enough to laugh at. We’re walking the plank as a nation and endangering the world simultaneously.
The scariest part is how many of us on that plank are doing the conga, certain this is all part of some master plan to dive headfirst into paradise from.
NO President has wasted 20 million of taxpayers money to attend the Superbowl. Taking taxpayers money for your own glorification. No President has ever abused taxpayers money on that.!
Trump & Muskrat's cut school lunches for American children &20 million wasted for Trump’s egotistical vanity.
Yes and fox dubbed it with cheer track. When the Fanta Facist stepped out on the field some guy was screaming he's a traitor over and over. It was a beautiful thing.
I see what you did using that last sentence…😆 One of trump’s well-used descriptions. I swell he has a list of sentences with fill-in-the-blank spaces for whatever he’s talking about. 🙄
You know GOD is REAL right? And no liar escapes unscathed. The intelligence services of this nation fomented that phony uprising. There were FBI agents saying "do it". I watched the whole thing unfold on 4Chan months in advance. It was a psyop, just like the SB halftime show was watch vid below :
I worked last night, so I didn't get to see the halftime show. I just watched it on YouTube. I'm going to listen to his stuff on Spotify and download some of his music.
If it was at the oligarchy's rapist fest NFL toiletBowl, I missed it because I am not a hypocrite like so many who went or watched that shit. I do not knowingly associate with pedophiles, rapist,and traitors. 😡😡😡
If it was at the oligarchy's rapist fest NFL toiletBowl, I missed it because I am not a hypocrite like so many who went or watched that shit. I do not knowingly associate with pedophiles, rapist,and traitors. 😡😡😡
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He's coming to my home city Cardiff in the UK with SZA I'm 41 but I'm so getting tickets - the guy is a lyrical master and so honest the Drake stuff aside the man can write.
They're so fragile, it doesn't take much 😆 They're offended by other people having free will. While calling themselves Christians and not seeing the irony 🤣
"Good mischief"...is that like a "pleasant stench"? I'll agree that art is important, but our greatest poets have nothing to say but "F*ck Bishes, and GET MONEY" apparently.
I read the lyrics to all the songs Lamar sang at halftime and that’s what I got out of it. “I hate a bitch that’s hatin’ on a bitch and they both hoes.”
How is the feud between Kendrick Lamar and Drake of any cultural or social significance? It’s a petty feud between millionaires. I thought Dr. Dre and friends was 100 better and Lamar was in that.
I recommend going immediately to YouTube and watching Money Game 1-3 by Welsh singer/rapper/visionary Ren. Follow that with his 1 million subscribers post, and your faith in humanity will be restored. @renmakesmusic.bsky.social
Wonderful! As a "white boomer" I applaud the whole lineup before and during. I have no idea what he said 95% of the time but "it had a good beat and I could dance to it!" (Those who know, know 😆)
I would highly suggest that all my fellow boomers do a deep dive on Youtube, even if you think you know. There were so many layers, it's really enriching. Think of it as a Black History Month Observance. We've all missed out on the riches of the full American story.
I can’t second this enough! Even if you don’t like rap or think you hate hip hop (though that’s worth examining on its own), his work/art even before this past year & now especially that halftime show, is important & relevant beyond any beef or musical tastes. Holler if you want resources!
Agreed. I think I need to honor his contribution to society by renaming a pet, thereby creating a reason to casually drop his name 3 dozen times a day.
I'm a 66 yr old white lady, and as art will do, it spoke to every person in it's own way. I know nothing about the Kendrick/Drake feud, but I recognize political pushback in a second. YES! His performance was a thing of BEAUTY. Is Trump smart enough to recognize it? Who cares, I DID!
And the fact that the NFL didn't step in to stop him, like they did with Garth Brooks in the 90s, makes me wonder why they didn't stop them. Football fans and Republicans have a lot of crossover.
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He sold out.
Maybe it’s a sign we should get organized and host marches straight on through the month. From 1 to 31. #March231
Or anything?
I mean this is the standard.
🧐🤔
... I'm an old white lady in South Texas and I like this kid before but now I'm a super fan.
[And his legs too]
Trump earned both a No Prize and a Darwin Award.
You’ll support whatever Trump wants because you’re a good little Nazi follower.
There were lots of people like you in Germany in the 30s.
I don’t care if Nazis get 99% of the vote. I’m never going to say that being a Nazi is good. Never.
Zoot Mantis.
Or something like that.
👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
https://occupy25.com/2025/02/10/a-call-for-true-change-amidst-chaos/
It won't stop MAGA.
anything else is racist dog whistle.
kendrick lamar managed to piss off all the "people" on the right
Fixed it for you.
Game Over
Sorry for the poor quality but they cut away FAST for catching a screenshot.
But what is the deal w Drake?
Potent messages about hoes and Drake. He’s a real genius!
So, I'd be interested to learn about the interpretation.
Could you direct me to an interpretation I could share with him, please?
Like the song he did part of with the kind of du-wop group making the beat under the street lamp https://youtu.be/wiALRpD0Ztg
Science
Technology
Engineering
ART
Mathematics
Good enough for me
Choreographed dancers were great. Really tight
Trump & Muskrat's cut school lunches for American children &20 million wasted for Trump’s egotistical vanity.
sam won it for
me !
Sweet baby Jesus...
And i love kendrick
Excellent show.
What an opener!