Maybe one day in the far future you will get your wish again and watch robots tackle each other as hard as they can to the point where their parts are falling off.I miss watching this back in the 80s and early 90s... when the hits looked painful and you could hear the strong grunts through the crowd.
Not unless they are cyborgs, Or, Contracted humans with cybernetic advancements that play for sport, wealth and fame.
This, it’s like US has the same 5-10 person team of black rappers + washed out Eminem to fill any possible shoes.
I think you rather underestimate the appeal of the half time show - the half time show is about bringing in a new audience to the event, meaning that if non-sports fans watch, the NFL's broadcasters get an audience of sports fans AND music fans to sell to advertisers.
I'm always searching for new tunes, nothing gets me more excited when I discover something new and it sounds good
That's that me espresso!
Better the "good ol days" than
There's only so much time in the day. The newest band I've gotten really into is Sleep Token. You can't listen,read,watch everything so I am pretty picky. I'm fine with just listening to old stuff if it still moves me in some way. Bille Eilish is good at what she does but I find her music boring.
The funny thing is Kendrick has a song with U2 so he definitely could have them up there in his halftime show. Hell he could even bring Taylor Swift up there since he has a song with here too. I don’t see how this is a bad choice. He’s a great performer and he’s going to kill the Super Bowl halftime show.
I miss watching this back in the 80s and early 90s... when the hits looked painful and you could hear the strong grunts through the crowd.
That’s one of the reasons why rap was able to last so long in the spotlight: the artists weren’t afraid to genre-blend and experiment.
Ok.
It's more than just willingness, finding new music is more work now. There isn't monoculture like there used to be the audience is way more split up and there's way less curation. There are million artists you've never heard of that can sell out 1000 seat venues, but the 10,000 seat venues are mostly being sold by nostalgia acts.Better the "good ol days" than
But I do agree on the fact that there's alot of good music out there,whether new or old,you just have to be willing to check it out.
I hate to make this about Drake but it's probably fair to say Drake seems way more like a "Super Bowl" act and probably would have been in front of Kendrick in line if not for the summer's shellacking.
Is this why there are so many half decent songs that then get ruined by some guy cutting in to grumble and shout some nonsense before the person who can actually sing comes back?
It's Travis Kelce, tight end for the Kansas City Chiefs.
I’m sorry to say this but her playlist is at the very top of a large iceberg. This is only a drop of what I am discussing:Is this why there are so many half decent songs that then get ruined by some guy cutting in to grumble and shout some nonsense before the person who can actually sing comes back?
Sooooo many "pretty little singer + Xl Qtip NAS" songs in my wife's playlist
Its New Orleans. It shouldve been Wayne, period.
You really want a cooked lil Wayne in 2024 performing on a big stage like that in front of the world. Lil Wayne isn’t the same Wayne he was when he was in his Apex after the Carter 3. They should have had him do it in 2013. Don’t get me wrong lil Wayne is a legend but when it comes to a perfomance he’s not fucking with Kendrick. Kendrick has the creativity to execute something amazing on stage. I’ve seen him twice at concerts and he’s an amazing performer and he sounds just as good live if not better than he does in the studio. Lil Wayne in 2024 live? let me just say this I don’t want to hear the negativity after his performance. This is the first time a solo hip hop artist has performed at the Super Bowl only ones that I can think of that could do it Justice at this moment is Eminem, Travis Scott and Kendrick Lamar. Drake could do it too but I dunno I think he’s a bit boring on stage. By me saying this it would be great if Kendrick bring Lil Wayne out but I don’t think Wayne should headline.
Sad if true. I don’t remember all of the half time shows but they missed some amazing hip hop artists at their absolute peaks.
Yeah, I think Kanye West at his peak could've had an amazing Super Bowl performance.
Kanye could have easily done it but he’s way too controversial to do it now and has missed the boat.
To be fair, there are some real reasons why conscious rap played itself out, and some of it is the commercial appeal of gangsta and party rap, but some of it also that a lot of conscious rappers really struggled to find a relatable persona. So much of conscious rap in the 90s involved this sort of "Listen to me, I'm the enlightened one" posture that has been around since KRS-One but really got wack with guys like Arrested Development. Or it was full of dubious hotep kind of shit.
Why? Drake isn’t the one forking out any money for the privilege.
I wouldn't compare Kendrick to Lupe at all. I respect Lupe, but I kind of find him closer to MF DOOM, like a lyrical miracle kind of guy who wants to show how he can rhyme 6 syllables in every bar, but fuck if the song is about anything.
Put it through the uprights. ooh oh
