r/MadeMeSmile • u/mcfw31 • Feb 10 '25

Wholesome Moments Kendrick Lamar and the whole Super Bowl stadium screaming “A Minor”

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u/Best_Poetry_5722 Feb 10 '25

Yo that was Uncle SamUel 😂

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u/[deleted] Feb 10 '25 edited Feb 13 '25

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u/Refuse2At Feb 10 '25

I loved how he basically mocking how all the neckbeards and other critics would be reacting in real-time. At first he says “Kendrick this is too ghetto” so then they played SZA songs. Then he was like “yeah see this is what America wants, now don’t ruin it” right before Not Like Us plays 😂

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u/ccat2011 Feb 10 '25

Kinda sad how many people didn’t quite get it and just brushed it off as a “boring rap performance”. If there was ever a time for a statement performance, it was then, considering the audience especially.

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u/Fresh_Profit3000 Feb 10 '25

The ones that didn’t get it literally were getting mocked in the face by Samuel L Jackson. Loved it!

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u/JDawgSabronas Feb 10 '25

Oof, it's me, I didn't get it. The party was loud, the TV sound wasn't amazing, and I don't follow the rap scene well. I know about Kendrick and Drake's beef (if you can even call it that), and diving deeper into it tonight and EVERYTHING in this performance is something. Loved the show, even more so now.

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u/Fresh_Profit3000 Feb 10 '25

If you made the effort to look up the meanings afterwards, it wasn’t about you. It was about those that are dismissive in nature about the issues in the US.

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u/BolbyB Feb 11 '25

Same here.

Except I also have the problem of not being able to comprehend what's being said once a person gets over 3 words per second.

Probably why I prefer older rap over the new stuff. Just too much speed for me in modern rap.

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u/Flimsy_Outside_9739 Feb 10 '25

I didn’t get it. I never heard of this guy. After half listening to it in the background, I don’t think I’ve been missing much.

The last time anyone good played the superbowl was 15 years ago when The Who did it.

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u/mechabeast Feb 10 '25

Assisted living center let you stay up late yesterday?

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u/Flimsy_Outside_9739 Feb 10 '25

Nah, I just prefer when musicians actually play instruments instead of whatever nonsense that was.

Thankfully my musician kid is developing the same view. “Dad, why do people even like this?” No clue.

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u/CerebroSorcerer Feb 10 '25

Seems like you're raising a real winner

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u/Flimsy_Outside_9739 Feb 10 '25

Indeed. She’s 11 years old, been playing 4 years, and can shred. Just nailed Molly Hatchet’s Flirtin with Disaster and now tackling some Sabbath.

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u/Trauma_Hawks Feb 10 '25

I like that you're dismissive of an entire genre of music that's closer to poetry than rock ever was, and has been popular for the last 60 years because you don't get it.

What an incredibly self-centered and ignorant take. Have you ever tried.. I don't know, actually listening to it before erroneously dismissing an actual award winning musician and poet?

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u/Flimsy_Outside_9739 Feb 10 '25

Yes. Grew up with friends who listened almost exclusively to rap throughout the 90s and 00s. Never cared for it. It’s not musical to me. The only album they ever played I kinda liked was The Roots Come Alive.

Again, I like when people play actual instruments and I don’t particularly care about the trials and tribulations of the urban youth, nor how much money, drugs, or chicks some gangbanger has.

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u/fitz_newru Feb 10 '25

Ok gramps. Don't forget to take your hemorrhoid cream when you get this upset. Also, you need to breathe and practice unclenching your butthole, it will help with the pain and swelling!

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u/fonebone77 Feb 11 '25

Most real musicians respect the art and talent of others even if they aren’t in a genre they particularly like. I don’t get a lot of ran and r&b and that is ok, it isn’t really aimed at me, but I can still respect Kendrick’s talent which is massive. Step out of your box, look up his lyrics if he raps too fast for you. You might learn something.

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u/Flimsy_Outside_9739 Feb 11 '25

Yeah, I’m not going to do that. I can pretty confidently guess it’s going to fall into one of three categories.

It’s either going to be boasting about drugs, money, or women, glorifying gang life, or he’s one of the “socially conscious” rappers that’s going to be complaining about systemic racism keeping his people down and how his community needs to rise above or some other BS.

And I honestly could not give a fuck about any of those things.

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u/Fresh_Profit3000 Feb 10 '25

Samuel L Jackson was literally talking to people like you when they did this

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u/Flimsy_Outside_9739 Feb 10 '25

I didn’t hear what he said. I took that time to clean up the kitchen since it sounded like it did. I’m sure it was profound and would really have made me think though. Guess I’ll have to take your word for it.

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u/Cam877 Feb 10 '25

I’m not a hip hop fan really but dude who doesn’t know who Kendrick Lamar is? You live under a rock?

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u/Flimsy_Outside_9739 Feb 10 '25

I don’t listen to the radio. My music listening is almost exclusively Apple Music, where it only plays what I pick. I don’t know where you think I would have heard of this guy otherwise.

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u/darsynia Feb 10 '25

What a brave thing to say lol

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u/EIIander Feb 10 '25

To be fair, you could barely hear the words and this genre of music isn’t everyone’s thing. It isn’t mine, but I knew there was no way SLJ and the flag up there could represent anything positive about the US lol

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u/Zapp_Rowsdower_ Feb 10 '25

Sound quality was awful….

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u/Level_Arm598 Feb 10 '25

The Youtube upload has much, much better quality. Curious that Fox's live feed sounded so bad.

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u/Gileswasright Feb 10 '25

Could you imagine if he also had Colin Kapernick kneeling on a different lamppost, a descendent of MLK on another etc… but that would start shit so I’m not saying they should, just saying it would have been epic.

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u/[deleted] Feb 10 '25

The revolution about to be televised, you picked the right time but the wrong guy.

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u/Dr_Quest1 Feb 10 '25

If you aren't a fan, how are you supposed to get it? I had never listened to him before and won't again, but I thought the performance and choreography was great. I need subtitles to understand the lyrics. Are most of his songs beefs with others?

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u/ccat2011 Feb 10 '25

Idk, I’m not really a fan but got caught up in the hype in the last few weeks. And I got most of the symbolism and whatnot of the performance… but I agree, subtitles would’ve probably helped.

No I don’t think most of his songs are beef with others, but his lyrics are usually very deep and culturally relevant from what I’ve heard (he’s won a Pulitzer), ie he’s not just some run of the mill rapper.

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u/Peachi_Keane Feb 10 '25

No not really and certainly not to this extent. Which is partly why this year long beef is jarring to this fan. I’ve never seen it on this level.

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u/thechosenone9875 Feb 11 '25

Good statement. Boring delivery

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u/cgo255 Feb 10 '25

I got it I just thought it was an "eh" halftime show.

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u/Whosebert Feb 10 '25

yea i thought by "not getting it" it made it somehow even more relevant (I only know the basics about the whole thing and I dont really listen to a lot of Kendrick ir rap, I just watch the super bowl every year)

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u/Lustandwar Feb 10 '25

exactly. playing the same role he did in Django for the show. creme de la creme

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u/HereForTOMT3 Feb 10 '25

Which is pretty funny because America 100% wanted NLU

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u/AppointmentKey5318 Feb 11 '25

He wasn’t “mocking” them, he’s part of the message. Sam represents white america and the ideology that black people have to conform to them. He keeps telling kendrick how the white man wants him to act until he “rebels” and performs not like us.