Kendrick Lamar proves a much-needed relief from the bore-fest that was the first half of the National Championship Game.
We were all hoping that Kendrick Lamar would provide some much-needed excitement that was sorely lacking from the first half of this year’s National Championship game.
It’s safe to say that he saved us from utter boredom.
Lamar electrified a frigid crowd at Atlanta’s Centennial Park with his gifted stage presence. Performing on a stage that had all the look and feel of the National Championship Game (think industrial coldness), Lamar’s command of the stage and the mic made the cold night in Atlanta more bearable.
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You can honestly see why many have branded Lamar as one of hip-hop’s Gods, an MC with a sense of social awareness mixed with the bravado of West Coast swag. For his halftime performance, Lamar toned down the social innuendos, but it still retained the contained “anger at the making of the world” sound that has rocketed him to the near-top of hip-hop’s stratosphere.
While the selection of Lamar to perform the first-ever National Championship Game halftime show was a smart move, it was puzzling at the same time. Most of the audience watching on television are older fans who may have no idea who the world this “Kendrick fella” is on stage.
Another aspect that dented his show somewhat was the fact that he made it quite know that he was lip syncing, but that aspect doesn’t matter when the man behind the mic is commanding the stage much like Georgia’s Jake Fromm has done in the first half of this year’s championship game.
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We even got an added treat when we heard exclusive music from the soundtrack of Marvel’s Black Panther, in which Lamar’s imprint will be all over. So, case in point, Kendrick Lamar delivered the (watered down) goods at the halftime show, even if Alabama didn’t.