Super Bowl madness in Los Angeles
The City of Angels Rams won the NFL Super Finals 23-20 over the Cincinnati Bengals. A meeting marked by an unprecedented half-time concert, 100% hip-hop.
The Rams, a traveling franchise founded in Cleveland and passed through St Louis, had the chance to play the Super Bowl final at home and it brought them luck. The club had never won the championship during their spells in LA, it is now chosen done. A snatched title wins against the Cincinnati Bengals, 23 to 20. In the opinion of American football experts, it was a very good game, and therefore a very good finish.
Dr.Dre and Snoop Dog opening
Stage side, the half-time concert also kept its promises. Lhe public was finally treated to a 100% hip-hop show, with Dr. Dre as boss and conductor behind his immaculate console. The producer made in Campton opens the ball with his Californian sidekick, Snoop Dog, on one of their legendary titles, next episode. In the process, the two rappers with impeccable flow pay tribute to their friend Tupac Shakur, assassinated in 1996. 26 years after his disappearance, the imprint left by the artist is still alive. Hence the emotion and joy inspired in SoFi Stadium when the West Coast anthem resounds, California love.
Above an aerial view of Los Angeles by night, and in an entirely uncluttered white decor, the artists follow one another on small stages installed on typical houses with flat roofs, wrapped in equally white convertibles. A show in XXL neighborhood party mode enhanced by the amazing performance and energy of an army of dancers. Among the unexpected stars of the evening: New Yorker 50 Cent, who appeared upside down in pull-up mode, a bit out of breath on his famous In the club.
A Family Affair with Mary J
The only female guest at this concert: Mary J. Blige, sparkling in a silver outfit. The RnB icon fulfills its mission with intensity on its hits family affair and More drama. Then comes Kendrick Lamar, ultra-elegant in a black suit for interpreter It’ll be OK. Finally, a detonation announces the irruption of Eminem, explosive when he takes control of the show with You losefrom the movie soundtrack 8 miles.
A few notes from Dr.Dre on the piano, and a collective finish on Still ERD It was enough to halo this nostalgic sequence with art and manner. By putting yourself in the place of the public present in the stands, we may regret the sound quality of the show, calibrated to measure for television broadcasting, and not for those who attended the live show in the stadium. We can also feel a taste of too little: with so many pointed on stage for such a short concert, (note: not even 15 minutes), difficult not to remain hungry.
A Super Bowl concert to see and see again
As always, we will have the opportunity to revisit this concert at will to savor and dissect the details, such as the small steps of Snoop Dog, the performance of Anderson Paak on drums, or even – more solemn – Eminem’s knee to the ground in support of Colin Kaepernick and the movement against police violence against black Americans. Bof course, we will not hesitate to appreciate all the same ones that Internet users have already learned from this evening of anthology.