This half time has to

[sam_gordon]

I'll put this in the Funny Meme's thread also, but it fits too well here...

 

[soccerdad72]

Hate to break it to anyone who thinks this group is current - no one my teens listen to at all. Snoop’s first hit was decades before today’s teens were born and Eminem’s was in 1993! So anyone who enjoyed this bunch was old as well lol

They're all still actively putting out music today (well, maybe not 50 Cent - I haven't heard about him for a while now ).

My teen was just as excited about the halftime show as I was - he knew all the songs just as much as I did (moreso on Kendrick Lamar).

 

[declansdad]

take the award for worst ever.

Wow! That was one of the best in a long time. Not the best but better than many.

 

[dez1978]

I loved it!!! My kids were very confused as to how I knew the words and wanted to know if those were songs from "back in my day".... I thought Snoop and Dre were fantastic. Kinda wished the rumor about the holographic Tupac had been true.

 

[LoveSpringsteen]

I loved it. I especially loved 50 Cent and Mary J. Blige, but they were all great. My teens loved it also.

 

[mikehn]

Last time I saw Snoop was when he played long side Eric church and Georgia florida line.

 

[dez1978]

Not very inclusive.

But fat shaming kids is? Cool. Noted.

It always amazes me when people say they really enjoyed this type of thing. Sure you may like the beat, but did you really listen to and understand the lyrics? Did you see Snoop throw a crip sign and do the crip walk and do you know what it means? It’s not cool, it’s nothing to look up to. These are serious criminals who have led a very bad life and we prop them up there for our children and grand children to idolize. Open your ears and your mind, it isn’t innocent.

LOLLLLL. Please tell me a single serious conviction Snoop or Eminem or Mary J has had... Good grief. There are NFL players with more convictions than any of them have ever had.

 

[prairie_girl]

For those who say its not "inclusive" ( code word for too black) and for those who have issues with criminals being given such a high profile

I think you've hit it on the head here.

God bless your child.

Kids are off limits.

I am 43, so I am the exact demographic that the show was targeting and I really enjoyed it. I did feel really bad for the people on the opposite side of the stadium looking at the back of those white boxes - I don't understand why they weren't open on both sides so everyone in the stadium could sort of see.


Weren't those the best shoes ever? I still sometimes wish I had mine - they were cute and comfortable.

I have a pair of Steve Madden platform chunky heels and I absolutely love them.

Hate to break it to anyone who thinks this group is current - no one my teens listen to at all. Snoop’s first hit was decades before today’s teens were born and Eminem’s was in 1993! So anyone who enjoyed this bunch was old as well lol

I'm 46 so yeah, I'm old. Doesn't mean I can't still enjoy that performance. Plus, age is just a number. I was referring more to attitudes.

I'll put this in the Funny Meme's thread also, but it fits too well here...

I saw something similar but it was for booking a mamogram LOL

 

[CallieMar]

LOLLLLL. Please tell me a single serious conviction Snoop or Eminem or Mary J has had... Good grief. There are NFL players with more convictions than any of them have ever had.

As a PP mentioned, Snoop runs around with convicted felon Martha Stewart! The horror! Won’t anyone think of the children??

 

[dez1978]

As a PP mentioned, Snoop runs around with convicted felon Martha Stewart! The horror! Won’t anyone think of the children??

Man.. I forgot about that. We better let the parents of all those kids who play on his football leagues that he coaches know that he's a bad, scary guy.

 

[JamesWinston]

LOLLLLL. Please tell me a single serious conviction Snoop or Eminem or Mary J has had... Good grief. There are NFL players with more convictions than any of them have ever had.

Google is your friend. Calvin Broadus is a low life degenerate gang member. Facts don’t care about feelings.

 

[dez1978]

Oh goodness, I missed this gem the first time around.

Did I listen to the lyrics? No, I didn’t need to because the lyrics from those artists have lived rent-free in my head for… **checks updated Dr. Dre lyrics** …thirty years. Ever since my 11-year-old self convinced the cashier at The Wall that I did, in fact, have my parents’ permission to buy that cassette with the advisory sticker and then proceeded to secretly carry it back and forth to school every day so my parents wouldn’t find it. I can’t begin to estimate how many hours I clocked going for walks in the great outdoors with my Walkman just so I could get away and listen to my “illicit” music without getting caught. Despite my heavy diet of gangsta rap during my formative years, I somehow managed to make it to adulthood without falling into a degenerate life of crime.

So, of course, my nostalgia was in overdrive tonight during that family-friendly halftime show. After the game, I pulled it up online so I could watch it again with my four-year-old son. He liked being able to put faces to the names of the artists he knows from the oldies station we listen to in the car (yes, Snoop and Dre are the “oldies” now) and when Mary came on he gasped and exclaimed “PRETTY!” He thought 50 Cent was just too cool for being able to rap upside down. Eminem’s performance served as a jumping-off point for a conversation where I explained his reasoning for kneeling and in the end I was reminded what I’ve always loved about rap and hip hop — it’s music with a purpose. It’s socio-political commentary. It’s exactly the kind of thing I want to expose my children to.

And really, let’s not be too hard on Snoop. Yes, we know he’s been known to associate with criminals who have done hard time (Martha Stewart). But, the man is getting up there, and what you saw as a crip walk may have just been an arthritis flare. Besides, the first Google result for crip walking is a dance tutorial run by a British guy that comes with a warning to consult your physician before attempting. I mean, it’s still super fly and hella gangsta, but maybe it doesn’t carry quite the same weight as it used to.

ETA: The people clutching their pearls over crip walking were the same ones getting the vapors over Elvis’ hip shaking, right?

I wish I could both laugh and love this comment. This is the best one here yet.

 

[dez1978]

Google is your friend. Calvin Broadus is a low life degenerate gang member. Facts don’t care about feelings.

Riiight. But I did google it. and not a single serious conviction. I do have the facts, but I think maybe you are the one with the feelings about this, Clutch the pearls elsewehere. His most horrible thing these days is his homie Martha.

 

[TipsyTraveler]

God bless your child.

Ew, keep your religious beliefs off my kid, please and thank you.

 

[CallieMar]

I’ve already mentioned how much I loved this show. I am a Xennial and nostalgia definitely plays a factor. My Gen X husband doesn’t watch football and is usually very indifferent to whoever is playing the halftime show. He doesn’t particularly like rap either. But he said he really wanted to watch this one when the lineup was announced - that NEVER happens. He loved it and thought it should have been longer! If they had chosen more current rap artists, I probably would have still enjoyed it but not to this extent, just because I don’t listen to any of the current stuff (this is true of most of the halftime shows). But you bet I am always awkwardly rapping along to California Love any time it comes on lol! So yeah, we’re both old I guess.

 

[ShirikiUtundu]

Not very inclusive.

I agree. They should definitely have included the other sides of the stadium when taking the staging into account!

These are serious criminals who have led a very bad life and we prop them up there for our children and grand children to idolize.

If that's really your argument, then I can't think of a better alignment to the NFL.

 

[dez1978]

My biggest diappointment with the show is that I really wanted to see those cars go bumpin off the field

 

[DeeBee3]

If you are in your 40s, or like me 39, then there is a high probability this had a huge nostalgia factor. If you never listened to MTV or the top hits from the 90s, then it wasn't for you. I love ALL music, including this. I loved it. I literally listen to my favorite of all time - Roy Orbison - to stuff like this. I do not know anything about Kendrick Lamar, however.

California Love rules and I was waiting for Tupac to come back from the dead.

Not everything is gonna be for everyone. This show was far better than the most recent ones although I thought it would stink for those in the stadium.

 

[DeeBee3]

Any Mary J knows how to sing so kudos to her for the talent.

 

[DeeBee3]

My biggest diappointment with the show is that I really wanted to see those cars go bumpin off the field

I was waiting the whole time!!! You think with all this technology and money they could give us some old time rap video vibes!!!