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In its framing, narrative approach, and density, Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl was unlike any that have come before it.

He teased “Not Like Us” twice before finally performing the first verse of the track that concludes with the popular “A minorrrr!” line — a lyric heard and sung throughout the announced New Orleans ...

The Compton MC took several big swings with his record-breaking halftime show performance, but did any of them pay off?

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