My current hyper focus is Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl performance. “You can’t fake influence.”
I was so out of the loop of the overculture and social media I didn’t know that the Super Bowl was happening (proud of my ever improving social media boundaries for that). Once I found out Kendrick performed I streamed it on you tube and bypassed all of the sports!
I was pet sitting at a place with you tube premium and an incredible sound system. Why not watch this incredible piece of art as many times as I care to? Always something new to catch. You can also listen to it on Spotify.
At this time in our collective history, this performance is empowering and culture shifting. My hope is it has a lasting effect on how we approach the coming revolution.
“The revolution about to be televised–you picked the right time but the wrong guy.”
This video by BlackySpeakz is a great overview of the symbolism Kendrick used.
This video by Bobby Foster has more about the video game symbolism and a depth to the revolutionary messages in the piece.
A write-up of still more of the symbolism by History Can’t Hide!
I dug around and the letterman jackets worn in the performance by Kendrick and Sza have their songs on them (Gloria for Kendrick, a song of his recent GNX album and Crybaby on Sza, a song from her Lana album).
Many enduring and prolific songwriters have strong Cancer placements. Dolly Rebecca Parton (my fav) has Mars in Cancer.
As an astrology nerd, I am very intrigued that just two weeks after the Super Bowl–Mars is going direct in Cancer at 17 degrees in the sky (basically, Mars is making a U turn). Kendrick was born when Mars was in Cancer at 17 degrees. He also has Mercury at 16 degrees Cancer. Here’s a write-up from astro bestie Chani on Kendrick’s Mars placement.
Kendrick’s Gemini Sun & Pisces Moon is just like Prince Rogers Nelson. But Libra Rising so Kendrick is more wired for fame than Prince (Scorpio Rising is an uncomfortable placement for fame with an intense need for privacy).
My favorite Kendrick album is Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers. None of those songs made it onto the list for the Super Bowl but the album in its entirety is worth a listen if you’re newer to Kendrick. (Or if you’re in a season of grief and want to feel witnessed.) He mentions Eckart Tolle at least three times–I love the Mr Morale album for the raw look at healing trauma. We don’t hear themes of trauma healing or, as in his album GNX, talk of reincarnation frequently in hip hop. I love depth and unexpected alignment in art!
If you find more analyses of Kendrick’s performance you think are valuable send them my way!
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