Kendrick Lamar played on the term “the Great American Game” with a polarizing, Samuel L. Jackson-narrated performance that felt like a Spike Lee Joint in music form. Like every Kendrick Lamar offering, the 13-minute set left observers with a lot of takeaways — but they aren’t all good things. Some found his commentary on the Black American experience as poignant, while others saw it as heavy-handed.
The discourse is all over the place, but Kendrick’s ability as a performer is undeniable. There were no backing vocals here. Kendrick marched up and down the Superdome stage more effectively than any player on the Kansas City Chiefs, rapping his vocals without missing…