r/Music • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • Feb 12 '25

music Kendrick Lamar becomes the Rapper with the highest monthly listeners in Spotify history (88.8 Million), surpassing Drake

https://aipate.com/2025/02/11/kendrick-lamar-becomes-the-rapper-with-highest-ever-monthly-listeners-on-spotify-beating-drake/
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u/bedteddd Feb 12 '25 edited Feb 12 '25

The prince halftime is literally the greatest. Raining at the end of purple rain is one of the greatest live events recorded.

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u/djseifer Feb 12 '25

The best part is that they were afraid to tell him that it was going to rain during his performance. When they finally told Prince, his response was, "Can you make it rain harder?"

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u/Pro-Frank Feb 12 '25

This is bizarre to me, solely from my personal perspective. I've never once heard about such an overwhelming consensus regarding Prince's Super Bowl Halftime Show. Hell, this is the first time I'm learning he even DID a halftime show, and I keep up with pop culture for the most part. Surely this wasn't his first one? I figured it would have been much earlier when he was at the height of his popularity, but I guess it looks like he wasn't interested in doing it back then. I'll admit, I am super duper NOT a Prince fan. I do not hate him or his music. But I've NEVER understood the hype and love for his music or his status as a sex symbol of all things. I fully respect his talent as a musician and his ability to absolutely shred on guitar, but literally everything from his body of work that I've ever listened to sounds like complete garbage to my ears. It's just never made any sense to me.

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u/georgetonorge Feb 13 '25

It’s a very popular sentiment on Reddit. I’d probably agree it was my favorite performance. It was a mix of the rain and the fact that I had no idea Prince could ssshhhhrrrred. Shred hard. Blew me away.

I get the rest of your point though. I had a moment where I loved hos greatest hits, but I don’t think he’s the level of genius that people give him credit for.