Kendrick Lamar and Sza in Frankfurt: the harmony of differences
The beyond 50 thousand fans present at Deutsche Bank Park, The Frankfurt stadiumthrough a video projected on the gabiliskens, they go up metaphorically On board the GNX in the center of the stage, and the journey start, living drivers and emotional elbow curves over 50 songs long, for almost three hours of show. The car, a symbol of Kendrick Lamar’s latest album, lets himself be invaded by Avano: it is the poster of the embrace with The wild and naturalist world of Sza. The “Grand National Tour”, with a mammoth platform in the parterre reminiscent of a race track, landed in Europe: On August 2 it will also pass from Italy to the Olimpico in Rome. The two together (Photo of Cassidy Meyers) They represent the harmony of differences, a force of nature. The fans mix, the repertoires too. The live is divided into sets: some in alone, in which everyone sings their own songs, different in reduced format to make everything more fluid, others are furrowed by duets On collaborative pieces such as “30 for 30”, the hit “All the Stars” and obviously “Luther” and “Gloria”.
That Lamar was a number one, it was known: it is the asphalt jungle, street poetry, the one that led him from the ruthless streets of Compton to the Pulitzer prize. It is the power of the word that is gesture: On “Man at the Garden”, a rapped curled up on the hood of the GNX while reflecting on his existence, it is difficult not to get his eyes shiny. Today nobody is probably like him. When Rabpa makes the skin vibrate because the fury of the ideals that feed it is heard: when it starts “Not like us”, the trace of billions of streams with which he won the cultural and musical challenge against Draketanging languages of fire and the earth trembles for the jumps of the public. Has something of So mystical, rigorous and at the same time moving That the New York Times, in reviewing the tour, said that in some American dates outside the stadiums, radical evangelists presented themselves who, to try to undermine his perception as a prophet, screamed: “Jesus is more important than Kendrick Lamar”.
The real surprise of the show, precisely because Lamar’s size has been certified for some time, is Sza, who turns on and takes the spotlight without ever making the rapper of Los Angeles regret. Indeed, at different times the black and white of Lamar and the color of the colors that raise the general level of the show with Dancing choreography and scenography from world -class pop star. On “Garden (Say It Like Dat)” arrives on stage above a giant anton “Nobody Gets me” Fly to Heaven with Libellula wings. In “Kill Bill” he moves like a religious mantis who leaves no escape to those who broke their hearts. In the most demanding moments of choreography, in which he shows An amused and free athleticism, never as a dance-carrio-fitness lessongets help from some pre-recorded voice, but for most of the show shows off a wonderful, warm and black voice. The latter aspect is fundamental: Sza is direct daughter of Lauryn Hill, Rihanna, Beyoncéhas a pop and R&B setting that never leaves out the raising of a certain type of culture and aptitude.
Another interesting aspect of the tour: As already happened in the past in Lamar’s concerts, behind the mega -screen, “hidden”, there are musicians who play some live instruments on certain songs. They feel guitar, bass and battery. And at a certain point, on the second set of Sza, who in these passages shows off a more rock soul, they reveal themselves, with the guitarist and the bassist who jump by surprise on the stage. The choice of hiding the band is purely aesthetic: Lamar and Sza, they want to “fill” the scene with “only” their presence. Of course, it remains the point: you have to have an aura that can afford it, just like that of the two Black stars. In the final, with the race that goes towards the conclusion, the two return aboard the GNX with Lamar who before climbing, from Galantuomo, opens the door to Sza. The two start again and greet the public who, after raised platforms, fireworks and cinematographic visuals, is literally in ecstasy. Billboard USA, in telling the proceeds of this tour of Co-Headliner, who have also exceeded those of Jay-Z and Beyoncéexplained that in the perception of the new generations Lamar and Sza are “the most important musical couple of all time”. Why is this show inside.
Scaletta:
Laminar
Wacch Out Murals
Squabble up
King Kunta
Element.
TV off
Lamar and Sza
30 for 30
Sza
Love Galore
Broken Clocks
The Weekend
Laminar
Euphoria
Hey Now
Reincarnated
Humble.
Backseat freestyle
Family Ties
Swimming Pools
Maad City
ALIGHT
Man at the Garden
Sza
Scorsese Baby Daddy
F2F
Garden (Say It Like Dat)
Kitchen
Blind
Consideration
Low
Lamar and Sza
Doves in the Wind
All the stars
Love.
Laminar
Dodger Blue
peekaboo
Like that
DNA.
Good Credit
Count Me Out / Bitch, Don’t Kill My Vibe
Money Trees
Poetic justice
Sza
I hate u
Shirt
Kill Bill
Snooze
Open Arms
Nobody Gets me
Good days
Rich Baby Daddy
BMF
Kiss me more
Laminar
Heart pt. 6 / Bodies
N95
TV off
Not like us
Lamar and Sza
luther
glory
