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Critics say Kendrick Lamar was too loud and hard to understand — they said the same thing about Bob Dylan in Newport

JL;DR SUMMARY Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl halftime performance, rife with political commentary, ignited controversy akin to Bob Dylan's electric transition at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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FascismProtest MovementBob DylanKendrick LamarRacePolitical PerformanceCultural PolarizationMusic CriticismNewport Folk FestivalSuper Bowl Halftime Show

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Newport, Rhode Island, United States
"echo the remarks leveled at Bob Dylans electric performance at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival."
United States
"how todays musicians would respond to the Trump administration."

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