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I’ve seen enough of this that I’m beginning to think there was a significant difference in audio quality between broadcasts. It was crystal clear to me. Honest question, did it sound like this to you?

I just think it’s simply the nature of live rap performances not being as easily understood as studio recordings, as I’ve heard in numerous other live songs. I love rap but don’t listen to Kendrick, so I didn’t know the lyrics to his music, so I had to turn the captions on on my tv.
 
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A little bit hypocritical no? He wants all staff to be in the office 5 days a week, whilst he sojourns to various fun events & parties it up. How many more cities & countries is Tim going to fit in before retiring on his billion & becoming a "fellow" with ongoing rewards for massive expensive flops & failures like the car, VR &.AI at Apple.

I still remember the story of Tim not being at the first major internal Apple.Warch meeting with the board, as he claimed he wasemt a product guy...nuff said
 
I’ve seen enough of this that I’m beginning to think there was a significant difference in audio quality between broadcasts. It was crystal clear to me. Honest question, did it sound like this to you?

I was watching it over Tubi on a 5.1 surround system and he sounded horrible. Music was way too loud and his mic was too low, so all we heard was him mumble rapping. Could hear Samuel L. Jackson loud and clear though during his parts.
 
Nice to see Tim outside of Apple Park. Looks like he had a good time! Apple continues to sponsor the half time show. Expecting that to continue in the coming years.
 
I couldn’t understand a single word that guy said during his performance. At least the girl sang. That show was trash.
"The girl"...

You mean Grammy Award winning artist and actress SZA? Put some respect on her name.

And the past 4 shows (the 2022 Hip-Hop show, Rihanna's 2023 show, Usher's 2024 show, and now Kendrick's 2025 show) have all been universally acclaimed.
 
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I was watching it over Tubi on a 5.1 surround system and he sounded horrible. Music was way too loud and his mic was too low, so all we heard was him mumble rapping. Could hear Samuel L. Jackson loud and clear though during his parts.
Tubi? It's a wonder you didn't see a Lil Wayne halftime show on there 😂
 
I couldn’t understand a single word that guy said during his performance. At least the girl sang. That show was trash.
The sound mixing was messed up by Fox during the live streaming. It’s a Fox quality problem and not a show or the artists’ problem. So if you want someone to blame then blame Fox for cheaping out on the show.
“That guy” is the recipient of 22 Grammys and a Pulitzer which speak to his talent. The show was outstanding.

If you want to hear every word then watch it on Apple Music or some other source.
 
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Agree. No talent whatsoever. They should have put subtitles on.
Needing subtitles to understand says more about the quality of the stream and nothing about the artists’ talent. The only lack of talent is from the ppl responsible for the audio during the live stream so blame Fox. There had been multiple reports of the sound issue online.
 
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Tim Cook talking about the Magic Mouse for 15 minutes would have been better than that ghastly halftime "show". I should have turned on closed captions because I had no idea what he was saying. Horrible choices for the halftime "entertainment".

At least the Chiefs lost though.
 
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Watching Mahomes get sacked multiple times and then throw an interception was probably the most fun I’ve had watching a Super Bowl in a long time. Then again I’m an Eagles fan.

No one likes us, we don’t care.

Go Birds.

Eagles are fine, I have no issues with them. I'm a Falcons fan, nobody even knows we have a team.
 
Tim Cook talking about the Magic Mouse for 15 minutes would have been better than that ghastly halftime "show". I should have turned on closed captions because I had no idea what he was saying. Horrible choices for the halftime "entertainment".

At least the Chiefs lost though.
You have Apple Music right?!!

You could've really used that app or Shazam both owned by Apple to find the lyrics before the second bar!!!

Seems you just feel the need to be ignorant cause you dislike the artist or music genre, a pretty sad and low battle to show ignorance to be true.

There were so many levels that no other artist have ever performed that was missed here by so many. 1st not like us isnt just a dis song!!

I find when people say can't understand a tale it's a good thing as many whom can't understand or selective hearing by preference , which is totally fine, are not the target audience. Yet are missing out on something potentially in the lyrics they may find worthwhile or at the least interesting. Someday maybe you will, maybe.

But making excuse you don't understand on Apple devices and no mention of trying to use Shazam at the least and making a comment about it seema like a deliberate copout. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
 
FYI, a lot of people enjoyed watching the Halftime Show and the Chiefs getting an old-fashioned beat down. Record viewership, money well spent by Apple.

Super Bowl LIX breaks TV ratings record despite Chiefs-Eagles blowout and Kendrick Lamar drama​

 
Whoever recommended Domilise's deserves a raise if they are an Apple employee. They have great po-boys, my favorite (some prefer Parkway, however), and the ambiance is unbeatable.
For people unfamiliar with the city, the restaurant and bar Domilise's has been going for at least sixty years. It is a hole in the wall in a non-commercial neighborhood close to the river, on Annunciation Street. It sells only po'boys for food (unless things have changed). I'm a native, and I've been eating there since roughly 1967. The big sellers are fried shrimp and fried oysters. You can also get roast beef po'boys. It's a favorite of locals, and in particular the students at Isidore Newman like it a lot. Odell Beckham was at Newman (also the school of the Manning brothers, Randy Livingston, Walter Isaacson, Michael Lewis, and Mo Willems; and now Arch Manning), so that may be the connection. Not too many years ago, Parkway gained a deserved following for po'boys (there must be fifty po'boy restaurants in the city) but it's out by City Park, near the end of the Canal Street streetcar line (and the cemeteries near Metairie). The best oyster po'boys in the city may be those at Casamento's (not actually all that far from Domilise's) on Magazine Street, and for years the best roast beef po'boys were said to be at Mother's, downtown. I dunno if they're still going. But my heart belongs to Domilise's.
 
You have Apple Music right?!!

You could've really used that app or Shazam both owned by Apple to find the lyrics before the second bar!!!

Seems you just feel the need to be ignorant cause you dislike the artist or music genre, a pretty sad and low battle to show ignorance to be true.

There were so many levels that no other artist have ever performed that was missed here by so many. 1st not like us isnt just a dis song!!

I find when people say can't understand a tale it's a good thing as many whom can't understand or selective hearing by preference , which is totally fine, are not the target audience. Yet are missing out on something potentially in the lyrics they may find worthwhile or at the least interesting. Someday maybe you will, maybe.

But making excuse you don't understand on Apple devices and no mention of trying to use Shazam at the least and making a comment about it seema like a deliberate copout. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Wow, drama queen much? Maybe I didn't care enough that I felt I needed a translator app.

You members of the "Hip-Hop Defense Force" are so sensitive. Lets talk ignorant.....how about "artists" whose "music" consists of about 1/3 profanity and 2/3 horrible grammar? That's pretty ignorant and frankly, low talent. When they can actually compose and write some lyrics beyond bitch this and ho that and smoke this, maybe I'll reconsider it being more than cursing while rhyming, over a beat.

There, so now we're even.

Grow up! People don't have to like your chosen genre and it doesn't make them "ignorant" when they don't. I don't have much appreciation for Bollywood films, doesn't make me ignorant. I'm sure there's countless things YOU don't like and it doesn't make you ignorant either.
 
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