The Parisian crowd is chanting but it’s not immediately clear to American ears what they’re saying. It gets louder as the object of their adulation stands on the stage and calmly soaks it in. Then …
and Twitch in an elaborate 19-camera shoot that involved months of coordination with Lamar’s team — and gave the company’s hip-hop/R&B chief Tim Hinshaw a “shout out to my brother Tim,” which is the equivalent of a champagne shower in Kendrick terms.And although this night marked the 10th anniversary of the release of his generation-defining breakthrough album, “Good Kid, M.A.A.D.
All of which isn’t to say he’s just standing there: Every intricate step is carefully planned and he nails his marks, at times leading the dancers in perfect step while delivering those feats of verbal endurance; during one song he’s moving and rapping as a female dancer holds and follows him, gently pressed against his back.