By Truman Martin – Entertainment Editor

The Super Bowl is one of the most-watched sports events in the world, and with it comes the halftime show. The Super Bowl halftime show showcases some of the most popular artists, and this year it showcased Eminem, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Kendrick Lamar, and May J. Blige. There were also special appearances from 50 Cent and Anderson .Paak. 

This Super Bowl halftime show was the best one in years. For the past couple of years, the shows have felt really forced and cringey more than anything. This show, however, was just some artists performing their songs on a cool stage (with the exception of Kendrick Lamar).

The show opened up with Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg, and it was pretty clear that this was going to be good. As soon as “The Next Episode” started and Snoop Dogg started rapping, viewers couldn’t help but smile. Next was “California Love,” which was pretty inevitable for the Super Bowl in LA. After that, 50 cent hung off the ceiling while rapping “In Da Club.”

The next performer was Mary J. Blige who performed “Family Affair” and did a pretty good job with her performance. But then, Kendrick Lamar appeared, standing in the middle of a bunch of choreographers. Unfortunately, this might have been the most disappointing part of the show. Some predicted he would perform a song like “Humble,” but instead he performed “Alright.”

Then, of course, the big performance everyone was waiting for was here: Eminem. He rose up onto the stage performing the hook for “Forgot About Dre” before switching to “Lose Yourself” and it was pretty cool. Some might have been disappointed that he sang “Lose Yourself,” just because that was the obvious choice. Finally, the show closed out with Dre and Snoop performing “Still D.R.E.” 

The best part of the show was when Dr. Dre started playing the piano for “Still D.R.E.” because it is such an iconic song. Overall, this was definitely the best halftime show in years, and hopefully this begins an uphill streak for the ones in the future.

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars