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 Here's what happened at Dr. Dre's colossal Super Bowl halftime show

• When Dr. Dre, Eminem, Kendrick Lamar, Snoop Dogg, and Mary J. Blige played halftime at the Super Bowl this evening Australian time, it was a noteworthy and long past due minute in music history.
•  Between them they've sold 600 million records and have 22 Announcement number one collections to their title. They brag a combined assessed net worth of over USD$1.3 billion.
•  Their tunes have not as it were served as a soundtrack to our lives, they've presented standard gatherings of people the world over to sounds and viewpoints generally truant from pop music. The Super Bowl has had no deficiency of colossal halftime minutes, but there was social noteworthiness to putting hip bounce on this organize and the coming about execution gave us a small bit to conversation around, in spite of the fact that perhaps less than expected.

•  What happened? Dr. Dre guaranteed shocks for his Super Bowl set, but there wasn't precisely anything unforeseen in his performance.

• What we got was a parade of notorious hits that demonstrate hip hop's social cachet. The set plan is most outstanding to begin with up. Centred around a enormous reproduction of a Californian neighborhood, the exhibitions take put on the rooftops and distinctive rooms of the shinning, white structure that takes up half the field. 

• In front of the structure is an ethereal outline of Compton, Dr. Dre's domestic base which is found fair a couple of miles south of SoFi Stadium where the execution takes place. 

• To open, Dr. Dre rises from a reproduction of recording studio hollers over the structure to his buddy Snoop Dogg as they work their way through opening track 'The Another Episode'. 

• The two rappers walk through the set, passing a live band and artists, some time recently coming together on a roof fair in time to dispatch into 'California Love'. The 1995 song of devotion, initially by 2Pac and Dr. Dre, is met with an expectedly gigantic thunder from the Californian crowd. The to begin with uncommon visitor of the night comes following, as an upside down (!) 50 Cent joins the gang for a quick version of his enormous Dr. Dre produced 2003 single 'In Da Club'. We weren't expecting him, but we're hardly all that surprised to see him.

• Mary J. Blige's enormous 2001 hit 'Family Affair' is following, some time recently the ruler of hip bounce and soul dispatches into a effective adaptation 'No More Drama' – maybe the greatest melodic shock consideration of the night. 

• Next up is Kendrick Lamar who – humble as ever – pops up from a cardboard box. It's not very as clear as that in spite of the fact that: he's encompassed by an frightfully dressed 'Dre Army', wearing scarves and performing an strongly choreographed move.

• Kendrick delivers a quick version of 'm.A.A.d City' before ripping into the anthemic 'Alright' from his ground-breaking 2015 album To Pimp A Butterfly. The song was a beacon of hope during Black Lives Matter demonstrations, and this is the first (and almost last) acknowledgment of recent race reckonings both inside and outside the NFL.

• Lamar ends his performance referencing 'Forgot About Dre' and N.W.A.. Eminem then delivers us a little bit of the former, but we never get to see the latter, and that's a shame.

• It's not surprising to see Eminem launch straight into 'Lose Yourself', despite the fact it's not a Dr. Dre production. The song is practically built for inspiring halftime moments at football matches.

• His execution is as rigid and capturing as ever, made indeed way better by the nearness of Anderson .Paak on drums – another startling visitor – and a shot of 50 Cent and Mary J. Blige fair chilling on a sofa amid one of the gigantic choruses. Reports over the end of the week recommended the NFL had avoided Eminem from taking a knee amid his execution, but the rapper does precisely that at the conclusion of his tune and remains there for a few time.

• Whereas Eminem is stooping, Dr. Dre is tickling the ivories. Yes, Dre plays a affected piano portion tore from 2Pac's 'Ain't Frantic At Cha', some time recently dropping the notorious intro to his 'Still D.R.E.'. He at that point hops up to connect Snoop within the middle of the set for a straight-up adaptation of the tune, which sounds as powerful 23 a long time on because it ever did. The entire cast come together for one last shot for the cameras, and after that it's over. No enormous uncover. No enormous stun. No genuine discussion to talk of. Fair the hits.

• Why is it significant?
• Dr. Dre's performance at the Super Bowl is the first time the NFL has engaged a straight-up hip hop act for its halftime entertainment.
• "We're gonna open more doors for hip hop artists in the future and making sure that the NFL understands this is what it should have been a long time ago," Dr. Dre said at a press conference before the show.
• "We're gonna show exactly how professional we can be, how dope we can be on stage and how exciting we are going to be to the fans."
• He's the right man for the job. Not only has Dre been instrumental in the careers of all his friends on stage, his combination of expert music production and business nous have made him a key figure in helping hip hop crossover into the mainstream.
• Fans might have expected more, and might have wanted to see Dre push the envelope a little given the size of the platform.
• Perhaps keeping the show relatively safe will convince the powers that be at the NFL that they can showcase hip hop while retaining their family values.
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