Kendrick Lamar's creativity was felt from the first words spit into the mic at the sold out football home of the Minnesota Vikings on Saturday (4/19) in Minneapolis.

"Yesterday somebody wiped out my mural," an unseen KDot rapped as his legendary black Buick Grand National rose from beneath the stage surrounded by smoke from a group of fog machines.

We'll get to that lyric soon, but those tardy to their seats were shocked to see it was Kendrick himself taking the mic after a DJ set from Mustaaaaaaard, Not SZA.

When Kendrick Lamar advertises a co-headlining show, believe it. Six songs into the show, the crowd of 50,000 realized the 2+ hour spectacle would turn traditional stadium shows on its head, because SZA came out to join Kendrick.

Together the pair blessed the fans with the live debut of "30 for 30."

She would remain on stage for two-and-a-half more tunes, as KDot took a little break.

The Kendrick returned for a stretch of nine numbers, some shortened, ripping out live debuts and tracks with new verses. Old hits, new tracks, classics.

All while the audience sang back the lyrics now memorized in their hearts.

Together it was a ping pong of two incredible artists at times solo for several songs, and every now and then joining each other as a pair.

It was truly us at the U.S. Bank Stadium for an amazing 52 tracks.

As we know from their Super Bowl half time spectacular from earlier this year, Kendrick is a sultan of stage symbolism. Everything matters. Nothing is just there at chance.

So when he live debuts "wacced out murals" while wearing a giant X pedant on a thick chain around his neck, some took that to mean he was the embodiment of the art being struck through. He is the one with the X tag. Negated. Disrespected.

Canceled by the hood.

Ironic because Kendrick, as the world now agrees, did just that to one Aubrey Drake Graham, while winning Grammys for Song of the Year for the penultimate track.

Since he kept the chain on for the duration of the epic nine-act concert, some might say the gig was his argument as to why the taggers were wrong to ruin the tribute. It was also a way to demonstrate to others that if Drake had a fraction of Kendrick's talent, this show would have been what the Canadian could have done as an answer to "Not Like Us" and the other four disses.

Keep in mind this 39-stop tour is being held in football stadiums more than twice the size of the arenas his foes and cohorts attempt to fill.

In fact the U.S. Bank gig proved the rumors were incorrect that the 37-year-old Compton native was having difficulty reaching sellouts.

As if.

To complete Act VIII of the show, Kendrick doled out the one-two punch of "tv off" followed by "Not Like Us." But in between was a video of Lamar giving a faux deposition.

Not sure if the kids are too young or it went over their heads or they don't know all that much about hip-hop history, but it was a spoof of Lil Wayne's depo from years back.

The very same Lil Wayne who seemed to be upset that Kendrick and SZA were chosen to perform the Super Bowl this year even though it was being held in Wayne's hometown.

The deposition KDot was spoofing was from 2012 and those who love the culture recognized it immediately and then were thrilled when it led into the hit single that will be rocking stadiums all summer.

The show now heads to the South. While it travels North America, there will be multiple night dates in LA, New Jersey and Toronto (lol).

In July the Grand National Tour crosses the pond to Europe.

Tickets available at grandnationaltour.com