Kendrick Lamar and SZA have established themselves as two heavyweights not just in their chosen genres—hip-hop for Lamar, R&B for SZA—but in popular music. Both are masters of the expertly deployed lyric,

The rapper and R&B star are taking victory laps for smash hits and albums. But their co-headlining tour is still threaded with angst and reflection.

With all that, the Kendrick Lamar and SZA Grand National Tour show on May 8 at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford sure wasn't dull. The Murphy greeting, on social media, noted that it was a hometown show for SZA, aka Solána Rowe of Maplewood.