“Give it up for me, people, `cause I’m the fucking best.”

Never were truer words spoken at the M-Shop than when Har Mar Superstar opened his mouth Saturday night.

From a sweaty-underwear swagger to a cockiness that rivals the Ladies Man – “I know one of you ladies is coming to my room tonight, I’m just not sure which one” – Har Mar Superstar, aka Sean Tillmann, proved he is one of the premier entertainers of our time.

And he did it without a chimpanzee fetish, rock-hard abs or low-cut, cleavage-revealing outfits.

Har Mar combined angelic, choir-boy-gone-ghetto vocals, revealing, tear-away pants and clever couplets – “Baby do you like my clothes, `cause I sure don’t like yours/ unless they’re lying on the floor with your body next to me” – in a performance that showcased his undeniable star power.

The St. Paul native took the stage in a judge robe that was more bus stop flasher than chief justice, representing for his peeps back in Minnesota while harmonizing over a pre-recorded back-up tape.

With each new song, Har Mar shed an article of clothing stripper-style, until only a pair of gray briefs remained on his 5-foot-tall frame.

He moved around the M-Shop stage with confidence, showing off New Edition knock-off dance moves. Although Har Mar won’t be making a guest appearance as a back-up dancer in an ‘NSync or P. Diddy video any time soon, he performed as though he were King of Pop moonwalking at Budokan.

Har Mar played nearly every song off his Kill Rock Stars self-titled debut, including the raunchy R&B “hits” “Girl, You’re Stupid” and “Baby, Do You Like My Clothes?” During “Baby,” Har Mar disses Tommy Gear while giving props to Hypercolor – “Hypercolor tells me when my baby is hot/ I can see her sweatpants getting dark in the crotch.”

Midway through the set, an especially sensual Har Mar fan took the stage, gyrating her hips and waving Har Mar over to her. The singer dealt with the surprise casually, strutting over to the woman and letting her grind all over his body as he continued to sing.

Har Mar left the stage, but his respite was brief as the crowd’s chanting grew louder.

As Har Mar re-appeared onstage, the crowd died off, and a look of slight annoyance crossed his face.

“Hey, keep clapping. It’s the only fucking reason I’m up here,” Har Mar snapped. The crowd responded, and Har Mar went into the sublime, soulful “You Are the Sunshine in My Soul.” Har Mar finished the encore with the stutter-step beats of “The Honorable Judge Har Mar.”

Prior to Har Mar, local band Everyone Loves Delaware brought rock `n’ roll decadence to the M-Shop, destroying a piano with a sledgehammer at the end of their brief, dissonant set.

Bi-Fi Recording artists Binary and Sorta Exactly opened the night with Aaron Hefley’s synth-pop sensibility and Evelyn Finch’s emotion-driven piano, respectively.

Jon Dahlager is a junior in journalism and sociology from Cottage Grove, Minn. He is arts and entertainment editor for the Daily and often visits the Har Mar Mall in Minnesota.