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Doom Dada by BIGBANG's TOP is a rap masterpiece - A Thread
First and foremost, I AM BLACK, and I am a rap fan. I also have an expensive ass degree from a private arts school where learning art criticism is required in every major. So I know what I'm talking about.
Let's get into the song: first I must say out the gate that the reason why TOP is better than 99.9% of kpop idol rappers is because he has mastered flow. A lot of idol rappers stumble their way through rap verses. TOP knows how to ride a beat comfortably.
In Doom Dada in particular, he flexes at least three different flow styles over the course of this song. If this doesn't sound impressive to you, I can tell you right now that most mainstream rappers are good at one style of flow and it serves them their whole career.
So for TOP to do three in a song, and do them well, he's already murdering your fav kpop boy who raps. Moving on from his flow, lets get into the actual rhymes/lyrics of the song.
Clever word play is bare minimum when it comes to being a rapper, so of course he has it. But I just want to highlight his clever use of onomatopoeia in this line 뜨끈뜨끈할 때 후후불어 함께 옛다 / which is a clever reference to blowing on food when it's hot, and linked to
the previous line about being a sommelier, who often go through steps to make sure that they are truly tasting wine in its best form. What does all this add up to? Literally a clever way of saying get ready for me to deliver you a bop.
All rappers flex, but TOP only spends a few bars flexing and to call yourself a 21st century rap Basquiat is a flex that is so fresh to hear other than focusing on how rich/wealthy one is.
Finally let's talk about that verse where TOP gives his third flow style (there's arguably more but im hungover and this thread is getting ridiculous) and aims his rap gun at his biggest enemy: the media.
TOP uses the repetition of the word 돌아 (turn) to build on the dizzy production of the song, and it also serves as a metaphor for the way that the media when it comes to BIGBANG often writes themselves into circles making something out of nothing.
He highlights that it's all talk by the end of the verse, and that soon thanks to his rapping will deliver him and us to a world where nothing they say matters. A flex, if you will, that no matter what they slam him for, he's good as long as he can rap.
In conclusion, BIGBANG's TOP is my favorite kpop rapper and he's better than all of them. Argue with your mother.
