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Charlotte rhymerDaBabys breakout hit Suge is like a tiny Hadron Collider, all light-speed bars racing through claustrophobic space.
The rapper keeps time, filling out spaces in the drum programming.
Capable rhymers ride the beat, locking into cadences that play off patterns laid out by a producer.
But Babys the bucking bronco in Suge.
Its more like the beat is riding him.
Hes off to the races in the first six seconds; youre lost if you even blink.
This yearsXXLFreshman cyphergave him two whole minutesto show out.
Coronations like these occur every year or so in hip-hop.
(See also:Megan Thee Stallions breakout year.)
A single catches, and a tipping point happens.
Suddenly, a local talent is a national one.
DaBaby ison the cuspof his first No.
1 album in the country, but he wants us know he still loves to fight.
(The sooner thechaotic energyaround him cools, the better.)
Passive-aggressive bars like these only work if your form is on point.
Hes got range, but he also has pet sounds.
Suge producer JetsonMades stark and menacing style givesKIRKits blueprint.
His beat for Bop is a dizzying loop that wheels around Baby like a Rube Goldberg machine.
DaBaby is developing a sound thats identifiable but not yet limiting.
Until then, these punchlines will do.
