There are a number of acts who have debuted in the past few decades and have dozens of song ratings on this blog. I thought it would be fun to lay these ratings out in chronological order, line-graph style, and take a macro view of their careers so far. Then, similar to my “Underrated K-pop” features, I can average their ratings into one mega-score and place them in a pantheon alongside other acts.

As always, this feature has some rules of its own. I’m including any “Song Review” ratings as part of this graph, including Japanese releases and collaborations with one other artist. I’m not including Buried Treasures or solo/sub-unit releases. For the ratings themselves, I’m using the most current number on this blog, so if a song was part of a “Risers and Fallers” or “Legendary Songs Inauguration” post, that’s the rating you’ll see displayed here. That means there will still be a few ratings here and there I find slightly inaccurate, but it’ll mostly reflect my up-to-date feelings.

Finally, these scores are completely subjective. Feel free to agree, disagree and argue (that’s part of the fun!), but know that this chart reflects the opinion of only one person (me).

Check out B.A.P’s placement on the ULTIMATE ARTIST RANKING page!

B.A.P: A Career In Song Ratings

The Breakdown

Highest Rated Songs

One Shot

Lowest Rated Songs

Hands Up

Imperial Phases

Warrior -> One Shot (2012-2013)
Hurricane -> 1004 (Angel) (2013-2014)
Young, Wild & Free -> Wake Me Up (2015-2017)

Slump Phases

None

Rating Average: 8.39

Overall Trendline:

4 thoughts on “B.A.P: A Career In Song Ratings”

They were one of my most listened groups back in 2012-2014. One Shot was life-changing.

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I just recently listened through their discography again in honor of their 14th anniversary and it all really holds up even better than I was expecting. They and Block B always had such great rapping incorporated into their tracks before it was “cool” and if you ask me still holds true when compared to much of the rap segments in kpop songs from today’s groups, which may have good flow but can take you out of the song way too easily.

Skydive in particular stood out to me on relisten as an incredible track that just had a little too many expectations weighing on it at the time to be a “worthy sequel” to One Shot. Now, treating it as its own thing, I think it’s one of my favorite BAP songs and would easily rate it on par with One Shot or any of their other hits.

(Oh and of course their Carnival EP is forever synonymous with windows-down carrides on hot summer days to me even it it released in February originally and I will continue to bump that til the day I die)

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