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DOOM living up to his supervillain status and dissing super-heroes left and right. Plus he hangs out with the Green Goblin.
Batty Boy is an offensive Jamaican patois expression referring to a gay man.
The beat in this track also mimics a dramatic movie scene, with heavy percussion like crash cymbals and trumpets. This fits the theme ‘superhero’ theme of the song.
In a response to questions about if there was any truly homophobic intentions behind the song, Dumile told Nerdtorious:
"Well if people are pissed it means that they’re really into the character; maybe too into the character. Look, as an artist, if you have a character that can make people mad, that’s a good thing. DOOM’s a villain. Phobia means that I’m scared of something, like arachnophobia means I’m scared of spiders. So homophobia means that I’m scared of homos? Me myself as a writer, I’m not scared of gay people or spiders! I don’t give a shit. I’m a writer, I touch on all topics. DOOM happens to talk shit about everyone; regular street niggas, punks, fat niggas, queens and kings. I talk shit about every facet of life. This is just one thing that DOOM talks about on this particular record.
DOOM’s a super-villain so he’s just calling his enemies gay — talking shit. Matter of fact, there’s a song on Madvillian where the character talks about beastiality even. So you’re telling me people who indulge in beastiality are gonna get mad at me now too ? It’s a character. People who don’t get it, I don’t know what’s wrong with them. Just go to the movies. It’s easy. It’s like John Travolta in Pulp Fiction. I loved him in that movie, but that doesn’t mean I agree with murder though. We all know John Travolta isn’t a murderer don’t we? It’s a character. I don’t know what else to say to people who don’t get that."
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