Top Dog
The expression top dog is an idiom for the boss or the leader. In a competition, it is also the favorite or the one expected to win, and the opposite of the underdog. It may be a shorthand reference for a dominance hierarchy.
The name Top Dog may refer to:
Top Dog (1995 film)
Top Dog is a 1995 comedy action film directed by Aaron Norris and starring Chuck Norris. Written by Aaron Norris and Tim Grayem, it was Norris' last film to release theatrically before he shifted to direct-to-video films for several years.
In the film, Norris' character, Jake Wilder, is partnered with Reno, a police dog, whose handler was killed. Jake and Reno investigate a plot by domestic terrorists to attack a conference on unity. Jake and Reno survive assassination attempts and several hand-to-hand fights with the terrorists and eventually discover enough clues to foil the attack. The film is set in San Diego and was largely filmed there.
The film received mainly negative reviews, and its box office was negatively impacted by the timing of its release, only 9 days after the Oklahoma City bombing.
Plot
The film opens as two white nationalists destroy an apartment complex in which most of the residents are minorities. Veteran police officer, Sgt. Lou Swanson, and his police dog, Reno, investigate the crime and realize the explosives are military in style. Their investigation takes them to the harbor, where they find a ship loaded with weapons. They are discovered and shot. Lou dies, but Reno survives.
Top Dog (rapper)
Top Dog (birth name Dashawn Jamal Yates) is an American rapper, member of the Hip Hop supergroup Boot Camp Clik, and the trio O.G.C.. Top Dog (also known as Big Kahuna and D.O.) debuted on Smif-N-Wessun's Dah Shinin' in 1995, appearing on the single "Sound Bwoy Bureill" and the track "Cession at da Doghillee". Top Dog became a member of The Fab 5 in 1995, releasing the hit single "Blah" b/w "Leflaur Leflah Eshkoshka". He and O.G.C. dropped their debut album Da Storm in October 1996, featuring the rap hit "No Fear". He recorded an album with the Boot Camp Clik in 1997, For the People, and followed up with another O.G.C. album, The M-Pire Shrikez Back, in 1999. He returned with the Camp in 2002, releasing the album The Chosen Few, and released another album with the Boot Camp, The Last Stand, on July 18, 2006. Top Dog is the younger brother of Smif-n-Wessun rapper and fellow Boot Camp member, Steele.
Discography
Solo albums
O.G.C. albums
Podcasts:
Top Dog
Verse: You look so fine in that little short red dress, your good intentions may get you in a mess there are jokers to the left of me, losers to the right, the next guy to come over here may just start a fight looks like Ill be putting out a forest fire
Chorus: Im the big man on campus I am your bodyguard, Im now runnin the show like the Boss Hog, and your big man on campus is now taking charge I am to your rescue as your
Top Dog
Verse: You could wear my jacket, you could catch a death of cold
This clientele around here makes me feel a little old
Theres whistling from the corner and theres howlin all around
There will be some moaning if I have to take some down
I better go and put my red cape on. Repeat Chorus
Bridge: Whats gonna happen when you hit the dance floor? Ill have to call the Army or the National Guard. The Navy and Marines may have to fight here too before that I may have to go and clear this room. Im your big man on campus
Solo/Verse 2: Ive got you covered if you feel the need to, get a little crazy I will understand youll cause a riot with the moves you make, and things could really get too out of hand