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  • Alligator Bites Never Heal [TDE/Capitol, 2024] A-

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Alligator Bites Never Heal [TDE/Capitol, 2024]
Taken up by Top Dawg Entertainment, the church-raised 23-year-old Tampa alt-rapper born Jaylah Hickmon actually inserts a Biblical reference or two into one of the filthiest and silliest star-time moves you could hope to hear or can't believe you're hearing as the case may be. "Scatter-minded, manic, borderline addict," she's "here to stay like that shit in your panties" as she contemplates "how'd it ever get to be like this," and believe it or not I do mean contemplate. As the sweat drips down her tits, she lives for one truth: "Boom-bap it's everything." Except maybe for that breathing exercise she's compelled to join by an interviewer or therapist or maybe even spiritual advisor and in any case collaborator. For sure it's its own boom-bap, and if it doesn't make you laugh watch out or she'll "delete your call log and clear your agenda." A-