Doechii didn’t pull any punches with her debut album Alligator Bites Never Heal, and the culture took notice. At the BET Awards 2025, the Tampa-born rap shapeshifter snatched the Best Female Hip Hop Artist trophy, making it crystal clear: she’s no one’s opening act. She’s the main event.
The win capped off a groundbreaking year for the TDE signee, whose long-awaited debut album wasn’t just a flex—it was a full-on exorcism. Chaotic, hilarious, heartbreaking, and genre-demolishing, Alligator Bites Never Heal is 19 tracks of Doechii doing exactly what she wants, how she wants. No compromises. No templates. No rules.
From the moment the album opens with “STANKA POOH,” Doechii sets the tone: weird, loud, unfiltered, and deeply Southern. It’s a mission statement disguised as a two-minute sucker punch. Then comes “BULLFROG,” where her delivery ricochets between sassy and sinister in the same breath. She’s rapping, she’s playing, she’s threatening—all while sounding like she’s having more fun than anyone else in music right now.
And just when you think you’ve figured her out, she shifts. Tracks like “DENIAL IS A RIVER” and “FIREFLIES” slow things down, revealing layers of emotional depth and self-reflection. Her vulnerability is sharp, not soft. Her pain isn’t polished—it’s poetic and messy and full of Florida heat. On “CATFISH,” she takes aim at liars and lames with venom-coated verses. On “WAIT,” she drags out the ache of being seen but not chosen. No bar is wasted. No emotion left unexplored.
The genius of the album isn’t just in the lyrics—it’s in the performance. Doechii shapeshifts from track to track. On “BOOM BAP,” she flexes pure MC skills over a classic knock. On “GTFO” and “HUH!,” she’s a full-on menace. Then she slips into something more ethereal with “BLOOM” and “BEVERLY HILLS,” floating in her own dreamy alt-rap pocket, refusing to stay boxed in.
It all builds up to the title track, “ALLIGATOR BITES NEVER HEAL,” a triumphant, gritty finale that encapsulates the project’s central thesis: pain lingers, but it can also make you powerful. Doechii doesn’t try to hide her scars—she makes art out of them.
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