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This article was originally published on December 13, 2024.
At the2025 Grammy Awards, Doechii won the award for Best Rap Album.
But Doechiis graceful subversions of tradition are just as exhilarating as her plentiful references to hip-hops past.
fan could appreciate, but because even the quips are trying to deconstruct expectations.
These niggas aint cunt, Nissan Altima huffs, letting you conjure your own image of the offending parties.
Shes a delightfully unpredictable presence, capable of occupying the shape a song needs.
Her performances onThe Late Show With Stephen Colbertand NPRsTiny Deskseries are works of delicate precision.
It looked like a photo from the Chicago artist and sometime Solange collaboratorShani Crowespringing to life.
Her music is nevertheless earning respect from heads who draw the distinction.
In the midst of a windfall of attention, Doechii radiates poise and balance.
Not even theDungeon Familyaffiliated movie star and sci-fi authorescaped the accusation of using sex to sell music.
The trad-rap pedigree and forthright religiosity ofAlligatorconveniently shielded it from such complaints.
left room for the song to be misread as an heir to the transgressive storytelling of EPMDs Whos Booty.
The 2020s are stuffed full of rappers pining for the same kind of adaptability.
But the voice-mail at the end ofAlligatoris right.
There are only so many artists splashing through that many lanes lately without hydroplaning.
