Green’s Dictionary of Slang

bama adj.

also ’bama, bamma, bammer, bammy
[Bama n.]

1. unsophisticated, out of style, foolish.

Z.N. Hurston letter 12 Apr. in Boyd Wrapped in Rainbows 168: We shall act out the folk tales [...] with the abrupt angularity and naiveté of the primitive ’bama nigger.
[US](con. 1900s) C. McKay Banana Bottom 69: Ah’ll break you’ big bammy face wid this bottle ef you fools wimme.
[US]College Sl. Research Project (Cal. State Poly. Uni., Pomona) 🌐 Bama (bamma) [...] 3. (adj.) Dressed out of style; acting out of style; looking out of style. [Northern Virginia Community College, Woodbridge, VA].
[US]Eble Campus Sl. Apr.
S.G. Wakefield Take No Prisoners 42: ‘Hey, you ’Bama nigger,’ Big John would say to Tiny. ‘I told you to peel them ’taters first.’ ‘Yes, Sir, Mr. Charlie.’.

2. (US drugs) second-rate, inferior.

[US]C.D. Rosales Word Is Bone [ebook] ‘I’m worried about my cheddar, baby, and that shit you had last month was bammer’.