Since she was a child, Simbiatu Ajikawo has a low tolerance for infidelity. On her widely acclaimed record, there is the fast whip snake, even at the age of 11, she vomited and said, "I'm little Sims, I set the trend / Don't like liars / I hate fake friends," when her sister took her to the BBC rap Broadcast 1 Xtra. Her real breakthrough was rare, Simz showed up, the 2018 breakthrough Gray area, This is nominated for the prestigious mercury award in the UK, and then 2021 Sometimes I may be introvertedwon. She follows no thankswhich condemned her music industry because her outstanding performance flourished because it was darker and more distracting than it seemed.
Inflo - a musician filmed by creators Adele and Tyler, who shaped the mysterious collective excitement with Simz and his wife Cleo Sol - produced Simz's last three albums. Simz openly coveted a creative partnership with Inflo, a bond she started when she was 9 years old. Then, in March, guardian She is reportedly suing him, born on the cover of Dean Josiah, who allegedly failed to repay the $2.2 million loan - partly the only live show in Sault in 2023 - which ultimately prevented her from paying taxes and being fined, she said.
"Why do you steal? Why do you sprinkle blood and hide?" Simz rapped on "Thief", a shocking opener lotusher sixth album and her first in seven years without Inflo. "Why are you going to get the rule book from someone who hurts you and uses it as a guide? / I'm lucky I'm out now, it's a shame I'm really sad for your wife." The song is as shocked as the 1990s trash and Simz, the song is definitely cutthroat, evoking a creepy threat from Kendrick Lamar.
The public nature of her impact on Inflo and how she can easily solve this problem lotus Making it a unique personal entry to her work--Audible feels more like living in her skin than any project you have done before. The way she refuses to bury her truth under a perplexing poetic boom when she tells wretch 32 not to do the same on “blood” is a meta-propaganda, and she and her British rapper trade bar portray siblings in the battle. lotus It's a great album, partly because songs like "The Thief" and "Blood" are so uncomfortable, like staring at the annoying accident on the side of the highway and feeling more active as a result. After the explosion of childhood friendship, lotus It is a strict ode to the trauma and wisdom of true growth.
lotus It's also a great album because of its deep texture and extensive work, which is a satisfying victory. She is upset about "Loneliness", she is troubled, "Lonely making an album is solving all questions/I am used to making it with it (there are censored beeps instead of names), can I not have it?" However, under the leadership of new producer Miles Clinton James, the instruments of all albums are clear, cautious and raw, whether they are the solid rocks of "thieves", "Flood", "Young", "Enough" and "Lotus" and "Free" jazz R&B, "Peace" sound, "Peace" sound, soft band, Flaward, "Buoyant Bossa Nova is "only". Where lotus It's interesting, it's not mandatory, and in serious places, it's underrated. The album does retain some of the airy, gentle essence of Simz's previous work with Inflo, Cleo Sol and Sault, the latter of which is the decisive voice among most of the collaborators that shrouded in. But these similarities are like Simz's claiming his voice is indispensable in the forward pushing voice.
Little Simz won a tough self-worth course with his album. Her best rap here is mostly blossoming from the hardships--in fact, it is a flower that can bloom from the mud. “I know my mind is a textbook, even if I don’t have a diploma,” she said on “Blue,” filled with compassion for poverty, imprisonment, family and death in a calm but ruthless flow. "Freedom" is a particularly moving wisdom, skillfully crafted, between the sly first verses, about what love is true, and the second verse about how fear threatens it. "I think it's a deadly weapon," she said.
although lotus Discovering Simz rap as a victim and survivor is a compassionate feeling for the hardships human experience, even for her tormentors, she admits her pain. She said on "Hallow": "I don't want you to have people who are flawed/think you're good at the core, and then reiterate the idea of "Thief" that the real solution she needs is internal: "I'm trying to forgive myself," she said there. "I don't need to forgive you, so I can heal. ”