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Little Simz Turns a New Leaf on Lotus — Album Review
- Little Simz, a British-Nigerian rapper, released her sixth album Lotus this summer after canceling a 2022 US tour due to financial restrictions.
- Her album follows a public legal dispute from March when she sued longtime producer Inflo for allegedly not repaying a £1.7 million loan.
- Lotus features 13 tracks with immersive production blending punk, jazz, and afrobeat, and explores themes like trauma, healing, and personal growth.
- On the track Blue, Simz expresses confidence in her insight and experiences as valuable lessons for others, despite not having formal qualifications, demonstrating her self-acceptance.
- The album marks a renewed artistic chapter for Simz, signaling her resilience despite financial strain and the publicized lawsuit with Inflo.
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Love, sex and farewell pain: All this does not occur on the sixth album of London rapper Little Simz. "Lotus" is a new kind of separation music.
Dupee by her producer, the London rapper returns with Lotus , album punch and heart. Thirteen tracks to renaitre en toute sublimite.
Little Simz's sixth and long-awaited album "Lotus" is open-hearted, luxurious and starts off strong. But soon, writes DN's Gabriel Zetterström, it's time to dare a little more.
“Who is this woman that I see in the mirror?” says the verse of the song Gorilla, one of the hymns that have turned British rapper Little Simz (London, 31 years old) into an urban legend in the wake of her beloved Amy Winehouse. “Introverted, but not shy. My art will be eternal. I don’t set limits,” the stanzas flowed in Simbiatu Simbi Ajikawo’s throat last year in La Pirámide, the central stage of the English Glastonbury festival. Where consecr…
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