Sometimes I Might Be Introvert by Little Simz

Sometimes I Might Be Introvert, Little Simz's fourth album, came out on 3 September 2021 through Age 101 Music and AWAL, and it plays like a grand statement. It followed the Mercury-nominated Grey Area and the Drop 6 EP, with her regular collaborator Inflo producing and Cleo Sol and Obongjayar dropping in as guests.

The sound is wide-screen: hip-hop threaded with soul, jazz, Afrobeat and electronics, with Simbi Ajikawo holding the center in a steady, clear-eyed flow. Five singles went out, "Introvert", "Woman", "Rollin Stone", "I Love You, I Hate You" and "Point and Kill". BBC Radio 6 Music and Exclaim! both called it the best album of 2021, it won the Mercury Prize in 2022 along with a Libera Award, and Rolling Stone later counted it among the 200 greatest hip-hop albums ever made. No Thank You followed.

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