“If I give you my time, give you my space, know that that shit’s not to waste”, these are striking braggadocious words that set off Little Simz’s 2020 debut EP, Drop 6, a play on words that highlights her importance and the respect, her brand, through her music, demands. The five-track EP comes after a trailblazing 2019 marked by a mercury award nomination for her third studio album, Grey Area, and an impressive performance in Ronan Bennett’s Top Boy, among other feats.
To earmark the astounding project on which Little Simz caters to her listeners with stimulating lyrics articulated in her signature wily flow atop edgy graphic beats co-produced by Simz herself, she took to her Instagram with an essay that shed light on the project’s beginnings and purpose. In summary, Drop 6 was borne out of her deep roots in music which she claims were stressed by the effects of the pandemic – on You Should Call Me, she details her lockdown lifestyle – but owing to her unwavering passion and doggedness, the project came out unscathed and even more enriched by growing knowledge.
Drop 6 perfectly captures the zeitgeist of this chaotic era while at the same time, serving as an outlet for people in murky headspaces, as it did for Little Simz.