This Friday (Feb. 9), Little Simz will mark her return with Drop 7, the latest installment of her critically acclaimed Age 101 series. Today (Feb. 7), she shared the tracklist for the upcoming effort on social media, revealing seven cuts with titles like “Mood Swings,” “I Ain’t Feeling It,” and “Far Away.” Whether or not there are any featured appearances on the project is yet to be confirmed.
Drop 7 will follow 2022’s NO THANK YOU, a 10-song LP that Simz created alongside frequent collaborators Cleo Sol and Inflo. While chatting with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe, the British talent explained the meaning behind the album’s title.
“It was just the realization of the power of the word ‘No.’ Politely, though. It had so many negative things attached to it,” she said. “There’s so much power in the word ‘No’ in a positive way. And just standing for something can be like, ‘No, I’m actually all right.’ It’s not compromising anything here.”
In that same interview, Simz credited Missy Elliott and Nas as two of her biggest influences. “Just based off the pure fact that [Elliott] was a Black woman in Hip Hop and she just stood out by being herself,” she expressed. “And then my brother was a huge Nas fan, and I just remember riding with him in the car and just taking him in.”
Both Simz and Stormzy lead with four nominations each for the 2024 MOBO Awards, which takes place tonight (Feb. 7). For Simz, she’s in the running for Album of the Year, Best Female Act, Best Hip Hop Act and Video of the Year, the last being for the NO THANK YOU standout “Gorilla.” In March, Simz will compete for British Album of the Year, British Artist of the Year and Best Hip Hop/Rap/Grime Act at the 2024 BRIT Awards. Check out the tracklist for Drop 7 below.