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Quite often when we write these lists, we’ll half-complain about how much of a struggle it is and woe-is-me-I’ve-been-tearing-my-hair-out, but the truth is this process was actually the most fun it’s ever been this year. A big part of that is how diverse music has been in 2022. Diversity, to some extent, has always been […]
Here at Complex, we wanted to acknowledge and honour the achievements of UK rappers this past year by compiling a list of the 10 best! To help us with this difficult task, we brought in some top industry experts and insiders, including Complex UK’s Editor-In-Chief, Joseph ‘JP’ Patterson, super-producer M1OnTheBeat, Capital Xtra’s Robert Bruce, Block […]
The plaudits and awards are still technically rolling in for Little Simz’s Sometimes I Might Be Introvert, and honestly, we were content with letting it roll a little longer and continuing to digest it, but then last week, Simbi took to her socials to make the shock announcement that not only had she been working on […]
SAULT—the enigmatic project/supergoup helmed by super-producer Inflo—have surprised us all with by dropping no fewer than five albums. There are, however, two catches: they’re only available for five days and you have to guess the password. Including the somewhat divisive orchestral instrumental album, AIR, which was released in April this year, the new projects make 11 […]
Having postponed the original awards ceremony due to the Queen’s passing in September—called off at the very last minute after guests had already arrived—the Mercury Music Prize returned to London’s Eventim Apollo last night and named Little Simz as the big winner for her masterpiece fourth album, Sometimes I Might Be Introvert. Also in the running for […]
A year on from the special, live-streamed ceremony held in the midst of lockdown, last night saw the MOBO Awards return with its first live in-person ceremony at the Coventry Building Society Arena. Hosted by Munya Chawawa and Leigh-Anne Pinnock, the ceremony broke from tradition by eschewing broadcast on one of the major channels, instead opting […]
After stirring up album of the year conversations with her fourth studio album, Sometimes I Might Be Introvert, Little Simz is back with a short film entitled I Love You, I Hate You. After stealing the show in Netflix’s Top Boy and appearing in the Venom: Let There Be Carnage movie, Simz steps back into the acting realm as the leading character ‘Sage’. Based […]
As she prepares to release her next album, Sometimes I Might Be Introvert, Little Simz has just made her U.S. late night television debut on The Tonight Show, Starring Jimmy Fallon by performing one of the songs off the forthcoming project, “Woman.” After taking the UK by storm, Little Simz has her eyes on the states as she strings […]
After dropping the triumphant “Introvert” back in April and the Cleo Sol-assisted “Woman” in May, Little Simz is back with new single “Rollin Stone”—the third cut from her upcoming third album, Sometimes I Might Be Introvert—along with tour dates for her 2022 European tour. In a stylistic, 180 turn from the soulful and uplifting “Woman”, the track sees Simz […]
The Grammy Awards have always been controversial. For as long as they have existed (61 years), their results have been hotly debated. This year, however, “music’s biggest night” was perhaps its most controversial ever. Already on the backfoot thanks to pandemic restrictions, with no live audience and awards presented on an outdoor stage, the ceremony netted its […]
