For all that her delivery is deadpan, Little Simz’s razor-sharp flow is peppered with poison darts. A prolific North London MC, she cultivated an early pedigree in acting but made the move into music with a series of mixtapes in the early 2010s. Her musical palette owes as much to soul and funk as it does grime and hip-hop, earning her the admiration of JAY-Z and Kendrick Lamar. And while her verbal dexterity is dazzling, she’s as incisive tackling music-industry misogyny (“Venom”) as when she’s letting her guard down and revealing her own insecurities (“No More Wonderland”).