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educational activities, games, and videosWhile tracks like " Gorilla " use booming brass, much of the album feels more "settled" and "less showy" than her previous work, allowing her technical rapping ability to take center stage.
Produced entirely by long-time collaborator (of the collective SAULT), the album blends high-level lyricism with a soulful, organic palette.
In tracks like " Angel " and " No Merci ," Simz confronts the "slave ship" mentality of record contracts and the irony of everyone profiting off her name while she remains financially undercompensated.
The 7-minute masterpiece " Broken " tackles the taboo of mental health within the Black community and the exhaustion of maintaining a "strong" facade while navigating generational trauma.
Throughout the record, Simz explores intrapersonal growth and the need for boundaries, asserting that "emotion is energy in motion". Production and Style