Little Simz Quotes

Shame on all eloquence which leaves us with a taste for itself and not for its substance.

Fie on the eloquence that leaves us craving itself, not things!

Just knowing how to rap doesn't necessarily mean that you're a good songwriter.

Rappers tend to use words sometimes that just rhyme and don't really mean nothing.

Biggie and Big Pun were the best storytellers of the '90s. I would get wrapped up in the narrative of what they were talking about.

I think that rap is narrative, when it's done right.

I was never just a 'fill in 16 bars on a beat' rapper. I was making real songs from the jump.

I think hip-hop does a very good job of infusing comedy and humor and wit into music, a lot more than other genres.

Hip-hop is not all '2 Chainz' - although '2 Chainz' is awesome. How he does that with metaphors, I don't know.

It takes a certain type of rapper for me to really get into the album.

I feel like with a lot of Madlib's beats, they are made for storytelling. I feel like when I'm working on stuff with him, I can really get into the storytelling aspect mode of my flow.

My music is airy; it's spacious. It requires you to be able to rap and articulate your message over it. That's what the beat demands of you. Not a lot of people try to rap over my beats because it's a bit of a task.

No shade, and shout out to Lil Pump, but on a track like 'Gucci Gang,' he's not really saying much.

I don't want people to confuse me as an MC that talk about nothing.

I only like songs with strong lyrics.

Trump has words, but there's not really any depth there.

Biggie was a lyrical genius: he was a musical painter with words. As he rapped, you would see the picture come to life as you heard his story. You hear a lot of rappers rap; you hear a lot of singers sing, but you don't see the movie in your head the way you do when you hear Biggie rap.

This is going to seem odd, but I love Eminem because he has so much conviction and emotion in the way he raps. Every word that he raps, you feel it.

As far as rapping goes, as long as you are telling the truth and you have a good flow, then you win.

Eminem has been someone that I've always considered the greatest ever, to ever do it. You know what I mean? In every aspect, the storytelling abilities, lyrical ability, honesty. You can hear it in my music that I'm heavily influenced by that.

When you're looking for good lyrics, you turn to Kendrick Lamar, you turn to J Cole, you turn to Wale, you turn to Chance the Rapper, you turn to Rapsody. You don't turn to Post Malone.

Indians have a huge misconception when it comes to rap. It isn't just about heavy beats; it is about poetry.

Nas' storytelling was just fire.

The old West Coast rappers are the way I rap; they weren't always on beat but it was about telling a story. I'm just a little more modern so it doesn't sound exactly the same.

I'm really big into lyrics in my own songs, so I look up to Drake in that aspect.