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XY.Zed
Hip-Hop · 2013 · 10 tracks · 35m

XY.Zed

Little Simz

A raw, dusty 2013 mixtape capturing a rising star in her bedroom-studio era. Unpolished, deeply introspective, and bursting with hungry, rapid-fire flows.

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Raw mixtape roots

Rain-slicked windowpanes and hissing cassette tape frame these rapid-fire, late-night confessions whispered over dusty bedroom beats.

XY.Zed · vs · Little Simz
Lo Fi+1.3σ

Skeletal boom-bap loops and tape-saturated keys define the tape's raw lo fi aesthetic, trading polished studio budgets for the gritty intimacy of a cheap bedroom microphone.

Tracklist · 10 Tracks · 35m
01
Breakfast
1:33
02
Diamond
2:30
03
Our Generation Rich
3:21
04
Marilyn Monroe
4:32
05
Interludes of Life
3:36
06
P.B.G (Pretty Boy Gangsta)
3:17
07
Hello to Forever
3:26
08
We Did It Again
3:20
09
Cartoon & Cereal
6:20
10
Leave It as That
3:27
Moments Worth Waiting For
01BreakfastThe dusty, minimalist loop on 'Breakfast' establishes a rainy-day melancholy that leaves her urgent vocal delivery completely exposed.
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