A Curious Tale of Trials + Persons is the debut studio album by English rapper Little Simz, released on 18 September 2015 through Age 101 Music.

[8] Jesse Fairfax of HipHopDX commended the album for its innovation, stating: "Where most newer Hip Hop artists play it safe until they build enough of an audience, Little Simz pushes the envelope giving her all to a scene that may not know what to make of her.

Taking the initiative to claim herself a leader, she makes a powerful statement for womanhood in a genre often closed to anything short of objectification.

"[2] Pitchfork's Jia Tolentino argues that the album's independent release kept it more authentic, stating: "she's keeping her talent under her own strict control, which means, by one calculus, curbing it.

Instead of an album spiked with a big banging single, she offers a looping, obsessively focused experience, with her words providing structure and the pulsing orchestral instrumentation coming second.