Sampa The Great
“I’m coming back with the confidence of knowing who I am.” As the profile of Sampa The Great has soared internationally in recent years, the woman behind the musical force was on a journey all her own. For Sampa Tembo, the fusion of her artistry and the perception of the public was one that forced her to face the anxieties and the identity challenges that only moving back home has managed to heal.
This recent sense of liberation and rediscovery has seen Sampa The Great engage in some of her most revealing and creatively stimulating music yet. Where her catalogue-defining earlier work still exists as legacy building pieces that she remains fiercely proud of, Sampa now finds herself creative from a place of pure happiness and peace.
“There’s no fear in standing in my identity, for fear that I wouldn’t be claimed at home. That’s finished. The two years have really healed that bit of me that was unsure, or felt like I didn't belong. That’s gone.”
Sampa The Great
Love this! @TioNason ❤️
Amazing Artist from my country.
Watch the video to see something special
🙌🏾❤️🇿🇲
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Sampa The Great
Let Me Be Great!!! ✨ Check out my Open Mic performance on Genius!!
WATCH HERE: https://youtu.be/oBqqyboaPUY
2 years ago | [YT] | 1,677
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Sampa The Great
LEGENDS ONLY!
What an honour @fallontonight, Michelle Obama, @angeliquekidjo. ❤️🙏🏾
2 years ago | [YT] | 1,112
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Sampa The Great
Happy Independence Day Zambia!!
🙌🏾❤️🇿🇲
What a journey and important year of growth and possibilities. Dropping a special video today!
Giving the Legend @angeliquekidjo her flowers in the ‘Agolo’- inspired visual for Let me be great ✨
Forever inspired to never let anyone bring me down and always push to be the greatest version of myself, as should you 🙏🏾❤️💐. Watch: found.ee/LMBG-Vid
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Sampa The Great
Wakanda Forever ✊🏾
Dreams come true!! 💛
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Sampa The Great
Just a student learning from a Queen! Angélique Kidjo 👑
Thank you for everything you do and everything you represent. Loved performing this with you! NPR Music (Happy 1,000th)🎊🙌🏾
Honoured and forever grateful Legend.
🙏🏾❤️👑
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Sampa The Great
AS ABOVE. SO BELOW 🪞OUT NOW!!!
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LISTEN HERE: found.ee/STG_AASB
I hope you enjoy this project. I hope the sense of freedom, joy and release is passed onto you because the past 3 years (onwards) has been collectively heavy (probably before that too)
I love y’all and thank you for showing me soo much love and support. Xx
S/O to all these legends too: ❤️🙏🏾
Visuals:❤️
Creative Director: @rharha_nembhard
Director: @imraanchristian
Audio:❤️
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1. Shadows
2. Lane ft @denzelcurryph
3. Never Forget ft @mwanje_t @tionason @chef187kopala
4. Mask on ft @joeybadass
5. Bona
6. Can I live ft @weintendtocausehavoc
7. Imposter Syndrome ft @officialjamessakala
8. Tilibobo
9. Lo Rain ft @mwanje_t
10. IDGAF @kojeyradical
11. Let me be great ft @angeliquekidjo
Executive producer: @thenameismag44
Co production :
@samnyambe
@mastasammy
@solomonplate
@powerspleasant
Engineered: @blazer_events
Mixing engineer: @nealhpogue
Mastering engineer: @masteredbymike
Live: ❤️
@lalozie
@the_real_tek1
@mastasammy
@mwanje_t
@tionason
Putting it all together:❤️
@carlpires
@lomavistarecordings
@priitsiimon
@gee_derrick
@thinkingloudau
@biz3publicity
2 years ago | [YT] | 1,069
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Sampa The Great
A few hrs from my sophomore album drop….
This is the first time I’ve had an album release that I’m not anxious or nervous about. I mean it when I say it was my freest album
Sometimes I put ridiculous amounts of pressure on myself to be perfect, to be an example/ambassador that no on asked me to be, mostly because of where my career started and it took this whole return to ask myself one question. Why do I make music?
The younger me started making music because it’s the way I dealt with life, the way I documented my life experience and the way I enjoyed the journey of this life.
The last part is a new addition to the answer of this question: why do you make music?
Younger me reminded me of the answer
As above. So below 🪞
I hope you enjoy this project. I hope the sense of freedom, joy and release is passed onto you because the past 3 years (onwards) has been collectively heavy (probably before that too)
I love y’all and thank you for showing me soo much love and support. Xx
2 years ago | [YT] | 1,229
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Sampa The Great
3 days!! ⭕️ It’s about to be a legendary week.
As Above. So Below 🪞
September 9th
THIS FRIDAY!!
Pre-save: found.ee/STG_AASB
👑 Angélique Kidjo
CD: Rharha Nembhard
Styled by: Ntombi Moyo
Designer: Alberta Ferreti
and Minerva Paris
Makeup: KEN.DRA
Hair: CrownedbyLiv
📸 Shervin Lainez
2 years ago | [YT] | 1,302
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Sampa The Great
Vinyl heads! u pre-ordered yet? Got some special colours 4 ya.
found.ee/STG_AASB
3 years ago | [YT] | 553
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