Sampa The Great’s second album has been released on New Music Friday – stream it right here.
Denzel Curry, Joey Bada$$ and Kojey Radical are some of the guest artists sharing a multi-genre ride with Sampa The Great on As Above, So Below – one of the more obscure of these being the Zamrock of Never Forget, a tribute to the 70’s genre which fused traditional Zambian music with the era’s burgeoning psychedelic rock movement.
“I discovered Zamrock later in my life and was surprised that this music was known globally, yet not fully celebrated and acknowledged in Zambia today. It hit home for me as I felt similarities in my own journey, having had my career take off outside my birth country,” Sampa said.
“I thought it was fitting to pay homage to those who came before me and merge past, present and future through music and imagery; passing the baton from one generation to the next.”