{"id":37728,"date":"2022-12-21T20:16:10","date_gmt":"2022-12-21T20:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/21\/song-exploder-sampa-the-great\/"},"modified":"2022-12-21T20:16:10","modified_gmt":"2022-12-21T20:16:10","slug":"song-exploder-sampa-the-great","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/21\/song-exploder-sampa-the-great\/","title":{"rendered":"Song Exploder &#8211; Sampa the Great"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-4696\">\n\t<!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>\u201cLet Me Be Great (feat. Ang\u00e9lique Kidjo)\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CmcEbkruxrn\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:600px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><!-- PRX PLAYER EMBED CODE --><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"monetization\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" width=\"650\" src=\"https:\/\/play.prx.org\/e?uf=http%3A%2F%2Ffeed.songexploder.net%2FSongExploder&amp;ge=prx_93_41e37277-52e3-4a13-a1bb-8d3a777b9a8e\"><\/iframe><!-- PRX PLAYER EMBED CODE ENDS --><br \/><!-- LISTEN LINKS --><\/p>\n<p><!-- LISTEN LINKS END HERE --><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sampathegreat.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sampa the Great<\/a> is a songwriter, rapper, and singer from Zambia. She was primarily based in Australia for years, however got here again to Zambia in 2020, shortly earlier than the pandemic hit. Wen she couldn\u2019t journey, she determined to make her subsequent album there in Lusaka. The album is named <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/As_Above,_So_Below_(Sampa_the_Great_album)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>As Above, So Below<\/em><\/a>, and it was produced by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thenameismag44\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mag44<\/a>. In this episode, Sampa the Great and Mag44 break down the closing music \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/song.link\/i\/1628466418\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cLet Me Be Great,\u201d<\/a> which options vocals from legendary West African singer <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ang%C3%A9lique_Kidjo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ang\u00e9lique Kidjo<\/a>, winner of 5 Grammys and certainly one of <em>TIME<\/em>\u2018s <a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/collection\/100-most-influential-people-2021\/6096049\/angelique-kidjo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Most Influential People<\/a>. I received to talk to Ang\u00e9lique Kidjo in her studio in Paris, and I spoke to Sampa the Great and Mag44 in Lusaka. Together, the three of them inform the story of how they made \u201cLet Me Be Great.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>You can purchase or stream \u201cLet Me Be Great\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/song.link\/i\/1628466418\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">right here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"UGomSuDPeSU\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sampa The Great - Let Me Be Great ft. Ang\u00e9lique Kidjo (Official Music Video)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UGomSuDPeSU?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"svxhRbzGpMU\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sampa The Great: Tiny Desk (Home) Concerts\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/svxhRbzGpMU?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><em>Illustration by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lerms.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Carlos Lerma<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/series\/tiny-desk-concerts\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NPR Tiny Desk Concerts<\/a><br \/>Ang\u00e9lique Kidjo\u2019s 2022 NPR Tiny Desk Concert, with a visitor look from Sampa the Great, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2022\/09\/12\/1121280915\/angelique-kidjo-tiny-desk-concert\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">right here<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fela_Kuti\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fela Kuti<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kalindula\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kalindula<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lozi_people\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lozi individuals<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/African_popular_music\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Afro-pop<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Afrofuturism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Afrofuturism<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yoruba_language\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yoruba language<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><!-- Simple Share Buttons Adder (8.2.1) simplesharebuttons.com -->\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<p>\t<!-- .entry-footer -->\n<\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id){\n\t\t\t\t var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n\t\t\t\t if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}\n\t\t\t\t js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n\t\t\t\t js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.6\";\n\t\t\t\t fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n\t\t\t   }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] \u201cLet Me Be Great (feat. Ang\u00e9lique Kidjo)\u201d Sampa the Great is a songwriter, rapper, and singer from Zambia. She was primarily based in Australia for years, however got here again to Zambia in 2020, shortly earlier than the pandemic hit. Wen she couldn\u2019t journey, she determined to make her subsequent album there in Lusaka. 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