The tour kicked off on May 17th, 2023 at The Neptune Theatre in Seattle with an opening by IDMAN, a fast-rising nonbinary singer-songwriter, who supported the entire West Coast leg. The tour then continued throughout 14 other cities in US and Canada with additional dates at Lighting in a Bottle Festival as well as the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival before Sampa The Great heads to France, UK, Netherlands, and will conclude on July 18th in Nyon, Switzerland.
Sampa The Great raised to stardom in just a few short years and reached her highest self to date. The Zambian artist (born Sampa Tembo) has established herself as one of global rap’s most compelling and outspoken voices. Her new album, As Above, So Below released on 9 September 2022 through Loma Vista Recordings., emancipates the artist from expectations and enables her to stand in her truth as a woman, true to her talent with rich personality.
“It's a huge self-love note to myself,” she says. “You’re allowed to show your full range as a human being. It’s a personal journey because I wasn’t allowing myself to do that.”
As Above, So Below traverses Sampa’s memories of Africa through a self-exposed lens of authenticity and womanhood, while looking to the future of Africa’s relationship to the world and its global communities. A reflection of Sampa’s transitory upbringing, the record’s sonic hybridity throws recognition to the music coming out of the African diaspora today, while honoring the stories of those who tread previously.
The album reflects Sampa's perceptions of the outer world As Above, and So Below translates her inner self, revealing the wholesome version of herself— pure and honest.
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As Above So Below Track List
1. Shadows
2. Lane feat. Denzel Curry
3. Never Forget feat. Chef 187, Tio Nason, Mwanjé
4. Mask on feat. Joey Bada$$
5. BONA
6. Can I Live feat. W.I.T.C.H
7. Imposter Syndrome feat. James Sakala
8. Tilibobo
9. Lo Rain feat. Mwanjé
10. IDGAF feat. Kojey Radical
11. Let Me Be Great feat Angélique Kidjo
1. Shadows
2. Lane feat. Denzel Curry
3. Never Forget feat. Chef 187, Tio Nason, Mwanjé
4. Mask on feat. Joey Bada$$
5. BONA
6. Can I Live feat. W.I.T.C.H
7. Imposter Syndrome feat. James Sakala
8. Tilibobo
9. Lo Rain feat. Mwanjé
10. IDGAF feat. Kojey Radical
11. Let Me Be Great feat Angélique Kidjo
Order or stream the As Above, So Below album here:
https://found.ee/STG_AASB
The album received a highly acclaimed reviews by major media, including The New York Times, Rolling Stone, Pitchfork, The FADER, Teen Vogue, W Magazine, and more. Its final track and single, "Let Me Be Great" ft. Angélique Kidjo was notably highlighted in a Song Exploder episode and featured in an Okayplayer feature, while single “Never Forget” ushered respect to the golden era of Zambia’s socially prolific genre, Zamrock, and appeared in the trailer for the widely beloved Marvel blockbuster ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’.
The album As Above, So Below was recorded in two short weeks with help of the network of friends, family and South African creatives: the legendary Mag44, who propagated Zambian sounds throughout the world, became the project’s executive producer and co-producers are Sampa Tembo herself (her first producer credit), Sam Nyambe, Sammy Masta and Solomon Plate.
ABOUT Sampa The Great
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Sampa’s creative journey began in 2015 with a release of her debut mixtape The Great Mixtape, which gained attention in Australia and bolstered in 2017 by the HERoes EP and HERoes Act 2 EP, and with her second mixtape Birds and the Bee9, which become an international breakthrough and won the prestigious Australian Music Prize.
In 2019 Sampa continued reaching new levels of artistry and success with the release of the award-winning debut studio album The Return, which was nominated for Australian Album of the Year and peaked at number twelve on the ARIA Charts and three ARIA Awards, as well as Bandcamp’s Album Of The Year, BET’s Amplified Artist of the Month, and her second Australian Music Prize, which marked a history of Sampa becoming the very first artist to win that award twice.
And now, with As Above, So Below, Sampa The Great proved herself as a globally renowned artist, who became a regular at many well-known festivals and franchises including (and not limited to) The Roots Picnic, NPR’s Tiny Desk series, AFROPUNK and, Later….With Jools Holland, a contemporary British music television show.
Started with a few mixtapes, Sampa mastered creating her own original music, ready to propel into the immediate future with a new live show set to be introduced to audiences at the likes of Glastonbury and Coachella, as well as exclusive curated performances at Australia’s Vivid Live and Rising festivals.
The impact she has made on hip hop and black music is already outgrowing all the expectations as she emerging as a voice more vital than before, telling story of Sampa The Great the artist and story of Sampa Tembo, the human.
Loma Vista Recordings is a family business and independent recording company based in Beverly Hills, New York City and London.
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