Barun Chatterjee

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Sampa Tembo’s  (better known as Sampa The Great) debut album – out for months now and finding new fans every day – is her soul on a plate and the work truest to her yet. Rightly garnering praise from all corners of the globe, The Return was celebrated as a breath of fresh air for hip hop.

Sampa The Great has already made quite an impression with her debut mixtape Birds and the BEE9, as well as tours with high profile musicians, but she's set to make her biggest statement yet with her debut album. The 19-track opus is called The Return and lands on September 13th via Ninja Tune. The Return is Sampa fully expressing her ambition, attempting to dig deeper into her African heritage and share that with as wide an audience as possible.