Sampa the Great - Let Me Be Great (feat. Angélique Kidjo)

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  You're listening to Song Exploder,

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  where musicians take apart their songs and piece by piece tell the story of how they were made.

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  I'm Rishikesh Hirway.

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  This episode contains explicit language.

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  Sampa the Great is a songwriter, rapper, and singer from Zambia.

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  She was based in Australia for years,

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  but came back to Zambia in 2020, shortly before the pandemic hit.

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  And then, when she couldn't travel, she decided to make her next album there in Lusaka.

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  The album is called As Above, So Below, and it was produced by MAG44.

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  In this episode, Sampa the Great and MAG44 break down the closing song, Let Me Be Great,

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  which features vocals from legendary West African singer Anjali Kijo,

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  winner of five Grammys and one of Time Magazine's most influential people.

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  I got to speak to Anjali Kijo in her studio in Paris,

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  and I spoke to Sampa the Great and MAG44 in Lusaka.

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  And together, the three of them tell the story of how they made Let Me Be Great.

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  I am Sampa Tembo, also known as Sampa the Great.

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  I am Magnus Mando, also known as Mag44.

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  I actually was a huge fan of Mag 44.

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  Loved his work.

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  He was part of a label called Lota House.

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