{"title":"Sampa The Great","description":"\u003ch2\u003eSampa The Great Vinyl Records \u0026amp; Music Collection\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExplore Sampa The Great vinyl records at UMusic Shop South Africa. Discover African music through physical releases that bring the artist’s musical identity, individual recordings and visual presentation into one collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSampa The Great: the music and the story\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eZambian-born artist Sampa the Great connects hip-hop with African musical references, soul and a strong sense of personal and cultural identity. Her records use collaboration and changing rhythmic settings to explore where a voice belongs and how it can define itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs Above, So Below places Sampa’s voice within a musical world shaped by rap, African rhythmic language and a strong sense of collective contribution. The writing carries an individual perspective while the production gives it a broader cultural frame. The album rewards attention to both dimensions, allowing a tightly delivered verse and a more expansive musical passage to become complementary ways of expressing identity and connection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCatalogue highlights\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs Above, So Below foregrounds that relationship to Zambia, making the album a focused statement of place as well as musical ambition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Return offers an earlier reference point, helping place the later album’s focus on home and cultural identity within a broader developing artistic perspective.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eAs Above, So Below: Explore the vinyl presentation, with product options that include a coloured or special-design pressing.\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy collect Sampa The Great?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe artist’s voice, rhythmic language and instrumental setting give the music an individual identity, with the full programme providing room for those elements to develop beyond a single familiar refrain. Vinyl gives the sleeve artwork and playing sequence a tangible place in a music collection. The visual design and the moment of placing a record on the turntable become part of returning to the music. The particular pressing or package defines the edition, so explore the individual release for its track list and stated presentation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExplore Sampa The Great at UMusic Shop South Africa and choose a physical release to make part of your own music collection.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"sampa-the-great-as-above-so-below-standard-1lp","title":"Sampa The Great - As Above, So Below (Standard 1LP)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"UNIVERSAL","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41640707326148,"sku":"088807246989","price":486.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0406\/7927\/6700\/files\/fb67266c43c4c7f7edb7a58638ccca22.png?v=1684939206"},{"product_id":"sampa-the-great-as-above-so-below-international-exclusive-coloured-vinyl-d2c-only-1lp","title":"Sampa The Great - As Above, So Below (International Exclusive Coloured Vinyl D2C Only 1LP)","description":"","brand":"UNIVERSAL","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41640729903300,"sku":"088807245521","price":486.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0406\/7927\/6700\/files\/30a4e797066ed059d15db7c9e4644c01.png?v=1684939210"}],"url":"https:\/\/umg.africa\/collections\/sampa-the-great.oembed","provider":"UMG Africa","version":"1.0","type":"link"}