Sampa The Great is back, and she's bringing a whole new era with her. The Zambian rapper and singer just announced her third album, Nu Zamrock, her first full-length since 2022's As Above, So Below. That's four years of waiting. Worth it.
If you've followed her since the breakout of 2019's The Return, you know she never plays it safe, and this new chapter leans hard into the Zamrock sound her homeland pioneered decades ago. The lead single "Simon Says" is out now, a killer that struts with the same fire she brought to cuts like "Final Form."
The record also folds in last year's "Can't Hold Us," so the momentum has been building longer than you might think. This is an artist reconnecting with roots and pushing forward at the same time.
Nu Zamrock feels like the album Sampa has been circling her whole career. Play "Simon Says" loud. Then play it again.