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

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Is This Not Dark Enough?

The aim of this project was to show all facets of me. I found the themes were always circling around defending my culture. And that's dope and all, but when that is a constant thing, you can't actually enjoy the beauty of your culture because you're always in defense mode," he says. "I'm one of those artists who sort of record gibberish on their phones"

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