Sampha is the given name of this 35-year-old artist who has become part of the contemporary soul/R&B elite in the space of just a few years. A handful of EPs and a monumental debut album (the Mercury Prize winning Process, released in 2017) was all it took to propel this Londoner towards greatness. After a plethora of big-name collabs: Frank Ocean, Drake, Kendrick Lamar, Solange and Travis Scott, his second album, Lahai, released at the end of 2023, pursues the same creative vein and penchant for team work – listen out for the voices of sisters Ibeyi and Yaeji as well as string arrangements by Owen Pallett. This prodigious visionary digs deep into traditional music to create the sounds of the future.
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