SEUN KUTI & SAMPA THE GREAT – Emi Aluta Zamrock Remix / Emi Aluta 45 Edit – 7” – Clear Vinyl

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7” – Indies Exclusive Limited Edition Clear Transparent Vinyl. Only 700 copies pressed in this edition worldwide.

Sampa the Great is a poet, singer-songwriter, and global artistic visionary in the truest sense of the term, dedicated to catalyzing positive change and empowerment. Hailing from Zambia but raised in Botswana, in just a few short years, she has established herself as one of global raps most compelling and outspoken voices, reaching new levels of recognition and acclaim with the release of albums such as 2019s The Return and its global hit single Final Form and 2022s defining album “As Above, So Below []”. Recent years have seen Sampa collaborate with the likes of The Avalanches, Baker Boy, Emmanuel Jagari Chanda (WITCH), Denzel Curry and Angelique Kidjo; has appeared on the posthumous Stumbling Down with the late Tony Allen in 2020.

Seun Kuti is the youngest son of Afro beat pioneer Fela Kuti. Seun has spent most of his life preserving and extending his father’s political and musical legacy as the leader of his father’s former band Egypt 80. As a developing saxophonist and percussionist, he entered the formal ranks of the band before he was 12. In 1997 when Fela passed, in fulfilment of his father’s wishes, Seun assumed the mantle as head of Egypt 80 and he has run it ever since. During his career, Seun Kuti released 5 albums with Egypt 80 and collaborated with many great artists such as MC extraordinaire Black Thought, Janelle Monae, Talib Kweli, MadLib and Damian Marley. His latest album is Heavier Yet (Lay The Crownless Head) praised by the critics as his greatest and most powerful yet.

Tracklist:

A: Emi Aluta (Zamrock Remix) [03:29]

B: Emi Aluta (45 Edit) [03:51]