Sampa the Great’s debut album The Return (Ninja Tune) creates a sense of home. A characterful record, its reference points range from classic hip-hop to ancient Southern African traditions. Built on four years of personal and musical soul-searching, it’s an assured statement, the product of meaningful musical connections and of Sampa having to redefine her self-identity away from the comforts of family and old friends. “The Return” (mixed predominantly by Jonwayne and also Skepta / BoyBetterKnow’s go-to engineer MsM) blends hip-hop, neo-soul, gospel, afrobeat and jazz while featuring collabs with Silentjay, Kwes Darko (Slowthai), Perrin Moss (Hiatus Kaiyote) and many more.