Birds and the BEE9 (pronounced bees? bean? benign?), the fully-formed Big Dada debut from Australia-via-Zambia rapper Sampa Tembo overflows with ideas, melody, rhymes and spirit.
Channelling Erykah Badu, Noname Gypsy and Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp a Butterfly, the thirteen tracks span gospel and spiritually-minded chants through hip hop and neo soul.
Songs like Bye River and Inner Voice showcase terrific ambition as well as providing tight bars to dwell on long after the track is finished.