Edited by Azizi Powell
This is Part II of a two part pancocojams series about Sampa the Great's song "Final Form".
Part II presents selected comments from the discussion thread of the official Sampa the Great's official YouTube music video for "Final Form".
Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2019/06/zambian-recording-artist-sampa-great.html Part I of this series. Part I showcases the official Sampa the Great's official YouTube music video for "Final Form" and includes the lyrics to that song. [Hip Hop composition]
WARNING: This song includes two curse words. Amended spelling is used for those words in this post.
An article about Sampa The Great's song "Final Form" is also included in this post.
This content is presented for cultural and linguistic purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owner.
Thanks to Sampa the Great for her musical legacy. Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post.
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SELECTED COMMENTS FROM THE DISCUSSION THREAD FOR THE OFFICIAL YOUTUBE MUSIC VIDEO OF "FINAL FORM" BY SAMPA THE GREAT
(Numbers are added for referencing purposes only. All of these comments were published between June 5, 2019 and June 13, 2019 and are given in relative chronological order. Explanations for some of terms used in these comments are given under those comments. Note that almost all of these terms that are explained below are from African American Vernacular English.) Additions and corrections are welcome for these explanations.
1. Fabio Aug.
"Thank you for reminding us of the beauty and strength in our black essence."
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2. Rea Selepe
"Big up all my Africans 💥🤘🏾"
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3. Nayo
"Love everything about this video! The vibe and black love 🇿🇲🇿🇲❤❤🌻"
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4. Zawadi Khoza
"In the next five years, Sampa The Great will be recognised as THE greatest international female hip hop artist of all time, if not one of them. I've said it; watch it manifest.."
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5. Katele Kalumba
"This is honestly fire🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥😭 favorite song right now"
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"fire" = something that is (or someone who does something) very good (part of the hot, smoking, dynamite, cookin family of African American Vernacular English superlative terms)
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6. C Ann
"Yaaasss Sampa!!!👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 I been waiting on you to drop something new. You came with the 🔥🔥🔥🔥 #melaninpower #blackpower # blackgirlmagic. And you slayed the style!! Keep doing ya thing!!❤️❤️❤️"
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"Melanin power" is a saying that may be part of a the Melanin theory which claims that "melanin, the primary determinant of skin color in humans, is the cause of an intellectual and physical superiority of dark-skinned people and provides them with supernatural powers." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanin_theory. Although this is a racist and pseudoscientific theory, I believe that for a number of Black people the term "melanated: is considered a contemporary referent for Black people and the phrase "melanin power" and the related saying "black girl magic" are used to assert and reinforce Black pride without considering that those terms also can & do put down non-Black people.
Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2019/05/what-does-term-melanated-mean-when-did.html for a pancocojams post entitled "What Does The Term "Melanated" Mean & When Did "Melanin" Become A Popular Referent For Black People?"
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7. Fabio Aug.
"Thank you for reminding us of the beauty and strength in our black essence."
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8. Nayo
"Love everything about this video! The vibe and black love 🇿🇲🇿🇲❤❤🌻"
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9. MainzaJack Timba
"Proud Zambian here 🇿🇲"
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10. Slick-One
"Straight Fire!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥 Sampa stays making Zambia proud! 🇿🇲🇿🇲🇿🇲"
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11. iMght
"She stay making Africa proud!!!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🇿🇲🇿🇲🇿🇲"
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"She stay" = She continuously/always...
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12. russell marcell
"CONSTRUCTIVE ALL EMPOWERINNG , BLACK POSITIVE MUSIC. SUPERB SISTER SUBERB! ..WE SALUTE YOU!! Xxxxx"
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13. Ananda Araujo
"Girl Power! Black Power!! I love! ❤🙏🎶💪🍀 Congratulations for music!"
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14. Zawadi Khoza
"In the next five years, Sampa The Great will be recognised as THE greatest international female hip hop artist of all time, if not one of them. I've said it; watch it manifest.."
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15. True Vibenation
"DOPE! Zambia Represent :)"
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"Dope" = very good
Zambia represent = The commenter is indicating that he or she is representing Zambia (is from Zambia).
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16. Scenia S
"I am in love with the video its so beautiful!!!!!"
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17. russell marcell
"CONSTRUCTIVE ALL EMPOWERINNG , BLACK POSITIVE MUSIC. SUPERB SISTER SUBERB! ..WE SALUTE YOU!! Xxxxx"
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18. Kiume Afrika
"@Sampa The Great Magnificent, Spectacular! This is, in my opinion one of or the finest project that you and your crew has put together. I really appreciate and enjoy your versatility. Much applauds to you Sampa Tembo! #BlackPower #BlackMagic #BlackGirlMagic #BlackWomanPower #RespectZambia #MotherlandStandup
Much Respect from the StL!
Da Original Mixing Mr J"
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19. October33rd
"Amazing! What is this sampled from? I’ve been racking my brain. Sylvers maybe?"
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20. DJ Osric
"Yep. Stay Away From Me by The Sylvers."
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21. Dj Bruno Boston
"KABOOM LOOK WHO STEPPED IN DA ROOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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22. Jujujana love alchemy
"I'm sorry did bahamadia get reincarnated and no one told me? 🤔"
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Bahamadia (Antonia D. Reed, born April 22, 1966) is a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Hip Hop artist who is still performing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahamadia
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This commenter (and some other commenters) believe that Sampa the Great's style of rapping is like Bahamadia's.
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23. David Sikaona
"Dude! This track drips with epicness!"
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24. chisala mumba
"MY my my am glad you are on the Zambian team, this is what am talking about, excellent work! A lot of zambians need to learn from you, this is Real. God bless you!!!"
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25. Cindy Missps
"Bless up Sampa
Great work
Powerful 💥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥"
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26. Mutale Mulenga
"OOOOHHHHHH!!!!! BARS GIRL. BADDEST FEMCEE"
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"Bars" are verses in Hip Hop compositions. Read the entry for "spitting fire" below.
"Femcee" - From https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=femcee
"femcee
A woman who raps or freestyles. The feminine equivalent of an 'emcee'.
[...]
by Seanio March 21, 2004"
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27. Ananda Araujo
"The real rap! The roots, the essence! Go África!"
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28. philani sibiya
"damn epic. It has been tested that the increased temperature across the globe was due to your music Sampha."
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29. MOND MOTADI PRODUCTIONS
"stop sleeping on this legend!! she is just too freaken cool."
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"Sleeping on" = not paying attention to something or someone
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30. Tony Mitchell
"Speechless! Which speaks volumes for me. Vocally, Visually & Execution is Excellent! Dope beyond belief!! Overall I truly appreciate you for this joint & 100% a fan of your music, Thank You. 💖"
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31. Paul Cholwe
"Dammmnn am a fan..Proud that I was there to witness your performance back here in Zed. You're truly dope give us iwe!👍🏾🇿🇲🇿🇲🇿🇲🇿🇲🇿🇲🇿🇲"
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"Give us iwe" ? Is "iwe" a way of writing the Jamaican word "irie" and does "give us iwe" mean "Give us life?
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32. Musonda Chanda
"this is dope, very creative and lyrically on point this is real Hip Hop"
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33. Anne-marie Sievu
"You’re so talented. Thank you for representing us well. I know you will blow up 🇿🇲❤️"
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"blow up" = become famous; successful
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34. Munya
"She from Zambia ? That's Hella dope 🔥!!!"
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"Hella" = very
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35. Boycizm
"Yes u have found your form in your melanin!!! Great work! I'm a Zambian hiphop artist in Perth Australia and honestly I've never been prouder of someone reppin our flag like you. Bless 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥"
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"reppin" = representing
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36. WhyCee
"Just got one word to say 'SICK' 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥"
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"Sick" here means very good/awesome.
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37. Muky Dimes
"This that black superhero music right here. 🔥🔥🔥🔥 zambia 🇿🇲 stand up 🙌🏿"
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38. xoco dot
"This art shakes me up and down, so much strength, power and CHANGE emanating from this, I feel touched, blessed. I will watch and share it a hundred times, then a hundred thousand more. You are honoring and schooling melanine bodies, rhythm, roots, souls through and through! So much to absorbe, get inspired! It got me warm and READY to keep arming myself, intellect and spirit. Female Energy, Revolution, Asè!!!"
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39. John Doe
"The dudes are FINE omg"
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Dudes = men
"Fine" = very nice looking
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40. Bradley Jackson
"Homegirl went off!"
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"Homegirl" = strictly speaking, a girl from your home town, but here that term might mean the same thing as the colloquial form of "sister" or "girly". "Went off" means the same thing as "went in" = gave all her energy to what she was doing, did something very well
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41. Shev Blaze
"Bahamadia mix with some Lauryn Hill... I love it"
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42. Annette Goka
"I absolutely love this sister's style and flow"
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"Flow" how smoothly a person raps
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43. Ken Lungu
"I can feel the soul in her music 😍"
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44. GRM780 Unlimited
"Great looking young lady with excellent voice, rhyme skills and delivery. I like the way she intertwined her culture with in the video."
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45. White Coat and Hijab
"Be proud of your melanin, no matter the percentage. EAST OR WEST or SOUTH or NORTH Africans. We all black whether we appear to have less or more melanin.✌🏽🇸🇴🇺🇸"
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46. Roble Viejo
"I have some too.. In very specific and tiny spots.. Freckles!"
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47. Owami Mpho Mbele
"the hook... ohh gawd. respect Sampa"
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48. Liseli Akayombokwa
"Give us IWE!!! Zambia represent!!! Your Ancestors are with you..."
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49. Peter Slumko
"OMG!!! Sampa you're really the great, this is the kinda muzic people need... We need more sheroes like her people"
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"sheroes" = female form of "heroes"
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50. Da Royal General
"WOW!!! 90's WU TANG-ism. some real irie vibes. much respect for this."
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Bold font was used in this comment.
WU-Tang Clan is a very well respected American hard core Hip Hop group that were known for their afrocentricity.
"irie" = Jamaican Patois term meaning "nice", "good", "pleasing".
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51. Anthony Shintai
"The energy I get from this!!!!!! Uplifting my brothers and sisters"
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52. Chrissant Chota
"Zambia to the world"
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53. Queen Sheba
"This song goes too hard"
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A song going "too hard" is a compliment.
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54. Tegan Taudigani
"So empowering! Been trying to hide my race for a long time, so this song means alot to me in more ways than one. Thank you!"
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The photograph that accompanied this comment showed a very light skinned female.
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55. soulstyle organic hair salon
"Tuuuuune"
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When written along, the word "Tune" (also written as "chune" or "choon") means that the same thing as "That's my jam". ("I really love this song".)
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56. Rebellious Garden
"This is straight nasty..... I am loving all my fellow female rappers coming out...."
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In the context of this comment, a song described as being "straight nasty" is a compliment, and doesn't refer to the song having sexually explicit content/performance.
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57. Da Royal General
"jah know naaw lie....this BADDD!!!"
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This comment is written in bold font in this discussion thread.
In standard English, this sentence is "God doesn't lie... This is very good!"
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58. MrTurtleThief
"Whoever chose the clothing needs a raise, very nice"
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59. Halona Black
"OK. Clearly, I wasn't ready. This here is straight fire."
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A song that is "straight fire" (and "fire" without the adjective "straight") means it is very good.
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60. Plum 354
"Feeling this. Yaaaas"
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61. Deela Yah-Shabazz
"WOW. She has yet to let me down! Straight FYE"
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"FYE"= fire
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62. Tapfuma Vudzijena
"she went in on this one 🔥🔥🔥🔥"
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"went in" = put all one's heart and soul into doing something
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63. Croco Lungs
"Too nice. This should be a soundtrack. The visuals are epic."
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64. Lolo LB
"Yasssss😍😍😍🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾 omg love all the details in the video 💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽"
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"Yass" is a contemporary hip way of writing and saying "Yes".
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65. Steffortlessness
"Too fly with it"
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"Fly" is an African American Vernacular English adjective that means "hip" (up to date with the latest street fashion and lingo). "Too fly" means "very fly".
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66. juniemz1
"Ahhhh just discovered you and love ya!! I’ve been missing out and binge watching & listening to your music! Can’t wait to see you in Brooklyn! 😁😁 So proud of you repping Zed!!🇿🇲🇿🇲🤗"
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67. Times Up 2U
"Sampa the Great - U owe me a new cell phone. This ish is so lit that it burned my hands."
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"ish" is a socially correct way of saying "sh&t" which, in this comment and many other colloquial conversations, can be a neutral referent for anything.
lit= something that is (or someone who is) very hot (very good)
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68. You Ryse
"Here before the million :p"
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"Million" here refers to the million views for this video.
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69. Zuma B
"FIRE BON! Shout out from New Zealand, CHIPOLOPOLO!"
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"Fire Bon" (probably) bonfire (another way of saying that the song is hot (very good)
"Shout out" = public recognition/applause/congratualtions
Chipolopolo = ?
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70. Frank Dante Nyirenda
"Am not going to lie ...you really are greatness in the making 🙌"
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71. Lady G256
"Very nice 👍🏾💪🏾black power"
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72. taugadi
"Wow the costumes are sickening 😍😍"
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"sickening" = "very good"
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73. Jane mwila
"Just wat zed music needs ...greatness"
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"Zed" = colloquial referent for Zambia (from the British pronunciation for the letter "z").
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74. rjay gemus
"That's real rap right there"
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75. Mainga
"Legendary...Taking Zambia to different levels 🧡 🇿🇲"
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76. simona evans
"Beautifully Magnificent Queen👸🏿👸🏿👸🏿"
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77. William Mckinney
"They taking it back to the Ol Hip Hop sound of the 90s Black American style in the Mother Land"
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"The Motherland" = Africa
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78. AlexJCorona
"So glad Sampa is getting traction. Been listening to her for time. Powerhouse attitude."
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79. Christina Love
"Yaassss!!!! I'm here for all this amazing lyrical magic, black girl magic, amazing video of cultural celebration ✊👏👏👏👏"
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80. 1upanu
"BOOM!!!"
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The sound that explosions make. In the context of this discussion thread, "boom" refers to something being "dynamite"(i.e. in African American Vernacular English- very good)
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81. professor
"Supreme fire from the empress.This bout to blow. 🔥🔥"
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"This about to blow"= "blow up"; become very big; become very popular
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82. alexgalvarez
"So nice i had to listen to it twice. Sampa spits fyah. Peace, love much success to you from from Miami."
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From https://www.quora.com/Whats-the-difference-between-spitting-fire-and-dropping-bars-in-rap-hip-hop
J. Royeaux, Female rap collegiate researcher
Answered Aug 19, 2017
“Spitting fire” and “dropping bars” derive from the same notion of rapping notable verses.
[...]
“Spitting fire” is ussually referencing verses that are either noteworthy due to impressively written punchlines (clever verses/bars) or fast rapping.
“Dropping bars” can have the same notion, but often comes with the implication that those bars have artistic value within a hip hop song - since bars are by definition verses within a rap song - either due to the verse’s writing or the context I in which their were written (you can see where the two phrases can be used often interchangeably."...
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83. Darbuka Mazuka
"This is a hard ass tune . Video got me ready to move."
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"hard ass" = "hard" in reference to Hip Hop) is a compliment, meaning "awesome" (The people aren't playing. They are seriously working (working hard). "Hard ass" means the same thing as "hard".
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84. charlieknockout
"this is an instant classic. hip hop is still alive"
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85. Dominic Chimpakasa
"This is just awesome, I have played this song more than ten times. You putting Zambia on the World map"
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86. Conscious Queens Books Club
"YES!!!"
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87. Richelle Eli
"She made me want to travel to Zambia"
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88. Von Grim
"Your Greatness, you killed em with this one!"
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"killed em (them) is a "incorrect" use of the African American Vernacular term "killed it" (doing something very well).
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89. Covert Introvert
"This is dope!!"
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"Dope" very good
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90. SSK Music Beats
"I wasnt ready for this FIRE."
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91. jbaby007
"💜💜💜My beautiful brothas and sistas💜💜💜✊🏾"
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"brothas" and sistas" (brothers and sisters) here means "Black men and Black women".
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92. Transcendent Life
"This is legendary!!!Major proud of you gyal, keep raising the Zambian 🇿🇲 flag higher. Much love 💗"
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"gyal" = Jamaican Patois way of writing the word "girl".
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