« ISMAEL ISAAC »,A WEST AFRICAN REGGAE ROOTS MAKER REMAINS OUR CHOICE, AS FAR AS PAN AFRICAN REGGAE ROOTS MUSIC IS CONCERNED FOR THE YEAR (2015-2016)!
-(« REMINDER OF THE FACTS AND BASIS »):
-« ISAMAEL ISAAC » ORIGINATED FROM « GAMBIA » AND JOINED IMMIGRATION IN THE « IVORY COAST » ALONG WITH HIS FAMILY IN THE SIXTIES, WHERE THEY SETTLED IN THE HOTTEST DISTRICT OF THE IVORIAN ECONOMIC CAPITAL CITY (ABIDJAN)CALLED(TREICHEVILLE):IN (1983-1984), « ISAMAEL ISAAC » FORMED INTO A REGGAE BAND ALONG WITH THE « KEITA BROTHERS »(TWO TWIN BROTHERS FROM « IVORY COAST ») AND RECORDED THEIR FIRST « LP »!THEY WORKED CLOSELY FOR ALMOST (5)GOOD YEARS!UNFORTUNALEY, IN (1988-1989); ONE OF THE « KEITA BROTHERS » PASSED AND THE OTHER LEFT « IVORY COAST » AND SETLLED IN (PARIS)!IN CONSEQUENCE, « ISMAEL ISAAC » STARTED A NEW SOLO REGGAE MUSIC CAREER IN (1990) AND TOURED EUROPE AND USA IN THE (2000s)!HE IS INDEED A GOOD VOCALIST,AS A RESULT HIS LYRICS ARE GROUNDED IN A PURE AFROCENTRIC REGGAE ROOTS TREND ,WHEN USING THE WEST AFRICAN « MANDINGO » LANGUAGE TO EXPRESS HIMSELF MUSICALLY!MOREOVER, « ISMAEL ISAAC » ALSO SANG IN ENGLISH AND FRENCH MIXED UP WITH THE IVORIAN URBAN PATOIS!
MEANWHILE, HIS LATEST « LP »(2015) TITLED IN « FRENCH » (« JE RESTE ») LITERALLY (« I STAY HERE ,ALUDING TO THE MOTHERLAND AFRICA ,I CAN NOT MOVE ANYWERE BECAUSE AFRICA IS THE FUTURE »), CAME OUT IN (2015), WHEN POINTING OUT THE CURRENT FACES AND SO CALLED SHORTCOMINGS OF IMMIGRATION IN EUROPE RIGHT NOW!A BRILLANT « LP » COMPOSED OF (14) REGGAE ROOTS SONGS TO LISTEN TO AND COMMENT ON SUCH AS:(« KOROYA », »LAMPEDUSA FEATURING WELLKNOWN « DJ MOKOBE » FROM (PARIS), « GBANGBAN », « OBAMA », « BAKRONI », « DJAMANAN » AND MANY MORE… COOL RUNNINGS AND REGGAE ROOTS AT YOUR DOOR RIGHT NOW CLOSELY WITH « ISAMAEL ISAAC’S TOUCH!
(YVES T BOUAZO)(CHIEF AND MANAGING EDITOR)(« IMAGE »: »ISMAEL ISAAC »)