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"ALL I HAVE IS LOVE"
"When people hear the name GREGORY ISAACS , I want dem to think of 'Night Nurse' and 'Red Rose for Gregory' and 'The Cool Ruler,'. I love it when somebody comes up to me and say "I love your songs" I feel good about it seen, only love can conquer war and it's good for people to make love hahaa. I have a label called the African Museum and I am still doing recordings and producing. It's mostly Reggae and Dancehall, an we got quite a few artists we got The Melodians, The EQ's, Dave Simon many many. We have an album out right now called "Rat Patrol" and one is in the making right now, nothing will change the Gregory Isaacs feel is universal. I write almost all my songs and I put myself in the presence of other people and a song like Night Nurse is about a man and a woman, yeah yuh nuh. My goal for the future is jus to keep on doing my work and trying to uplift who I can uplift", ISAACS stated.

 Despite his thin, sometimes strained voice, Gregory Isaacs is one of reggae's all-time greatest singers, a master of subtle phrasing and sly innuendo who's voiced some of the music's best-known hits. A prolific recording artist and performer, Isaacs has penned classic roots anthems, as well as truly sappy lover's rock, and his persona has always veered between these two poles of conscious Rastaman and put-upon loverman.

But no matter which side of Isaacs manifests itself onstage, he's a riveting performer, driving crowds to a frenzy with the smallest of gestures. For this he's been dubbed "The Cool Ruler" and is one of the best-loved favorites of Jamaican audiences, who have stuck loyally by the singer even when his turbulent personal life got in the way of the music.

Isaacs was born in Fletchers Land , 15th July 1950, , Isaacs recorded his first solo single, "Another Heartache," in 1969. He scored his first big hits in 1973 with "All I Have Is Love" and "My Only Lover," when his heartbreak-choked voice first connected with Kingston's incurable romantics. Around this same time, Isaacs founded his African Museum label and began to record more "conscious" tracks. He addressed the social and economic inequalities that pressed down on Jamaica's working class in songs like "Innocent People Cry," "Thief A Man" and "Black A Kill Black." The culmination of this direction was 1977's classic Mr. Isaacs, a full-length album built around some of Channel One's hardest rhythms.

With a musical career spans over three decades by now and having delivered a trailer load of reggae classics - singles as well as albums - his legendary status and reputation in the reggae business are truly second to none.
He recently performed at the opening for  ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 .