ISIAH MENTOR

THE BIOGROGPHY OF ISIAH MENTORIsiah mentor was born in Rae town Kingston Jamaica West Indies, at the age of three his family relocated to Spanish town, St.Catherine, Isiah was surrounded by music 24-7, his great grand aunt miss Lore was a political party vocalist and with every other household that had a sound system music was surely being pumped in his head. THE FOUNDATION At the age of 8 yrs one Sunday Isiah was cleaning the kitchen and singing the hit song{ stealing love on the side his aunt heard him and called the family to hear him sing , his family’s reaction that day brought him to the realization that he has a talent. Being motivated at home, Isiah started to sing at school, Tivoli garden high school in Kingston whenever they had concerts or functions. THE BEGINING. With the surrounding communities and his friends, the word spread fast of his talent So when ministry of health held a concert for the sick in Spanish town Isiah was one of the first young talents on the line up. At this point he became the most recognized up coming artist in Spanish town so promoters and night club owners in Spanish town had him performing on weekend nights . He performed with fellow up coming artists such as Anthony Redrose, Wicka man Papa san, Major worries, Dirts man, just to name a few MOVING UP IN THE BIZ Isiah relocated to central village St. Catherine where his career took off like a rocket, there he quickly became the top vocalist in the dancehall and landed the job as sound vocalist on a sound from new Kingston that substituted for u Roy’s stereo gav whenever it is on tour or needed maintenance, he also sang for the area number 1 sound call Runner tone. On one of his tour around island Isiah was singing on a sound call Count bassi int in old harbor where he met king tubby studio engineer “professor” who was very impress with his performance, professor told Isiah to meet him at the studio in Water house, Kingston Jamaica ,at that point he became an member of the Fire house crew FIRE HOUSE CREW At king tubby Isiah record dub plate specials for sound system around worlds ,sound like Coxon, Saxon ,Arrows ,Stereo malt, Wadat, Stereo gav,Unity, just to name a few. KING TUBBY “ the king” as he was called was and still the most respected producer in Jamaica so most top reggae artists recorded for him and isiah got the chance to work and or meet them. Reggae magazines and radio personalities from around the world came to water house to interview the king himself and the crew and isiah took advantage of it.DREAM CAME TRUE Isiah dream came true when he met the artist that inspired him in the business .Artist like black Uhuru ,Inihi kamusi,Burning spear,Barrington levy,The Walers,Eddie,Fitzroy and Dennis Brown,You can hear a touch of all these artists in Isiah singing styles, because that’s the school he came from . He also got his first show over seas in new york city with other artist like Johnny Osborne , LT stitchi little john more, produced by Clinton lynsy he got more shows so he traveled back and forth from America to England doing shows. While performing in the U.S he ran into “PROFESSOR” his first help in the biz so both him philip smart from H.C and F co-produced “BIG INA BED” that went number 2 on the new york and the british reggae charts. HIS ORIGINAL NAME Up to this point his name was Lilly melody a name he got from friends when he was living at central village because he was always singing by the river early in the mornings where there were lots of lily flowers. He went on to do a few more single and shows for some independent producers as lily melody but as this point Isiah getting more mature and starting to feel he as to help the human race from self destruction so he took a break from writing and recording to reeducate him self mentally to go on this mission, during his break from the biz he got reenergized by Luciana, sizzler and garnett silk and felt he as to work on his art and step it up a notch . During one of his daily meditations Jah Rasta for I came to him in a vision and told him why he was here, his mission and that his name should be symbolic of his work so it will be ISIAH MENTOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS ISIAH MENTOR He recorded singles for music”Witty”master label like Zion train,Everything and Stronger just to name a few, he also recorded for the Golden cartel label Road block ,Black pyramid prod-Only jah, Agrian from black scorpia-what have you done, reggae run de place,Astyle records- Far from home ,this song was on the new york top 30 charts for 6 weeks. Isiah started his own record label –Villageroots records and released one of the tuffest compilation c-d on the market right now, its called –Reggae startime vol.1, with Tanya stephens,Anthony B, Turbalance, Chuck fender, Vybes cartel, George nooks and Isiah mentor,just to name a few on the 21 track c-d,this c-d got very good reviews around the world . ISIAH’S NUMBER ONE HIT In 2006 Isiah released one of his strongest tunes as of yet entitled “Fight Fight Fight”, which was released as a 7” single on In The Streetz Records. The tune was written and produced by Isiah Mentor on his label Village Roots Records along with a video that is being played all around the world. Fight Fight Fight is on some charts in Germany, Italy, and France to name a few and is #1 in New Mexico U.S.A. .He also voiced & produced another heavy roots anthem called “Rasta Government” which has gotten some serious credentials/feedback amongst the Jamaican roots-scene, and showed up on the charts in Italy during its first week of pre-release. This year alone he has voiced over 25 specials (dub plates) for sounds from America, Jamaica, Europe and Australia and the consensus is that Isiah is one of the most talented upcoming roots artists: PERIOD.I edited my profile at Freeweblayouts.net , check out these Myspace Layouts!