Exile Di Brave - To The Foundation (EDB Entertainment/Self-published)

Brave opens with 'Be Thankful', a successful version over the Satta riddim, and in 'Same Old Episode', over the Queen Majesty riddim, the singjay is in good shape as well. For title track 'Foundation' he selected the Get In The Groove riddim, and a little further along in the track list, Exile delves even further back in Jamaican music history, as for 'Pirates Coming Again', a combination with Infinite, he recycled The Skatalites' Exodus riddim. In 'Born To Reign', an excellent duet with Black Omolo over the classic Unchained riddim, Exile also included audio excerpts from an old documentary about Haile Selassie. In 'New Iration', in which he rides the Real Rochk riddim together with Don Carl (not to be confused with Don Carlos), Brave is in equally good form. For amateurs of the digital sound from the nineteen eighties, there's 'Nuff Session', a version over the Mad Mad riddim. With 'Another Day', Exile stays closest to the original, as the original version of The Sensation's 'Every Day Is Just A Holiday' can be heard in the background. Exile di Brave concludes with 'News', including some melodica-vibes by Addis Pablo who recycled one of his father's old riddims we couldn't immediately put our finger on.