Chart-Topping Stellar, Dove & BMI Awarding-Winning Producer &
Recording Artist Isaac Carree Returns With First New CD In Six Years
No Risk No Reward Set For Release March 20, 2020
Guests Include Kirk Franklin, Zacardi Cortez, Lisa Knowles, Jazze Pha,
Mr. Talkbox & Others!
“This song is a song that will out live me! It’s socially conscious
and relevant! It’s a timeless piece! Legends NEVER DIE!” ”- Isaac
Carree
Check Out Isaac Carree’s New Song & Video for “Legend” Featured On
The New CD
“If you never take risk, you will never get the ultimate reward.”
– Isaac Carree
“There’s no one like me because God only made one me and I’m
comfortable doing me,” confesses award-winning singer, songwriter
and producer Isaac Carree. “So I embrace whatever comes with that!”
Carree has been converting listeners to believers ever since he
launched his career over 25 years ago with his earnest and unique
artistry that has landed him at #1 on Gospel Billboard Charts and
Gospel radio multiple times. After taking a six-year pause from his
solo recording career, Carree is back with his highly anticipated
recording, No Risk No Reward, set for release March 20, 2020 on
Shanachie Entertainment. Taking risks is something the Atlanta
based Renaissance man is well acquainted with. His motto is “Why
not?!” He explains, “I’m intentional about everything I do.
Sometimes I do things even if I am afraid, but I do it! WHY NOT?!”
It is this spirit that led the singer to step away from the
recording scene to allow himself the opportunity to explore various
creative avenues. “Allowing myself this time afforded me the
opportunity to shift the trajectory of my mind and to reset to
prepare for this moment now!,” shares Carree. “I had the life
changing experience of touring with Diddy and the Bad Boy Reunion
Tour. I also toured with Tim McGraw and Faith Hill on the Soul II
Soul World Tour and had the time of my life. After being away from
the industry and not having new music out for six years, it feels
really good to be back and to partner with Shanachie who believes
in my vision.” Carree also penned his first book Service: My Words.
My Life. My Truth. and launched his own music conference, The Plug,
in Atlanta.
Shanachie Entertainment General Manager Randall Grass states “One
listen to the quality of Isaac’s voice and stellar production let’s
you know that he is special. We are proud to bring his new music to
Gospel fans eager for a contemporary iteration of the Gospel
message.”
No Risk No Reward features the album’s first and chart-climbing
single “HER.” This stunning ballad is a powerful anthem from men to
their woman. It is Isaac Carree’s tribute to his wife Dietra. “I
love my wife,” says Carree. “She deserves NOTHING but the best!
We’ve grown together, we’ve had our ups and our downs but she stuck
with me by my side. She’s loyal, she’s a prayer warrior, she’s the
mother of our child, so this song embodies how GRATEFUL to God I am
for HER!”
Like Kirk Franklin, The Winans and Andre Crouch before him, with No
Risk No Reward Isaac Carree stretches the musical boundaries of
Gospel and inspirational R&B to bring the message to a wider
audience. As such No Risk No Reward is a beautifully-produced,
musically varied album that runs the gamut from fresh cutting edge
urban contemporary grooves to old school gospel. For instance “Love
Affair” featuring Jazze Pha, opens the album with a kicking groove
to deliver the message that Isaac wants a love affair “between you,
God and me,” while the hit single “HER” is a hymn to his wife that
makes an explicit connection between their love and the divine,
setting a template for committed Christian love. Then there’s “What
Kind Of Man,” featuring Lisa Knowles and The Brown Singers, which
samples Ray Charles’ classic “What Kind Of Man Is This,” itself
based on an old gospel hymn, and flips the tune back into the
Gospel roots of Isaac’s mother’s church. “I Don’t Wanna Go” is a
gorgeous, organ-fueled Gospel ballad expressing the necessity of
Godly connection. Along the way there is a stunning
country-flavored ballad “Woman First” which highlights members from
Tim McGraw’s band: keyboardist Billy Nobel, guitarists Bob Miner
and Denny Hemingson and fiddler Deano Brown. The composition is a
hymn to Isaac’s life partner and an admonition to appreciate women
and not neglect them. The memorable song continues the theme of
celebrating, uplifting and supporting women. The twelve songs and
two interludes are conceived as a continuous musical journey, a
true album experience. No Risk No Reward concludes with “4 The
Win,” featuring Da’ T.R.U.T.H and Parker Dawkins. It’s a majestic
piano-and-strings-led hymn of redemption, ending the album on a
note of triumph. It is fitting as Carree’s anticipated recording is
a triumphant tour-de-force that is all-too-rare on the current
musical landscape.
No Risk No Reward is Isaac Carree’s third solo recording and is
produced by Dove Award-winner and two-time Grammy Award-winning
producer Blac Elvis, who has produced hits for everyone from
Beyoncé (“Ego”) to Fergie (“Glamorous”) Ciara (“Promise”), Usher
(“Lil’ Freak) and Smokie Norful (“Nothing Is Impossible”). Elvis
states, “Working with an artist like Isaac Carree is a breath of
fresh air! I don’t simply wanna label him a gospel artist because
he’s so much more! His artistry is expressed in so many different
ways and will appeal to so many different audiences. From the music
we’re creating, to the show experience we’re producing, I want
people to take away that this is an experience of a lifetime.
Something to remember!”
Isaac Carree launched his career as a soloist with John P. Kee &
New Life Community Choir and later on with his own award-winning
Gospel quartet, Men of Standard. His soulful velvety tenor,
heavenly runs, smooth production and ability to infuse various
genres into his irresistible sound, have allowed him to collaborate
with everyone from Kirk Franklin and Mary Mary to Donnie McClurkin,
Marvin Sapp and Israel Houghton, among others. The transcendent
messages of Carree’s hits like “Trust In God,” “In Your Will” and
“In The Middle” demonstrate the power of God’s redemption and
affirms his mission to inspire us to persevere and remember that it
is never too late to start over.
No Risk No Reward follows 2013’s Reset, which debuted on the
Billboard Gospel Chart at #1 and featured the hit singles “Clean
This House” and “But God.” The album earned four BMI Awards and two
Dove nominations. 2011’s Uncommon Me, Carree’s debut solo album,
also debuted at #1 and garnered him the prestigious Stellar Award
for Producer of the Year, along with four more nominations,
including Contemporary Male Vocalist of the Year and New Artist of
the Year. The single “In the Middle” hit #1 on Billboard’s Gospel
chart and won ASCAP’s award of Song Of The Year in 2012.
Isaac Carree’s anticipated return on No Risk No Reward does not
disappoint. The Atlanta based Carree shares, “Anyone who has
followed my solo career knows that I like to take musical risks and
push the envelope. This album is no different. Joining forces with
producers Blac Elvis and Red Kulture has been inspiring! I wanted a
different energy, a different sound, and a different vibration to
this music. And we accomplished that! So stay tuned… I’m BACK!”
