{"product_id":"damaged-jess-sah-bi-jesus-christ-ne-decoit-pas","title":"[DAMAGED] Jess Sah Bi - Jesus-Christ Ne Decoit Pas","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e**All of these copies have dinged corners, bent jackets, or seam splits\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJess Sah Bi is well-\u003c\/span\u003eknown as half of the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003elegendary duo Jess\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eSah Bi \u0026amp; Peter One\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewho brought\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ehomegrown Country-\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eAmericana to the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eWest African masses\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewith their smash\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003edebut Our Garden\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eNeeds It's Flowers in\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ethe mid-1980s.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eTouring stadiums and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ereaching listeners\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eworldwide, their music\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ehas racked up millions\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eof spins on YouTube\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand remains imprinted\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ein the hearts of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eIvorians of a certain age. ATFA reissued their album in 2018, garnering\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ecritical acclaim from publications including Pitchfork and Rolling Stone and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ereaching a new generation of listeners outside Ivory Coast (Cote d'Ivoire).\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eSometime in the early 90s, Die Sahbi-or Jesse, as he known to friends-\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ebecame gravely ill with an unknown ailment and almost died. He visited\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003evarious doctors and all kinds of religious healers and nothing helped until\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ehe became a born-again Christian. He recorded an album of music\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003epraising God in order to honor a promise he made to himself at the depths\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eof his desperation in the hospital. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThat album, Jesus-Christ Ne Deçoit Pas\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e[Jesus Christ Does Not Let Us Down], came out in 1991 and sold around\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e3000 cassettes in Ivory Coast. The master tape was lost along the way so\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ethe recording has never been on digital platforms until now.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eJesse didn't have much time to record while visiting South Carolina, and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ehe enlisted some American musicians (Robert Fortner and Gary Davis) to\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ehelp. They added acoustic guitar, percussion and keyboard\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eaccompaniment to Jesse's soaring French and Gouro vocals, harmonica\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand finger-picked acoustic. The resulting recording is deeply soothing and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003econtemplative music that perfectly compliments the songs already\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eembraced by millions.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eJesus-Christ Ne Deçoit Pas is Jess Sah Bi's first and only gospel album.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eFortunately, fans responded with enthusiasm: widespread radio airplay\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand concerts followed, along with a growing solo profile in the country.\u003cspan\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eThe first big gospel artists in Ivory Coast were the duo Mathieu et\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eConstance, who emerged in 1989. There was a bigger gospel music\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003emovement in English-speaking counties like Ghana and Nigeria\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(Christians make up roughly 40% of the population in Ivory Coast, slightly\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eless than Muslims).\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eIn the years since Jesus-Christ's release, gospel music in Ivory Coast has\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003egrown to become a key part of music culture in the country. Spiritual music\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eappears in community actives across the public and private spectrum from\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ereligious gatherings and parties to television broadcasts and music\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efestivals. 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