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Egyptian Lover
Birth name Greg Broussard
Born August 31, 1963
Genre(s) Electro-hop
Old school hip-hop
West Coast hip-hop
Underground rap
Occupation(s) producer
Instrument(s) vocals, synthesizer
Years active 1983 to Present
Label(s) Egyptian Empire
Priority

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History

The Egyptian Lover started out as a D.J. in Los Angeles with Uncle Jamms Army doing dances at the L. A disc jockey (also known as DJ or deejay) is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West Uncle Jamm's Army is a former American Hip hop Crew based in Los Angeles California in the 1980s A. Sports Arena. He began recording around Los Angeles in 1982 as a member of the Radio Crew. In the early days of hip hop albums were rare, so most of The Egyptian Lover's successful recordings were 12" singles. He would eventually release some of the earliest rap LPs, which was especially unique for being west coast based, but they were less popular than his singles. But on the strength of containing an alternate mix of his most popular single "Egypt, Egypt", 1984's On the Nile was moderately successful. After a break in the early 1990s, Egyptian Lover returned in 1994 (see 1994 in music) with Back from the Tomb. This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1994. His last full-length for over ten years.

The Egyptian Lover also established his own record company, Egyptian Empire Records, which included artists such as Rodney O & Joe Cooley. Rodney O & Joe Cooley are west coast rap pioneers best know for tracks such as "Everlasting Bass" and "This is for the Homies"

Presently

In 2005 "The Egyptian Lover" released his first single since 1994, entitled "Party" and backed with "Dancefloor", followed by the album Platinum Pyramids in Feb. 2006. By the end of 2006 The Egyptian Lover went into the studio with Jamie Jupiter and recorded "UFO" and "Futuristic" for Jupiter's new 12" single and look out for "Keep it Hot" 12" coming out mid 2008

In 2006, The Egyptian Lover and Warp Records musician Jimmy Edgar had a collaboration together. Warp Records is a pioneering independent English Record label, founded in Sheffield in 1989 notable for discovering some of the most enduring artists in History Early life Jimmy Edgar is a Detroit -based electronic music artist signed to Warp Records.

In 2007, The Egyptian Lover Re-Makes "Modernaire" from Purple Rain by Dez Dickerson.

In 2007, The Egyptian Lover does collaborations with the groups "Clone Machine" and "Egypt Ear Werk" (with Luke Eargoggle)

2008, The Egyptian Lover continues to Tour the World and is making a brand new album for 2008.

Touring

The Egyptian Lover is currently touring World-Wide. He began touring again in 2004 and is still doing European, Asian and North American shows. In the tradition of his origins as a D. J. his performances often begin with him mixing records on turntables and then Segueing into his original compositions. He is currently doing Arenas, Clubs, and Festivals.

Discography

Albums

EPs

External links

This biographical article related to hip hop music in the United States is a stub. On the Nile is the debut album by the Hip-hop artist The Egyptian Lover. One Track Mind is the second album by rapper Egyptian Lover. The album was released on 1986 for Egyptian Empire Records and was produced by Egyptian Lover himself Filthy is the third album by rapper/DJ Egyptian Lover. The album was released in 1988 for Priority Records and was produced by Egyptian Lover himself King of Ecstasy is the first compilation album and fourth album overall by rapper/DJ Egyptian Lover. Get Into It is the first album by Rapper Cazwell. Get Into It is a mini-album with eight bonus tracks Pyramix is the first remix album and sixth album by rapper/DJ Egyptian Lover. Platinum Pyramids is the eight album by rapper/DJ Egyptian Lover. An extended play ( EP) is a Vinyl record, CD, or Music download which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify Hip hop music, also referred to as rap music, is a Music genre typically consisting of a rhythmic vocal style called rap which is accompanied with The United States of America —commonly referred to as the You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
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