Egyptian Lover

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Egyptian Lover

Background information
Birth name	Greg Broussard
Genre(s)	Electro Old school rap West Coast Rap
Occupation(s)	producer
Instrument(s)	vocals, synthesizer
Years active	1983 to Present
Label(s)	Egyptian Empire Priority

Egyptian Lover (born Greg Broussard) is an American electro hop rapper, he was an important part of the known performers of the underground West Coast dance scene.

1 History
2 Discography
3 External link

[edit] History

The Egyptian Lover started out as a D.J. in Los Angeles with Uncle Jam's Army doing dances at the L.A. Sports Arena with over 10,000 party people. The Egyptian Lover began recording around Los Angeles in 1983 as a member of the Radio Crew and later that year released "Dial-A-Freak" as part of Uncle Jamm's Army (see 1983 in music). The Egyptian Lover released his debut solo single and club hit "Egypt, Egypt" in 1984. It was followed by more dance hits, including "And My Beat Goes Boom", "What Is a DJ If He Can't Scratch", "Egypt Egypt", and "Girls", with even more that came like "You're so Fine", "The Lover", "Sexy Style", "The Alesby Inn" and "Freak a Holic".

[edit] Nineties

Being a D.J. himself The Egyptian Lover put much of his talents into his 12" singles. His LPs were much less popular than his singles, though 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. 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.

[edit] 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" to be on the new "Keep it Hot" 12" coming out March/April 2007

In 2006, The Egyptian Lover and Warp Records musician Jimmy Edgar had a collaboration together.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Touring

The Egyptian Lover is touring around the world bringing his D.J. style along with his performance style to clubs and arenas all over the world. The Egyptian Lover started touring for the first time in 2004 and is still doing the Europe Shows today.