Since the Egyptian protests are all over the news lately, I’ve figured why not post some of Egytpian Lover’s oldschool electro hip-hop tracks. The very first time I’ve heard an Egyptian Lover’s track was back in 1984. A track titled Egypt Egypt on a DJ-mixed electro/hip-hop compilation record, released by StreetSounds, called Electro-5 on side-A — which is also available on this site. The second track I’ve heard by Egyptian Lover was My House On The Nile on StreetSounds Electro-6, side-B, which is also available on this site. And the third track I’ve heard by Egyptian Lover was Girls on StreetSounds Electro-7, side-A — again, also available on this site. After being exposed to those three tracks between 1984 and 1985, that was when I’ve decided to hunt and collect as many Egyptian Lover 12″ singles as I could find on the market. I’ve bought several of his 12″ singles on vinyl back then from Toronto, London and New York.
The Egyptian Lover is Greg Broussard — born on August 31, 1963. He’s an American musician, rapper, vocalist, producer and DJ from Los Angeles. Greg Broussard was one of the first men to pioneer the hip-hop/electro sound from LA. One of his main influences was Man Parrish’s track track Hip-Hop Be Bop (Don’t Stop) — whom I’ve also blogged about on this site — so click here to read that article.
With just a Roland TR-808 drum machine among other flagship analog synthesizers and digital samplers, Greg Broussard rocked (and still can rock) the house.
Egyptian Lover – “Egypt, Egypt” (12″ Vinyl)..
Artist: The Egyptian Lover
Title: Egypt, Egypt (12″ Vinyl)
Year: 1984
Label: Egyptian Empire Records
Egyptian Lover – “Egypt, Egypt” (12″ Vinyl) (mp3)
theres a trax he released and not sure of the name but it starts off with a reversed clap then it says wait a minute and the beats starts with an echoey hi-hat with eery synths and flutes??? anyway, i love this blog and pretty much everything on here i grew up on..thx!
i’ll look into it today by going through all my egyptian lover’s records.
Nope! Not in my collection. I’ve also checked & auditioned all other Egyptian Lover’s tracks on discogs.com …. and I cannot find what you’re looking for. Perhaps what you heard was a bootleg or part of a DJ mix with custom editing, no?
Don’t forget he was also on freak beat records first – i have a 12 inch press of “What is a Dj if he cant scratch “Not sure but i think he was part of uncle jams army great blog – keep up the good work feel free to hit me up anytime i would like to join your site if you need a reporter i am a hip hop historian + a dj
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This track was totally iconic of the ’84 breaking scene here in L.A…definitely amongst the Top 5 most-played songs in our ghetto blasters when it came out. I don’t think there was ever a song like this, that was simply *made* for Tutting. Thanks for sharing. Epic tune. I saw him play this at an Old School Jam in 2005 I believe. He still rocks.