The Egyptian Lover, hip-hop pioneer

Bullseye with Jesse Thorn

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🗓️ 16 August 2019

⏱️ 27 minutes

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We'll chat with the one and only Egyptian Lover. Born Greg Broussard – he's a DJ, a producer, a rapper sometimes, too. He came up with Uncle Jamm's Army, a hip-hop crew that featured promoter and DJ Rodger Clayton, Ice-T, and has shared the bill with acts as big as Run-DMC back in the day. As a solo artist he's released 10 albums, mixing Kraftwerk, Prince, a little bit of G-Funk every now and then, too. He talks with Jesse about the early days of LA hip-hop and electro, what a 10,000 person dance party looks like and how he bonded with his future wife over a Kraftwerk record. The ultimate meet cute! This interview originally aired in January of 2018.

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0:00.0	Bullseye with Jesse Thorn is a production of MaximumFun.org and is distributed by NPR.
0:11.1	It's Bullseye.
0:19.5	My next guest is a man named Greg Brussard, better known as the Egyptian lover.
0:24.8	He's a DJ, a producer, a rapper from time to time.
0:27.8	He came up in the early 19 days with the legendary LA Party Throwing crew, Uncle James Arming.
0:34.7	They were in many ways responsible for hip hop in the Southern California area and they
0:39.7	shared the bill with acts as big as Rundy MC.
0:42.4	And when we talked back in 2018, he was working on his 10th album, mixing craft work, prints,
0:48.6	and a little bit of G-Farm.
0:50.9	But if there's one thing that defines the Egyptian lover, it is the mastery of probably
0:55.0	the most iconic instrument in hip hop.
0:57.6	The Roland TR 808.
1:26.0	If you don't know that drum machine by name, you have heard it in literally thousands
1:31.4	of songs.
1:32.4	Egyptian lover still performs around the world today.
1:35.6	He's recording new music touring the country.
1:37.5	He still brings his 808 with him wherever he goes.
1:40.6	Let's listen to a classic Egyptian lover track.
1:43.0	This one's called I'm Killing It.
2:26.0	Egyptian lover, welcome to Bullseye.
2:27.6	It's great to have you on the show.
2:28.6	Oh man, it's great to be here.
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