Joey B. Ellis

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Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Singles
Go for It! (Heart and Fire) (with Tynetta Hare)
  DE 4th December 24, 1990 (19 weeks)
  CH 15th 02/03/1991 (9 weeks)
  UK 20th 02/16/1991 (8 weeks)
  US 66 December 8, 1990 (8 weeks)
Thought U Were the One for Me
  UK 58 05/18/1991 (2 weeks)

Joey B. Ellis (Joseph Ellis, born April 22 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania ) is an American rapper who first became known under the name MC Breeze . He sings, raps, plays guitar and keyboard, writes and produces music and has many other talents, for example, he is familiar with graphics and video applications on the computer.

Life

In 1985, Ellis started his record company with money earned from a job at a pizza delivery company. The first release as MC Breeze was the EP Discombobulatorbubalator . It was the first rap record to be boycotted by radio stations for talking about how Chinese people cook dogs and cats. The mayor of Philadelphia saw the Chinese humiliated and ridiculed by the text. Before being banned from the program, Philly's Power 99fm received around 500 inquiries and requests per day.

Breeze continued his musical career and inspired many other artists. He created a stuttering style and defeated New York rapper Just Ice at the New Music Seminar in 1987 . Other artists mimicked this style, including The Fresh Prince , who used stuttering in two of his songs.

In 1987 MC Breeze released Superbaad . This track was used by MC Hammer to open his concerts and was also used on his first appearance on the Arsenio Hall show . Then in 1991 Breeze received from Louis Burrell, the brother of MC Hammers, a contract as a rapper and producer with Bust It Records.

Although MC Breeze had already established itself with this stage name, Atlantic Records brought an act with the same name onto the market. This happened precisely at the time when the soundtrack of the Sylvester Stallone film Rocky V was being recorded . In order to avoid legal disputes, a different stage name had to be found, so the real name Joseph Ellis became the stage name Joey B Ellis, where the "B" stands for "Breeze".

On the soundtrack for Rocky V , Joey B Ellis was featured with three self-written songs: Go for It , Thought U Were the One for Me and All U Gotta Do Is Sing . By Go for It 800000 recordings were sold in Europe alone. The demand there was so great that MTV Europe hosted a Joey B Ellis Day.

On the side of Chic guitar-player Nile Rodgers Breeze produced at Warner Bros among others BMOC (Big Man on Campus). This was followed by a tour of 35 cities in 13 countries of Europe and Japan , as well as performances at the Soul Train Music Awards at MTV , BET and other television programs. In 1996, Joey's brother Kenny died of a stroke. In order to come to terms with this loss, there followed a period of mourning and remembrance.

In 2008 work began on a new album, The Way I See It .

Discography

Albums

  • 1986: The Best of MC Breeze
  • 1990: Rocky V (soundtrack to the film of the same name ; compilation)
  • 2007: Joey B Ellis
  • 2008: The Way I See It (N_GGA Album)

Singles and EPs

as MC Breeze

  • 1985: Discombobulatorbubalator
  • 1986: Another Sad Song (The Singing MC Breeze & Hand Master Flash)
  • 1986: The Party's at My House (EP)
  • 1987: Superbaad (The Singing MC Breeze & DJ Trevor)
  • 1988: Damn I'm Good (The Singing MC Breeze & DJ Trevor)
  • 1989: It Ain't My Baby (The Singing MC Breeze)

as Joey B Ellis

  • 1990: Go for It! (Heart and Fire)
  • 1990: Thought You Were the One for Me
  • 1991: Go for It! (Heart and Fire) (Double Trouble Remix)
  • 1991: Thought You Were the One for Me (Double Trance Dance Mix)

swell

  1. ↑ Chart sources: DE CH UK Billboard Hot 100
  2. ^ Joel Whitburn : Hot R&B Songs 1942–2010: 6th Edition, ISBN 978-0-89820-186-4

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personal data
SURNAME Ellis, Joey B.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES MC Breeze; Ellis, Joseph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American rapper, guitarist and keyboardist
DATE OF BIRTH April 22nd 20th century
PLACE OF BIRTH Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , USA