Lewis Parker

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Lewis Parker
Birth name	Lewis Parker
Genre(s)	Hip hop
Years active	1995 – present

For other persons named Lewis Parker, see Lewis Parker (disambiguation).

Lewis Parker is thought of as the definitive British hip-hop producer. He was born in London. As a teenager Parker released an EP - B Boy Antiks and a 12" single, Rise/Visions Of Splendour through Bite It! a London based recording label. He signed an album deal with Massive Attack's Virgin imprint Melankolic where he released his debut LP Masquerades & Silhouettes in 1998, before going on to produce many hip hop records. Lewis Parker has also been heavily credited for his work with Ghostface Killah on the Fishscale and More Fish albums. Lewis Parker is also of Barbadian Creole descent.

1 Aliases
2 Family
3 Discography
4 External links

[edit] Aliases

Parker often uses aliases, such as:

L.P
the man with the golden sound
the lyrical Jedi master
the beat chef
Dusty Vinyl
Kid Soul

[edit] Family

Lewis comes from a very musical family. 2 of his 3 siblings Akayzia Parker and Pascal oj Parker are currently solo artists in their own right.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

Masquerades & Silhouettes (The Ancients Series One) (LP) (Melankolic)(release: 1998)
It's All Happening Now (The Ancients Series Three) (2xLP) (Melankolic)(release: 2002)
Home Grown Hip Hop (LP) (Cavendish Music)(release: 2002)
put a beat 2 a rhime (lp) (the world of dusty vinyl)(release: 2004)

Mixtape Volume One (Release 2007)

[edit] EPs

B-Boy Antiks EP (12") (Bite It! Recordings)
The Options EP (12") (Melankolic)
it's all happening now (12") (melankolic/virgin)

[edit] Singles

Wonderwall (7") (White label)
B-Boy Antiks (12") (White label)
Rise/Visions Of Splendour (12") (Bite It! Recordings)
101 Pianos (Test Press) (12") (The World of Dusty Vinyl)
Shadows Of Autumn/101 Piano's (12") (Melankolic)*101 Pianos (12") (The World of Dusty Vinyl
Incognito/At Large With A-Cyde (12") (Melankolic)
Incognito/At Large With A-Cyde (Promo) (12") (Melankolic)
It's All Happening Now (Promo) (12") (Melankolic)
Blood F/T Lost Souljah/Mr Parker's Siesta (12") (The World Of Dusty Vinyl)
High Stakes (12") (SFDB)
The Big Idea (12") (Canteen)
international HEAT(12") (THE WORLD OF DUSTY VINYL)