Dirty Circus is a Canadian hip hop group, initially consisting of Metty the DertMerchant, Mos Eisley, and DJ Itchy Ron of the music collective Sweatshop Union.[1]
Dirty Circus | |
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| Origin | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Genres | Canadian hip hop |
| Years active | 2000–present |
| Labels | Current: URBNET Records |
| Members | Metty the Dert Merchant Mos Eisley DJ Itchy Ron |
History
editMetty, Eisley, and DJ Itchy Ron began performing on the local hip hop scene in their hometown of Vancouver in the year 2000.[citation needed] They collaborated with Pigeon Hole (then known as "Creative Minds"), among others, to self-publish their first album "Wildlife Canada". In 2005 they released their second album "Over Easy" featuring more local hip-hop artists. A year later they would also end up re-issuing their "Over Easy" album as "Over Easy V.2".
They later formed Sweatshop Union with Pigeon Hole and other local Vancouver hip-hop artists that they had collaborated with in the past.[citation needed]
Dirty Circus released their first album as a duo (without DJ Itchy Ron), Alive and Well, in 2010 on URBNET Records.[2][3] As well as the two main rappers, the album features a number of guest musicians.[4] The album's lead single, "Into the Sun", features contributions from Geo of Blue Scholars and Shad. Others on the album include Bootie Brown, Chin Injeti, Rhettmatic and Rob the Viking.[2]
Alive and Well appeared on the EarShot campus and community radio hip hop chart in July and August that year.[5] It was one of three albums released on the same day by side projects of Sweatshop Union, alongside Pigeon Hole's Age Like Astronauts and Trillionaire$' By Hook or by Crook.[2]
Discography
edit- Wildlife Canada (2000)
- Over Easy (2005)
- Over Easy V.2 (2006)
- Alive and Well (2010)[6]
References
edit- ^ "New albums from Dirty Circus and The Trillionaire$ mark the opposing poles of Sweatshop Union's sound". Georgia Straight, August 19, 2010.
- ^ a b c "Sweatshop Union to Release Three New Albums this Summer" Archived 2010-05-15 at the Wayback Machine. Exclaim!, May 21, 2010.
- ^ "Dirty Circus :: Alive and Well :: URBNET Records". Rap Reviews, reviewed by Pedro Hernandez
- ^ "Metty the Dirtmerchant (Dirty Circus) Interview". Rap REviews. interview by Pedro Hernandez
- ^ "Ttop 20 hip hop", !Earshot, August 2010
- ^ "Sweatshop Union brings triple threat Collective rocks Grizzly with tunes from three new albums". Squamish Chief, Jennifer Miller, July 16, 2010
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