Dirty Circus
Dirty Circus is a Canadian hip hop duo, consisting of Metty the DertMerchant and Mos Eisley of the music collective Sweatshop Union.[1]
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Origin | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
Genres | Canadian hip hop |
Years active | 2010 | –present
Labels | URBNET Records |
Associated acts | Sweatshop Union, Pigeon Hole, Innocent Bystanders, Trillionaire$, Kyprios, Blue Scholars, Shad |
Members | Metty the Dert Merchant Mos Eisley |
History
Metty and Eisley began performing on the local hip hop scene in their hometown of Vancouver. They later joined Sweatshop Union.
Dirty Circus released their first album as a duo, Alive and Well, in 2010 on URBNET Records.[2][3] As well as the two main rappers, the album features a number of guest musicians.[4] The album's lead single, "Into the Sun", features contributions from Geo of Blue Scholars and Shad. Others on the album include Bootie Brown, Chin Injeti, Rhettmatic and Rob the Viking.[2]
Alive and Well appeared on the EarShot campus and community radio hip hop chart in July and August that year.[5] It was one of three albums released on the same day by side projects of Sweatshop Union, alongside Pigeon Hole's Age Like Astronauts and Trillionaire$' By Hook or by Crook.[2]
Discography
- Over Easy (2009)
- Alive and Well (2010)[6]
References
- "New albums from Dirty Circus and The Trillionaire$ mark the opposing poles of Sweatshop Union's sound". Georgia Straight, August 19, 2010.
- "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