Dirty Circus

Dirty Circus
Origin Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Genres Canadian hip hop
Years active 2010 (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

Dirty Circus is a Canadian hip hop duo, consisting of Metty the DertMerchant and Mos Eisley of the band Sweatshop Union.[1]

History

Metty and Eisley began performing on the local hip hop scene in their hometown of Vancouver. They later joined Sweatshop Union, they released their first album as a duo, Alive and Well, in 2010 on URBNET Records.[2][3] It appeared on the EarShot campus and community radio hip hop chart in August that year.[4] 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]

The album's lead single, "Into the Sun", features contributions from Geo of Blue Scholars and Shad. Other guest musicians on the album include Bootie Brown, Chin Injeti, Rhettmatic and Rob the Viking.[2]

Discography

  • Over Easy (2009)
  • Alive and Well (2010)

References

  1. ↑ "New albums from Dirty Circus and The Trillionaire$ mark the opposing poles of Sweatshop Union's sound". Georgia Straight, August 19, 2010.
  2. 1 2 3 "Sweatshop Union to Release Three New Albums this Summer" Archived 2010-05-15 at the Wayback Machine.. Exclaim!, May 21, 2010.
  3. ↑ "Dirty Circus :: Alive and Well :: URBNET Records". Rap Reviews, reviewed by Pedro Hernandez
  4. ↑ "Ttop 20 hip hop", !Earshot, August 2010


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