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."New albums from Dirty Circus and The Trillionaire$ mark the opposing poles of Sweatshop Union's sound". Georgia Straight, August 19, 2010.
History Metty, Eisley, and DJ Itchy Ron began performing on the local hip hop scene in their hometown of Vancouver in 2000. 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.
Dirty Circus released their first album as a duo (without DJ Itchy Ron), Alive and Well, in 2010 on URBNET Records."Sweatshop Union to Release Three New Albums this Summer" . Exclaim!, May 21, 2010."Dirty Circus :: Alive and Well :: URBNET Records". Rap Reviews, reviewed by Pedro Hernandez As well as the two main rappers, the album features a number of guest musicians."Metty the Dirtmerchant (Dirty Circus) Interview". Rap REviews. interview by Pedro Hernandez 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.
Alive and Well appeared on the EarShot campus and community radio hip hop chart in July and August that year."Ttop 20 hip hop", !Earshot, August 2010 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.
Discography Wildlife Canada (2000) Over Easy (2005) Over Easy V.2 (2006) Alive and Well (2010)"Sweatshop Union brings triple threat Collective rocks Grizzly with tunes from three new albums". Squamish Chief, Jennifer Miller, July 16, 2010
References
External links Dirty Circus on Myspace