Christopher Lee Marshall, better known by his
stage name
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Crizzly, is a
DJ, and
producer. Currently based in
Austin, Texas
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, he began DJing in 2010, developing a style that incorporates
dubstep
Dubstep is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in South London in the early 2000s. The style emerged as a UK garage offshoot that blended 2-step rhythms and sparse dub production, as well as incorporating elements of broken be ...
,
crunk
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,
hyphy
The term hyphy ( ) is Oakland slang meaning "hyperactive". More specifically, it is an adjective describing the hip hop music and the culture associated with the area. The term was first coined by Oakland rapper Keak da Sneak.
History
The hyp ...
,
drumstep
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, and
trap
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, among other genres. He has released several singles and three mixtapes, titled ''Crunkstep'' (2012), ''Crunkstep Volume 2: Back 2 Da Streets'' (2013), and "Crunkstep Volume 3: Booty by Crizzly" (2014). He has also remixed songs such as "
James Brown Is Dead
"James Brown Is Dead" is a song by Dutch electronic dance music duo L.A. Style, produced by Wessel van Diepen and Denzil Slemming. It was released in August 1991 as the lead single from their debut album, ''L.A. Style'' (1993). The song was a ma ...
" by
L.A. Style
L.A. Style was a Dutch electronic dance music group, consisting of founder, producer and radio DJ Wessel van Diepen (who later also created Nakatomi and the successful Vengaboys), composer Denzil Slemming (a.k.a. Michiel Van Der Kuy of Lase ...
, "
Hard in Da Paint
"Hard in da Paint" is the second single from American rapper Waka Flocka Flame's debut studio album ''Flockaveli''.
Background
Waka Flocka's "Hard in da Paint", like his previous hit "O Let's Do It", was originally a mixtape track. It first ...
" by
Waka Flocka Flame
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, "
Chain Hang Low
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" by
Jibbs
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, "
The Way We Ball" by
Lil Flip
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, and "Put It Down" by
Bassnectar
Lorin Gabriel Ashton, better known under his stage name Bassnectar (born February 16, 1978), is an American DJ and record producer.
Biography
Ashton grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and attended Bellarmine College Preparatory. He initiall ...
and
Excision.
In 2011 Crizzly co-founded two
EDM
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* Early Day Miners, American band
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club nights in
San Antonio
("Cradle of Freedom")
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: ''Lifted Wednesdays'' at the Ivy Rooftop, and ''Play Thursdayzz'' at Club Rio.
Around that time
IndyMojo.com' wrote that Crizzly was "dominating the crunkstep/dubstep scene with his bass heavy mixes."
Crizzly tours frequently throughout the United States, and ''
My San Antonio
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'' described a Crizzly show as "a 90-minute, adrenaline-addled hybrid of a frat party and dance marathon."
He has played at festivals such as the
Electric Daisy Carnival
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,
Escape From Wonderland
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, the
Warped Tour
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, and
List of Lollapalooza lineups by year#Lollapalooza.
Discography
Singles
Ass Clap (Ft. Nilo Stari)
Drop Dat Ass (Ft. Crichy Rich)
Certified Gz (Ft. Slim Thug)
Like Dat (Ft. Kids At The Bar)
Like Dat (Retwerk)
Lifted
All Black Everything (with Figure)
Bust It Wide Open (Retwerk)
Ass & Titties (with Logun)
Big Booty B*tches
WTF
Remixes
*Ace Hood – Bugatti (Crizzly Remix)
*Lil Flip – The Way We Ball (Crizzly Remix)
*Excision & Bassnectar – Put It Down (Crizzly Remix)
*Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – Thrift Shop (Crizzly Remix)
*T.I. – What You Know (Crizzly Remix)
*Dream – Go Hard (Crizzly Remix)
*Waka Flocka Flame – Hard In Da Paint (Crizzly Remix)
*Jibbs – Chain Hang Low (Crizzly & AFK Remix)
*ASAP Rocky – Fuckin' Problems (Crizzly Remix)
*Aj Hernz – Snap Back Swag (Crizzly Remix)
*Logun – Dat Ass (Crizzly Remix)
*Marion Band$ – Hold Up (feat. Nipsey Hustle)(Crizzly Remix)
*Willow Smith – Whip My Hair (Crizzly Remix)
*Rihanna & Steve Aoki – 1 2 Cake Cake (Crizzly Remix)
*Kids At The Bar – Like Dat (Crizzly Remix)
*Lil Wil – Bust It Wide Open (Crizzly Remix)
*Koji Kondo - Legend Of Zelda – Lost Woods (Crizzly Remix)
*L.A. Style – James Brown Is Dead (Crizzly Remix)
*Justice – Tthhee Ppaarrttyy (ft. Uffie)(Crizzly Remix)
*Three 6 Mafia – Ass & Titties (Crizzly & Logun Remix)
*A Lost People – Big Booty B**ches (Crizzly Remix)
*Vaski – Jelly (Crizzly Remix)
References
External links
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Living people
American electronic musicians
Dubstep musicians
Musicians from Texas
Date of birth unknown
American DJs
Electronic dance music DJs
Year of birth missing (living people)