Dirty Circus is a

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group, initially consisting of Metty the DertMerchant, Mos Eisley, and DJ Itchy Ron of the music collective

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History

Metty, Eisley, and DJ Itchy Ron began performing on the local hip hop scene in their hometown of

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in the year 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

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

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."Sweatshop Union to Release Three New Albums this Summer"
. ''

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'', May 21, 2010. As well as the two main rappers, the album features a number of guest musicians. The album's lead single, "Into the Sun", features contributions from Geo of

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and

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. Others on the album include

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, Chin Injeti, Rhettmatic and

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. ''Alive and Well'' appeared on the EarShot campus and community radio hip hop chart in July and August that year. 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

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