Dirty Circus is a Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 hip hop

Hip hop

Hip hop is a form of musical expression and artistic culture that originated in African-American and Latino communities during the 1970s in New York City, specifically the Bronx. DJ Afrika Bambaataa outlined the four pillars of hip hop culture: MCing, DJing, breaking and graffiti writing...

 duo, consisting of Metty the DertMerchant and Mos Eisley of the band Sweatshop Union

Sweatshop Union

Sweatshop Union is a Canadian hip hop collective formed in 2000 when four politically minded rap acts—Dirty Circus, Pigeon Hole, Kyprios and Innocent Bystander —came together "to create a powerful, distinctive voice", and to produce their first album, which was published in 2001.Known for an...

. Already an established act on the local hip hop scene in their hometown of Vancouver

Vancouver

Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...

 prior to joining Sweatshop Union, they released their first album as a duo, Alive and Well, in 2010 on URBNET Records

URBNET Records

URBNET Records is an independent record label based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. URBNET was formed by Darryl Rodway and Janusz Jarosinski in 1999 to provide distribution, marketing and promotional services to Hip Hop artists throughout Canada...

. It was one of three albums released on the same day by side projects of Sweatshop Union, alongside Pigeon Hole

Pigeon Hole (band)

Pigeon Hole is a Canadian hip hop duo, consisting of Colin "Dusty Melo" McCue and Lee "Marmalade" Napthine of the band Sweatshop Union. Already an established act on the local hip hop scene in their hometown of Vancouver prior to joining Sweatshop Union, they released their first album as a duo,...

's Age Like Astronauts and Trillionaire$

Trillionaire$

Trillionaire$ is a Canadian hip hop project, consisting of Metty the DertMerchant of the band Sweatshop Union and underground Vancouver hip hop musician Evil Ebenezer.They released their debut album, By Hook or by Crook, in 2010 on URBNET Records...

' By Hook or by Crook.

The album's lead single, "Into the Sun", features contributions from Geo of Blue Scholars

Blue Scholars

Blue Scholars is a hip hop duo based in Seattle, Washington, created in 2002 while the members, DJ Sabzi and MC Geologic, were students at the University of Washington....

 and Shad

Shad (rapper)

Shadrach Kabango , credited as Shad or Shad K., is a Canadian hip hop artist.-Early life:Born in Kenya, of Rwandan parents, Shad was raised in London, Ontario. His mother worked in London as a hospital lab technician; his father, as a machinist...

. Other guest musicians on the album include Bootie Brown, Chin Injeti

Chin Injeti

Chin Injeti is a singer, musician, and music producer who got his start as a founding member of Juno award-winning group Bass is Base, he continues to thrive as an artist releasing his recent solo album "D'tach" and its reworked version "Re'tach" . Working in genres ranging from country to rock...

, Rhettmatic and Rob the Viking.