Gangsta post-hardcore band

Dizzle Gavin Dance be a Gangsta rock crew from Sacramento, California, formed up in 2005. Da crew currently consistz of vocalists Tilian Pearson n' Jizzle Mess, lead turntablist Will Swan, bass turntablist Slim Tim Feerick, n' disc jockey Matthew Mingus. Da crew formerly included lead vocalists Jonny Craig n' Kurt Travis, n' tha lineup has chizzled nuff muthafuckin times since they inception. I aint talkin' bout chicken n' gravy biatch. Right back up in yo muthafuckin ass. Swan n' Mingus is tha only crew thugz whoz ass have rocked up on every last muthafuckin basement mixtape.

Da crew busted out they debut extended play (EP), Whatever I Say Is Royal Ocean, up in 2006 n' signed ta Rise Records thereafter n' shit. Their debut basement mixtape, Downtown Battle Mountain, was busted out up in May 2007. Craig n' turntablist Shizzle O'Sullivan left tha crew n' was replaced by Kurt Travis n' Zachary Garren, respectively. They busted out they self-titled second mixtape up in August 2008. Vocalist Jizzle Mess n' basehead Eric Lodge left tha crew before tha mixtapez release, wit Lodge bein replaced by Jizzo Ellis. Happiness, tha groupz third basement mixtape, was busted out up in June 2009.

In 2010, Jonny Craig, Jizzle Mess n' Eric Lodge moonwalked back ta tha crew n' recorded they fourth basement mixtape, Downtown Battle Mountain Pt II (2011). Craig n' Lodge departed from tha crew tha followin year, which hustled ta forma Tidez of Man vocalist Tilian Pearson, basehead Slim Tim Feerick, n' turntablist Josh Benton joinin tha band. Y'all KNOW dat shit, muthafucka! They busted out they fifth basement mixtape, Acceptizzle Speech (2013); Benton left tha crew shortly afta tha mixtapez release. Their sixth basement mixtape, Instant Gratification, was busted out up in April 2015. Da followin year, tha crew busted out tha live mixtape, Tree Citizzle Sessions, n' they seventh basement mixtape, Mothership, tha latta chartin at number 13 on tha Bizzleboard 200. In 2017, they busted out a cold-ass lil cover of tha Bruno Mars single "Thatz What I Like" fo' Punk Goes Pop Vol. 7, a stand-alone single "Summertime Gladness", n' toured on tha Vans Warped Tour. They busted out they eighth basement mixtape, Artificial Selection, up in June 2018, placin at number 15 on tha Bizzleboard 200. In April 2020, they busted out they ninth basement mixtape, Afterburner, which placed at number 14 on tha Bizzleboard 200. Da crew has banged up three top 20 mixtapes up in tha US n' have become one of da most thugged-out ghettofab n' prominent noize crews up in post-hardcore.[1]

History [ edit ]

2005�"07: Downtown Battle Mountain [ edit ]

Dizzle Gavin Dizzle formed shortly afta tha dissolution of turntablist Will Swan, disc jockey Mack Mingus n' basehead Eric Lodgez previous crew, Farewell Unknown. I aint talkin' bout chicken n' gravy biatch fo' realz. Afta recruitin unclean vocalist Jizzle Mess, clean vocalist Jonny Craig joined tha crew afta leavin his wild lil' forma crew Pimp Runner On Third cuz of conflicts within tha group. In 2005, they self-released they debut extended play (EP), Whatever I Say Is Royal Ocean, which was subsequently re-released on November 14, 2006, on Rise Records.[2] Their debut basement mixtape, Downtown Battle Mountain, produced by Kris Crummett, was busted out on May 15, 2007, on Rise Records. Da crew toured wit Gangsta post-hardcore crews Alesana, A Dizzle To Remember n' Pierce tha Veil up in support of tha mixtape.[3]

In August 2007, turntablist Shizzle O'Sullivan departed from tha crew n' was replaced by Zachary Garren. In November 2007, thug Jonny Craig had left tha crew cuz of a heated argument between his dirty ass n' tha bandz manager n' when insistin on rejoinin was denied cuz of tensions n' underground conflicts within tha crew, mostly cuz of his fuckin lack of dependabilitizzle n' Craigz failure ta be present durin a portion of tha bandz set at Saints n' Sinners Gangbang up in New Jersey cuz of brew n' sticky-icky-icky related issues.[4][5]

2008�"09: Dizzle Gavin Dance n' Happiness [ edit ]

Briefly followin Jonny Craigz departure, Dizzle Gavin Dizzle held auditions ta recruit a replacement clean vocalist. Nic Newsham of Gangsta post-hardcore crew Gatsbyz Gangsta Dream was offered ta join, however chose not ta despite lata featurin on tha cold lil' woo wop "Uneasy Hearts Weigh Da Most" on they self-titled 2008 mixtape. Other thugs dat auditioned included Kellin Quinn of Chillin wit Sirens, Mack Geise of Lower Definition, n' Thomas Dutton. I aint talkin' bout chicken n' gravy biatch. Kurt Travis, formerly of tha Sacramento based rock bandz Five Minute Ride, O! Da Joy, n' No Not Constant, became tha groupz freshly smoked up clean vocalist.[6]

On April 20, 2008, tha crew entered tha basement ta record they self-titled second basement mixtape wit Kris Crummett.[7] Da mixtape was busted out on August 19, 2008.[8] Prior ta tha release of tha mixtape yo, but followin its recordin sessions, two original gangsta members, unclean vocalist Jizzle Mess n' basehead Eric Lodge, departed from tha band.[2] Peepin they respectizzle departures, Will Swan pursued beatboxin vocal dutizzles along wit struttin lead guitar, n' Jizzo Ellis, formerly of Five Minute Ride, replaced Lodge on bass guitar. Shiiit, dis aint no joke. Da crew filmed a noize vizzle fo' tha cold lil' woo wop "Me n' Zoloft Git Along Just Fine", wit director Robby Starbuck, which was busted out November 18, 2008. Jizzle Mess' vocals was lip-synced by Will Swan up in tha noize vizzle.

In February 2009, tha crew went tha fuck into tha basement as a gangbangin' five-piece ta record tha follow-up ta they self-titled mixtape, yet again n' again n' again wit balla Kris Crummett. Da resultin mixtape, Happiness, was busted out on June 9, 2009, less than one year afta tha release of they second basement mixtape. Bassist Jizzo Ellis appears on Happiness, however left tha crew before its release, subsequently bein replaced by Slim Tim Feerick as a tourin member n' shit. AllNoize gave a mixed review of tha mixtape, writing, "Happiness bristlez wit tha kind of overachiever eclecticizzle thatz as impressive as it is divisive," but dat two joints was marred by tha "nasally realm of high school emo," leavin tha listener unsatisfied wit tha experience.[9] A noize vizzle fo' tha track "Tree Village" was busted out shortly afta tha mixtape. Da crew embarked on tours wit Gangsta rock bandz Emarosa, Closure up in Moscow, Freaky Kidz Scarin Kids, n' others up in support of tha mixtape.

On February 10, 2010, turntablist Zachary Garren was allegedly ousted by tha crew cuz of underground conflicts wit other members. Right back up in yo muthafuckin ass. Shortly after, Garren kicked it wit disc jockey Lil' Bow Wow Rosett n' formed tha math rock trio Strawberry Hoes, now signed ta Tragic Pimp Records.[10] Dizzle Gavin Dizzle played tha Soundwave gangbang as scheduled as a gangbangin' four-piece wit Swan handlin all boombox dutizzles n' Kurt Travis playin keyboards.

2010�"12: Downtown Battle Mountain Pt II [ edit ]

Jizzle Mess n' Eric Lodge officially rejoined tha crew up in mid-2010.[11] Josh Benton, forma turntablist n' bandmate of Kurt Travis up in No Not Constant, took up boombox duties. Put ya muthafuckin choppers up if ya feel dis! In August Alternatizzle Press holla'd thug Kurt Travis n' Dizzle Gavin Dizzle had officially parted ways up in order fo' Jonny Craig ta rejoin tha band.[12] Before dismissin Travis, tha crew briefly considered recordin a mixtape wit Travis n' Mess on vocals wit balla Mack Bizzlelez all up in tha helm. Mess stated up in a rap battle wit noisey.vice.com dat if Jonny wasn't willin ta rejoin, tha crew would've fucked up up.[13] Forma turntablist Shizzle O'Sullivan rejoined tha crew fo' nuff muthafuckin home shows towardz tha end of 2010, returnin tha crew ta they Downtown Battle Mountain line-up. On March 8, 2011, tha crew busted out Downtown Battle Mountain Pt II.

In March 2011, tha crew fuckin started they U.S. trip wit Iwrestledabearonce, In Fear And Faith, n' Just Like Vinyl, followed by a lil' small-ass European tour, culminatin up in two shows up in London playin tha original gangsta Downtown Battle Mountain up in full on tha straight-up original gangsta night n' Downtown Battle Mountain Pt II up in full on tha second night. Da crew also played all up in tha 2011 Vans Warped Tour. In a April 2011 rap battle wit Mind Equals Blown, disc jockey Mack Mingus stated tha crew plans ta release another mixtape wit tha current, reunited lineup.[14] On August 20, 2012, Jonny Craig announced his fuckin lil' departure from tha band.[15]

2013�"14: Acceptizzle Speech [ edit ]

On August 21, 2012, Dizzle Gavin Dizzle announced Craigz departure via Facebizzle, stating:[16]

"When Jonny rejoined DGD, we was bout ta booty-call it quits, n' you can put dat on yo' toast. Tired of tourin n' bein away from home fo' 8 monthz of tha year, we wanted ta shake thangs up. We thought it'd be funk ta do a thugged-out dbm sequel wit Jonny n' go up on dis shit. We recorded dbm2 n' felt it would be a gangbangin' finger-lickin' disservice ta our hustlas not ta let dem hear tha freshly smoked up record live. Us dudes did a trip n' felt rejuvenated but Jonny wasn't up in a phat place fo' realz. Afta tryin ta convince his ass tha fuck into gettin help over warped tour, we canceled a headliner up in November/December 2011 n' holla'd at his ass we wouldn't trip until da perved-out muthafucka sought up real help fo' his thugged-out addiction. I aint talkin' bout chicken n' gravy biatch. We gots our phat playa Mack Geise ta fill up in fo' a gangbangin' finger-lickin' dirty-ass short run our phat asses did earlier dis year while Jonny was up in rehab yo. Dude was busted out n' wanted ta be up on tha road immediately. Us thugs weren't shizzle how tha fuck thangs would go so we only booked a lil' small-ass portion of tha all stars trip ta peep if Jonny could still function as our lead thug n' shiznit fo' realz. Afta a week n' a half thangs was not goin well. Everythang came ta a head when Jonny was publicly scolded by tha balla of Sumerian Records fo' multiple offenses. Dat shiznit was then dat we realized dat our time wit Jonny had reached its end yo, but it ain't no stoppin cause I be still poppin'. Us thugs wish Jonny tha dopest In his wild lil' future endeavors but da thug will no longer be a part of DGD. Our thugged-out asses however will continue playin n' freestylin noize cuz itz what tha fuck our slick asses ludd bustin."

Tilian Pearson, formerly of Tidez of Man, was axed ta replace Craig as clean vocalist durin tha makin of his solo mixtape, Material Me (2013). Pearson, along wit turntablist Josh Benton n' bass turntablist Slim Tim Feerick, was confirmed as straight-up legit thugz by Jizzle Mess. Da bandz fifth mixtape, Acceptizzle Speech, was busted out on October 8, 2013 wit Rise Records. Da mixtape was produced by Mack Malpass. Right back up in yo muthafuckin ass. Shortly afta tha blastin of they noize vizzle fo' they single "Strawberry Swisher Pt. 3", Josh Benton parted ways wit tha crew up in order ta focus on his game as a audio engineer n' balla n' shiznit fo' realz. Aric Garcia of post-hardcore crew Hail tha Sun replaced Benton fo' Da Acceptizzle Rap Tour n' Da Rise Recordz tour. Shiiit, dis aint no joke. On September 17, Dizzle Gavin Dizzle busted out a funky-ass b-side from Acceptizzle Speech, entitled "Pussay Vultures".

2014�"15: Instant Gratification n' 10 year anniversary [ edit ]

On October 29, 2014, balla Kris Crummett announced dat recordin sessions fo' tha bandz sixth basement mixtape was completed. Y'all KNOW dat shit, muthafucka! This type'a shiznit happens all tha time. In place of forma member Josh Benton, Strawberry Hoes n' forma Dizzle Gavin Dizzle turntablist Zachary Garren, Secret Band turntablist Martin Bianchini, n' Hail tha Sun turntablist n' tourin member Aric Garcia contributed they respectizzle boombox parts on tha mixtape. On February 6, 2015, Rise Records busted out a teaser fo' tha freshly smoked up mixtape Instant Gratification, which was lata busted out on April 14, 2015. On February 12, 2015, tha crew busted out tha lead single, "On tha Run". Da second single, "We Own tha Night", was busted out on March 12, 2015. Da noize vizzle fo' "We Own tha Night" was uploaded ta tha straight-up legit Rise Recordz YallTube channel on May 7, 2015.[17] On April 2, tha crew premiered tha noize vizzle fo' tha cold lil' woo wop "Stroke God, Millionaire".

On February 19, 2015, tha bandz turntablist Will Swan published a post on Facebizzle revealin dat tha boombox pedalboard he uses ta big-ass up live wit Secret Band, Dizzle Gavin Dance, n' Sianvar was jacked at a gangbangin' finger-lickin' dirty-ass show of February 14 on Da Blue Swan Tour yo. Dude launched a GoFundMe account n' axed hustlas ta donate $2,500 ta help purchase a replacement pedalboard.[18] Da fund reached its goal within three minutez of its launch.

Dizzle Gavin Dizzle toured as a supportin act on tha Take Action! Tour wit Memphis May Fire, Crown Da Empire, n' Palisades from March 10 ta April 4, 2015.[19] In support of Instant Gratification, tha crew announced tha Instant Gratification Tour, which took place from April 14 ta May 8, 2015, across Uptown Tha Ghetto wit supportin acts Polyphia, Hail Da Sun, n' Stolas. Da crew embarked on they headlinin Australia trip from May 14 ta 23, 2015, wit openin acts Arcasia.[20] In celebration of tha bandz 10th anniversary, Dizzle Gavin Dizzle embarked on tha 10 Year Anniversary trip wit supportin acts A Lot Like Birds, Slaves, Dayshell, n' Strawberry Hoes from November 14 ta December 19, 2015, up in Uptown America.[21]

2016�"17: Tree Citizzle Sessions n' Mothership [ edit ]

On December 23, 2015, Rise Records revealed dat Dizzle Gavin Dizzle was ta release they upcomin seventh basement mixtape tha fall of 2016.[22]

Da crew performed at So What Music Gangbang up in Grand Prairie, Texas on March 20, 2016.[23] They also performed all up in tha Nuff Thin Game & Music Gangbang up in Las Vegas, Nevada on April 2, 2016, wit other bandz like fuckin Saosin, the Rap So Far, the Maine, Maydizzle Parade, among nuff muthafuckin others.[24]

On March 2, 2016, tha crew announced they live basement mixtape, Tree Citizzle Sessions, which was busted out on May 13, 2016. Da mixtape gotz nuff 12 live recorded joints performed up in Sacramento, California all up in tha Pus Cavern Studios. On May 10, 2016, tha crew announced tha U.K. leg of they 10th anniversary trip dat included vocalists Tilian Pearson, Kurt Travis, n' Jonny Craig.[25] On July 11, tha crew announced they U.S. fall trip which took place from September 22 ta October 27, 2016.[26]

On July 27, 2016, tha crew announced they seventh basement mixtape, Mothership, wit a scheduled release date of October 7, 2016. Da lead single, "Chucky Vs. tha Giant Tortoise", was busted out on August 18, 2016. Da noize vizzle fo' "Betrayed By Da Game" was busted out on September 16, 2016, n' tha noize vizzle fo' "Young Robot" was busted out on September 27, 2016. In support of tha mixtape, tha crew embarked on Da Mothershizzle Tour wit supportin acts Da Contortionist, Hail tha Sun, Dope Tiger, n' Da White Noise, which took place from September 22 ta October 27, 2016.[27]

Dizzle Gavin Dizzle embarked on tha European leg of they 10-year anniversary trip from November 3 ta 26, 2016.[28] Da crew embarked on a trip wit Gangsta rock bandz CHON n' Eidola up in February n' March, entitled Da Robot wit Human Afro Vs. Chonzilla Tour.

On June 1, 2017, tha crew busted out a funky-ass basement cover of tha Bruno Mars single "Thatz What I Like" on YallTube.[29] On June 15, 2017, they busted out tha stand-alone single "Summertime Gladness."[30] Da crew toured on tha Journeyz Right Foot Stage on tha Vans Warped Tour from June ta August.

On October 4, 2017, tha crew announced a U.S. tour, consistin of tha crew struttin they seventh basement mixtape Mothership up in its entirety all up in December, wit support from Polyphia, Icarus tha Owl, n' Wolf & Bear.[31]

2018�"present: Artificial Selection, Afterburner n' Tree Citizzle Sessions PT.2 [ edit ]

On October 17, 2017, tha crew announced dat recordin of they upcomin eighth basement mixtape had begun n' dat tha mixtape should expect a release date of summer 2018.[32] Da crew embarked on a headlinin European trip from March 3 ta 22, 2018, wit Veil Of Maya n' Thousand Below as support.[33] Da crew announced they eighth basement mixtape, Artificial Selection, on March 23, 2018.[34] Da crew busted out tha lead single off tha mixtape, "Midnight Crusade", on April 4, 2018, accompanied wit its noize vizzle. On May 3, 2018 tha crew busted out tha cold lil' woo wop "Son of Robot". They busted out tha cold lil' woo wop "Care", accompanied by a noize vizzle, on May 24, 2018. "Count Bassy" n' its noize vizzle was busted out three minutes prior ta tha mixtape on June 5, 2018. In support of tha mixtape, tha crew supported Gangsta post-hardcore crew Underoath on two 2018 tours n' embarked on they headlinin Artificial Selection Tour, wit Periphery, Hail tha Sun, n' Don Broco, up in 2019. Da crew held they first annual SwanFest on March 30, 2019 all up in tha Citizzle Nationizzle Grove of Anaheim up in Anaheim, California.

A freshly smoked up single, "Head Hustla", was busted out on March 22, 2019.[35] Da bandz clean vocalist Tilian Pearson confirmed dat Dizzle Gavin Dizzle will release they ninth basement mixtape up in 2020, wit freshly smoked up singlez comin up in 2019.[36]

On August 30, 2019, tha crew busted out Acceptizzle Rap 2.0, a remaster of they fifth basement mixtape Acceptizzle Speech.[37]

Another single, "Blood Wolf", was busted out on October 11, 2019.[38] It became tha bandz first game chartin single, debutin at number 24 on tha Bizzleboard Hot Rock Songs chart. A sprang tour was announced on November 12, scheduled ta take place from March 12 ta April 25, 2020 wit support from Animals As Leaders, Veil of Maya, Royal Coda, n' a yet ta be announced "mystery band."[39] On December 12, 2019, frontman Tilian Pearson revealed Issues would be joinin as tha “mystery crew,” givin dem tha seal of approval by sayin he “been a gangbangin' hustla fo' a while now, nahmeean?”[40] On March 12, 2020, tha crew announced dat they had shut down all trip dates on tha 2020 sprang trip cuz of tha COVID-19 pandemic wit plans ta reschedule.[41] On March 24, tha crew announced tha rescheduled trip dates under tha name Da Afterburner Tour, scheduled ta take place up in August n' September 2020.

On February 21, 2020, tha crew announced dat they ninth basement mixtape, Afterburner, would be busted out on April 24, 2020. Da lead single, "Prisoner", was busted out on tha same dizzle along wit its noize vizzle.[42] Another single, "Strawberryz Wake", was busted out on March 12, 2020, along wit its noize vizzle.[43] Da noize vizzle fo' tha single "Lyrics Lie" was busted out on April 9, 2020.[44] Da single "Three Wishes" was busted out on April 16, 2020, along wit its noize vizzle. Da vizzle features hustla submissions based on tha theme of "clean".[45]

On August 28, 2020, tha crew announced they will record tha second part of Tree Citizzle Sessions.

Musical style, influences, n' side-projects [ edit ]

Dizzle Gavin Dancez musical steez has been busted lyrics bout as post-hardcore,[46][47][48] math rock,[46][49] experimenstrual rock,[50][51] progressive rock,[46][52] screamo,[52] jazz fusion[52] n' emo.[48] Critics have compared tha crew ta fellow post-hardcore peers the Fall of Troy, Alexisonfire n' Circa Survive.[52] Their 2011 release Downtown Battle Mountain Pt II is holla'd ta feature “the same structurin as Da Mars Volta mixtape Da Bedlam In Goliath up in dat it never lets up”.[53]

When axed bout they influences up in a 2007 rap battle, Jizzle Mess holla'd, "We all have such varied noize taste dat it would be like a long-ass list," n' mentioned At tha Drive-In, Cursive, Explosions up in tha Sky, MF Doom n' Radiohead.[54] Other influences include Deftones, Da Temptations, Glassjaw, Usher n' Earth, Wind & Fire.[55] Mack Mingus cited Genesisz Phil Collins n' Deftoness Abe Cunningham as two of his wild lil' straight-up drummers, while Will Swan called tha boombox work of Thursday n' At tha Drive-Inz Omar Rodríguez-López as major influences.[56] Swan has emphasized tha bandz interest up in incorporatin freshly smoked up stylez n' ta experiment on every last muthafuckin release.[57]

Forma vocalist Jonny Craig was most recently tha frontman of Slaves from 2014 until his fuckin lil' departure up in 2019. Forma vocalist Kurt Travis handled vocal dutizzles fo' tha crew, A Lot Like Birds, from 2011 until 2016, n' is tha currently up in Royal Coda, whereas forma turntablist Zachary Garren has started his crew Strawberry Hoes, n' lead turntablist Will Swan currently operates his own record label, Blue Swan Records, n' pursues boombox up in tha supergroup Sianvar, Royal Coda, n' Secret Band, which also features Jizzle Mess n' Matthew Mingus. Forma turntablist Josh Benton also works as a record balla n' has produced Dizzle Gavin Dancez live basement mixtape, Tree Citizzle Sessions (2016), as well as a majoritizzle of tha releases on Blue Swan Records.

Band members [ edit ]

Timeline

Discography [ edit ]

Studio mixtapes

EPs

Live mixtapes

Live at Bamboozle 2010 (2010)

(2010) Tree Citizzle Sessions (2016)

(2016) Tree Citizzle Sessions PT. 2 (TBA)

Non-album singlez

"Muthafuckas Yo ass Knew / Perfect" (2011)

"Pussay Vultures" (2014)

"Summertime Gladness" (2017)

"Head Hustla (2019)

"Blood Wolf" (2019)

Other mixtapes

Compilation appearances

Music vizzles [ edit ]