Trillville is an American hip hop group formed in 1997. Its founding members are Donnell Don P Prince, Dirty Mouth (born Jamal Glaze), and LA (formerly Lil LA and Lil Atlanta; born Lawrence Edwards). Dirty Mouth left the group in 2007 to pursue a solo career and returned in 2011.
Trillville | |
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| Origin | Atlanta, Georgia |
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| Years active | 1997–present |
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| Members | Don P Lil LA aka Lil Atlanta Dirty Mouth |
Biography
editThe three members of Trillville met as high school students in Atlanta. Glaze led the snare drums in the school's marching band, Don P wrote rhymes and produced beats on his keyboard, and Edwards was an aspiring promoter. They named their group "Trillville" combining the words "truth" and "real", with " Prince ", Glaze "Dirty Mouth", and Edwards "Lil Atlanta" (later "Lil LA" and "LA").[1][2][3]
Lil Jon discovered Trillville at a sold-out show and signed the group to BME Recordings. Trillville debuted in 2003 with the single "Neva Eva", which peaked at #77 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #28 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs charts in 2004. Collaborating with Lil Scrappy, Trillville came out with debut album The King of Crunk & BME Recordings Present: Trillville & Lil Scrappy in 2004.[1][4] It featured the single "Some Cut", which peaked at #14 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2005.[5] Vibe described Trillville & Lil Scrappy as a crunk album and quoted Don P: "Our music is about whatever will make people move those [elbows] and be free about whatever they do."[2]
Dirty Mouth left Trillville in 2007 to pursue a solo career, and Trillville left BME in January 2008.[6] Trillville's second album Straight Up. No Chaser came out in 2008 released under the Swag Up label.[7] With Dirty Mouth returning, Trillville released third album 3 Da' Hard Way in 2011.,[8] Recently Trillville has released their new group album “Dat Drip” on September 7, 2018.[9]
Albums
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The King of Crunk & BME Recordings Present: Trillville & Lil Scrappy with Lil Scrappy
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The King of Crunk & BME Recordings Present: Lil Scrappy & Trillville - Chopped & Screwed
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Straight Up. No Chaser
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3 Da' Hard Way
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Dat Drip[9]
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Mixtapes
edit| Mixtape information |
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DJ: TRAP-A-HOLICS: Trillville: 1000 Deep
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DJ DON PISTOL: TRILLVILLE: Da Mixtape B4 Da Mixtape
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DJ DON PISTOL: TRILLVILLE: Street Tape
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Singles
edit| Year | Song | Chart positions[10] | Album | ||
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| U.S. Hot 100 | U.S. R&B | U.S. Rap | |||
| 2003 | "Neva Eva" (featuring Lil Jon & Lil Scrappy) | 77 | 28 | 22 | Trillville & Lil Scrappy |
| 2004 | "Get Some Crunk In Yo System" (featuring Pastor Troy) | – | – | – | |
| 2005 | "Some Cut" (featuring Cutty) | 14 | 7 | 3 | |
| 2006 | "Nothing Less" | – | – | – | Trillville Reloaded |
| 2008 | "Money Line" | – | – | – | Straight Up, No Chaser |
| 2023 | "Get Active" (featuring Lil Scrappy) | – | – | – | Non-album single |
Music videos
edit- (2004) "Neva Eva"
- (2004) "Get Some Crunk In Yo System"
- (2004) "Some Cut"
- (2005) "Nothing Less"
- (2005) "Watch Me Do This"
References
edit- ^ a b Jeffries, David. "Trillville". allmusic.com. Retrieved February 19, 2018.
- ^ a b Early, N. Ali (March 2004), "Next: Lil Scrappy & Trillville", Vibe, vol. 12, no. 3, p. 117, archived from the original on April 27, 2004
- ^ Yuscavage, Chris (April 17, 2005). "Trillville: Reloaded". AllHipHop. Archived from the original on April 18, 2005.
- ^ "Trillville". Billboard.
- ^ "Trillville". Billboard.
- ^ "Trillville Leaves BME, Preps New Album As A Duo". XXL. January 24, 2008. Archived from the original on January 27, 2008. Retrieved February 19, 2018.
- ^ "Straight up. No Chaser - Trillville | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic.
- ^ "3 Da' Hard Way - Trillville | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic.
- ^ a b Dat Drip, 2018-09-07, retrieved 2018-09-10
- ^ Artist Chart History. Billboard. Accessed September 19, 2007.