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.
Biography
The three members of Trillville met as high school students in
Atlanta. Glaze led the
snare drum
The snare (or side drum) is a percussion instrument that produces a sharp staccato sound when the head is struck with a drum stick, due to the use of a series of stiff wires held under tension against the lower skin. Snare drums are often used ...
s 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").
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.
It featured the single "
Some Cut
"Some Cut" is a song recorded by American hip hop group Trillville featuring guest vocals by rapper Cutty Cartel. The track was released as the second single from Trillville's debut album, '' The King of Crunk & BME Present: Trillville & Lil Scrap ...
", which peaked at #14 on the
Billboard Hot 100 in 2005. ''
Vibe'' described ''Trillville & Lil Scrappy'' as a
crunk album and quoted Don P: "Our music is about whatever will make people move those
lbowsand be free about whatever they do."
Dirty Mouth left Trillville in 2007 to pursue a solo career, and Trillville left BME in January 2008. Trillville's second album ''
Straight Up. No Chaser
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 ...
'' came out in 2008 released under the Swag Up label. With Dirty Mouth returning, Trillville released third album ''3 Da' Hard Way'' in 2011.,
Recently Trillville has released their new group album “Dat Drip” on September 7, 2018.
Albums
Mixtapes
Singles
Music videos
*(2004) "Neva Eva"
*(2004) "Get Some Crunk In Yo System"
*(2004) "Some Cut"
*(2005) "Nothing Less"
*(2005) "Watch Me Do This"
References
External links
Trillville official website (archived from 2005)
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African-American musical groups
American crunk groups
Musical groups from Georgia (U.S. state)
Rappers from Atlanta
Southern hip hop groups