Dirtee Stank

From Grime Wikipedia

Dirtee Stank is the record label established by Dizzee Rascal and Cage.

Dizzee Rascal stated that the name of the label came from a lyric he had, "The name came from one of the first lyrics I had: "going on dirty/going on stank…So I thought 'yeah fuck it, Dirtee Stank.". The lyric featured in the early Roll Deep tune "Bounce".

Dirtee Stank existed before he even got signed to XL Recordings. The first release that involved Dirtee Stank was the original press of 'I Luv U' which was released in 2002.

Since Dizzee Rascal started the label, he has siged a variety of artists. Artists such as Grime legends 'Newham Generals'. Recently Dirtee Stank signed teenage artist Smurfie Syco. Jammer was thought to have been signed to Dirtee Stank but has signed with Big Dada.

Newham General's 'Generally Speaking' was the debut solo-release from the label itself. The album 'Generally Speaking' hits the shelves on 6th April 2009.

The label is also known for it's famous logo which consists of a faeces surrounded by 3 flies with a distorted ring around the faeces.

Since then, the logo has changed to something more 'respectable' and has already been used on promotional products, MySpace profiles and releases.

All Dirtee Stank logos have been designed by British graphic designer Ben Drury.

In 2009 Dizzee released his 3 Number 1 selling singles (Dance Wiv Me, Bonkers and Holiday) on the label as well as his 4th album Tongue N Cheek.