Defamation League's second full-length album is now available for pre-order! Order now and receive extra free shit.
Release date June 15th. Click here to order.

New Def League "Conspiracy Brand" t-shirt to make its debut in only one week! Keep checking back for an update...it will shock and amaze you!  


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Def League will be doing the soundtrack for Drunk University - The Movie. Check out the trailer!



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Defamation League was nominated for Best Hip Hop in the San Diego Music Awards. To vote for the Def League, click here.

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Adult star Marey Carey who placed 10th in the gubernatorial election of 2003 will be on 91x with Chris Cantore at 8am. She will be introducing a Defamation League track. Listener's can call in to vote between the Def League track and a band from last week's track. If you are up at this ungodly hour, feel free to call in and vote at: 619-570-1919.

Defamation League (feat. Cathan)
"The Wrath pt. V"
The Anatomy of Grit-Hop LP
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Defamation League just did an Interview with Exclusive Magazine.

Chatting recently with the guys from Defamation League, and noting that it seemed that porn, video games and edgy comic books had been their main inspirations headed into the creation of 'The Anatomy of Grit-Hop,' I first wondered if I had indeed got the order right and does one more outweigh any of the others?! Dune - "For me in particular I have to say the exact opposite order. Comic books are a big part of shaping me in general. I love to sit down and read but with an attention span like mine, it’s really the art that makes the book."

Nick - "When you're dealing with the F**kster himself, you better believe porn's number one. Video games and edgy comic books are equal because Batman can be found in both."

Khemicle - "Real life everyday violence inspires me more than anything and I am a fan of the most popular violent novel in history ... the bible. Every other story is about people f**kin each other up."

Your album title 'The Anatomy of Grit-Hop' is very interesting, but I'm wondering just what 'Grit-Hop' actually is when it's broken down? Dune - "We have been asked for an all around answer to sum it up numerous times. To answer it in the musical sense, good mainstream hip-hop is dead and punk has been dead for years. Grit-hop is the zombie child of our two dead musical influences."

Nick - "Ever heard of blumpkin? Yeah, that's grit-hop."

Khemicle - "Grit-Hop is about living like you are the ultimate rock star even though you may not be. It is also about talkin a lot of shit and when the time comes having the balls to back it up. Grit-Hop is an all out assault on the limitations that people set upon themselves and others."

For more of the interview, visit Exclusive Magazine.

Not Strange Bedfellows At All OB's Defamation League calls itself "the official band of the Bryan Barton for Congress Campaign." The onetime Arizona Minuteman volunteer hopes to win the seat to represent California's 53rd District. "Barton's opponent is [incumbent Democrat] Susan Davis," says Nick Sleezin, "and she's sponsored by the Anti-Defamation League, so it seemed like a good fit."

Barton, a self-described "conservative Christian," earned headlines last year for allegedly detaining a Mexican man at the border and forcing him to be photographed with a T-shirt that read, "Bryan Barton caught an illegal alien and all I got was this lousy T-shirt." Authorities decided that Barton didn't hold the man against his will.

"We don't necessarily align ourselves with his political positions," says Khemicle Ali. "I mean, it's not like we endorse pro-life and shit like that. We think the guy's cool, though."

The band is tied to Barton via campaign supporter Steve York, who gained notoriety after he used UCSD's closed-circuit campus-TV channel to broadcast video of himself having sex.

"A lot of the instrumental tracks on our first CD were used in the soundtrack to [York's] porno, Rising Fees and Popping Bs," says Dune Murderous. That CD, Anatomy of Grit-Hop, was released last month. "We also did some songs just for the porno that aren't on the CD 'cause, well, 'cause they're porno songs." -- Jay Allen Sanford