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Foul Mouth Jerk has joined forces with legendary Artifacts member Tame One and TopR for the recently released single, New Sheriff In Town. The lead single from Jerk's new album, Death By Misadventure, is classic, grimy, B-Boy funk spit from three veterans in the game. A razor sharp scratch montage by European DMC champion DJ Grazzhoppa on the hook, brings it all together over a beat by Reef Ali. Foul Mouth Jerk's Death By Misadventure (his sixth solo-album) is available now and features appearances by Tame One, TopR, Z-Man and more. Production is handled by NC's Reef Ali, Swilliam Beamon, frequent King Mez collaborator Commissioner Gordon, San Francisco's Dick Nasty and Brycon. Please visit http://bit.ly/FoulMouthJerk to download via iTunes now.

Sleep  The RAPstation Interview By Kyle Eustice Before Christopher Tafoya was even 4-feet tall, he knew he wanted to be an emcee. From the moment his cousin taught him how to break and he discovered the song "Jam On It," hip-hop was in his blood. Better known as Sleep of The Chicharones and Oldominion, the Portland, Oregon-based emcee and New Mexico native has been making waves in the indie hip-hop scene since the early 2000s. Along with Canadian emcee Josh Martinez, he has two albums as The Chicharones, 2005's When Pigs Fly and 2012's Swine Flew. As a solo artist, he's putting the finishing touches on his fifth studio album, a follow-up to 2014's Oregon Failure. Signed to Strange Famous Records (SFR) in 2009, Sleep has been embraced by Sage Francis and

MoSS, the Canadian-born, Toronto area resident has been bubbling just below the surface of worldwide notoriety for quite some time, and is now preparing the release of his debut production album featuring the likes of: Joell Ortiz, Slum Village, Ill Bill and the lead single "Started" featuring AZ, DJ Premier & Joe Budden. Please visit https://soundcloud.com/clockworkmusic-2/moss-feat-az-dj-premier-joe-budden-started to check out the track now. MoSS has produced for a long list of "who's who" in the Hip Hop world, including: Joell Ortiz, Ghostface, Papoose, Peedi Crack, The Game, Slum Village, Boot Camp Clik, Red Cafe, Mr Easy, AZ, Bounty Killa, D-Block (Styles P and Sheek Louch), Termanology, Big Shug, M.O.P., Kool G. Rap, Ras Kass, Omilio Sparks, Proof of D12, and the list goes on.

Sapient The RAPstation Interview If you Google "Sapient, rapper," the first hit is the Portland, Oregon-based emcee's official website. Underneath the URL it reads, "The views of this website are cosigned by the gawds. If you're not feeling it, you can go behead thyself." Ladies and gentleman, meet Sapient, one of indie rap's most sarcastic emcees. The Sandpeople member and other half of Debaser (a duo also part of Sandpeople), Sapient (real name Marcus Williams) isn't your typical rapper. In fact, he's grown a lot over the past 10 years, especially since becoming a husband and a father. In an article he penned for the Huffington Post, he writes, "Immersing myself in hip-hop culture obviously meant partaking in that dominant, 'I'm better than you' bravado and the 'I don't gi

Oddisee has just dropped the final single before the upcoming May 5th release of his solo album The Good Fight. The new single, Belong To The World, finds Oddisee contemplating his role in a larger scheme while ethereal vocals and childhood chimes swirl throughout the tracks production. The effortlessly lush song is a simple manifesto that rejects limits and labels, crews and cliques, and instead declares that Oddisee belongs to the world. Please visit https://oddiseemmg.bandcamp.com/track/belong-to-the-world to download the song for free now. Oddisee Tour Dates April 23 - Flagstaff, AZ @ NA University Castro Auditorium April 24 - Mesa, AZ @ Club Red April 25 - Santa Fe, NM @ The Underground at Evangelo's April 26 - Albuquerque, NM @ Stereo Bar April 27 - Denver, CO @ Ce

Wake Yourself New Mexico's Wake Self On the Rise New Mexico's hardest working emcee might just be turning into one of the world's hardest working emcees. Andy Martinez, better known as Wake Self, has been perfecting his craft over the past decade and his dedication is paying off. The Albuquerque-based artist fell in love with hip-hop at an early age, gravitating towards the sounds of classic hip-hop artists like A Tribe Called Quest and The Pharcyde, which eventually made him want to pick up a microphone. It's been on ever since. After a successful run with hip-hop band, Zoology, Wake Self went on a solo mission, beginning with 2013's The Healing Process. The album revealed the inner thoughts of a young man intent on positive change. That album took him to countless