Hip Hop's rising star for 2008 is Termanology with the debut album production dream team for Politics As Usual LP in 2008. NY/Massachusetts-bred, New York-based Rapper Termanology presents one of this year's most anticipated albums. The record features a Who's Who of production royalty with DJ Premier, Hi-Tek, Pete Rock, The Alchemist, Havoc, Buckwild, Nottz and Large Professor providing tracks. "Termanology puts the MC back in MC'ing, he's a breath of fresh air in this dirty game." - Bun B. Growing up in the streets of the post-industrial, predominantly Latino city of Lawrence, MA, the half-white, half-Puerto Rican MC transitioned from silly freestyles at age nine to full-fledged records by 15. Constantly traveling between Boston and New York to pursue his music business dream, he released his first 12-inch in 2002.

原名Paul Francis，Sage Francis出生于罗德岛，其风格吸收了多种不同音乐调性，歌词针对人性复杂面以及各式各样的想像、隐喻，搭配偶一为之的双关语、荒谬、流行文化，以传统嘻哈音乐的说唱风格及自我推销而闻名。 拥有双学位的他，所学为大众传播与新闻。九零年代中期，开始尝试组成嘻哈乐队并且灌录自制音乐卡带，期间在独立广播电台WRIU主持节目。他与近年渐渐走红的Aesop Rock，以及你不能不注意的anticon records（发行主要以另类嘻哈、电子音乐等类型为主），算是九零年代地下嘻哈乐界的代表，形成一个另类的圈圈。