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Mouth's Cradle is an American hiphop duo from Allentown, Pennsylvania. The duo consists of Kevin "Mouf" Moufadus and Brandon "Master Rogers" Linn. The two were introduced to each other by mutual friends in Allentown, and both attended Syracuse University. Mouth's Cradle have officially released two EPs. two albums, and a mixtape since the band's formation of its current lineup in 2009.

Beginnings
Mouf began Mouth's Cradle as a solo project in 2008. He named the project after the Björk song from the album Medúlla because he was inspired by Björk's a capella compositions. A year later, Master Rogers joined Mouth's Cradle as DJ and producer, while Mouf remained the lead vocalist and occasional co-producer. The duo released their first EP, Baby Teeth, which established early on their trademark use of samples and alternately sung and rapped vocals. Notably, the EP featured a sample of the theme song from The Golden Girls, as well as the a sample of "Sleepyhead" by Passion Pit.

The Next Big Thing & Mouth's Cradle Vs. The Hype
In 2010, Mouth's Cradle released their debut album The Next Big Thing on iTunes. iTunes featured the album under "What's Hot" in their pop music category, and called Mouth's Cradle a "New and Noteworthy" artist of 2010. "The Next Big Thing" showed the duo moving away temporarily from recognizable samples. Instead, they built pop and hiphop songs out of original beats by Master Rogers. Often, these songs contained extended references to anime and video games, such as the movie Princess Mononoke (referenced in the songs "Princess of the Beatz" and "Demon") and the video game Pokémon (referenced in the songs "Video Game" and "Sand Attack"). Perhaps because of these nerdcore leanings, Mouth's Cradle fans began spreading the band's music by using as the background music of gameplay montages posted on YouTube.

Mouth's Cradle followed up their debut album with a self-released free mixtape called Mouth's Cradle Vs. The Hype. The sample-heavy tape spawned the single "Summertime".

Mouth's Cradle Is Terrible
In 2011, Mouth's Cradle teamed up with video editing team Everything is Terrible! to make their second EP "Mouth's Cradle Is Terrible!". The EP was constructed using samples from videos compiled by Everything is Terrible!

Clark Kent
The duo's most recent album, Clark Kent, was self-released as a free download on http://mouthscradle.com. Mouth's Cradle released "The Fever" as the first single from the album, and made a music video starring Mouf that features prominent use of Buddhist imagery.

Personal Life
Mouf is openly gay. His lyrics often address his sexuality, or are written in a gender-neutral style to appeal to listeners of all genders and sexualities.

Mouth's Cradle's music is inspired by contemporary hiphop and 1960s pop, as well as themes of anime, comic books, and video games. The duo rarely compose music together, and rather work seperately and combine their efforts via online correspondence.