CunninLynguists
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| CunninLynguists | ||
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| Background information | ||
| Origin |  Atlanta, Georgia & Lexington, Kentucky, United States |
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| Genre(s) | Hip Hop / Rap | |
| Occupation(s) | Rapper, Producers | |
| Years active | 2000 – Present | |
| Label(s) | Freshchest Records (2001-2003) LA Underground (2004-2006) |
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| Associated acts |
Tonedeff, Immortal Technique, Cee-Lo Green, QN5 Music | |
| Website | CunninLynguists MySpace | |
| Members | ||
| Kno, Deacon The Villain & Natti | ||
| Former members | ||
| Mr. SOS | ||
CunninLynguists are a multifaceted (they both rhyme and produce) hip-hop duo hailing from the South of the United States. Members Deacon The Villain and Kno's have been compared to artists such as OutKast, UGK, Goodie Mob, Witchdoctor, Ya'll So Stupid, Geto Boys and other non-typical Southern hip-hop acts for their complex, soulful lyrical content and beats.
Their debut LP, Will Rap For Food, was released in October 2001. Their 2nd LP, Southernunderground, was independently released April 1, 2003 on Freshchest Records. Guests included Masta Ace, Supastition and others, with production from Domingo, RJD2 and DJ Kno. CunninLynguists have been covered in various media outlets including The Source, URB Magazine, Spin, XLR8R, Import Tuner, The Onion, and others. The group toured throughout the USA, Canada and Europe in 2003, 2004 and 2005, appearing onstage alongside acts like Nappy Roots, Cee-Lo of Goodie Mob, People Under the Stairs, Raekwon of Wu-Tang Clan and Brand Nubian. The group soon landed a distribution contract with Caroline Distribution, and Southernunderground was the first project re-released after inking the deal in 2004.
CunninLynguists released their third LP, A Piece Of Strange, worldwide on January 24th 2006 via LA Underground Entertainment / QN5 Music through Caroline and Groove Attack Distribution. It featured guest spots from Cee-Lo Green, Immortal Technique and Tonedeff and is entirely produced by Kno. A Piece Of Strange is a concept album which will see an accompanying straight-to-DVD film release in 2007.
[edit] Members
The founding and current members of Cunninlynguists are Kno and Deacon The Villain who have been found on every Cunninlynguist album thus far. Kno, hailing from Georgia and currently residing in Lexington, Kentucky, has been described as "one of the top loop-miners east of the Mississippi" by URB Magazine. He produced the majority of Will Rap For Food, Southernunderground and A Piece of Strange, and has also received acclaim in The NY Times, Rolling Stone and other magazines for his remix of Jay-Z's Black Album, entitled Kno vs. Hov : The White Al-bu-lum. Kno's production can additionally be heard on many other releases, such as Pizon's I Am Hip Hop LP.
Hailing from Versailles, Kentucky, Deacon The Villain is also an established producer. His beats have been used by the likes of KRS-One, King Tee, J-Ro from Tha Liks as well as local Kentucky artists such as Rob Jackson and Bonafide Circle. He is most known however as being the lead rapper of Cunninlynguists.
As of January 2006, the duo of Kno and Deacon have begun work as a production duo under the banner A Piece Of Strange Music, currently producing for Devin The Dude, Lil' Scrappy, Immortal Technique and others.
CunninLynguists has one former member, Mr. SOS, who is a Floridean rapper that joined the CunninLynguists on Southernunderground. CunninLynguists also have an unofficial member, Natti, who is featured on most tracks off of A Piece Of Strange.
[edit] Discography
| Album cover | Album information |
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Will Rap For Food
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SouthernUnderground |
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Sloppy Seconds Vol. 1 |
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Sloppy Seconds Vol. 2 |
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A Piece Of Strange
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