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Atlanta, GA (2001 – present)

There has never been an anomaly in hip-hop quite like the southern trio CunninLynguists. Sampling genres from psych-rock to blues, New Romantic to polka, they have been musically compared to UGK and Atmosphere in the same breath. They have toured and shared stages with Kanye West and Aesop Rock to equal success. They have produced for Lil’ Scrappy as well as KRS-One. They have crafted songs with international soul superstar Cee-Lo Green and politically charged indie-favorite Immortal Technique … on the same album. CunninLynguists have eschewed categories, boxes and labels for 6 years, 3 albums and 2 official mixtapes, all while having what XXL Magazine described as the “Most Hated Name In Rap”.

The result? If you want labels…Southern boom-bap. Too white for BET, too black for MTV2. A preacher’s son, a caucasian guy from rural Georgia and a convicted felon. But mainly … a self-made career, one of the most consistent catalogs of any current hip-hop act and one of the most loyal, worldwide fanbases in all of indie rap music.

Backed with gritty beats, quality rhymes and 808 thump, the ‘Lynguists intend on recapturing the soul in southern hip-hop. With what Spin Magazine calls “Outkast’s tragicomic poignancy”, Deacon The Villain, Kno and Natti follow in the footsteps of artists like Goodie Mob, Ya’ll So Stupid, Geto Boys and the aforementioned ‘Kast in painting a picture meant to remind the world that politics

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6	Hellfire full track	663
7	Since When full track	642
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9	Where Will You Be? full track	553
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11	Rain full track	551
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Betterdayz502 wrote:
yesterday evening

Die For You was on a Cunninlynguists album,Strange Journey Vol. 1.

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Sc0rpi0nz wrote:
yesterday morning

To Be For Real --Good Song!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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RussellJones wrote:
Wednesday morning

"new album is tank" hahahahahaahahah !!! INDEED!!!!

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roms712 wrote:
Tuesday evening

looks like Kno got outshined on that remix by BSBD. still with me, streets, close your eyes = bangers.

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shaolin86 wrote:
Tuesday morning

Betterdayz, Die For You is by Mr. SOS if I'm not mistaken.

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kuladeandahalf wrote:
Monday evening

i prefer fellation.

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Wind3x wrote:
Sunday afternoon

New album is tank

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madmatrox69 wrote:
Sunday morning

a lot of great tunes at all ;)

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vu1tur3 wrote:
Saturday evening

Cunnilingus is better.

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MasterPiPi wrote:
Saturday morning

--- http://www.lastfm.ru/music/CunninLynguists/+images/13109159 ---

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Turenne01 wrote:
Saturday morning

I'm at a loss at some of the hatred Vol. 2 is getting. Its their best release since APOS imo.

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MasterPiPi wrote:
Friday evening

+++ http://www.lastfm.ru/music/CunninLynguists/+images/35493947 +++

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G-Why wrote:
Friday evening

Die For You not in the top 15 makes me a sad panda. ²

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malloun4eG wrote:
Friday evening

CL has got fucking crazy fans :)

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Betterdayz502 wrote:
last week

Die For You not in the top 15 makes me a sad panda.

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I_LOVE_DONUTS wrote:
last week

Damn, would love to know the sample for tear tracks :/. Must be such a beatiful song, just like the cunninlynguists one.

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Boooobies wrote:
12 days ago

To me, that's sort of cringeworthy. Especially considering the quality of music they produce solid for so long now. They don't have that big of a fan base in the US, not even 200k listeners on here and it's supposedly worldwide. Soon everything is gonna be digital so and these CD's are gonna be like collectors items, get them while they're here folks.

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mhunke wrote:
12 days ago

i agree with Paard, sellng records is not the only way artists make money; it's a method of distributions that has been slowly but surely been becoming obsolete for 10 years now. i'm unashamed to admit that I download (legally) ALL my music, but i'll go see ANY artist I love if they come to my city

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Paard wrote:
13 days ago

When I saw them them live on stage they said numerous times they don't really care if you buy it or download it. Hell, they encouraged us to download it. Sure, they dó appreciate if you buy it, but the bottomline is, money doesn't come from sales, it comes from performances. I know several people who are in a band or are in a managing position, and they tell me the same thing.

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Boooobies wrote:
13 days ago

lol, what? Just because their music is positive, that doesn't make them Messengers of God doing the shit for no profit, nah even the church is rich as fuck. Bottom line is that they have to eat off this too. Buy the record, I can't stress it enough.

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10 Nov 2009 | from strangejourney.tumblr.com/

What up world? The Strange Journey Tour kicks off tonight in Atlanta, GA. Check back here for updates from the road, new music, videos and exclusive content from CunninLynguists, Grieves, Budo, Looptroop Rockers and Tunji as we cross the country. …

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