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Atlanta, GA (2001 – present)
CunninLynguists are a hip hop trio from Lexington, Kentucky and Atlanta, Georgia. The group currently consists of Deacon the Villain, Kno, and Natti. The name is a portmanteau of the words cunning and linguist, and is also a play on the word cunnilingus.
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 10 years, 5 albums and 4 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.
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 10 years, 5 albums and 4 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.
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A Piece of Strange
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Oneirology
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GestateReality wrote:
If you liked Oneirology or haven't checked it out yet, you can find it on our comprehensive top 100 Albums of 2011 list @http://k-v-l-t.blogspot.com/2011/12/maxs-top-albums-of-2011-part-five-10-1.html
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Coberholt wrote:
who is the artist in the sample on Phantasma?
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alexander1094 wrote:
@TFP10, dude whatcha talkin' about?
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shaolin86 wrote:
@FinalPizzaHut, take the following words out of your post: one, of, 50, and the s in albums. That's better.
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TFP10 wrote:
Spiritual Hip Hop.
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FinalPizzaHut wrote:
Oneirology is one of the top 50 albums of 2011! http://watchthetapes.wordpress.com/2012/02/03/top-50-albums-of-2011/
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GingerMilitant wrote:
You couldn't get a finer hip-hop crew other than the Cunninlynguists, got mad mad respect for you guys!
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domeplsffs wrote:
+1 outstanding
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StickyFinga wrote:
Including the mixtapes! Strange Journey Volume One and Volume Two are amazing.
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camoton wrote:
<3
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combatcrystal wrote:
There's no such thing as a bad CunninLynguists album. I bought them all, I'm sure.
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emapia wrote:
Ι'm thankful for CunninLynguists.
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random_specimen wrote:
how hip-hop should sound
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Godsgotnicetile wrote:
Best Hip Hop Album of 2011.
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rockeeet wrote:
outstanding hip-hop group.
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Keraj3000 wrote:
Vote up http://www.lastfm.pl/music/CunninLynguists/+images/73198158
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Foggster wrote:
outstandig hip hop group
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breath_my_life wrote:
their beats are making me crazy. love this band.
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Thefloorislava_ wrote:
Cavalorn: Yes, they are, seeing as they are all Qn5 artists, or they're at least affiliated with them...Everything QN5 is pretty cool.
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lycerate wrote:
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Mind Won't Behave
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Mar
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CunninLynguists
Δίπυλον Θέατρο (Καλογήρου Σαμουήλ 2, Πλ. Κουμουνδούρου), Athens, Greece
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Mar
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Les Airs Solidaires
Le Bikini, Ramonville-Saint-Agne, Toulouse, France
1 going
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Mar
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CunninLynguists
Pumpehuset, København V, Copenhagen, Denmark
5 going
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News
Death Is Silent: 1. Death Is Silent
12 Oct 2010 | from cunninlynguists.bandcamp.com
Death is silent
It hides high in the night's confinement
Vile and violent
While minding a time to try us
And remind us
That we cry when time is denied us
To incite this
Fear of death inside us
Death is spineless
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12 Oct 2010 | from cunninlynguists.bandcamp.com
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