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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 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 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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  • Oneirology
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  • A Piece of Strange
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  • Will Rap For Food
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  • Strange Journey Volume One
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  • Juanka10

    bring back the L [2]

    Friday evening
  • mitchfork

    bring back the L

    Friday afternoon
  • On-The-Vista

    A Piece Of Strange is a master piece, and the biography written up there is great darn great too

    14 days ago
  • GiaNXGX

    amazing material , very atmospheric and the sub par lo-fi production is a great add ::

    14 days ago
  • lordinfamous

    Advance through my imagery I view my evils deeds when I went to Jack in Tennessee to erase memory when I called on Mary J be my serenity so I don't see that all my enemies resemble me

    16 days ago
  • mikhael_91

    get ignorant beat

    19 days ago
  • dfr0

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpCsQrWUtWI

    23 days ago
  • IllumoHorizon

    Still dreaming on that masterpiece 'Oneirology'.

    24 days ago
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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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