CunninLynguists

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CunninLynguists are a hip hop trio from Lexington, Kentucky. The group consists of Deacon The Villain, Natti, and Kno.

Their debut LP, Will Rap for Food, was released in October 2001. Their second 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, and The Onion. The group toured throughout the U.S., 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 24, 2006 via Caroline Records and Groove Attack Distribution. It featured guest spots from Cee-Lo Green, Immortal Technique and Tonedeff and is entirely produced by Kno.

CunninLynguists released their fourth LP, Dirty Acres on November 27, 2007. It features artists such as Devin the Dude, Phonte of Little Brother and Witchdoctor^[1]

Kno and Deacon the Villain are founding and current members of CunninLynguists, and have been found on every CunninLynguists album thus far since the group's inception in March 2000.

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 New York Times, Rolling Stone, and other magazines for his remix of Jay-Z's Black Album, entitled Kno vs. Hov "The White Albulum".[1]

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, and J-Ro from Tha Liks, as well as local Kentucky artists such as Rob Jackson and Bonafide Circle.

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.

Florida-based emcee Mr. SOS was a part of CunninLynguists from July 2002 to October 2004 (appearing mainly on Southernunderground and Sloppy Seconds Volume 1) while Kentucky-based emcee Natti has been involved in the group from November 2004 until the present (appearing mainly on A Piece of Strange, Dirty Acres and Sloppy Seconds Volume 2).

• Official CunninLynguists site
• A Piece of Strange Fansite
• Official CunninLynguists MySpace site
• An Interview with Cunninlynguists about Dirty Acres & MC Improvement

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