Will Rap for Food is the debut album by southern hip hop group CunninLynguists, at the time only consisting of Deacon the Villain and Kno. It was released October 2001 on Urban Aces. The album is mostly produced by Kno, with contributions from Celph Titled and Deacon the Villain, respectively, on the singles "So Live!" and "616 Rewind", which was released via Buds Distribution.[4] Will Rap for Food was re-issued in 2005 by Freschest Records.[5]

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Will Rap for Food
Studio album by CunninLynguists
Released	October 30, 2001
Genre	Hip hop
Label	Urban Aces
Producer	Kno, Celph Titled, Deacon
CunninLynguists chronology
Will Rap for Food (2001) SouthernUnderground (2003)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
RapReviews	8.5/10[1]
SputnikMusic	[2]
Urban Smarts	Favorable[3]

Background

The album's title derives from a line from a 2002 Kashal Tee song, "I'm All This", in which he says: "So fuck the commercial tracks you be doin' - A brother got to eat - Yeah? Why don't you rap for food then?" It is played in the intro of "Lynguistics" and Kashal Tee is also featured on the song "616 Rewind".^{[citation needed]} In addition, the quotation could be rooted back to the 2000 album of Guru, Jazzmatazz vol.3 where, in the song "Who's There?", a featuring with Les Nubians, he says: "These distraught thoughts of a young man in a rooming house, This messed up life, this poverty, he could do without, But what options does he have when all hope is gone? A brother gotta eat, plus all the Henny and all the smoke is gone, All it takes is one quick stick".[6]

Track listing

All tracks are produced by Kno, except where noted.

References