Serengeti is one of the few underground rappers I find interesting these days. Mind you, this isn’t really because I’m anti-underground rap in any real way, it’s just hard to find the time to find this stuff when my focus has been club-related stuff for so long. But, he’s really a talented, charismatic, and fun rapper. The strength of his songs is not lyrical (though he’s certainly not a bad writer by any stretch of the imagination), nor is his rapping technically very impressive in the virtuosic Bun-B/Rakim/KoolGRap/Micah9 type of way (though he’s certainly technically sound enough to enjoy). What’s remarkable about Serengeti is the characters he portrays in his songs. They’re usually over-the-top caricatures of prototypical character types, but he does them in really funny and equally convincing ways (whether we’re talking about a middle aged Chicagoian who loves Chicago sports and bratwurst, or a teenage girl that wants to go to a concert). He really knows how to sound good on a beat as well–almost like he was a singer in a previous life or something. Whatever the case, I’m really happy with the songs I’ve done with the guy and wish I could find the time to do some more with him. I believe he’s recently signed with Anticon records which is kind’ve funny because the Anticon dudes are dudes I produced for way back in the day before going a completely different direction with my tastes and production. Anyway, here’s a bunch of songs I did with Serengeti. I like them all, but I think the clear stand out is “I Don’t Know.” There’s a really good video for it on youtube as well which is linked below.

Serengeti “I Don’t Know” (Produced by Emynd):
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Serengeti “Jim Duggin” (Produced by Emynd):
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