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Artist:   Serengeti
Title:    Family & Friends
Label:    Anticon
Genre:    Hip-Hop
Bitrate:  239kbit av.
Time:     00:31:25
Size:     56.46 mb
Rip Date: 2011-06-03
Str Date: 2011-07-19

01. Tracks                                                        2:53
02. PPMD                                                          2:41
03. Long Ears                                                     2:36
04. Ha-Ha                                                         2:35
05. A.R.P.                                                        2:13
06. Godammit                                                      2:59
07. Flutes                                                        2:00
08. California                                                    2:54
09. The Whip                                                      5:10
10. Family & Friends                                              2:30
11. Dwight                                                        2:54

Release Notes:

Serengeti's first solo album for Anticon finds him upbeat, on point and
full of swagger. The multifaceted Chicago emcee streamlines his
approach for Family & Friends, taking a breather from the knotty,
introspective raps of his recent past and making one of the most
enjoyable, clear-headed records of his career. It's a fresh look that
features a couple of debuts as well. WHY? frontman Yoni Wolf is
responsible for roughly half of the beats herein, while the rest come
from by Advance Base, a.k.a. Owen Ashworth, officially marking the
rebirth of the bedroom pop producer formerly known as Casiotone for the
Painfully Alone. Over their just-right mix of spare musicality and
lo-fi propulsion, Serengeti splits the difference between humor and
moodiness, maintaining loads of style throughout.

Family & Friends kicks off with "Tracks," where, over Wolf's picked
guitar, plinked piano and sawed violin, Geti paints a vivid portrait of
a man who's got nothing left to lose. These parts are tracked live
through the end of the song, not loopedùa product of the week that the
pair spent recording in Wolf's Oakland apartment last summer. The
latter lends his familiar croon to the hook, too, making a vocal return
on the instant standout "Long Ears"ùa low-riding slab of indie G-funk
if there ever was oneùand the more lush titular track.

Geti's collaborations with Advance Base are peppered throughout,
beginning with "PMDD," a minimal pop tribute to a girl the rapper once
saw in a pharmaceutical commercial. "Flutes" might be the duo's
masterwork. Oddly recalling '90s one-hit wonders Primitive Radio Gods,
the song is both springy and bluesy, a playful ode to associative
storytelling. Australian sister singers Hazel and Martha Brown of
Otouto guest on "Ha-Ha," a fantasy rap about finding true love at a
Chicago hardware chain. And "A.R.P." follows with crystalline keys and
verses about everything from DMT to Mr. T.

That overcoming and escapism are prominent here is hardly a surprise.
Those two themes appear throughout Serengeti's oeuvre, but Family &
Friends embodies them best. The album offers an alternate take on the
hefty concerns that come with the day-to-day, but most importantlyùand
all too often unlike its titular subjectsùit's damn well easy to love.



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Artist:   Serengeti
Title:    Family & Friends
Label:    Anticon
Genre:    Hip-Hop
Bitrate:  239kbit av.
Time:     00:31:25
Size:     56.46 mb
Rip Date: 2011-06-03
Str Date: 2011-07-19

01. Tracks                                                        2:53
02. PPMD                                                          2:41
03. Long Ears                                                     2:36
04. Ha-Ha                                                         2:35
05. A.R.P.                                                        2:13
06. Godammit                                                      2:59
07. Flutes                                                        2:00
08. California                                                    2:54
09. The Whip                                                      5:10
10. Family & Friends                                              2:30
11. Dwight                                                        2:54

Release Notes:

Serengeti's first solo album for Anticon finds him upbeat, on point and
full of swagger. The multifaceted Chicago emcee streamlines his
approach for Family & Friends, taking a breather from the knotty,
introspective raps of his recent past and making one of the most
enjoyable, clear-headed records of his career. It's a fresh look that
features a couple of debuts as well. WHY? frontman Yoni Wolf is
responsible for roughly half of the beats herein, while the rest come
from by Advance Base, a.k.a. Owen Ashworth, officially marking the
rebirth of the bedroom pop producer formerly known as Casiotone for the
Painfully Alone. Over their just-right mix of spare musicality and
lo-fi propulsion, Serengeti splits the difference between humor and
moodiness, maintaining loads of style throughout.

Family & Friends kicks off with "Tracks," where, over Wolf's picked
guitar, plinked piano and sawed violin, Geti paints a vivid portrait of
a man who's got nothing left to lose. These parts are tracked live
through the end of the song, not looped—a product of the week that the
pair spent recording in Wolf's Oakland apartment last summer. The
latter lends his familiar croon to the hook, too, making a vocal return
on the instant standout "Long Ears"—a low-riding slab of indie G-funk
if there ever was one—and the more lush titular track.

Geti's collaborations with Advance Base are peppered throughout,
beginning with "PMDD," a minimal pop tribute to a girl the rapper once
saw in a pharmaceutical commercial. "Flutes" might be the duo's
masterwork. Oddly recalling '90s one-hit wonders Primitive Radio Gods,
the song is both springy and bluesy, a playful ode to associative
storytelling. Australian sister singers Hazel and Martha Brown of
Otouto guest on "Ha-Ha," a fantasy rap about finding true love at a
Chicago hardware chain. And "A.R.P." follows with crystalline keys and
verses about everything from DMT to Mr. T.

That overcoming and escapism are prominent here is hardly a surprise.
Those two themes appear throughout Serengeti's oeuvre, but Family &
Friends embodies them best. The album offers an alternate take on the
hefty concerns that come with the day-to-day, but most importantly—and
all too often unlike its titular subjects—it's damn well easy to love.



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