Serengeti

Lest you mistake Serengeti for a joke artist, heed the truth that the prolific Chicagoan has written some of the most thoughtful and intricately crafted rhymes in recent memory. From self-deprecating and sorrowful looks at addiction and image transformation to the mind-bending art-is-realer-than-life adventures of Kenny Dennis he’s anything but trite or superficial. He’s also collaborated with celebrated underground artists like Sufjan Stevens, Son Lux, Matthewdavid, and Yoni Wolf of Why? Robert Christgau, the dean of American music critics, has given all but one of his records “A” scores and openly wondered: “Is there anyone else who can do this?”