Artist: Serengeti

Stranger things have happened, but rarely do they work so well to make such great tunes. The three esses that comprise the enigmatically titled s / s / s are as follows: Sufjan Stevens, of the Fifty States Project and various baroque folk-pop opuses; Serengeti, the wry-witted rapper known for ...

On June 26, Open Mike Eagle will release his follow-up to last year's amazing Rappers Will Die Of Natural Causes . It's called 4NML HSPTL and it features 14 new joints from the melodic West Coast spitter, who's currently in Uganda with Ras G . We're getting our first sampling of the album here in "Universe Man", which features like-minded rapper Serengeti and booming production from Awkward. You can stream "Universe Man" and the view the album's track listing below. [ via ] 1. Starz [...]

The prolific Chicago producer/rapper known as Serengeti is back at it again, this time with an LP announcement and single to match. The album is called C.A.R. and it is due out July 31 via Anticon. The production is to be provided by Jel and Odd Nosdam, which is already evident on the boom-bap banger, "Amnesia". Give this new record a spin and share your thoughts below. Stream/Download Serengeti's " Amnesia ".

• Serengeti - Amnesia

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Today we are pleased to announce the premiere of Open Mike Eagle's new song, "Universe Man." The track features Chicago indie rapper Serengeti , and can be found on OME's forthcoming LP, 4NML HSPTL , which will be released on June 26th via Fake Four Inc. Open Mike Eagle is a South LA-based, independent hip-hop artist who has been labeled by the Los Angeles Times as, "one of LA's smartest young voices." He's a multitalented force finding a fit in both music and comedy, having performed numerous times at the world famous Upright Citizens Brigade Theater [...]

The more I listen to tracks from Serengeti's Kenny Dennis EP , the more convinced I am this guy is essentially the Tony Cliffton of hip hop. Serengeti's alternate personality is snarky, and lives to get on the nerves of the unsuspecting. Whether he's calling out Shaq or straight up referencing the movie Teen Witch in the hook on "Top That," Serengeti can be pretty hilarious if you can let go of your inhibitions and reach for the joke. The track "OG Flat Pop" features a tangled flow that [...]

In honor of our 100th piece on the new site, this week we're putting together a special series on pop music. Five pieces, five authors, five new records that either conform to, expand upon, or utterly destroy pop conventions. Beak & Claw, the debut collaborative EP between Sufjan Stevens, Serengeti, and Son Lux (collectively known [...]

Serengeti - Shazam (by anticon. ) I can't stress how much I love Serengeti's Kenny Dennis EP right now. Props to Jel & Odd Nosdam and the whole Anticon crew, for giving us the freakiest oldskool Chicago hip-hop. Also watch Don't blame Steve .

Welcome to The Art of the Video, our constantly-growing series in which we take a closer look at our favorite music videos. Today's edition features Alex Beh, director of the video for Serengeti's "Shazam." For this edition, we asked Alex some questions we thought the video presented. As always, we recommend you check out the [...]

It is a hard moment to relive, but Serengeti makes a case for not blaming Bartman for the Cubs failure in the NL Playoffs. "Don't Blame Steve" comes from his new ep Kenny Dennis and was produced by Jel & Odd Nosdam. Who knows, maybe if we forgive Bartman we will have another shot at the World Series?

In 2006, Hip-Hop was turned on its head by the arrival of Chicago's Kenny Dennis, a proudly married, mustachioed and middle-aged rapper repping no-nonsense lyrics and a salt-of-the-earth swagger. This unlikely hero delivered a handful of classics via the album Dennehy, and then disappeared. Over the past few years, old Kenny ...

I'm a long-suffering Cubs fan – there is no other kind – and I can still remember watching Game 6 of the 2003 National League Championship Series, the surreal feeling that my Cubbies were (repeat after me) five outs away from going to the World Series and then the utter despair when it all unraveled after some guy named Steve Bartman inserted his name into their miserable history. Or maybe it wasn't Bartman. Did the hand of fate that reached into the sky and interfere with that foul ball with one out in the top of [...]

Alter the 30/30 . Cubs fans need to stop blaming Steve Bartman for their century of futility. The man to blame is the KDz, Kenny Dennis, the irascible Hawk-loving Super Fan who actually interfered with destiny in Game 6 of the 2003 NLCS. Or maybe Moises Alou should have jumped more rope in the off-season. Either way, Serengeti's "Don't Blame Steve" video is a seminal work of revisionist history on par with The People's History of the United States and JFK. If you are a Cubs fan, this should be your favorite video ever. And [...]

s / s / s - Beyond Any Doubt (NSFW) from David Dean Burkhart on Vimeo .

Além do lançamento do EP Break & Claw , a parceira entre Sufjan Stevens, Serengeti e Son Lux - que ficou conhecida por s / s / s - rendeu clipe de Beyond Any Doubt . Com imagens do filme japonês Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion , a edição foi de David Dean Burkhart.

Have been listening to the brilliant s / s / s Beak & Claw EP ever since I got my copy; pretty sure this is how pop music will sound like in 50 years from now (or at least how it should sound like). David Dean Burkhart took some footage from the Japanese Grindhouse classic, "Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion" to create this video for s / s / s's (too many s's) Beyond Any Doubt . <a href=" http://anticon.bandcamp.com/al bum/beak-claw" data-mce-href=" http://anticon.bandcamp.com/al bum/beak-claw">Be ak & Claw by s / s / s</a>

Denominados de s / s / s , Sufjan Stevens, Son Lux e o rapper Serengeti uniram forças para lançar um pequeno trabalho de estreia. Break & Claw é um EP de quatro faixas lançado na última terça-feira, 20, e disponibilizado para audição gratuita na rádio holandesa VPRO . Corre lá para ouvir !

Eight years ago, Baroque pop singer Sufjan Stevens dropped Illinois , an album that charted on the Billboard 200 and earned such widespread critical praise for its breathtaking beauty that review aggregate site Metacritic designated it "universally acclaimed." Back then, it would've been difficult to imagine him having anything to do with eccentric rap label Anticon, but somehow that happened, and now we've got Bear & Claw . s / s / s is Sufjan with wry rapper Serengeti and electronics maestro Son Lux , an unexpected collaboration, but not as [...]

Eight years ago, Baroque pop singer Sufjan Stevens dropped Illinois , an album that charted on the Billboard 200 and earned such widespread critical praise for its breathtaking beauty that review aggregate site Metacritic designated it "universally acclaimed." Back then, it would've been difficult to imagine him having anything to do with eccentric rap label Anticon, but somehow that happened, and now we've got Beak & Claw . s / s / s is Sufjan with wry rapper Serengeti and electronics maestro Son Lux , an unexpected collaboration, but not as [...]

Sufjan Stevens, Son Lux, and Serengeti team up.