C.A.R. (album)

C.A.R. is a studio album by American rapper Serengeti. It was released on Anticon in 2012.^[2] Music videos were created for "Amnesia"^[3] and "Peekaboo".^[4]

C.A.R.
Studio album by Serengeti
Released	July 31, 2012 (2012-07-31)[1]
Recorded	2009–2011
Studio	Burnco, Berkeley, California
Genre	Hip hop
Length	29:32
Label	Anticon
Producer	Jel, Odd Nosdam, Yoni Wolf
Serengeti chronology
Family & Friends (2011) C.A.R. (2012) Saal (2013)

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	78/100[5]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Alarm	favorable[6]
Christgau's Consumer Guide	A−[7]
CMJ	favorable[8]
Consequence of Sound	C+[9]
The Phoenix	[10]
Pitchfork	7.6/10[11]
Rolling Stone	[12]
The Skinny	[13]
Spin	8/10[14]

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 78, based on 8 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".^[5]

Bram Gieben of The Skinny gave the album 4 out of 5 stars, describing it as "a deliciously loose and accessible album from the awkward artistic leaders of the US underground hip-hop scene."^[13] He added: "Neither a challenging nor particularly groundbreaking record, it's still enormously satisfying."^[13] Jonah Bromwich of Pitchfork gave the album a 7.6 out of 10, saying, "C.A.R. is an excellent, devastating record, a chronicle of the amiable pessimism and occasional nihilism of a rapping Bukowski who can't seem to find a way out of the condition in which he finds himself."^[11]

Thomas Quinlan of Exclaim! placed it at number 6 on the "Top 10 Albums of 2012" list.^[15]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Greyhound"	2:30
2.	"Talk to Me"	2:42
3.	"Nice"	2:23
4.	"Amnesia"	1:44
5.	"Geti Life"	3:10
6.	"Peekaboo"	2:37
7.	"Go Dancin"	4:09
8.	"Cold"	2:45
9.	"Say What?"	0:43
10.	"Chill"	3:41
11.	"Uncle Traum"	3:07

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

• Serengeti – vocals
• Odd Nosdam – production, mixing
• Jel – vocals (3), turntables, production
• Yoni Wolf – vocals (5), guitar (5), bass guitar (5), blocks (5), co-production (5)
• Dee Kesler – vocals (7), guitar (7)
• Armando Perez – vocals (7)
• Daddy Kev – mastering
• Jesselisa Moretti – design
• Chloe Aftel – photography

References

1. "C.A.R." Anticon. Archived from the original on June 23, 2015. Retrieved June 30, 2018.
2. Gillespie, Blake (May 16, 2012). "Serengeti, "Amnesia"". Impose. Retrieved June 30, 2018.
3. Uddenberg, Brett (July 16, 2012). "Serengeti Drops "Amnesia" Video, Preps Tour w/ WHY? & Doseone". URB. Archived from the original on September 20, 2012. Retrieved June 30, 2018.
4. Eakin, Marah (September 12, 2012). "Here's the new video from rapper Serengeti, "Peekaboo"". The A.V. Club. Retrieved June 30, 2018.
5. "C.A.R. - Serengeti". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved June 30, 2018.
6. Schuler, Timothy A. (August 2, 2012). "Serengeti's CAR". Alarm. Retrieved June 30, 2018.
7. Christgau, Robert. "Serengeti". Christgau's Consumer Guide. Retrieved June 30, 2018.
8. Camp, Zoe (July 30, 2012). "Serengeti - C.A.R." CMJ. Archived from the original on August 4, 2012. Retrieved June 30, 2018.
9. Freed, Nick (August 2, 2012). "Serengeti – C.A.R." Consequence of Sound. Retrieved June 30, 2018.
10. Weiss, Dan (July 24, 2012). "Serengeti - C.A.R." The Phoenix. Archived from the original on June 30, 2013. Retrieved June 30, 2018.
11. Bromwich, Jonah (July 31, 2012). "Serengeti: C.A.R." Pitchfork. Retrieved June 30, 2018.
12. Catucci, Nick (August 23, 2012). "Serengeti: C.A.R." Rolling Stone. Retrieved June 30, 2018.
13. Gieben, Bram (July 25, 2012). "Serengeti – C.A.R." The Skinny. Retrieved June 30, 2018.
14. Weingarten, Christopher R. (July 30, 2012). "Serengeti, 'C.A.R.' (Anticon)". Spin. Retrieved June 30, 2018.
15. "Polaris Juror Top 10 Albums Of 2012 Lists". Polaris Music Prize. January 4, 2013. Retrieved July 2, 2018.

External links

• C.A.R. at Discogs (list of releases)