"Island Bozos" is the first track on this album, and one of the better ones. What I do like about this song is the chillness level; I am currently also at a level of chill that makes me feel like I am at one with the song. It just floats along, with an organ playing in the background and lots of wicked scratches. The beat is way more complex than that, though. The song is pretty wicked; it eases you in, not a bad thing, considering I don't expect the songs to kick into overdrive anytime soon.

"Cauc's Remix" has guest stars, Juice and Mt Grimm. I don't know either of them, but I am sure they are very nice. This song has a neat beat, I think that it has me hypnotized because it makes me like it a lot more every time that I hear it. I suppose it’s a grower -- at least this track -- but the beat is the reason. It has this wicked dark yet oh-so-groovy feel, so there’s nothing you can do but be compelled to love it. Listen to this one and like it, but don't expect it to happen on the first try, because it may not.

"Dinosaur Junior" is a band, isn’t it? Well, here it is a song. We have more guest stars, this time Dirty Heat and Hi-Fidel -- neither of whom I have heard of, once again. What I was hoping was that the song would somehow make me think that I was back in the Stone Age, with dinosaurs, but really it’s nothing like that. It’s actually something that has violin and claps and it’s almost awkward to me. I don't really care for it, but perhaps -- and this is just a guess on my part – it’s some weird way of them giving props to Dinosaur Jr. through hip hop format. Who knows, but I’m throwing it out there.

"Birds of Prey" is another build-up track – this seems to be Serengeti’s way of rolling. I like a good beat that’s on a cycle; for whatever reason, it works for me. The vocals are good in this track, but the chorus is f’n awesome, "Now we’re saying this shit in a very cool way/No sleep motherfucker it’s the birds of prey." Now, that shit is sicke. I had to listen to this one more than once before it sunk in. It’s a good thing that I hear these albums more than once, because otherwise that would totally destroy the true album score.

"Waiting All Night" is a song about how Serengeti has been waiting all night for something. I wonder what? This song has a nice bit of lyrical flow to it over the smoothly-laid beat. I don't mind the beat, but it is fairly simple; when the song gets to the chorus you see it gets layered quite a bit more than during the verse. I’m rather fond of the unexpected mix of church organ with a song all about sex. Stick it to the man!

Okay, so "Bubble's Place" is a song that I like to call weird, because I have no idea what the hell he is doing in this song. It’s not really rap anymore because there’s just talking -- and yes, there is a difference. The beat is just, like, strange. I think that maybe that’s because he is talking. If Serengeti did some rapping on this track instead, I bet it would be totally different. No way to know though, because he did it this way, the bad way, the way that I don't like because it has no structure and no identifiable borders...so in other words, Dan would probably love this shit.

"Platinum Chains" features that Hi-Fidel guy again. The song has this reoccurring piano riff, which is totally alright. If it wasn't it would ruin the whole song, I suppose, so this is probably a good thing. He’s done talking now and is back to showing off his high-quality flow. In general, kinda like it’s from a chill hip hop jungle.

The album is fourteen tracks and it’s about fifty-four minutes, so if you want an album that has some highs and lows then I suggest that you get this one. I think that Serengeti is interesting but I don't know if I'm ready for this. I don't even care about some of these songs, like I flat out either skip or hate them when I hear them, so that’s saying something. On the other hand, I totally think that there are some hidden gems in here and if you write off the album then you just lose these ones. I think that maybe Serengeti needs to pick a direction and go in that one, rather than six different ones.

Tracks to Hear: "Bubble Bath", "Island Bozos", "Noticeably Negro", "Waiting All Night", "Birds Of Prey"

What'd I think?

Would I recommend this to the hip hop community?

SCORE: 7

The songs that I didn't like I just totally didn't talk about – well, I suppose I talked about that fucking headache of a song “Bubble's Place.” Christ. Anyway, this is interesting. If you’re on the fence on hip hop, maybe you'll like this, and if you have heard everything in hip hop, you haven't heard this.