Video: Serengeti “Don’t Blame Steve”

Serengeti’s latest EP sees him reprising his role as Kenny Dennis, a 40 something, O’Doul’s swigging, Brat eating Chicago sports diehard.  It’s a big style switch from the introspective, storytelling style he’s perfected on his last couple releases (My 2011 album of the year Family & Friends and his collaborative EP Beak & Claw with Sufjan Stevens and Son Lux), but Geti sounds as comfortable as ever in the role.  Joining west coast label Anticon has proven to be a great move for Serengeti, giving him access to several talented producers that the label houses.  This EP marks the first time he’s worked with Anticon super-producers Jel and Odd Nosdam, who are also producing his upcoming LP C.A.R., set to drop in June.

Kenny Dennis has been one of rap’s best alter egos for a while now, but he takes things to another level on the song “Don’t Blame Steve”.  You see, Kenny is a Cubs fan.  Not just any Cubs fan, but a fan who was sitting next to Steve Bartman on October 14^th, 2003.  Kenny says he, not Bartman, knocked the ball down and wants to set the record straight- “Team collapsed, 8 runs in the 8^th, errors, managerial and pitcher mistakes.  But they blamed it all on the fellow, to my left”.  Kenny goes on a tirade, rattling off the name of every obscure Cub that should be blamed instead of Steve and insists “if a ball comes at ya, you knock it down”.  As great as the song is by itself, Serengeti’s video for “Don’t Blame Steve” is guaranteed to bring a smile to your face.

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Written by John Bugbee