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