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Lady Lux: Buckle My Shoe
from Baby Jamz: Nursery Rhymes, Vol. 1
This is a version of the classic nursery rhyme (1-2, buckle my shoe, etc.) from Baby Jamz, a collection of hip-hop songs for babies.
What I find most incredible about this song (and the album in general) is its commitment to the erotic urgency of club music. Maybe it’s like Pixar movies having jokes that just the adults understand—the erotic urgency is a bonus for grown-ups?
Like any good mainstream hip-hop act, Baby Jamz is not just a set of albums, but a lifestyle brand. To wit, the “Mix Master Music Chair”:
This chair, for the aspiring baby DJ, lets you play nursery rhymes and then trigger samples using those buttons on the arm. It appears to be the same deal as most baby electronic sound-makers, but refigured as a chair-shaped proto-MPC instead of a book that says “here’s the sound a cow makes” when you cram it in your little mouth. The nursery rhymes are sung by Baby Jamz entrepreneur and Beyoncé younger sister Solange Knowles, and they turn on automatically when you sit on the yellow music notes.
Enjoy the jamz.
