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Wednesday, September 26, 2007
5x7 Music Marathon: Mr. Flowers' "Hip Hop Multiplication"
Hip Hop Multiplication
Mr. Flowers, 2007
Created by Houston teachers seeking a way to help rap-loving students
memorize rote information in an engaging way, Hip Hop Multiplication
[website] runs through the multiplication tables from zero through twelve,
one number for each track. We think it's a brilliant idea, and those familiar
with the low-fi, slow-paced "chop & screw"-style of rap that has made
Houston a recent new center of the Dirty South rapping scene will be
pleasantly surprised by this album's ability to personalize each number with
a few choice phrases or metaphors as it works its way through the
multipliers. NET Productions has additional albums planned for various
basic math operations, the alphabet, and U.S. states; our only suggestion
would be to incorporate guest vocals by additional rappers to give future
albums still more variation.
Top Tracks: Neighborhood Hero (Zero) / Chuck The Deuce (Two) / The
Grizzley (Six) / Pad and Pen (Ten)
Posted by Jeremiah McNichols
5x7 Music Marathon: Mr. Flowers' "Hip Hop Multiplication"
Hip Hop Multiplication
Mr. Flowers, 2007
Created by Houston teachers seeking a way to help rap-loving students
memorize rote information in an engaging way, Hip Hop Multiplication
[website] runs through the multiplication tables from zero through twelve,
one number for each track. We think it's a brilliant idea, and those familiar
with the low-fi, slow-paced "chop & screw"-style of rap that has made
Houston a recent new center of the Dirty South rapping scene will be
pleasantly surprised by this album's ability to personalize each number with
a few choice phrases or metaphors as it works its way through the
multipliers. NET Productions has additional albums planned for various
basic math operations, the alphabet, and U.S. states; our only suggestion
would be to incorporate guest vocals by additional rappers to give future
albums still more variation.
Top Tracks: Neighborhood Hero (Zero) / Chuck The Deuce (Two) / The
Grizzley (Six) / Pad and Pen (Ten)
Posted by Jeremiah McNichols
Oh MySpace
One of the best things about having a MySpace account is the endless
parade of sub-adequate musicians/comedians/entrepreneurs who send
you random friend requests, in hopes that you (or, usually in my case,
your band) is their target market. I can't tell you how much mediocrity I've
been asked to befriend, but every now and then, out of a vast sea of
unsolicited e-cries for attention, you find something that transcends
pointlessness and skates right into the sublime.
Despite my numbers-referencing surname and our shared hometown, I
can assure you that this is not me. I only wish I had been able to come up
with this, even though I don't really care much for either math or
education.
Presenting the single best MySpace friend request I have received in
months: "Mr. Flowers Hip Hop Multiplication CD."
I highly suggest listening to all the tracks Mr. Flowers has offered to the
general public, but the highlights for me are definitely "Mr. Trey (Three)"
and "Neighborhood Hero (Zero)." Casio-level hip-hop production and
multiplication tables: together at last.
Posted by Joe Mathlete
One of the best things about having a MySpace account is the endless
parade of sub-adequate musicians/comedians/entrepreneurs who send
you random friend requests, in hopes that you (or, usually in my case,
your band) is their target market. I can't tell you how much mediocrity I've
been asked to befriend, but every now and then, out of a vast sea of
unsolicited e-cries for attention, you find something that transcends
pointlessness and skates right into the sublime.
Despite my numbers-referencing surname and our shared hometown, I
can assure you that this is not me. I only wish I had been able to come up
with this, even though I don't really care much for either math or
education.
Presenting the single best MySpace friend request I have received in
months: "Mr. Flowers Hip Hop Multiplication CD."
I highly suggest listening to all the tracks Mr. Flowers has offered to the
general public, but the highlights for me are definitely "Mr. Trey (Three)"
and "Neighborhood Hero (Zero)." Casio-level hip-hop production and
multiplication tables: together at last.
Posted by Joe Mathlete
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