HipTrax isn’t exactly a show about kids’ music. Generally it’s a podcast more firmly focused on music that parents can enjoy with or in the company of their brood – geeky grown-up music that eschews the worst of language or explicit content. But in this episode we pause to focus on the upcoming release of a very notable children’s album, mc chris’s Marshmellow Playground.
We spend a good bit of time talking to mc about the project and its genesis, and we even play the album’s teaser single:
“Halloween” by mc chris
A song about candy, cavities and dental hygiene, “Halloween” isn’t your typical mc chris track. Nor is it your typical piece of kindie rock. Leveraging his own unique brand of hip-hop in a kid-friendly package, Mashmellow Playground promises to be an interesting new addition to mc chris’s musical library, and will likely introduce a new generation of fans to the Adult Swim funnyman.
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The HipTrax theme song was created by Snake Eyes. He does not, to my knowledge, have a children’s album.
[This article, written by “Z,” was originally published on February 23, 2011.]
