Mee Wee

On my personal blog, I open every post with a song. By perusing the songs I use there, you can see that my tastes tend toward the metal and/or alternative genre, but I have been known to enjoy hip-hop from time to time. Unfortunately, most of the modern stuff I enjoy isn't exactly kid-friendly (unless of course you want to have you kid ask you about hookers and blow and bustin' a cap and vicodin), so I can't really listen to it in the car with my kids.

When I was first contacted by representatives from Mee Wee with an offer of some of their mp3s in exchange for review of their music, I was skeptical. What is Mee Wee? From their website:

MeeWee is fun, exciting, and uplifting Hip-Hop music for elementary school age children. Through the years, nearly all Hip-Hop music and culture has been designed for adolescents and adults. These fans now have children who love the lively and energetic songs that they hear; unfortunately, most of the lyrical content isn't quite appropriate. Well, MeeWee solves that! With songs like "I Need A Hug", "Us Bus", and "I Can Be Anything", Hip-Hop fans who are six, seven, and eight years old have cause to celebrate. So do their parents, as they get their children ready to rap and dance to the beats and rhymes of MeeWee.

Sounds too good to be true, right? Wrong.

Mee Wee is everything they promise and more. The songs are positive and fun and entertaining. From "I Can Be Anything" (which can be heard on their homepage) to "HipHop-O-Potamus" (my daughter's favourite) and everything in between, Mee Wee is a welcome change to the typical folksy kid's music most parents suffer through. In all honesty, I'm not sure if Mee Wee was a bigger hit with the kids or my wife.

I highly recommend giving Mee Wee a listen if you're a hip-hop fan, and even if you're not - parents can always use a new set of songs to listen to in the car, right? You can download their music at various online retailers, including Amazon (they also have previews of all the songs) and iTunes.