I’ve always thought that if I were to introduce hip-hop to my three nieces, that it would probably consist of a supergroup of Prince Paul, Chali 2na, Ladybug Mecca, Scratch and Wordsworth, and they would probably take on the personas of animated dinosaurs, and … oh, what? This already exists?
Yes, yes it does. They’re called the Dino-5. And, honestly, I don’t know what to make of it, either. It’s part of the Baby Loves Music series that is geared toward, yeah, babies. But with a lineup like that, how can adults resist?
So these five have gotten together to “tell the story of prehistoric hip-hop.” Prince Paul is DJ Steogosaurus; Chali 2na is MC T-Rex; Ladybug is Tracy Triceratops; Scratch (from the Roots) is TEO Pterodactyl and Wordsworth is Billy Brontosaurus. Sounds cheesy, I know. But, come on … how else are you gonna break your kids into this? And at this point, I’ll take anything from Ladybug (what’s with that Digable Planets reunion already?).
Look for an album from the Dino-5 this spring. In the meantime, their theme song is below.
The Dino-5 | theme song
dude quinn and eliot (elliot?) are fully ready for j5. their classmate, oscar has been rocking jurassic for a couple of years now.
10 years ago i would have never imagined buying clean versions of albums i already own but i do it all the time now. oscar’s favorite album of all time is the clean version of to the five boroughs. the beastie’s album is rad, they have new rhymes not just a beep covering all the fucks. there are a couple of references we have tricked him into however:
The L.I.E. the B.Q.E
Hippies at the band shell with the L.S.D.
he sings it as
The L.I.E. the B.Q.E
Hippies at the band shell with their ice tea
it’s time to hook your nieces up!
I love the Dino 5. My Babies loves it too.