From singer and actress Solange Knowles, sister of Beyonce, comes a new line of toys called Baby Jamz. Featuring Solange’s hip-hop versions of familiar songs like “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star”, “Skip To My Lou”, and “Old McDonald”, each toy in the Baby Jamz line is meant to be a fun toy and a musical activity.
We received two toys for review, the Baby Jamz Mix Master Chair and the Baby Jamz Shape Sorter. The Shape Sorter toy has three plastic shapes that fit into corresponding holes and plays three songs, “Wheels on the Bus”, “Hip-Hop Buckle My Shoe”, and “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star”, all sung by Solange. It’s shaped like a little DJ, too.
The Mix Master Chair is Kaitlyn’s favorite, she carries it from room to room. The songs are activated when she sits on the big yellow note on the seat of the chair. It plays three songs, but the only one Kaitlyn ever plays is “Skip To My Lou”. To be honest, it kind of bugs me, because the way Solange sings it, she sings “skip to my LOUUUUUUU” in this high pitch sort of shriek. But Kaitlyn loves listening to it. There are four buttons on one of the arms of the chair that add sound effects to the songs, which Kaitlyn loves to push over and over. This might be sort of an annoying toy to me, but my two year old loves it!
The chair came with the legs not assembled, but it’s easy to put together. I think that if you are looking for an alternative to traditional cutesy nursery rhymes, any of the Baby Jamz toys would be a fun choice.
The 42 minute CD includes these songs: 
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