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1991: Hip Hop Multiplication
Rap-Abilitiy's Hip Hop Multiplication, released in 1991, is the most 90's of all educational films. From neon clothing/lighting effects to these SNES-esque synth chords, Hip Hop Multiplication is a view into the bizarre world of early 90's instructional films. Remember when educational "rapping" was just his really stunted "MY NAME IS BOBBY AND I'M HERE TO SAY-EATING LOTS OF VEGGIES IS REALLY OK!"? Well now you can enjoy it again!
In this first segment, children dance with neon effects while the announcer tells us about the world of factors and repeated addition. Check out the part where they spell out "repeated addition" in syllables! They actually misspell it. Considering that the DVD label states that the disc is "copywrite 2005", we're not that surprised.
My favorite is the girl with the green background, although the mugging from the boy in the red shirt is absolutely wonderful(0:41).
Also:
In this second segment, the Identity Property and the Zero Property are examined. This segment is pretty .gifable and their choice of "rhymewords" are completely ridiculous ("That product is the answer...in the identity game". When I hear people mention 'identy game' I think of the Crying Game). Also featured: a ton of neon silhouettes!
In this third segment, Square Numbers are discussed. This one features a long and fairly dull section naming all the square numbers up to 9. The song states "I know you really care!" in reference to the world of Square Numbers, but we really don't.
At 1:04 you'll see the most late 80's, early 90's outfit of ALL TIME.
In this fourth segment, the Multiples of Five are discussed. For safety from the blinding powers of Five, all the young dancers in this segment are wearing sunglasses. The myriad of fonts used for the times table in this segment is brought to you by a gracious grant from the Lisa Frank foundation.
Mugging boy is at it again at 1:23! I love that kid.
In this fifth segment, "Doubles" (or multiplying a number by two) is discussed. There's a great piece of synth that sounds like it's right out of a SNES soundchip for an Enix RPG. This one also features one of our favorite video effects: the weird star overlay.
Beware: this video contains neon beyond the human capacity to handle it. Watch safely!
In this sixth segment, "Times Nine", a number of strategies for multiplying by nine are discussed. Most of these techniques are overly complicated and difficult to put into practice. This scene also features the Snes-esque synth chords seen in Part 5 of this series as well.
Mugging boy is in full force in this video! Also! At 1:15 the kid in the striped shirt does an unironically nifty trick.
In this seventh segment, "The Hard Facts", the parts of the multiplication table that don't really feature any "tricks" or strategies are discussed. In other words, they just repeat part of the 6, 7, and 8 times tables, complete with a bunch of emboss filters and some fancy "running the camera backwards" sequences.
According to the video, once you watch this segment, the "hard facts" will be a part of you. This is a lie.
In this eighth segment, which features the same song/melody as the first segment, the announcer does a review of everything they've taught so far. This is the final segment from the film. Congratulations, you've watched them all! I hope you've learned something. I know I haven't!
Rap-Abilitiy's Hip Hop Multiplication, released in 1991, is the most 90's of all educational films. From neon clothing/lighting effects to these SNES-esque synth chords, Hip Hop Multiplication is a view into the bizarre world of early 90's instructional films. Remember when educational "rapping" was just his really stunted "MY NAME IS BOBBY AND I'M HERE TO SAY-EATING LOTS OF VEGGIES IS REALLY OK!"? Well now you can enjoy it again!
In this first segment, children dance with neon effects while the announcer tells us about the world of factors and repeated addition. Check out the part where they spell out "repeated addition" in syllables! They actually misspell it. Considering that the DVD label states that the disc is "copywrite 2005", we're not that surprised.
My favorite is the girl with the green background, although the mugging from the boy in the red shirt is absolutely wonderful(0:41).
Also:
In this second segment, the Identity Property and the Zero Property are examined. This segment is pretty .gifable and their choice of "rhymewords" are completely ridiculous ("That product is the answer...in the identity game". When I hear people mention 'identy game' I think of the Crying Game). Also featured: a ton of neon silhouettes!
In this third segment, Square Numbers are discussed. This one features a long and fairly dull section naming all the square numbers up to 9. The song states "I know you really care!" in reference to the world of Square Numbers, but we really don't.
At 1:04 you'll see the most late 80's, early 90's outfit of ALL TIME.
In this fourth segment, the Multiples of Five are discussed. For safety from the blinding powers of Five, all the young dancers in this segment are wearing sunglasses. The myriad of fonts used for the times table in this segment is brought to you by a gracious grant from the Lisa Frank foundation.
Mugging boy is at it again at 1:23! I love that kid.
In this fifth segment, "Doubles" (or multiplying a number by two) is discussed. There's a great piece of synth that sounds like it's right out of a SNES soundchip for an Enix RPG. This one also features one of our favorite video effects: the weird star overlay.
Beware: this video contains neon beyond the human capacity to handle it. Watch safely!
In this sixth segment, "Times Nine", a number of strategies for multiplying by nine are discussed. Most of these techniques are overly complicated and difficult to put into practice. This scene also features the Snes-esque synth chords seen in Part 5 of this series as well.
Mugging boy is in full force in this video! Also! At 1:15 the kid in the striped shirt does an unironically nifty trick.
In this seventh segment, "The Hard Facts", the parts of the multiplication table that don't really feature any "tricks" or strategies are discussed. In other words, they just repeat part of the 6, 7, and 8 times tables, complete with a bunch of emboss filters and some fancy "running the camera backwards" sequences.
According to the video, once you watch this segment, the "hard facts" will be a part of you. This is a lie.
In this eighth segment, which features the same song/melody as the first segment, the announcer does a review of everything they've taught so far. This is the final segment from the film. Congratulations, you've watched them all! I hope you've learned something. I know I haven't!
