It’s a Party!

follow-my-heart

Lyrics:
(Intro – 0:00 a 0:12)
[Vinyl crackle + AM-radio chatter FX]
[Electric banjo: spring reverb + slapback]
[Drums: SP-1200 swing, low-pass intro]
[Whispered group adlibs: “we rise”]

(Verse 1 – 0:12 a 0:48)
[Male rap, dry up-front]
From Dar to Arusha, sun lifts the street,
Kilimanjaro watches while the bassline speaks.
Zanzibar breeze in the cracks of the snare,
We hustle with hope, put courage in the air.
Dodoma maps in the palm of the hand,
Brick by brick, we’re building the plan.
Storms may come, but the ground stays steady,
When the beat drops heavy, we’re already ready.

(Pre-Chorus – 0:48 a 1:04)
[Female rap, light doubles + plate reverb]
Tupo pamoja—one voice, one flame,
Write tomorrow in bold, sign it with your name.
[Clavinet wah stabs]
Every step forward, keep faith in the frame.

(Chorus – 1:04 a 1:28)
[Mixed voices + crowd handclaps, wider stereo]
Stand tall, Tanzania—rise up, Tanzania,
We move as one, we shine like morning light.
Stand tall, Tanzania—rise up, Tanzania,
Hold the line strong, keep your future in sight.

(Verse 2 – 1:28 a 2:04)
[Female rap, rhythmic; male adlibs left]
Market day rhythm, wheels turn slow,
Harbor waves echo where the small boats go.
Teachers, farmers, coders on the grind,
Planting big dreams in the furrows of the mind.
Faith in the heart with a hands-up stance,
We learn, we earn, we give life a chance.
[Creole-style call-and-response adlibs]
From coast to coast, let the good times advance.

(Bridge – 2:04 a 2:24)
[Breakdown: banjo + bass + rimshots; talkbox hook textures]
If fear is a shadow, bring torches to see,
If doors feel locked, make a key, make three.
[Echo throws on last words: “see… three…”]

(Chorus 2 – 2:24 a 2:48)
[Bigger harmonies + extra banjo flourishes]
Stand tall, Tanzania—rise up, Tanzania,
We move as one, we shine like morning light.
Stand tall, Tanzania—rise up, Tanzania,
Hold the line strong, keep your future in sight.

(Verse 3 – 2:48 a 3:16)
[Male/female trade bars; clavinet comping]
Blueprints open on a roadside table,
Stories get louder when the truth is stable.
Karibu the future, the rhythm’s the guide,
Shoulder to shoulder, we widen the stride.
[Second-line handclaps layered]
No quit in the soul, no fear in the eyes,
We build what we sing, and we sing as we rise.

(Final Chorus – 3:16 a 3:44)
[Maximum climax: stacked choirs + adlibs + cymbal rides]
Stand tall, Tanzania—rise up, Tanzania,
We move as one, we shine like morning light.
Stand tall, Tanzania—rise up, Tanzania,
Hold the line strong, keep your future in sight.
[Adlibs: “stand tall… rise up… together!”]

(Outro – 3:44 a 4:00)
[Hard stop on drums + long echo tail]
[AM-radio chatter fades; vinyl crackle down]
[Banjo harmonic ping + reverb fade]


StandTall, Tanzania...

Art by @bruhset.
Character Represented: Ruff Ruffman

Sources:
The Living Tombstone - Basics in Behavior (Edutainment Media)
Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg - The Next Episode (Dogs)
Baha Men - Who Let The Dogs Out? (Dogs)
Bill Nye The Science Guy (Edutainment Media)
Jeopardy Theme (Game Shows)

HOST #1: RUFF RUFFMAN
Life was missing its mystique, his squeaky toys had lost their squeak. Out of the blue, he was offered a contract and BAM! His destiny was calling him! Coming in as host #1 of RRR, Ruff Ruffman is on the road to fame! Even if he isn't going to compete, he can still give everyone some very catchy tunes!

- Songs about or from edutainment media
(FETCH! With Ruff Ruffman, Basics in Behavior, Bill Nye The Science Guy)
- Songs relating to dogs
(Songs by Snoop Dogg, Who Let The Dogs Out?, Beverly Hills Chihuahua Soundtrack)
- Songs associated with game shows
(Price is Right, Jeopardy, Wheel of Fortune)

The Basics of The Next Episode

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009 - 9 Volt and 18 Volt
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Plug in your controllers, grab your power-ups, and RACE to that goal! It looks like 9 Volt and 18 Volt have joined the Quantum Tournament! This tag team duo of best friends are gonna bring their A-GAME with a blast of Wario's greatest gaming hits and a surge nostalgic tunes. Let's just hope they can send their opponents packing before 9 Volt's MOM finds out, otherwise it's GAME OVER for our side scrolling heroes... At least they have extra lives!
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9 Volt and 18 Volt's Sourcelist:
- Songs from the Warioware series and other songs from games/spinoffs relating to Wario.
(Warioware Inc, Ashley's Song, Mona's Pizza, Hurry Up!, Mount Wario, Wario's Gold Mine, etc.)
- Songs and jingles from Nintendo software, programs, or spinoff titles.
(Mii Channel, Nintendo E-Shop, NINTENDO DIRECT songs, Wii Play, Miitopia, etc.)
- Songs in the chiptune genre or have chiptune elements.
(Songs from NES and GameBoy games, VVVVVV, Pixel Galaxy, etc.)
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Sources used:
WarioWare DIY OST - Body Rock (Warioware)
Snail's House - Pixel Galaxy (Chiptune)
LMFAO - Party Rock Anthem (Offsource)
Your Favorite Martian ft. Hoodie Allen - 8-Bit World (Chiptune)
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This character submission and track was made by @vincents-memes.
This art was made by @pokopakku.
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The stars shine bright...
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Rockin' 8 - Bit Anthem

Track by @valoregal
Art by @libbec

Son of a hero and grandson of a villain, Manny Rivera spends most of his time fighting the same fights as his wild-cat persona, EL TIGRE! But he's taking a break from the battle between good and evil to make a name for himself multiverse-wide, and with an expansive catalogue of spanish-sung bops in his arsenal, he's quite confident he'll crawl right through the bracket.

Manny Rivera's sources:
- Music related to NickToons (Jellyfish Fields, My Shiny Teeth And Me, Jimmy Neutron Theme)
- Music with lyrics in Spanish (Smooth, Nunca me faltes, Señorita)
- Music related to alter-egos (Mask of My Own Face, Diavolo's Theme, Mr L, Green Thunder!)
- Music related to wild cats (Eye of the Tiger, The Lion King OST, Roar)

This track's sources:
Survivor - Eye Of The Tiger
Camila Cabello - Havana ft. Young Thug
Verbalase - Spongebob Solo Verse #2
Lemon Demon - Mask of My Own Face
Shawn Mendes, Camila Cabello - Señorita
Santana - Smooth ft. Rob Thomas
DJ Snake - Taki Taki ft. Selena Gomez, Ozuna, Cardi B

Track by @dat-dreem-dafeendear.
Art by @babybowser101.
Characters Represented: Badly Drawn Bros
Tournament Origin: King for Another Day

Sources:
Objection Funk - iteachvader (Capcom)
Pressing Pursuit Cornered - Variation - Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney (Capcom)
Beatdown (Strider Style) - Homestuck (Homestuck)
CARNE VALE - Cherubim (Homestuck)
Unite Synchronization - Homestuck Vol.8 (Homestuck)
MeGaLoVania - Homestuck (Homestuck)
Nillili Mambo - Block B (Homestuck)
Never Gonna Give You Up - Rick Astley (80s Hits)
You Spin Me Round - Dead Or Alive (80s Hits)
Another One Bites The Dust - Queen (80s Hits)
Space Jam - (Sports)
Boxing Results - Wii Sports (Sports)
Shelter - Porter Robinson (Sports, appeared in Madden game)
SFX:
Honk (Homestuck)
Various Ace Attorney SFX (Capcom)
Fart - Gaming Sound Effect (Offsource)

#9 - Badly Drawn Bros

wow!!! its the sweetest bro and the hellaest jeff finally in a tourmanent - and they brouhgt a mega friend, mega man! these epic bros might not have the greatest intellect or artstyle or grasp of basic hunan decency, but god DAMN do they play a good sports ball. they have music in there sources - capcon, hometsuck, eightys, and also the sport tunes you crave. vote for them in the real tournamenr that's ACTUALLY real this time, and you can be MAKING this HAPEN!

- Songs from Capcom Properties, including fan content
(Mega Man, Street Fighter, Ace Attorney)
- Songs relating to Homestuck and other Webcomics
(Oppa Toby Style, Sunslammer, Carne Vale)
- Top 100 80s Hits
(Beat It, Never Gonna Give You Up, Down Under)
- Songs relating to Sports and Sports media
(Wii Sports, Y.M.C.A, NFL Theme)

Join the discord at discord.gg/xZKWarX.
Stay groovin'!

ALLHY'YOOP! SLAM-DUNK ~ THE MEGA MAN HASS THE BALL

⑨Happy Cirno Day!⑨

[This is a dual track, not a duel track. This is simply a collaboration, and does not confirm nor deny bracket placements.]
Art by: https://soundcloud.com/dreemstrider, https://twitter.com/telepotato
Characters Represented: Rick & Morty, Koishi Komeiji

We hope you enjoy this new Rick & Morty solo using the funny Cirno theme as an offsource for the funny 9 day!

Rick & Morty's Sourcelist:
- Sources licensed by or appearing on Adult Swim (Duck Game, King of The Hill, Nuclear Throne, Too Many Cooks, Aqua Team Hunger Force, etc.)
- Songs that appear in Rick & Morty (For The Damaged Coda, Can You Feel It, Hurt, X Gon Give It To Ya, etc.)
- Songs related to science (Bill Nye the Science Guy, 145 Poodles, Science Blaster, etc.)
- Sources relating adult cartoons (The Nutshack, Futurama, Southpark, etc.)

Koishi' Komeiji's Sourcelist:
- Songs related to Touhou Project (Hartmann’s Youkai Girl, Bad Apple, Cirno’s Perfect Math Class, UN Owen Was Her, etc.)
- Songs related to memories and forgetting (Thnks fr th Mmrs, Stressed Out, Don’t Forget, September, My Happy Ending, etc.)
- Songs related to eyes (Eye of the Tiger, Cotton Eye Joe, Eye Of The Storm, etc.)
- Music from video games in the Bullet Hell genre (Just Shapes & Beats, Enter The Gungeon, Deltarune, etc.)

Songs used:
Koishi Komeiji:
Touhou Hisoutensoku - Beloved Tomboyish Girl (Bullet Hell)
Black Eyed Peas - Let's Get Retarded (Eyes)
Deltarune - Vs. Susie (Bullet Hell)

Rick & Morty:
Emily Crapnell - Parts of the Cell Rap (Science)
DMX - X Gon' Give It To Ya (Songs appearing in Rick & Morty)
Moral Orel - I Hate You Jesus (Adult Swim)
Rick & Morty - Get Schwifty (doesnt take rocket science to figure this one out)

Morty Fails Math Class

Track by: Mr404(@forbesthecomputer)
Art by: Bowser
Characters Represented: Dead Air

Garfield: Why do we continue to get these asinine tracks?  We are supposed to be instilling fear into those who listen!
Max: My apologies, it would appear that my salsa i-i-i-is just too spicy.

∂𝔻Ď𝕕𝐃𝔡𝐝ⓓⓓ๔∂O NOT ATTEMPT TO ADJUST YOUR TELEVISION SET. Dual brodcasted from WTTW-TV 11 & WCLV-TV 58, Dead Air has hijacked themselves into the tournament! Max Headroom and the M̴̩̂O̷̠͠O̴͒̓Ǹ̶̏ ̷̨̒Ő̴̢P̸͖̓E̶̱̿Ń̶̀ ̸̡̈Y̸͂̃Ò̵̀Ŭ̴͘R̶̠̂ ̸͗͊E̴͉̾Ỳ̴̕E̷̪̾S̷̺̉ ̶͗̃Ǒ̶̢P̴̋̚Ë̵́͛N̷̾͑ ̶̊͑T̴̈́̈H̵́͠E̶̱͑M̵̗̐ ̵̩͠L̸̐̆O̷̫̿O̵̲͊Ķ̵̍ ̸̌̀Ö̷͝U̶̦͋T̴̲͝S̶̏͗Ḯ̴̡D̵̅͝E̶͖̓ no one in particular have joined together to dominate, you frick’n nerds! 12.25 for entrance? No way! Fellow contenders beware..

Songs related to robots, VHS, and news channels
(Mr. Roboto, Paranoid Android, Jack Stauber songs with music videos, 31 Minutos theme)
Songs about/related to the moon and stars
(Ducktales Moon theme, Bad Moon Rising, Man On The Moon,)
(Counting Stars, Shooting Stars)
Songs from Eminem’s discography
(‘Til I Collapse, Rap God, The Real Slim Shady)
Songs used in Local58
(Entering Graciously, Contingency, I Concentrate On You)

Songs Used:
Toby Fox - Death By Glamour (Robots)
Eminem - Lose Yourself (Eminem)
D12 - My Band (Eminem)
Eminem ft. Rihanna - The Monster (Eminem)
Eminem - Rap God (Eminem)
Eminem ft. Nate Dogg - Shake That (Eminem)

Death By Salsa

Study one last time, AMV.

One contender will be lost tomorrow.

Arrangement: Limi (@megalolazing)
Character Represented: Animated Musical Vibes

Sources:
- Songs widely used in animation memes or AMVs
- Lo-fi Hip Hop songs from 2015 and forward
- Songs from Whisper of the Heart

Songs used:
Spider Dance - Toby Fox (Animation Memes)
Tous Les Mêmes - Stromae (Animation Memes)
Can I Get A Witness - SonReal (AMVs)
Bring Me To Life - Evanescence (AMVs)
Die Young - Ke$ha (Animation Memes)
Mr. Saxobeat - Alexandra Stan (Animation Memes)

Tout Les Témoins et Araignées

Track by:  @xinos1 / @bloss0m-music
Art by: https://twitter.com/WaffWafols
Character Represented: John Madden

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[ While Madden may not be on mission right now, he takes the time to calmly stargaze as his match with Fancypants is fast approaching. However, his tranquil gaze into space is interrupted as his opponent approaches. ] 

MADDEN: What’s up, son. Never mind the occasional chat before the big game, but I didn’t expect one this late.

FANCYPANTS: Nothing much, I just wanted to run a question by you if you don’t mind giving into your coaching instincts for a bit.

MADDEN: I hope you aren’t trying to find any of my strategies for our upcoming match, because I am saving those for myself.

FANCYPANTS: It’s just that...I have been thinking how to spice up my hype a bit. I know Tragedy needed the extra comfort, but I need to get something really big to help kick things off.

MADDEN: Well, I’d say that you had a good idea working with some of our other contestants, but you need to get someone with a big audience behind you to help you out. Of course I was trying to help out the arcade cabinet but I didn’t look the other way of taking an extra duel is all I’ll say.

Tell you what, I saw that one of the finalists head off into the woods, maybe taking a breather after her last match to cool off from the cat. From what I heard, it was a very chaotic match so it might be some convincing but she is your best shot.

[ Fancypants doesn’t have time to think about what Madden said as he hurried off and sees if he can catch up to the Satori. Considering his agile speed, he should be able to catch up to her in no time. ]

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[ Soon enough, Madden continued his stargaze into the night sky as his rival trailed off into the woods. As he lets the beauty of space enter his thoughts, he can't help to think how similar he and his crafty opponent is. 

Two men beyond their prime time showing the world what they both have to offer. Both showing their personal pasts to a wider audience and getting one last thrill with a grand prize of relevancy and dedication to their history.

Though, in the end, Madden is content with how far he went. He will, of course, continue fighting and it will definitely not be an easy match, but he won't be upset with another person with the same burning passion as him to earn their spot in Final 4.

He helped give his friends, competitors, and fans the hope they needed, and if he had to lose now it would be hell of a way to go. In his eyes, he already got his prize... ]

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Sources:
- Songs related to sports (Anything from Wii Sports, anything from the Mario Kart series, Pepper Steak from OFF, Space Jam, etc.)
- Text to Speech related sources (I’m Not Your Daddy I’m Your Grandpa, Vocaloid songs, etc.)
- Songs related to space (Super Mario Galaxy soundtrack, Fly Me To The Moon from Evangelion, Star Wars, Shooting Stars, etc.)

Songs Used:
OneRepublic - Counting Stars (Space)
Space Patrol Luluco - Pipo Password (Space)
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate - Corneria (Space)
VVVVVV - Potential for Anything (Space)
Golf With Your Friends - Space Station Course (Sports, Space)

To Be CONTINUED!!

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The Basics of The Next Episode

RR: R3m4st3red ~ Be More Inspired [MOVED]