Learn Your ABCs (our animated song)

Join Daz's Zeke character as 5 Star in this simple song about learning your A-B-Cs. Let us know what you think! This includes any preschoolers you have, since that is the intended audience for this.

Animation and Designs by Darren Boyce from Hitmanimation

Produced by Ed 'word' Price.

Rap by Zekness aka 5 Star

Enjoy!

We Share Because We Care (collab with GagaManMusic)

Animated music video (folk song) for preschoolers. If you've got preschoolers, show it to them and let us know what they think!

Join Share Kong and the Share-If as they perform for Brooke, Max, and that one girl on the left.

CREDITS:
Animated by Andrei from GagaManMusic: http://youtube.com/gagamanmusic
Written, Directed, & Voice of Share-If by Ed 'word'' Price
Guitar, Music Composition, & Voice of Share Kong by Rogs (Nick Rogstad)

This is our first collab with the animator GagaManMusic. We think he did a great job!

To see Rogs lead a live-action music video (he wrote the song), then watch our "Pretty Good Friends"

Thanks for watching! Leave a comment to let us know what you think!


- TAE

Even and Odd (collab with CartoonKing3)

Check out our new animated music video for preschoolers:



The monsters Even and Odd perform an upbeat song for you about even and odd numbers. This is for a preschool audience, so watch it with chilluns and let us know what you think!

This is our third collab with CartoonKing3 (the creator of Dr. Choker)

CREDITS:

Written, Produced, and 4 Voices by Ed 'word' Price
Animation and Designs by Patrick Jenkins (from CartoonKing3)
Guitar and 2 Voices by Tyler B
Keyboard and Music Composition by Jeffrey B

Enjoy!

Letters Are Better - our animated folk song

Alphabet Bear sings you this song about the importance of letters while the Letter Critters run around and have fun.



Animation by Snorre. Directed and Produced by Ed 'word' Price. Music by Elisa Jiminez. This is our 3rd Sesame Street cartoon.

Please go vote for it for the Sesame Street contest by rating it 5 stars and leaving a nice comment:

http://www.aniboom.com/animation-video/438808/Letters-Are-Better...-folk-song/

Thanks!

- TAE

Our new music video: Ballad of Moses

Moses' life gets flipped, turned upside down when God tells him to lead the Jews into the promised land.
Also, killing that first guy was probably not the best move.



SONG CREDITS
Performance and Music Composed by OTizzle
Lyrics by Ed "word" Price
Produced by MattyO
http://youtube.com/mattyobrien1
(Note: a music producer is essentially the director of music, who directs the performer to tweak the music, tempo, voice, and lyrics in order to get the song to fit right)

VIDEO CREDITS
Directed, animated, and edited by MattyO
Produced and written by Ed 'word' Price
Starring O-Tizzle

Enjoy!

- TAE

Friends of the Empire: OTizzle - Fast Strumming

MattyO directs, OTizzle strums, and Ed dances! Enjoy!

- TAE

A1 Steak Song FINALIST!!! - "100 Things That I Love About Steak"

We're finalists!

Thank you everyone for all your support!


- TAE

Pretty Good Friends (Music Video #3)

What's your favorite part?


CREDITS:

Main vocals: Rogs (Nick Rogstad)

Backup vocals and guitar: OTizzle (Owen Thompson)

Guy in background: Ed 'word' Price

Shot by: MattyO
http://youtube.com/MattyOBrien1


MUSIC VIDEO SERIES:

This is part 3 in our music video series (not counting the two sweet OTizzle arrangements).

Bucket Full of Cheese (Music Video #1):
http://youtube.com/watch?v=YEShg_kigmc

Search Rap (Music Video #2):
http://youtube.com/watch?v=IjiPaNQaBYQ



LYRICS:

Oh we're pretty good friends,
It's not like I would loan you money;
pretty good friends,
I don't actually know your last name;
pretty good friends,
Sometimes I'm not laughing with you
pretty good friends,
You smile way too much (x3)

But we're still pretty good friends,
I never really liked your cooking;
pretty good friends,
I threw away that christmas present;
pretty good friends,
You really oughta take that dress back
pretty good friends
You still smile way too much (x3)

Listen girl, I don't exactly remember when we met,
but we've hung out several times, and we've been through a lot together
Like remember that time when you wanted a hug, and I said I wasn't really into hugging, but what I really meant was that I wasn't into hugging YOU.

Girl, we're not just friends, we're not just good friends...
...we're pretty good friends.

Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby (the Lego 3D Animation)

So, we've been feeling a little too "normal" lately, and we wanted to be a little more bizarre.

So here are the actual lyrics to the first verse (and two choruses) of Vanilla Ice's hit song from almost 20 years ago, set to a beat with dancing 3D animated Lego characters wearing... underpants and a nurse outfit. And to top it off, there are also some weird sounds.

This was animated using the easy software, "xtranormal." It's good, but if you want real 3D software, pick up Blender. (It's very difficult to learn though.)

Enjoy!

- TAE

Epic Math Rap Battle (Vote for your favorite Math Rap!)

Vote in the comments on this page:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=J296WylB_W4

Which is your favorite math rap?
And what's your favorite part of this video?



Notorious AB, Showtime, KBB, and BG For Real kick out the raps (produced by Ed 'word' Price and AB). It's up to you to decide which one's the best.

AB's channel:
http://youtube.com/abisdman

Longer version (9:32):
http://youtube.com/watch?v=mO2K-0YDdLU


ALSO FEATURING NOTORIOUS AB...

Bros Rule - Prom Night:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=6_NWAbW7bpw


OUR OTHER MUSICAL SHOWCASES...

1. Bucket Full of Cheese:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=YEShg_kigmc
By Otizzle & Ed 'word' Price

2. Search Rap:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=IjiPaNQaBYQ
By Ed 'word' Price & Insert Coin

3. Otizzle 1 - Love Medley:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=BguwMJOV33c

4. Otizzle 2 - Family Guy Theme:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=zBZ75g-KYwA


EPIC MATH RAP BATTLE LYRICS...

1. Math Rap Battle Intro
By Showtime

Our vision's that you're wishin
To listen to what we're spittin
So no skippin, or hissin,
Or dissin what we're dishin,
Cuz our mission is fishin
For errors in addition and division
In order to fix em
So the answer won't be missin
And now we got you twitchin and itchin
To hear what we been mixin in the kitchen
So let's switch it without intermission
Cuz time is tickin

2. The Powers Rule Rap
By Showtime

We don't want our mad tunes
To make you go 'boo'
So we're coming with some soul
Like Shaquille O'neal's shoe
But you know this isn't Algebra 2
It's Calculus hour
So let's switch it from quadratic
To a rule that has power
It's called the Power Rule
No it might not sound cool
But don't be fooled
Cuz it's the best like Liberty High School
And wait till the end to clap for me
Or laugh at me
So you can listen as I spit some math
Like Miss Hafferty
It's sad to see
That math makes some bewilder
But with the Power Rule
Homework goes quick, like silver
F of X equals X to the N
Then F prime of X is X to the N minus 1
The N must be a constant
Or the formula's nonsense
You see it's easy
It's really all there is
And we're not playing tricks
Because Trix are for kids
So remember F prime of X goes like this
It's N X to the N minus 1
This rule is easy and fun
It's N X to the N minus 1
I'm out of time
Oh shoot I gotta run
But before I go, it's N X to the N minus 1
Well that's the end of the show
So we're all gunna dash
But we hope it was hot
Like a menopause flash

3. Quadratic Formula Love Ballad
By KBB (not a rap song)

I once fell in love
With a certain formula
Her name was Quadratic
We were automatic

4. The Quotient Formula Rap (Hip-Pop)
By Notorious AB & BG For Real

I was sittin there taking notes in class
For a course known none other than Math
I wrote down somethin that Delistra said
Then a little ditty went a runnin through my head
It was the
Quotient Formula
I don't know quite how they found it
But hey, let me tell you how this went.
It went...
CHORUS: Down D Up (Down D Up)
Minus Up D Down (Down town)
And you put it all over Down Down
(Chorus X 2)
How do teachers come up with this stuff?
This curiculum, it sure is tough
Calculus, I've had enough
(Chorus X 3)

5. Mean Value Theory Rap
By Showtime & KBB

Now I know I want to make something you can feel
So let me keep it short and sweet
Like Rebecca Teel
Some of your math skills are weak
Like Achilles' heel
But if you listen they will be silky smooth
Like an eel
Make sure that you pay attention and hear me
Loud and clearly
Because I'm going to talk about the Mean Value Theory
Or Theorem like the book likes to call it
We got 2 necessary conditions
So let's get on it
F must have a derivative on the open interval
And it must be continuous on the interval
Close C C
Continuous close
And that's how it goes
Stay on your toes
Cuz these conditions are the prequel
But if you got em
This is what F prime of C equals
It's F of B minus F of A over B minus A
Remember this throughout your day
I said it's F of B minus F of A over B minus A
This formula's hot like the month of May
Or a sun ray
It's F of B minus F of A over B minus A
And before I send you on your way
It's F of B minus F of A over B minus A
Now that you know the formula
Study it well
And you'll be good to go
Like the commercials from Taco Bell



Enjoy!

- TAE

OTizzle 2: Family Guy Theme Song (Acoustic Guitar Cover)

We made another music performance video!




OTizzle sings the theme song of Family Guy and plays the theme song of Family Guy on his acoustic guitar... and in his style!

Do you watch Family Guy?



- TAE

Empire Music Showcase: OTizzle - Love Medley

I Can't Take My Eyes Off You (Love Medley: Acoustic Cover)

OTizzle plays guitar and sings this acoustic cover and medley of 5 great songs.



Here's another amazing contributer to the Empire, the star of Bucket Full of Cheese, OTizzle.

Bucket Full of Cheese:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEShg_kigmc


Do you like this love medley?


(1) "L-O-V-E" by Nat King Cole
(2) "I Can't Take My Eyes Off of You" by Franki Valli
(3) "You and Me and All of The People" by Lifehouse
(4) "I'll Be" by Goo Goo Dolls / Edwin McCain
(5) "Wonderwall" by Oasis

Otizzle's channel:
http://www.youtube.com/user/otothetiz

Directed and Camera-ed by MattyO:
http://www.youtube.com/user/mattyobrien1

Thanks for watching and listening!

- TAE

tyBit Rap: Unify with tyBit (by TheAnimationEmpire)

tyBit Rap: Unify with tyBit (by TheAnimationEmpire)

tyBit Rap: Unify with tyBit
a.k.a.
tyBit is Better Than PooGull




What's your favorite part?

Vote here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjiPaNQaBYQ


This is our second music video.
Our first music video was Bucket Full of Cheese:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEShg_kigmc



Producer/Writer/Lyrics: Ed 'word' Price

Director/Editor: MattyO
http://youtube.com/mattyobrien1

Music Director/Editor: Ryan Hamann
http://youtube.com/iisryan

Music Composition: Ryan, Ed, & MattyO

Camera: MattyO

Animation: Ed & MattyO

Featuring: Ed 'word' Price &
Ryan "Insert Coin(s) to Continue" Hamann



CHECK OUT SOME OF OUR ANIMATIONS...

Mike Tyson Will Eat Your Children:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1oqOXG4GTk

Save the Princess (Zelda Parody):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5uhpL0WZeM

Fruits VS Bugs Episode 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsfR7C-ql5k

The Play-By-Play (WARNING: SPOILERS!!!)

0:14 - Ed 'word' Price animated this 3D text and wrote this vid.

0:17 - Ryan Hamann (Insert Coin(s) to Continue) is the music director. He's drinking milk. He's best known for his Weird Al-like song parodies:
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_music.cfm?bandID=599473

0:22 - The orange clock appeared in the upper-left corner. It's a hint that this first shot is a parody (Ryan's idea) of the first shot in the movie, "Clockwork Orange," where Alex drinks milk menacingly and the camera slowly zooms out. Check it out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaNdncWHoio

0:27 - This is stop-motion animation of the phone spinning around Ryan's hand. We had to slowly have him change his facial expression with each movement of the phone in order to get it to look like his face is changing.

0:29 - The idea of the cell phones was in the Narnia Rap (Lazy Sunday), but it's also just a good way to get two people together in a story.

0:35 - These three shots go by quick. We had to stop the zoom, move Ryan, and then resume the zoom at the same rate. That's what gets him to "pop" closer to the camera while it's zooming.

0:37 - More stop-motion jump cuts. We thought the sped-up shot of Ryan wiping his face was hilarious.

0:39 - Anybody who has seen Tax Laugh knows that Ed likes to poke at the camera:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiwqokDjuvg

0:43 - Yes, Ed was on the potty.

0:47 - Top left is rinsing the hands. Top right is soap. Bottom left is cleaning the fingernails with a toothbrush. Bottom right is drying the hands.

0:49 - Ed opened the door handle using a towel.

0:50 - Ed's Arnold Swartenegger accent. Check out Ed doing Paul Pineapple in Extra Fruity:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2Ko5-IgUWA

0:52 - Check out the PooGull logo with the seagull. The right button says "I'm Feeling Stupid" instead of "I'm Feeling Lucky." The search results say, "Sorry. We know nothing about Tyler Perry. Is he new?"

0:54 - MattyO pointed out that we rhymed "scary" and "Perry," just like the Narnia Rap did. Unintentional.

0:57 - Doogal is a 3D-animated cartoon from Weinstein Pictures. We had him run by so you could see him and why he's "hairy."

1:06 - "Mothers." Good selection of images by MattyO: Mother Goose, a Mom tattoo, Mother Theresa, and the Fairy Godmother from Walt Disney's Cinderella.

1:14 - Small joke... The interface shown is the video search results for "Fly"

1:27 - Ed has an image of the Osbourne's bobble head doll on his tyVille page!

1:28 - Ed also subscribes to the Dilbert Blog feed.

1:32 - Mr. Deeds was done in 02 by Adam Sandler, which was a remake of the classic Frank Capra film, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, from 1936, that starred Gary Cooper. The old film is actually hilarious. Checka it out.

1:51 - LOL Fail!

1:54 - Friends!

1:56 - Sink joke!

2:05 - Deb from 04's Napoleon Dynamite.

2:12 - Ultimate Warrior products! We made a video about him:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cirouOa7GUk

2:23 - Ryan's glad he's a boy.

2:35 - Johnny Cage from Mortal Kombat! Finish Him!!!

2:50 - Teen Girl Squad by Strong Bad (Homestar Runner).

3:07 - Hanna and Barbera are sorrounded by Yogi Bear, Scooby Doo, Flinstones, Space Ghost, Jetsons, Johnny Quest, etc.

3:17 - An old recording of MattyO, Ed, and others singing the Smurfs song in a car. Inside joke.

3:26 - Hefty's got the guns. (Brainy and Grouchy Smurf are both good.)

3:32 - Jeremy Irons should be Gargamel, Uma Thurman (Kill Bill) could play Smurfette.

4:04 - Luigi bobble head (Mario Bros)

4:14 - Star Wars Storm Trooper


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Bucket Full of Cheese - Music Video

If you've got a Bucket Full of Cheese, and you want another one, then come on over and have some fun... with TheAnimationEmpire. Starring O-Tizzle, Ed 'word' Price, written by Ed, and directed by MattyO.

We are cheesey to the core... We filmed this in the U District of Seattle. This is our lame attempt at our own music video like Andy Samberg's Saturday Night Live - Digital Short, Lazy Sunday (the Narnia rap). Or like Young Chuck Norris or the SNL video Andy did with Justin Timberlake - Special Gift in a Box.

Want something lame? Check out our Extra Fruity 3D animation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2Ko5-...

Here's our annoying, nostalgic, and insulting Short Short, Punky Brewster VS Pippi Longstocking:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7N1qk-...

Do phones annoy you? Get... Mad At Phone:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rc9JSZ...

Check out our 27-second short, Taking Care of Business. It also stars Ed 'word' Price and O-Tizzle:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mkmxx6...

Do you like Andy Samberg from Saturday Night Live? We blog about him several times a week:http://www.andysamberg.blogspot.com

Visit The Animation Empire for all of our videos and websites: http://www.theanimationempire.com/