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Bro you opened a wormhole. People are now always gonna say ‘you should’ve watched this one’, so you might as well make this a series and go season by season
@@bittripboy I think Thanos vs Oppenheimer. I think Thanos' lines are kinda mediocre, because he makes fucking fortnite references and shit. Oppenheimer goes fucking HARD though. "You came out looking so ugly your own mother tried to make you a temporary." is one of the most savage bars.
Honestly, like I don't even have the willpower to get out of bed some days, but seeing Mr. Wig spend ALL the effort to change his green screen, truly inspires me
Peter really out did himself in reviewing these good job man Edit: I am being genuine he did do a good job at reviewing and reacting to these hope Peter will watch every rap and rank them eventually I’m interested in his takes on who truly won
As someone who hasn't stopped watching ERB, I can tell you the main difference is that there are less "weak" fights (like that Sarah Palin vs Lady Gaga) and the bars, for the most part, are a lot deeper and come closer to actual battle rap in some of them - with exceptions usually because they're sticking to a character like Rambo
Glad somebody said this. I cant believe there are people in the comments saying they dropped in quality or the past few arent good. The most recent ones are some of their best ever and the lyrics + production are so much better. Rose-tinted goggles i guess
I feel like they definitely have had some more cringe lines though tbh. Not like anything like the first season or whatever. But just like after coming back I felt like the writing took a slight dip and we get a cringe line here or there.
@@day7163 you cant put out banger after banger, especially when trying to write IN character. then of course you have jokes that reference memes of the time, and the political stuff will never age well no matter what
i genuinely think that another battle (like thanos v oppenheimer) is a better representation of where ERB is now, the john v john v john kinda dropped the ball for their current standards as well imo. great video!
Dang, Thanos Vs Oppenheimer is a weird comparison considering the second round was obviously lopsided. The Joker Vs Pennywise is better example considering both sides brought strong points. Also, for what it's worth, the battle of John's is a new format because they're battling and responding to two people back to back.
For the time definitely, but as shown in the video the lyrics don't hold up as well plus their flow and writing has gotten way better. Joker vs Pennywise is elite and I know Lud has avoided watching it due to not really be interested in either character (which is totally fair)
Definitely need Lud to watch some of the more recent ones, ERB has just gotten better over time, both production and writing wise. There are definitely older ones that still stand out, but every one they’ve put out in the last two seasons have been consistently good.
The worst kind of clickbait is when the thumbnails just straight up lies. I can live with misleading. I can live with over exaggeration. But lies just break my heart.
Mine will always be Theodore Roosevelt vs Winston Churchill. Teddy just nails it. Runners up (3): Stephen King vs Edgar Allan Poe Tony Hawk vs Wayne Gretzky Deadpool vs Boba Fett
I kept confusing John McClane and John McCain, the prisoner of war politician. So that had me confused on why diehard movies were being mentioned when it was a late politician who was held captive.
One thing I have to say, is that these rap battles with have a different experience with everyone, depending on their knowledge. For example, in the "Albert Einstein VS Stephen Hawking" Notice when stephen says Brain, its spelled as P-Brane? That isnt a typo, P-Branes are an actual thing in theoretical physics! I didnt know about this when i first heard this battle, but it does make me enjoy it more. So, yeah, your good experience with these depends on your own experience (except a few ofc)
A kind suggestion lud. Watch: 1) Gandhi vs MLK 2) Ivan the terrible vs Alex the great 3) Eastern vs Western philosophers 4) Shaka Zulu vs Caesar 5) Roosevelt vs Chruchill 6) Che vs Fawkes 7) Bond vs Powers 8) Fred Douglas vs tom Jefferson 9) Gordo vs Julia Child 10) Newton vs Bill nye
I stopped watching ERB sometime in season 2. Glad to see the production quality has progressed and that they aren't just phoning it in. The TMNT vs Renaissance battle blew up on tik tok last year and I rewatched a handful of the old ones. While some of the aged poorly, most of them still hold up well. The idea is just good and easy. The fact they kept the videos under 2 minutes really helped with rewatchability
Also one that’s specific to Lincoln is “but you didn’t actually care about the slaves. You cared more about keeping the union together. Freeing the slaves was only a neat little bonus to you.”
@@day7163 THIS is actually false, it was taken from a quote out of context, he actually said if he could free slaves and save the union he would, if he could not free the slaves and still save union he would. Lincoln no joke was actually anti slavery from the start, you know that was his big thing when running. He also a major reason south went to war, he was far to anti slavery to deal with. It highly likely if it was any other person, slavery most likely would not be abolished right away, since it probably make south far more aggressive and be hard deal with for years to come if it not handle slowly. Lincoln though really did not give a shit and felt it needed be done and use political speech to convince congress it was needed (which history wise is fucking impossible make congress agree on anything) So Lincoln was always anti slavery, what I got to say though is Lincoln's original slavery removal idea was a slow but sure replacement then out right ban. This was avoid angering the south and causing a Civil war....
@@Fourtytwo4242 Yeah. I mean he was a republican of the time which already had an anti-slavery political opinion at the time, and I’m familiar with the quote as well. I’m not sure what the context or discussion of my comments really about but I was aware that Lincoln was against slaves and I was aware of the quote.
8:01 your laughing at the Easter Bunny calling Genghis Khan a rapist is the most intoxicating laugh ever. I just keep repeating the beginning of this song to hear you start harmonizing, and then laughing, and then I start laughing my soul out.
I remember all of them with Watsky being hype. I understand that those aren’t necessarily the average epic rap battles, but definitely would be cool ones to go back and listen to.
I think the best comparison to how good ERB has gotten was Luke vs Harry Potter (lines/references and visuals), as well as TMNT vs Artists (beats and general flow)
Seeing as Lud and his mother's translation was bad: "T'as une tête à faire sauter les plaques d'égouts" means "your face would make manhole covers explode". Explanation below In French, when you say something like "t'as une tête comme..." or "regarde la tête qu'il fait", "tête" refers to the face rather than the head, but it's more common now to use "gueule" instead. "Sauter les plaques d'égouts" the verb "sauter" (to jump) now means "to explode". Napoléon also says "sacré bleue" which is the equivalent of "cor blimey" because no-one uses it anymore. Finally, Ludwig says "d'égoutes" instead of "d'égouts" (the "t" is silent unless with an e after).
BRO, youre my guy and id smoke you out with that good good if you came out here to (undisclosed location) but its because i respect you that i want to let you know that the way the angle of the camera is and how you are leaning, my mans dome is HUGE. love the vids, have a good xmas. your fav unknown lurker Feels/Trippy
To be perfectly fair with the whole, "you look behind you and this is who you want on your side thing", combined, they do have a multimillion kill count.
I know you probably won’t read this Lud, but I’m at New Hampshire for my holidays and was wondering if you went to the Celtics game today? Because on GOD I saw someone that looked just like you and QT but I was too timid to get a closer look. For my sake I’m hoping it wasn’t you guys!
Gonna keep it real- seasons 3, 4, and 5 have all of the best battles. Hawk v Gretzky, Capone v Blackbeard, Zulu v Caesar, Poe v King, Roosevelt v Churchill, etc. blow the rest out of the water. It seems like they really fell off lately, and the earlier ones weren't particularly good either. In these two videos, Ludwig has watched none of the battles that I (and the friends of mine I talked about this with) would consider putting in a top 5 or top 10. The popularity of the videos is less of a measurement of how good they are, but is instead representative of the relevancy of the characters. It's pretty sad to see ERB slowly degrade in quality, I really loved watching them in their prime while I was in high school.
luke vs harry potter was amazing and richard vs ragnar is one i didnt like until i went back and watched it recently and is now one of my favs. their last two have been decent but probably not top tier for me. i wouldnt say they're slowly degrading in quality at all. just a few misses like dracula vs vlad and the fast food one.
The johns battle was pretty good, but the newest one (Indiana Vs Lara) was mid. Tbf i had high expectations for the Indiana Jones Vs Lara Croft, but still, it wasn't a good one
Don't understand the critique on the last one 'you need to have seen the movies', every good rap battle relies on being able to understand the (pop) culture references. Their newest seasons are really high quality, while Einstein vs Hawking has huge nostalgia factor and certainly slaps, Luke Skywalker vs Harry Potter is objectively better imo.
Yes, John Wick won. Glad that’s settled. Had the best rhymes and flow. Also you should watch Che Guevara vs. Guy Fawkes. It’s a massively underrated masterpiece
I feel sinful for commenting before finishing the video, but this is a special occasion as I am one of the first here! Hope everyone's holidays are awesome
