Epic Rap Battles (YouTube)

[Submachine]

Some of you may have noticed that youtube is a home for some high quality Epic Rap Battle videos.

Epic Rap Battles are edited videos about 2 or more people, imaginary characters or teams rapping against each other.
Here are some examples:




1. Epic Rap Battles of History, led by 2 overskilled american rappers (comedians), made historical and fictional people rap each other. Here are some examples:

• Darth Vader vs Hitler
• Steve Jobs vs Bill Gates (Personal favorite)
• Thomas Edison vs Nicola Tesla
• Mozart vs Skrillex
• Rick Grymes (Walking Dead) vs Walter White (Breaking Bad)
• Dr Who vs Doc Brown
• and many other interesting pairings

2. Rhett & Link

Personally I never heard about the guys until I watched their Epic Rap Battle: Nerd vs Geek.

You can watch the video here:

(The actual rap battle starts at 0:30)



3. Fanmade ERB creations

With Epic Rap Battles of History being so popular, many youtubers tried to make their own ERBoH videos. Here is one of my other favorites.

But first things first. There are rape jokes coming, so if you watch the video, be prepared for them.

So here it is: Guy Fawkes vs The Joker




And that's only the tip of the iceberg. Do any of you have favorites? Feel free to post them here.

It's also a good place to discuss our answers for the typical "Who won? Who's next?" question.

[Naesala]

I really love the original. I don't agree with the Geek vs. Nerd's definitions of such, but otherwise I liked it. Haven't watched any spinoffs.

Spoiler for WHO WON?:

Lennon
Hitler
Lincoln
Palin
Hogan and Macho man
Beef Oven
Einstein (Close)
Genghis (Weak battle)
Bonaparte
Billy Mays beats Franklin, but Franklin beats Shamwow
Gandalf
Shakespear
Mr. Rogers (Close)
Columbus
Lloyd (Nothing to do with the rap, I like Lloyd more, Weak battle)
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Vader
Master Chief
Wright Brothers
Jackson (Close)
Cleopatra/Monroe (Didn't like either, Weak Battle)
Bill Gates
Freddie Mercury
Lincoln
Doc Brown
Clint Eastwood (Close)
Holms (Weak Battle)
Moses
Adam/Eve (Didn't like either, weak battle, wasn't really adam and eve)
Ghandi/King Jr. (Too Close)
Tesla (Weak music)
Babe Ruth (Don't watch sports)
Mozart
Gorbachev. (Ghorbachev, Lenin, Stalin, Putin, Rasputin)
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Vader (Weak battle)
Al Capone
Joan of Arc (Weak battle)
Bob Ross
Muhammad Ali (Don't watch sports)
The Ghosts (Morgan, Trump, Christmas Yet to Come, Scrooge, Kanye)
Grimes (I dont watch either show)
Superman
Stephen Hawking
Sir Isaac Newton (Loved this one!)
Wallace
The Artists (Very disappointing)
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Ghostbusters (A great start to season 4)
Bonnie+Clyde
LEGO Thor
Hannible Lector
Ellen
Hitchcock or Kubrick
Bill and Ted (Close)
Houdini
Terminator (Close and very good!)
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I don't generally like the female rap offs, oddly enough. They just havent been as good.

Spoiler for WHO'S NEXT:

The Thing vs. The Thing (Fantastic 4 vs. John Carpenter's)
McReady vs. Leon Kennedy (The Thing/Resident Evil)
Gabriel Garcia Marquez vs. Robert Frost
Sigmund Freud vs. Oedipus Rex

Updated with each battle

[eljoemo]

Heh, I used to enjoy the first series of ERBOH and could probably still recite most of them after a couple of years (which is kinda sad). Personal fav is Bill Gates vs Steve Jobs also, for the record.

[dark ripper]

Yusssssss! My favourite guy in there was Shakespeare, that huy knows how to rap. ERB rocks, erhmmm raps!

[Submachine]

Yusssssss! My favourite guy in there was Shakespeare, that guy knows how to rap. ERB rocks, erhmmm raps!

Oh yes! Shakespeare's second rap was awesome. Just because you liked his rap, I tell you that the artist who rapped as Shakespeare, the 4th Doctor in the Doctor Who rap (and who will possibly also do Edgar Allen Poe in the future) is called Watsky, and he has a Youtube channel where he uploads his own raps. In case you are interested.

[dark ripper]

Yusssssss! My favourite guy in there was Shakespeare, that guy knows how to rap. ERB rocks, erhmmm raps!

Oh yes! Shakespeare's second rap was awesome. Just because you liked his rap, I tell you that the artist who rapped as Shakespeare, the 4th Doctor in the Doctor Who rap (and who will possibly also do Edgar Allen Poe in the future) is called Watsky, and he has a Youtube channel where he uploads his own raps. In case you are interested.

oh thanks for the tip sub, im gonna check it out:D

[Submachine]

The next one is already out! feeling excited about the beat

Spoiler for Hidden:

Yeah, I wasn't disappointed in the end, though in the beginning I had a fear that they might do a childish version of Superman and Goku.

Nae, rippy, what do you think?

Beef Oven

It took me a while to figure this one out... I see what you did there.

Heh, I used to enjoy the first series of ERBOH and could probably still recite most of them after a couple of years (which is kinda sad). Personal fav is Bill Gates vs Steve Jobs also, for the record.

Which ones can you still remember? Just curious.

[dark ripper]

The next one is already out! feeling excited about the beat

Spoiler for Hidden:

Yeah, I wasn't disappointed in the end, though in the beginning I had a fear that they might do a childish version of Superman and Goku.

Nae, rippy, what do you think?

Beef Oven

Aaahmm, not bad, but Ive seen better. Not a big fun of Superman or Goku. 
It took me a while to figure this one out... I see what you did there.

Heh, I used to enjoy the first series of ERBOH and could probably still recite most of them after a couple of years (which is kinda sad). Personal fav is Bill Gates vs Steve Jobs also, for the record.

Which ones can you still remember? Just curious.

[Submachine]

Aaahmm, not bad, but Ive seen better. Not a big fun of Superman or Goku. 

Neither do I, as I haven't even seen any of the Superman movies (apart from some parodies and childhood series) and I somehow missed when they aired Dragonball on TV. However, what I do like is that both of them looked manly in this ERB instead of being the typical cartoon-narutorage-heroes.

[dark ripper]

Aaahmm, not bad, but Ive seen better. Not a big fun of Superman or Goku. 

Neither do I, as I haven't even seen any of the Superman movies (apart from some parodies and childhood series) and I somehow missed when they aired Dragonball on TV. However, what I do like is that both of them looked manly in this ERB instead of being the typical cartoon-narutorage-heroes.

fair enough, but id like to see more spicy and historical battles. After all its called epic rap battles of history! Charlie bronson vs jack the ripper , Odysseas vs Achilleas , Harry Potter vs Wizard of Oz. So many possibillities!

[Submachine]

Aaahmm, not bad, but Ive seen better. Not a big fun of Superman or Goku. 

Neither do I, as I haven't even seen any of the Superman movies (apart from some parodies and childhood series) and I somehow missed when they aired Dragonball on TV. However, what I do like is that both of them looked manly in this ERB instead of being the typical cartoon-narutorage-heroes.

fair enough, but id like to see more spicy and historical battles. After all its called epic rap battles of history! Charlie bronson vs jack the ripper , Odysseas vs Achilleas , Harry Potter vs Wizard of Oz. So many possibillities!

Don't worry, there will be plenty of them! As they hinted, it's possible that the next ERB will have

Spoiler for Hidden:

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either Isaac Newton or Edgar Allen Poe (Poe possibly acted by Watsky)

, that will be historical enough. However, I doubt that they will ever do Harry Potter as they already did Dumbledore.

[ddevans96]

ftr Rhett and Link played the Wright Brothers as well. One of the best ones imo (I've only seen the first two-thirds or so, and a couple since then)