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[Elizander]

This is about the Youtube series Epic Rap Battles of History which has around 16 episodes right now. I just chanced upon them while browsing and didn't know of its existence until a couple of days ago. There are other variations but the quality of those don't quite match up to the original.

Which ones are your favorite and who did you think deserved to win that particular match? Maybe discuss what would be cool matchups in the future as well.

I personally liked the Mr. T vs Mr. Rogers ( I think Mr. Rogers won that one ) and Albert Einstein vs Stephen Hawking ( that's a tie for me ). I really liked the flow from the Albert E vs Stephen video.

I also think that the second Vader vs Hitler video was better than the first one.

Here's a list of matches for those unfamiliar and they are all available on Youtube (not recommended for minors due to the cursewords used):

• John Lennon vs. Bill O'Reilly
  
• Darth Vader vs. Adolf Hitler
  
• Abraham Lincoln vs. Chuck Norris
  
• Sarah Palin vs. Lady Gaga
  
• Kim Jong-il vs. Hulk Hogan and "Macho Man" Randy Savage
  
• Justin Bieber vs. Ludwig Van Beethoven
  
• Albert Einstein vs. Stephen Hawking
  
• Genghis Khan vs Easter Bunny
  
• Napoleon Dynamite vs. Napoleon Bonaparte
  
• Benjamin Franklin vs. Billy Mays and Vince Offer
  
• Gandalf vs. Dumbledore
  
• Dr. Seuss (the Cat in the Hat and Things 1 and 2) vs William Shakespeare
  
• Mr. T vs. Mr. Rogers
  
• Christopher Columbus vs. Captain Kirk
  
• Nice Peter vs. Epic Lloyd
  
• Darth Vader vs. Adolf Hitler Part II

I'd love to see more historic figures like Helen of Troy vs Joan of Arc or something.

[Stahlseele]

Those are not in chronological order.

[Garth Erlam]

William Shakespeare by far.

[Skwisgaar Skwigelf]

Vader vs Hitler and Napolean vs Napolean are the best

[Grabclaw]

Vader beats Hitler.

[Elizander]

Grabclaw, on 13 January 2012 - 04:26 PM, said:

Vader beats Hitler.

In both the first and the second? I thought Hitler won the second except for the part where he fell down the pit.

What did you guys think of the Gandalf vs Dumbledore? I felt it was kinda weak compared to the others.

[Helmer]

Fun fact : Back in 2000 I was a video editor in LA along with a few friends from Ohio . Dan Zappin was one of them and a founding member of Maker Studios . They produce Epic Rap Battles along with numerous other YouTube channels.
Wish I had never left.

Ghengis Khan vs The Easter Bunny , hands down.

[CoffiNail]

Where is Alexander Kerensky vs Stefan Amaris Epic Rap Battle of History? Or the Maxmilion Liao and Hanse Davion

[Furret]

In my opinion Darth Vader vs. Adolf Hitler was the best. It was good enough to warrant a rematch requested by the viewers.... or maybe there was some Jedi mind tricks involved with it... hmm....

[God of War]

Hitler/Vader is simply the best! Licoln/Norris rocks, too.

[JackT uP]

I found the Dumbledor vs Gandalf to be pretty weak compared to the rest. Ive been watching NP (Nice Peter) for 2+ years now when he first appeared on a ShayCarl video. Though best one hes done so far imho, was Albert Einstein vs. Stephen Hawking.

"Theres over ten million-million-million-million-million particles in the universe that we can observe, your momma took the ugly ones and put them into one nerd!" Makes me laugh every time.

Edited by JackT_uP, 14 January 2012 - 11:08 AM.

[FireNova]

[Zendric]

FireNova, on 14 January 2012 - 06:19 PM, said:

How could I have possibly guessed that when I saw you had posted in this thread.

I particularly like the Genghis v Bunny one.

[XSive Death]

Hitlers "Step in to my shower" line pretty much destroyed Vader.

Best line out of them all..."Albert E = MC2"...probably one of the best rap lines ever, in the history of all rap.

[Elizander]

I felt that...

XSive Death, on 15 January 2012 - 08:14 AM, said:

Best line out of them all..."Albert E = MC2"...probably one of the best rap lines ever, in the history of all rap.

tied with...

JackT_uP, on 14 January 2012 - 11:08 AM, said:

"Theres over ten million-million-million-million-million particles in the universe that we can observe, your momma took the ugly ones and put them into one nerd!"

This match was just awesome overall and I love how much they looked into each person's background and history to make it even more relevant.

On the side note, I watched one vid where they did a live concert though since it was recorded by phone it didn't turn out too well, but they did bring out the costumes on stage!

[Will Hung]

...you're really into this stuff, huh? Cool.

Love the sig, by the way. XD

Edited by Long Wang, 26 January 2012 - 12:44 AM.

[Blackfire1]

Garth Erlam, on 13 January 2012 - 03:53 PM, said:

William Shakespeare by far.

I concur.

[Elizander]

Hey they just came out with a new one but I'm still not sure if I like it or not. It's Master Chief vs Leonidas.



Oh here's the making of

Edited by Elizander, 04 February 2012 - 05:20 AM.

[Thorolf Kylesson]

Grabclaw, on 13 January 2012 - 04:26 PM, said:

Vader beats Hitler.

In part 2 I think Hitler had the better lines.

[Thorolf Kylesson]

I think Justin Bieber vs Beethoven was the funniest, It had one of the best lines "You wanna trade blows? You can't even hit puberty!"