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Monday, October 28, 2013

HEY! You should check this out..: Epic Rap Battles of History Part Two

HEY! You should check this out..: Epic Rap Battles of History Part Two: In part one I posted some of my favorite ERB's and while this blog is not yet taken off, I am not giving up hope. The concept is a sol...

Epic Rap Battles of History Part Two

In part one I posted some of my favorite ERB's and while this blog is not yet taken off, I am not giving up hope.

The concept is a solid one for Epic Rap Battles of History, they take usually two famous or semi famous people from history, they can be real people, such as Lady Gaga, John Lennon, Freddy Mercury or famous from movies or books, such as Darth Vader, Batman, Sherlock Holmes, and etc.

The two people will battle rap style, some of the pairings make more sense then others, but they take YOUR requests for future rap battles. Last time I put some of my favorite rap battles but in case your tastes or the opposite of mine I will put some of my least favorite up now so you can get a taste of all types.

So now some of my least favorites from the first two seasons, as Season 3 just started and only has two battles.

Season One:
 Easter Bunny vs Genghis Khan
This was just a weird, weird pairing. While the Khan parts were not bad and the Easter bunny had a clever line or two it is in my opinion one of the weakest of the whole series.

Christopher Columbus vs Captain Kirk
 While this was fun and had some clever lines from both sides, it never quite hit the level with me as some of the others do.  Its really on the fence for me, I don't hate it but its not in my faves either.


 Napoleon vs Napoleon
Title really says it all...Just paired up due to same names.

SEASON TWO: This season is harder to find ones I don't like as they had really started getting into the swing of it, so while I don't find any of season two bad I will put the ones I feel are the weakest and why.

Mario Brothers vs Wright Brothers

 While I REALLY wanted to like this one as it also stars youtubers Rhett and Link who I also like. But this was just another too weird a pair up for me to really get behind. Its fun but not all that clever considering the talent involved.

Cleopatra vs Marilyn Monroe

Again, not awful and the pairing makes a sort of sense but its just not my favorite overall. But its not all bad.

Batman vs Sherlock Holmes

 Okay, calm down, let me explain. While BOTH sides have good or great lines I have a few issues with this one, The writers know more about Batman then Sherlock giving them more to work with on that side, they have knowledge of Sherlock but its limited, or maybe there is just more to work with in Batman. Either way Sherlock gets the best lines and while I love both people I really felt Batman got the short end here. Thats really my main issue with it.

So that is some of the ones I felt were weaker, Season two is great overall as they knew what they were doing by that point and really had fun with it.

So give them a follow on Twitter(see previous entry) or Youtube and see what Epic Rap Battles is all about. http://www.youtube.com/user/ERB

Sunday, October 27, 2013

HEY! You should check this out..: Epic Rap Battles of History Part One

HEY! You should check this out..: Epic Rap Battles of History Part One: So I am staring a new blog today, just about random cool/fun/interesting things I see or do or that others see or tell me about. Some will b...

Epic Rap Battles of History Part One

So I am staring a new blog today, just about random cool/fun/interesting things I see or do or that others see or tell me about. Some will be stuff you can look up on the Internet, others will be things around town, maybe even other blogs or things I or others have done elsewhere.

I will try to limit as many to Austin or the Net so if you feel like checking it out you can. I will be open to ideas on this one and please share cool or fun ideas you wouldn't mind sharing with others.

Today though I am opening with a favorite of mine and Shana's and a few other people I know, its a You Tube show called EPIC RAP BATTLES OF HISTORY. 

@Nicepeter and @TheEpic LLOYD from twitter do this show. Its on its 3rd Season and has paired up some really funny people, some WTF pairings and some that didn't seem like they would work but did.  This blog is going to be in two parts, this first part is going to be my personnel favorite ERB's Try to do one from each season at least. No more then 6 just to give you a taste. 

Part two will be about my least favorite ones, maybe the ones I dislike will be the ones you enjoy, whatever gets you watching.  Now for some History.

The battles seem to have stared with an idea by Epic Lloyd but Peter does the sound and most of the chorus with each person usually playing one of the people. They take both real and fictional people from history, even calling on help when needed, They have had Keel and Peele on the show as well as Snoop Dogg(Lion) doing people, they call in fellow Youtubers to do woman and MJ.

So just to show you a taste, here are a few of my favorites in no order whatever...

From Season One: Chuck Norris vs Abe Lincoln


This one has Chuck Fucking Norris taking on the man who freed the slaves and may have fought vampires...

Season One: Gandolf vs Dumbledore
Two powerful wizards of different schools battle it out to see who magic raps are more powerful.

Season Two: Steve Jobs vs Bill Gates
This one makes total sense and has a perfect ending.

Season Two: Adam vs Eve(Man vs Woman)
 
This was coming and you knew it, Men vs Women. Took almost to the end of Season two but it happened.

Season 3: It only has two videos so far so Al Capone vs Blackbeard
This was done as a sort of crossover with Assassin Creed 4. They wanted a pirate.

Now they take requests on who to do next, you just leave it in the comments below the video. There is a free app for your phone and you can download the songs themselves off of Itunes now.

To see more go here: http://www.youtube.com/user/ERB

Bonus they have a trilogy which I will be posting below.  Its a three part Hitler vs Darth Vader that has gone on all three seasons.

Part One and Two:
Two men of evil going at it, this is the first and second time they met, next up part three.