Phoenician_Viking
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Good one, and a good beat to boot.
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Epic Rap Battles of History (Season Five)
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mysocksarepink
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And just like that... you've won in this thread.
POW POW POW POW fuck jay z
The beat.. nas.. such a hard song
They're releasing 6 new raps from Oct 1st to Dec 10.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4BJzBwYUMA&feature=g-u-u
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4BJzBwYUMA&feature=g-u-u
GarthVaderUK
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Frank Sinatra vs Freddie Mercury: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5a_v0MP_Fk
crisdecuba
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Can't believe no one's commented. I really enjoyed this one, especially Freddie Mercury's end of things.
MrPing1000
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Freddie Mercury was brilliant, lol at sticking Tay Zonday in for a split second.
GarthVaderUK
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Barack Obama vs Mitt Romney: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dX_1B0w7Hzc
Now THAT was amazing.
Was crappy until the end.
Admiral Bone to Pick
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Admiral Bone to Pick
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They should really stop taking their suggestions from Youtube comments sections.
That's kind of a staple of the series. Literally none of the battles were ideas that the two made themselves.
Admiral Bone to Pick
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I assume the first one wasn't (Lennon vs. O'Reilly). Still, not every character should have a rap battle. Obama vs. Romney was a great idea because of the coming election, but Doc Brown isn't really a good character for this.
It's probably just the implementation. If they could make Stephen Hawking have an awesome rap battle, they can do anything.
I think that part is fine...
Perhaps they just make them too fast? Or just some lend themselves to more creativity.
I liked the Dr. Who dying and a new version popping up, and Marty jumping in. But the actual battle was tame.
Shortt Sirket
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Not their best one, but Watsky as the 2nd Doctor made it up to me.
Is it actually not possible to regenerate to a previous form? Have they explicitly said that?
FeedMeAStrayCat
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Yeah, definitely the best part.
This is one of the weakest overall, IMO, which is sad because I love Doctor Who. But that being said, I've only watched it once, and most of these take a few times before I really start to love them. Like the Gates/Jobs one
FeedMeAStrayCat
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I think I'm the only one who liked Kirk lol
Synth_floyd
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Almost always the rap battles with good beats end up being good. This one didn't have a good beat.
The only good part was when EpicLloyd came in as Marty.
The only good part was when EpicLloyd came in as Marty.
No I like but you know what happens when people see our liking for misunderstood things.
Actually, ERB started with a proposition video and suggestions for the first rap battle. You can see at the end of the video that someone specifically suggests Lennon vs. O'Reilly.
The biggest threat to the quality of these videos I'd say is the popularity of any particular suggestion. There are quite a few trends amongst commenters that are purely based off of similarities in pop culture characters, which probably wouldn't make for a good battle (for example, I see Dr. House vs. Dr. Cox a LOT), whereas some of the less popular, more clever ideas have made some really great battles (Mr. T vs. Mr. Rogers). At the same time, however, some popular ideas make for great battles (Gates vs. Jobs).
Overall, there's not much they could do to improve the system for choosing the contestants for the next battle. The commenters do sometimes provide good ideas, and all it needs is a spark in Lloyd's or Peter's head to come up with some really good lines.
I do agree that Doc Brown was a boring rapper, though.
Synth_floyd
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Just because the commenters are providing the ideas doesn't mean that they're straitjacketed by them. There's thousands and thousands of suggestions. They just find the good ones or the ones they would do anyway.
It's the same way that TV shows or the presidential debates take questions from the audience or from viewers. Since there are so many questions being asked they can just pick the ones that they would ask or want to ask and then can say "hey these aren't our questions. they're real questions from real people" even though for all practical purposes that isn't true.
It's the same way that TV shows or the presidential debates take questions from the audience or from viewers. Since there are so many questions being asked they can just pick the ones that they would ask or want to ask and then can say "hey these aren't our questions. they're real questions from real people" even though for all practical purposes that isn't true.
Anticitizen One
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Bill Gates Vs. Steve Jobs did
Shortt Sirket
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The best line for me goes to Berserk Shakespeare
Dr Seuss VS Shakespeare said:
But yeah, Einstein has the best lyrics, but Jobs has the best overall music
coldflame23
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I'm the only one who doesn't like these videos?
Shortt Sirket
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Watsky again killing it!
GarthVaderUK
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Bruce Lee vs Clint Eastwood: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHCyaJS4Cbs
fredrancour
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I really dislike most of these videos but that was quite enjoyable.
lunchtoast
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Clint was brutal.
RangersFan
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That last line was fucked up. Damn.
seriously, fucking WOAH
Admiral Bone to Pick
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I'm dumb. Can someone explain this line to me?
Thequietone
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Bruce Lee's son died on the set of his movie the Crow and did not live to see the sequel.
Edit: Beaten like Romney.
narcosis219
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OH MY GOD CLINT DAT ETHER
Knux-Future
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Clint will. not. lose.
JEESUS.
That last line was ether.
JEESUS.
That last line was ether.
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