Land 'em in your face like (That'll do nicely)”īoth franchises are among my favorites ( Harry Potter for books Star Wars for movies), but I have to give the edge to my man Luke here (and not just because he is one of the inspirations for Arjen from my book series, The Roots of Stone). Leave you on the floor like an arm at Mos Eisley I especially love when the last Jedi drops the following: I tend to think Harry’s bars hit a bit harder, with Luke’s flow being just a bit smoother. Lyrically, this is a rich, detailed battle between two iconic pop culture characters. Seriously, this is the best-looking of all the ERB videos on YouTube, due to the flexibility of LEGO animation vs. Luke for its length, quality of bars, and spectacular cinematography. I agonized over which of the two spectacular LEGO® rap battles to include here, and I ultimately chose Harry vs. At least when I Slytherin a sister, she isn't mine!” Best Line (Luke Skywalker): “Your origin story is mostly stolen from me! You might be Potter, but Harry, I planted your seed!” Who won: We’ll give you a clue – he already had a song about being a champion.Įpic Rap Battles of History, Stereo, Friday September 25.Best Line (Harry Potter): “You swamp school dropout! You're too whiny to rhyme. There’s a sneaky in-joke cameo for fans of internet lore as well – there's a non-speaking, blink-and-you'll-miss-it appearance from Tay ‘ Chocolate Rain’ Zonday as Sammy Davis Jr.īest line: ‘What’s wrong with your face, baby? Yikes! / When you're through, with those teeth, there’ll be no dust left to bite.' Sinatra’s checkered history with politically incorrect slurs and mafia affiliation make him an ideal heel in this face off against the Queen vocalist, voiced with theatrical gusto by ERB creator Nice Peter. Who won: Gandhi, probably because of his killer sign-off – ‘I am passively resisting how much you suck / I’m celibate because I don’t give a fuck.’ However, we’re bigger fans of their season two debut, in which their legendary pacifists hugged it out while making lyrical war.īest line: ‘Like the H in your name, you ought to remain silent / I flatten your style like bread – naan violence.’ Superlative American sketch duo Key & Peele have guested twice on ERB, popping up in season three to give a reasonably entertaining spin on Muhammed Ali vs Michael Jordan. Santa’s got his elfin crew to help out, but he’s no match for an actual real life rapper.īest line: ‘With so much drama in the Israe-L BC / it’s kinda hard talking to the G O single D’. We’re happy to admit we’ve got a soft spot for the special guest appearances on ERB – and they don’t get much more special that Snoop Dogg lending his flow to Moses in this battle for the true meaning of Christmas. It was close though, and we’re crediting Tyson with the assist. Who won: Incredibly (and perhaps due to ERB’s predominantly American audience), it was Nye. Some would question what business American children’s entertainer Bill Nye has in squaring off against the father of physics, but that’s by the by – this vid gives special guest (and master of the comedy song format) Weird Al Yankovic the opportunity to spit brutal flow in a powdered wig, while hip hop legend Chali 2na (Jurassic Five) makes a cameo appearance as another US pop science figurehead, Neil deGrasse Tyson.īest line: Tyson’s boastful ‘Astrophysics black guy / Hayden Planetary fly’. Sir Isaac Newton vs Bill Nye the Science Guy Washington scores a beauty with ‘I got my face on the quarter / you were drawn and quartered’, but Wallace gets triple-bonus points for issuing a macho Gaelic slam with the US Marines-aping ‘Alba gu brath / hoo-rah!’īest line: ‘Don’t tee off with me laddie / If you held my balls, you couldn’t be my caddy’. They're currently on a live tour which stops at Stereo on Friday September 25 ( and pops up in Edinburgh the night after) - if you're unfamiliar, here's a quick run-through of their best bits.įilled with hoary clichés (golf, haggis, no knickers under kilt) and delivered with a questionable Scottish accent, the Wallace v Washington ERB is nonetheless a winner, especially with its relevance to these shores. Hitting that same comedy/education sweet spot as 'Drunk History', YouTube series 'Epic Rap Battles of History' is a mega-successful YouTube channel that pits some of history's biggest rivals against each other (along with the odd fictional character).
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