Yep! Alexander - poisoning (alcohol or otherwise) Fredrick - Just died taking a nap in a chair Pompey - Beheaded (by his Egyptian allies) Ivan Terrible- Checkmate (probably heart attack, but definitely while playing chess) Catherine - unknown, but the Russian politicians who hated her spread rumors that she liked to fu## so much that she'd go visit the horse stables If none of her Boys were in town.
@@Sportsref13 Except you would never hear about things like Cat's romps in the saddles on After School Specials rofl. ERBs are amazing!! Year after year I keep rewatching them, and now enjoying people reacting to them as well ;) Loving the videos Jamel!!
I think they all won in their own way. Ivan literally killed his opponents. Alexander had great flow. Frederick had great bars Pompeii Katherine had a great voice.
@MaxAngor 2 yrs L8er..how would you sing about the nightmare that is the USA 2024? *me*..molly hatchett's "Flirtin' With Disaster" is pretty accurate...
Bonkers. At the beginning of every one of the videos, I cannot wait to hear the beat. Then they just slay it and add crazy, intelligent bars every-time. Catherine the Great on this one.. Best of health to all✌🏼
All the deaths in this battle are very accurate (the story behind Fredrick's being my favorite): -Alexander was believed to have been poisoned (some think by his own men). -Fredrick died of severe sleep deprivation due to his intense insomnia during the 7 Years War (they tried 3 or 4 times to kill him in his sleep but since he never was able to sleep he managed to kill 2 of his would-be assassins), where on the day it finished he sat down in his chair for a nap and immediately died. -Pompey was elected to power and immediately assassinated. -And of course you have the few mentions to how Ivan died during a game of chess.
Appreciate you back,Jamel! I've been purposely avoiding watching these so I can see them here with your reactions,because they make it even better. I never knew about these until I saw them here. Thanks!
Katherine the great was glamorous and brilliant. Her father gave her bride to Peter the great’s son, but he wasn’t all there as they say, and she ran the country and was Great as Ruler.
This is my all-time favorite ERBoH, I just wish they didn't kill off Pompey that quick. Pompey the Great was a decent commander and part of the First Triumvirate, along with Crassus and Caesar. He, with the other two, laid the groundwork to turn the Roman Republic to the Roman Empire which lasted over 1,000 years.
I always enjoyed watching these the day they dropped, Similar to this one. I knew it was gonna blow up, But Holy Crap. It was a fun ride while it lasted
All right Jamel. Something special for you. Yvonne Elliman performing "If I Can't Have You" from 1978. This Hawaiian beauty with a lovely voice broke through with this hit song off the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack after touring with Eric Clapton as a backup singer, discovered after featuring in the London production of Jesus Christ Superstar. ruclips.net/video/CZVUzho-nok/видео.html. Peace out brother.
While Alexander is going I'm thinking he had it locked. Then Fredrick comes in and kills and I guessing that is it. Then Catherine comes in and shows them how it's done. I love this battle because of all the history in it. I only knew about half of it going in and discovering the rest was really cool. I especially love that Ivan beats Alexander by giving him a drink (Alexander died of alcohol poisoning or just poisoning) and kills Fredrick by giving him a chair to rest in (Fredrick died in his sleep sitting in a chair) but fails to assassinate Catherine because he believed the same dumb horse story that everyone does. Then she checkmates him (because as Alexander said, Ivan died in the middle of a game of chess.) It is such a beautiful bit of storytelling threaded throughout the battle. I'm glad you are enjoying these. ERB is some of my favorite content on the internet so I always like seeing new people discover it.
If you like ERB, you should get into some NerdCore. The raps that get written about anime/manga are more often bangers than not. Look for artists like Rustage, DaddyPhatSnaps, GameboyJones, and NoneLikeJoshua just to name a few. If you like any anime/manga series (DBZ, MHA, Black Clover, etc) you'll probably find something there you're interested in.
I love you're doing these videos but you can play them at the size you play regular reactions. Check out other reactions, they have larger videos and they don't get struck down. ERB isn't owned by a corporation.
What's funny is Ivan lost to everyone, we won't count Pompey. He conceded defeat to them all except for Catherine, whether you kill them afterwards doesn't matter, you lost.
@@undertakernumberone1 Yes, but she adopted everything about Russian culture, the language, the style of dress, converting to the Eastern Orthodox Church. She fell in love with Russia and made herself the leader they needed and deserved. Her husband, whom she usurped, was a man-child who cared more for playing general than doing his duty as a Czar and husband.
That Sapphire with Ivan said the Catherine come on my saddle is a bestiality joke. She was actually open about having sex with horses and people still found her great.
I watch these because you watch stuff you've never heard. Some of them are great, some weak af. None of that is on you. I love hangin out with you, the music doesn't matter.
The thing about this battle is that all the deaths were accurate.
One big thing about ERB, they do their research, and they add facts well into their rap battles.
Yep!
Alexander - poisoning (alcohol or otherwise)
Fredrick - Just died taking a nap in a chair
Pompey - Beheaded (by his Egyptian allies)
Ivan Terrible- Checkmate (probably heart attack, but definitely while playing chess)
Catherine - unknown, but the Russian politicians who hated her spread rumors that she liked to fu## so much that she'd go visit the horse stables If none of her Boys were in town.
@@maxnorton1209 kind of reminds me of the "After School special" skits ... get a History lesson in 5 minutes :P
@@Sportsref13 Except you would never hear about things like Cat's romps in the saddles on After School Specials rofl. ERBs are amazing!! Year after year I keep rewatching them, and now enjoying people reacting to them as well ;) Loving the videos Jamel!!
@@saber1epee0 Pompey was also behead when he was on his way to make a speech, In The battle he was beheaded before he could spit.
Catherine wins for her bars and bonus points for singing them.
And for what she's holding in her hands at the beginning of her part
Haha Before clickin We All Knew He Be Lovin’ That Fat White Girl.
@@smokeyverton7981 I was holding wooden dicks 😂
@@tonjes You could win anything if you sing like that. Absolute ROYAL behavior.
Forgot to mention how she cut off old boy's head with two wooden DD
I think they all won in their own way.
Ivan literally killed his opponents.
Alexander had great flow.
Frederick had great bars
Pompeii
Katherine had a great voice.
Pompey came in with that rock beat and slayed. “Yeeeeaaahhh!!!!!”
Pompey lasted about as long as he did in real life
Pompeii needn’t say anything to win
Frederick had both flow and bars.
Pompeii brutally got killed and wasn't Ivan, and yes, Alexander has good flow too.
I am happy that they pointed out the Catherine the great umm 'liking' horses was false. It was a rumour made by those who came after her.
The truth was she had a thing for horsemen.
Kinda like the Countess of Bathory. It was all a set up to grab her power and property.
@@TheMSCajun
Well, she had a tendency to promote whoever was her boyfriend at the time to General of the Cavalry. Same difference, though.
Like many hystoticsl things against the royals
@@heartdragon2386 so she didn't bathe on virign blood?
That's one of the best ERBs of History I've ever heard.
The Frederick the Great part is my favorite in this one.
Catherine won, but Frederick was my favorite too.
I liked the beat in that one.
Secret gay bars aplenty
Me as well
@@captin3149 she dissed herself when she said prussians are not worthy.. she was herself from prussia :/
You wanna hear a good beat, bars, & countless references that most people miss? Check out Thanos vs Oppenheimer!!!!
This man is telling the truth. You'll need iodine tablets for the radioactive burns.
I’ve gotten a majority of the references in that one, but I recommend it as well, easily one of my top ERBs that I go back to quite often
Thanos lost because of the fornite reference in my book
@@jorgeperez3227 that’s what they said in the ERB comments too lol
This is the rap version of Civilization. Get your history on, Jamel.
nah, this is ruclips.net/video/addABbm5VPo/видео.html
@@jaybirdjargon Well obviously, yeah but he hasn't gotten to that one yet (hint hint, Jamel.)
I don't even have to click to tell it's Dan Bull, I support this motion!
Nice! I said that to my husband back when this came out. He had to listen to it after that.
@MaxAngor 2 yrs L8er..how would you sing about the nightmare that is the USA 2024? *me*..molly hatchett's "Flirtin' With Disaster" is pretty accurate...
I love how much actual HISTORY ERB puts into their Rap Battles.
And these multiple opponent battles are a LOT of fun!
Fredrick The Great night have the best verse in ERB history, dude went off
Absolute #1 cypher, flow and bars.
Bonkers. At the beginning of every one of the videos, I cannot wait to hear the beat. Then they just slay it and add crazy, intelligent bars every-time. Catherine the Great on this one.. Best of health to all✌🏼
So many historical layers to this one. I kinda know all the players and I learned a ton from various reactions to this over the years.
Steve Spielberg vs Alfred Hitchcock please! It's a Director Royal and everyone's bars are on point. My favorite of all the ERBH.
That's one of the best
Right?! Dude! We need more ERB reacts!!!
Glad you're doing these, good change of pace and ERB is Awesome
All the deaths in this battle are very accurate (the story behind Fredrick's being my favorite):
-Alexander was believed to have been poisoned (some think by his own men).
-Fredrick died of severe sleep deprivation due to his intense insomnia during the 7 Years War (they tried 3 or 4 times to kill him in his sleep but since he never was able to sleep he managed to kill 2 of his would-be assassins), where on the day it finished he sat down in his chair for a nap and immediately died.
-Pompey was elected to power and immediately assassinated.
-And of course you have the few mentions to how Ivan died during a game of chess.
Appreciate you back,Jamel! I've been purposely avoiding watching these so I can see them here with your reactions,because they make it even better. I never knew about these until I saw them here. Thanks!
I can't wait till you get to edger Allen Poe vs Steven King.
Katherine the great was glamorous and brilliant. Her father gave her bride to Peter the great’s son, but he wasn’t all there as they say, and she ran the country and was Great as Ruler.
Princess Rap Battles by Whitney Avalon if you want to mix it up a bit... some get vicious.
Agreed
Second that
Great history reminder. A people that fail to learn their history will repeat it's mistakes.
This is my all-time favorite ERBoH, I just wish they didn't kill off Pompey that quick. Pompey the Great was a decent commander and part of the First Triumvirate, along with Crassus and Caesar. He, with the other two, laid the groundwork to turn the Roman Republic to the Roman Empire which lasted over 1,000 years.
I love Epic Rap Battles of History. LOL, glad to see you doing these. They're fun.
you turned me one to Epic Rap Battles From History, I loved them, keep em' coming
I always enjoyed watching these the day they dropped, Similar to this one.
I knew it was gonna blow up, But Holy Crap.
It was a fun ride while it lasted
I remember watching the mini-wave like 8 months ago maybe? There's been like splahes of 10-15 people stumbling, and then now the blackhole of ERB.
I love the part when the flute starts playing. 😍 But she won. For sure.
That was just crazy with how many they brought in.
I personally love these !!! Love all your videos brother !! Keep doing what you do !!!
4:55 that reaction made me laugh harder than it should 😂
Love these reactions! You've seen ones I ain't even seen myself.
Jamel. Please. PLEASE. Spielberg vs Hitchcock. You are not ready XD
Thank you for sharing your reaction and your time. My day was brighter thanks to your light, you matter in this world.
Love these so much! thanks for bringing them
This battle literally had the GOATs.
whenever i here cat sing this part just gives me goosebumps every time xD
This is one of my favorite ones! When I saw this the first time, the Pompey part got me 🤣
"So far so Great, no pun intended" 😂👏👏👏
Dance Gavin Dance - Turn off the Lights, I’m Watching Back to the Future pt2
(Acceptance Speech 2.0 version)
Chick's r u l e. Catherine nailed it.
Cat must have been smothered in grease, the way she was sliding on that beat.
"I'm a bosssssss biiiiitch...." I love the way she sings that line.
Please keep doing these!!!
Keep ‘em coming! 😁
The "Oh Fritz" chorus kills me.
All right Jamel. Something special for you. Yvonne Elliman performing "If I Can't Have You" from 1978. This Hawaiian beauty with a lovely voice broke through with this hit song off the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack after touring with Eric Clapton as a backup singer, discovered after featuring in the London production of Jesus Christ Superstar. ruclips.net/video/CZVUzho-nok/видео.html. Peace out brother.
Thanos and Oppenheimer. It would please us LOL and you will love it as well
My absolute favorite ERB of all time.
Hey Jamel have you heard Taco Putting on the Ritz
Definitely Catherine.....lol.... the Russians were some crazy people!!!!
While Alexander is going I'm thinking he had it locked. Then Fredrick comes in and kills and I guessing that is it. Then Catherine comes in and shows them how it's done.
I love this battle because of all the history in it. I only knew about half of it going in and discovering the rest was really cool. I especially love that Ivan beats Alexander by giving him a drink (Alexander died of alcohol poisoning or just poisoning) and kills Fredrick by giving him a chair to rest in (Fredrick died in his sleep sitting in a chair) but fails to assassinate Catherine because he believed the same dumb horse story that everyone does. Then she checkmates him (because as Alexander said, Ivan died in the middle of a game of chess.) It is such a beautiful bit of storytelling threaded throughout the battle.
I'm glad you are enjoying these. ERB is some of my favorite content on the internet so I always like seeing new people discover it.
If you're learnin your history through erb, I feel some pain with that reality! 😂
I'll tell ya, my wife (born in Irkutsk, Russia and raised there until she was 13) LOVES this rap battle.
Gotta review Zach Scherwin's channel. Drop Bars is a verbal symphony.
Please do Grateful Dead - Help on the Way/Slipknot!/Franklin's Tower from Aug 13 1975 or May 9 1977!!!! (It doesn't have Copyright haha)
Nice reaction ! Can you do Zeus vs Thor next ?
I´m living of the City where Friedrich the Great lives too. I really like this battle. But i think they missed Ramses the Great. :(
If you like ERB, you should get into some NerdCore. The raps that get written about anime/manga are more often bangers than not. Look for artists like Rustage, DaddyPhatSnaps, GameboyJones, and NoneLikeJoshua just to name a few. If you like any anime/manga series (DBZ, MHA, Black Clover, etc) you'll probably find something there you're interested in.
Good morning! I'm watching! I really like Lloyd's Frederick, but Cathy the G gets it.
Joe Bonamassa Official - "Mountain Time" - Live From The Royal Albert Hall
Keep them coming!
how many years ago was it when world history stopped from being taught?
Love this mans energy!
Please react to break on through to the other side by The Doors
ERB is awesome! Also if you're a horror fan and like parodies, check out The Merkins
The Alexander the Great flow is my favorite work from Zach Sherwin in these series
Everybody gangsta till the Prussian breaks out the flute!
You should react to Bad lip reading
Everyone, but poor, beheaded Pompey
Alexander here with my favorite ERB verse
Where in the heck did you find this?
I really enjoyed Frederick The Great on this one, bit I agree, Catherine stole the show.
6:55 We all won, lets not lie. Lol. My Personal Fav? Robocop vs terminator
I love you're doing these videos but you can play them at the size you play regular reactions. Check out other reactions, they have larger videos and they don't get struck down. ERB isn't owned by a corporation.
Please please please, ERB Disney: #1 Cinderella vs Belle, #2 Dorthy vs Alice, #3 Snow White vs Elsa….you won’t be disappointed….peace out ✌️
Vlad vs Dracula is fire af!!! yall watch it
Love it!
What's funny is Ivan lost to everyone, we won't count Pompey. He conceded defeat to them all except for Catherine, whether you kill them afterwards doesn't matter, you lost.
Imagine dressing up in that outfit only to say 4 words....poor Pompey.
If you like these, check out princess rap battles. Its kinda the same but different
"'Cause beating you only took me 12 bars" is such a massively egotistical boast, I love it
Peter Griffin v Homer Simpson
Rap Battle
That's all.
This is how reactions should be done! Don't say 90% of the whole video, but RESPOND! I'm just getting high
The line "It takes a Russian to beat a Russian" is a reference to that Russia keeps falling from within.
of course Katharine was actually PRUSSIAN.
@@undertakernumberone1 Yes, but she adopted everything about Russian culture, the language, the style of dress, converting to the Eastern Orthodox Church. She fell in love with Russia and made herself the leader they needed and deserved. Her husband, whom she usurped, was a man-child who cared more for playing general than doing his duty as a Czar and husband.
U sould react to jack the reaper vs hannibal
You need to do a triple shot of the president battles: Obama vs Romney, Clinton vs Trump and Trump vs Biden
Ray Charles , Elton John , Mama Cass Andy Williams. Heaven Help Us All. ☮️💜
That Sapphire with Ivan said the Catherine come on my saddle is a bestiality joke. She was actually open about having sex with horses and people still found her great.
nice job
....Oh yeah, show them this one too, maybe after the other Russia one.
Did Elmer Fudd write the title?😄😄
i title this as " the battle of the greats"
Check out George Washington Vs. Wlliam Wallace.
Julius Caesar Vs. Shaka Zulu.
I watch these because you watch stuff you've never heard. Some of them are great, some weak af. None of that is on you. I love hangin out with you, the music doesn't matter.
Cat first, but they're all fire.
I wish Pompey would have more lines only because I loved his beat
Pompey in real life died right before he was supposed to give his speech, so he couldn't of been in the battle any longer than what he actually was.
@@SomethingScotty I know; I just feel like a great beat was wasted lol
Chuck Norris vs Abe Lincoln
Nope I'm for these..... I love my history and rap so this is heaven for me
i’ll tell you who won all of us who watch your videos
This is what ya get for trying to diss a Greek (Macedon), Johnny boy! 😜
A shame they didnt mention Karel (Charlemain) the great , the father of Europe .
you need to do Miley Cyrus vs. Joan of Ark