While yall are at it check out my top 10 best season 7 ERB Verses th-cam.com/video/E4-8mavd-pU/w-d-xo.htmlsi=z0W9c37OvmCPUvb_ Oppenheimer is not on this list because too many people fight over his first and second verse. Other verses not put here would most likely be because of the limit of only 2 verses in a good season. A bad verse in my list is meant to be bad. And goddamn, this video was released at a bad time. If only Godzilla vs King Kong was released earlier or if I delayed this video later, I would have included their verses here.
@mrsillytacos It's still season 7. So far season 7 only has 6 (Ragnar vs Richard, Mansa Musa, the Johns, Lara vs Indy, Ford vs Marx and Godzilla vs Kong)
@@JonesCrimson What? No it's good bar cause Nietzsche thinks "sick" men are those who are either driven by death (nihilists) or driven to death (scientists, christians, etc...). The Ubermensch is driven to life, he is the one who creates morals and a cultuire that serves life and is driven by it.
It's so hilarious to me how they depict the Thing 1 and Thing 2 verse as absolutely wrecking Shakespeare, like dude is absolutely flabbergasted trying to transcribe(?) what they're saying, even though he was just rapping twice as fast as them. It's a rare instance of ERB not only picking a clear winner, but being hilariously wrong in that choice.
@@halitoyt They didn't pick a winner for Trump vs Hillary, they just had Trump play the heel which in no way means they were making him lose. In no way did they lean off the bars because they decided to play him as the bad guy, if that were the case the Austrian Painter wouldn't have won the second battle in the trilogy. Besides, irl Trump said most of the stuff he said in that verse.
Honestly, I think an exaggerated Lennon impression would have made it worse. Sometimes they go overboard with the impressions at the expense of the quality of the rap. But I agree that Lennon was kinda mid, aside from one great bar: "You can't buy me love, but I'll kick your ass for free"
Uh... I'd say those worst verses in the later seasons merely clear the low bar of being better than the ones in the earlier seasons. Now, S7, that's superior. So much so, in fact, that there were no "worst" verses selected for the season.
@@SkateBake4Life There's still been some variation in quality. I don't feel that Indy vs Lara and Godzilla vs Kong have hit quite the same highs as the rest of the season. Still, I don't think they're bad.
I love Sun Tzu's line at 9:36 for the sole fact that it's a rare 4-way pun -Obviously, name's Sun Tzu -getting sunburnt (which is another sub-pun, since "getting burned" means to look foolish) -play on the phrase "Suns out, guns out" -Guns are used in war, in reference to The Art of War
It's not in this video but it reminds me of the line from Zeus vs Thor "MC Hammer got struck twice by Greece Lightning", it's calling Thor MC Hammer to mock him (and because he has a hammer), it's a play on MC Hammer's hit song "Can't Touch This", and it's a play on lightning never strikes twice in the same spot.
I was underwhelmed with a Deadpool verse: "Oooh, what's that? A missile backpack? Well I guess you'll be alright if a fucking bird attacks Presenting the most overrated character anyone ever saw With five lines in a trilogy, and one of them was AAAAH" But then again, you do need the lows to appreciate the highs that much more
@@Rebcap05 idk what you mean? We were both children at the time it wouldn't matter if it almost made us do something or not the man's obviously not being serious. Forehead
It's not even _that_ bad if it were said by anybody other than "the world's greatest Detective" Batman, lol. It would work for a more boneheaded-type character imo. The delivery on "I had Alfred read your books... / He told me they suck!" will never hit make me laugh
@@deleetiusproductions3497 I respectfully disagree. I think the Philosopher's Battle is their Magnum opus. There's not a single moment in it that fails to kick ass.
@@Drekromancer While I don't necessarily disagree, I feel like there were just so many other great battles in S4 that at least one other deserved a mention.
Thanos started his episode with pretty hard bars. Oppenheimer responded, imo, with some of the hardest bars in ERB history. Thanos then responded with "Fortnite's dopest dancer". I don't think if there ever been a bigger discrepancy in quality on a single episode thus far.
Not a single Zach Sherwin verse is criminal imo. He goes soo hard every time he features in a video of theirs. Alexander the Great’s verse might be my favorite verse in all of ERB. And his Walt Disney verse is definitely my pick for best of season 4, tho I respect your picks, the philosophers battle was so good.
holy shit after all these years the line "your lying which means you need a new wardrobe" from bruce vs bruce finally clicked in my damn head, its a reference to narnia the lion the witch and the wardrobe
@@eleutheromania6191 the flow on "examine this under your microscope: / you've got no neck, but you still fuckin' choked!" Is still so damn satisfying, ngl
People think Robin won only cause he comes in last but Joan absolutely destroys everyone that went before her. Coming out with "I'd have attacked you two first but your hearts beat me to it" is insane
Shocked Frederick the Great's verse wasn't at least a runner up. Dude arrived with the best surprise appearance in the series since Lincoln in 2012 Elections, dropped a sick beat and 12 amazing verses, then died on his own terms before Ivan could do anything.
I like how the worst list gets less and less bad through the seasons, and I agree season 7 has just been nothing but banger after banger, even peoole I think lost the battles still spit at a high level.
While I agree that season 7 has been exclusively good verses, it would be pretty easy for me to pick out a worst, Rambo. Not bad, definitely, everything else was just better
That battle is so disappointing to me, because it has some of the absolute best verses, acting, and production quality with Oppy but the exact opposite in the Thanos half. I remember when it came out it just seemed like a stupid idea to begin with.
Imma be real, best season two verse was Michael Jackson's first verse. The kid was vicious and his flow was incredible. "Call me Ed Sullivan, shoot you from the waste up", "even in death, i go platnum on blu-ray" destroy anything Elvis had
I'm not sure, MJ's second verse does kill it for being the single solitary time I've ever heard a reference to his vitiligo that wasn't somehow awful or bigoted, even in comedy: "Didn't lose any chocolate, I just added vanilla."
@@rocketgeek96 honestly, can't judge you on that. The Neverland ranch bar annihilated anything Elvis said. Also mad respect to them for that, MJ's vitiligo should've been way less scrutinized
@@shinobix4925 the flow just doesn't work for me, I respect what they were going for by making it sound like an Elvis song but it really isn't pleasing to the ear.
@@ihaveyourhomeaddressyouloser It ain’t an excuse, it’s a valid reason. Only one best season 2 verse, and as a bonus a runner up season 2 verse. Doing third honors is too long.
@@mostar1219the heartbeat moniter is a reference to Copperfield's trick of walking through the Great Wall. He used a heartrate moniter through the trick for suspense which flatlines right before he gets to the end of the Wall.
He might actually have the best momentum of anyone they've ever pulled. His entire performance as Mansa Musa is a single, uninterrupted slam dunk that just keeps picking up steam.
@@Drekromancer it helps that he was a huge fan to start with. And the fact he has some knowledge of history along with a ton of nerd lore in his head, helped too.
I'm a bit surprised neither the Easter Bunny nor Dumbledor made it to Runner Down. But yeah, Season 1 was a very mixed bag. Seeing the overall improvement is great.
@@nathaniellee5277 I don't know, both were pretty awful, I couldn't really decide between them, but the most cringeworthy line that stuck with me was the "get a taste of Dumbledor's army", which is why I propsed Dumbledor. Gandalf was more... forgettable, which in this context isn't a bad thing.
@@dergrimmigezwerg333 Gandalf's flow was so bad, meanwhile Dumbledore's flow was decent. Plus I feel like Dumbledore had better bangers. Scru Face Jean did a pretty good analysis of it
3:29 well, its debatable I guess, since this battle is criminally underrated IN TERMS OF VISUALS the fact that lloyd was hanged upside down on a crane, and also being able to get himself out of a straight jacket is a detail that shouldn't be missed on the battle in terms of bars and such, yeah, houdini flopped hard, but we can't let the visuals go unnoticed
I actually died at Steve Irwins verse lmao, "You're such a boring guy, you could make a whole show about the Ocean dry" is such an Australian bar. Also, the Marx vs Ford rap battle was probably my favourite ever.
The line before that "I accelerated the minds of mankind to a higher plane of understanding and I can calculate the weight and the size and the shape of the shadow of the mind that you're standing in" is just utterly savage
@@mosgamingchannel1754 It's a reference to V for Vendetta, a book written by Alan Moore. Not a 100% sure, but it might also be a double insulting the cone shape of the hat.
the only one I really disagree with, is the best season 5 verse. Theodore Roosevelt Verse 2 is still my all time favourite, and although Trump sounds like a Disney villain, which I love, I still think the former of the 2 is beter
I always felt like with Dracula vs Vlad, they knew Dracula would basically lose and so they just said “Let’s have Dracula just have fun and be a little flamboyant”
Everyone is rightly upping Philosophers as the greatest battle ever, and it's definitely like top 3, but I wanna draw special attention to Roosevelt v Churchill. That battle is S-tier, and I won't hear any arguments, its spot on Runner Up was well deserved and that whole battle could've been the runner up.
"For a communist pariah you come off as awfully cocky but i'll make you bend the knee in round 2 like nagasaki" Come on bro am i the only one who like that line? That was dope.
I like how when I popped back to this series for the first time in years recently, I instinctively went "no" to a few of them and didn't watch them. Your "worst" category is basically a highlight reel of videos I didn't rewatch. Marx's third verse is a strong contender for the most brutal segment in the show's history, though I would say Philosophers is still the best overall and I actually don't think anything else has come close to it. Almost everything that comes from that battle is gold. Also, there was one in season 7. Something about the way Indy rapped was so noxious to me I couldn't get through his first verse.
The worst verses are always in episode where it feels like they were trying to capitalize of a trendy subject rather than bringing an idea they’re passionate about
One issue with this video: Sure, it may be true that there are no bad verses in s7, but 'worst' doesn't mean 'bad', just 'least good'. Something can be good and still be the worst of its set, if its set is all 'good' or better.
Id have to disagree with the best verse for s6 and 7 those weren’t close to being the beat Oppenheimer verse 2 clears for s6 and I’d take Irwin too if you didn’t want to double up And anything from mansa musa was better than Marx, and you also had the three John’s with Mcclane OR wick’s first verse
It sucks cause it had one of my favorite lyrics: "Did you shapeshift those punchlines? Cause they mist. Your style's like your reflection: it doesn't exist!"
I saw someone describe Caitlyn Jenner’s second verse as the equivalent of someone telling an unfunny joke and then explaining it like people didn’t get it
The "best" ones are mostly well chosen, so I respect those, and most of the "worst" ones are also reasonable, but I do have a few questions: Why you disrespecting Houdini, my fellow Hungarian boi like that? What do you have against the entirety of Adam vs Eve? For S1 runner down, why John? For S6 runner down, why Dracula?
The Thing 1 and 2 verse used to annoy me so much, still kinda does, but I'm surprised the worst for season 1 wasn't one from john lennon vs o'reilly. definitely is close though, and satisfied to see it in runner down
@@joshret godzilla fucking *eviscerated* kong with jussie smollet, nintendo, the kaiju haiku was pure lyrical genius, and what did kong do? pulled a HP and started talking franchises, not saying harry potter vs luke was an instant luke win, i think harry won that, but harry was more focused on dissing the franchise like kong
@@Mortumo His closing his second verse, that was some clever wordplay, especially when you remember the Oxygen Destroyer was the only thing thet could kill Godzilla in the original.
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Oppenheimer is not on this list because too many people fight over his first and second verse. Other verses not put here would most likely be because of the limit of only 2 verses in a good season. A bad verse in my list is meant to be bad.
And goddamn, this video was released at a bad time. If only Godzilla vs King Kong was released earlier or if I delayed this video later, I would have included their verses here.
tbf im pretty sure Henry Ford vs Karl Marx is the beginning of season 8
@mrsillytacos It's still season 7. So far season 7 only has 6 (Ragnar vs Richard, Mansa Musa, the Johns, Lara vs Indy, Ford vs Marx and Godzilla vs Kong)
Oxygen destroyer isnt better than kaiju haiku
“You’re pathetic with Humans, enduring their abuse. Getting chained up and roofied on some goofy berry juice”
- Godzilla 2024
But which one(s) would you have put?
It's genuinely crazy how Vader got obliterated that badly in the second bout and then STILL somehow came back from it so hard he won the final battle.
Vader is used to getting burned....
Easy jokes aside Vader's bar in Part 3 goes absolutely hard.
You can call it the revenge of the sith
The moralitomiter dipped so far in Hitlers favor (and, y'know, having Hitler win isn't exactly a good look) it had to swing back really hard
They realized they were making Hitler win 😂
hitler vs vader just went so hard altogether tbh
Batman’s first verse is so unserious it sounds like Peter is holding in laughter when he says “he told me they suck”
He sounds so out of breath when he says I’m Batman
“He told me they suhuhuhuhuhck” 😂
I was laughing my ass off i enjoyed it sm.
@@nicholasgriffin1743LMAOOO
They did Batman dirty with that one
The philosophers entire episode is a top verse on the whole ERB
Same with Vader vs Hitler
Every line from it written down would be a line per page and the rest would be footnotes.
He even made an Uber driver pun.
@@verdun16 honestly, such a banger three-parter
@@JonesCrimson What? No it's good bar cause Nietzsche thinks "sick" men are those who are either driven by death (nihilists) or driven to death (scientists, christians, etc...). The Ubermensch is driven to life, he is the one who creates morals and a cultuire that serves life and is driven by it.
The philosophers battle was so unbelievably intelligent in their references and the flow went so hard, I’d say it’s the best ERB has ever made
Top 5 for sure
I've always maintained this as well. A true masterpiece.
@@Historicutuber Agreed
Let me be frank
Don’t start beef with THE Franc
Who hangs with B. Franks
Giving ladies Beef Franks!
Absolutely agreed. Got chills at the Easten response watching this
It's so hilarious to me how they depict the Thing 1 and Thing 2 verse as absolutely wrecking Shakespeare, like dude is absolutely flabbergasted trying to transcribe(?) what they're saying, even though he was just rapping twice as fast as them. It's a rare instance of ERB not only picking a clear winner, but being hilariously wrong in that choice.
*Cough* Bruce Banner vs Bruce Jenner *cough*
Trump vs Hillary
@@halitoytFunny thing? Bruce/Hulk and Trump won those battles, even when Peter and Loyd didn't want those results.
@@raulbricenosanchez9774 Thats what I meant
Like Justine Bieber vs Mozart.
@@halitoyt They didn't pick a winner for Trump vs Hillary, they just had Trump play the heel which in no way means they were making him lose. In no way did they lean off the bars because they decided to play him as the bad guy, if that were the case the Austrian Painter wouldn't have won the second battle in the trilogy.
Besides, irl Trump said most of the stuff he said in that verse.
I forgot they were like "lets just not even try a Lennon accent"
And nowadays their goal is to not sound like themselves.
It was the first one they made. Definitely their most low-effort ERB. Still a classic!
Honestly, I think an exaggerated Lennon impression would have made it worse. Sometimes they go overboard with the impressions at the expense of the quality of the rap. But I agree that Lennon was kinda mid, aside from one great bar: "You can't buy me love, but I'll kick your ass for free"
@@franklinbadge1215 I guess they'd care more in the, say, 100th rap battle than the first
wasnt the budget like $60 USD
"You're gettin' ate up, you should've battled me on Ramadan" is so fire, man. Easily one of my favorite individual lines from all of ERB.
Ramadan Mubarak
RAMADAN KAREEM RAMANDAN MUBARAK
"Ayo Lex Loser" is the perfect start. Scru was gold from start to finish
@@buckschlerf653 for real, its like a double 1-2 punch
SFJ is him
Dude Mansa Musa was a crazy in that verse, he so easily one of the best performances we've had in a while
Scru face jean 🔥🔥🔥
Theres something very wholesome about a dude who just loves reacting to their videos being invited and AND then serving such great verses.
Like he said, he ate!!!!
Fr, surprised more people don’t talk about it, it’s a masterpiece
Scru Face Jean in a nutshell for you
I refuse to believe that the way Peter played Batman wasn't meant to be an inside joke.
It wasn't, they called that out as a bad portrayal later in Peter vs Lloyd 2.
It was supposed to be College Humour’s version of Batman
@@matityaloran9157 Still not a good way to play Batman.
@@AlexanderAzarov Agreed.
"fortnite's dopest dancer"
Nah that's an instant loss get him out of here that 1 line killed the vibe
His was under worst verse of the season so it makes sense 😭
he started so well too with the "make you bend the knee in round 2 like nagasaki"
The Thanos copter line was bad too
The sad part is that his final line is actually good.
@@Modernsour19Thanos copter
It says a lot about how much they've improved over the years when in the later seasons even the worst verses are still pretty damn good.
Honestly watching the video and noticing the improvement is a genuine joy to me
That Dracula battle wasn't just bad, but bad in a specifically early-vibing way. I had completely forgotten it was anywhere close to Season Six.
Uh... I'd say those worst verses in the later seasons merely clear the low bar of being better than the ones in the earlier seasons. Now, S7, that's superior. So much so, in fact, that there were no "worst" verses selected for the season.
@@deleetiusproductions3497yeah season 7 we haven’t had any misses yet. Every battle has been so impressive
@@SkateBake4Life There's still been some variation in quality. I don't feel that Indy vs Lara and Godzilla vs Kong have hit quite the same highs as the rest of the season. Still, I don't think they're bad.
I love Sun Tzu's line at 9:36 for the sole fact that it's a rare 4-way pun
-Obviously, name's Sun Tzu
-getting sunburnt (which is another sub-pun, since "getting burned" means to look foolish)
-play on the phrase "Suns out, guns out"
-Guns are used in war, in reference to The Art of War
Timothy Delaghetto is a bad a** on the mic. 😄
It's not in this video but it reminds me of the line from Zeus vs Thor "MC Hammer got struck twice by Greece Lightning", it's calling Thor MC Hammer to mock him (and because he has a hammer), it's a play on MC Hammer's hit song "Can't Touch This", and it's a play on lightning never strikes twice in the same spot.
@@FatherTime89Greece Lightning is also a reference to Greased Lightning, the car that Danny uses to win a race in the musical Grease
@@CallMeOcelotYeah but I'm not sure how that ties into Zeus or Thor.
Another layer to that joke is gunpowder was invented in China
It's been several years and I'm still in absolute disbelief at Batman starting his verse with “What's up dork, you look like a duck.” 💀
How dare you disrespect the duck-dork
I really couldnt hate on anything from Deadpool and Boba. The whole thing was just fire.
I was underwhelmed with a Deadpool verse:
"Oooh, what's that? A missile backpack?
Well I guess you'll be alright if a fucking bird attacks
Presenting the most overrated character anyone ever saw
With five lines in a trilogy, and one of them was AAAAH"
But then again, you do need the lows to appreciate the highs that much more
No wonder Lloyd was sorry about the way Peter played Batman. 😂
Bro hearing trumps verse for the first time back then was almost a spiritual experience
It almost made the 13 year old democrat me go and vote for him
@@jacksongregovich3620 literally exact same😂
@@zillionfurball1451they said "almost", don't flatter yourself.
bro what @@Rebcap05
@@Rebcap05 idk what you mean? We were both children at the time it wouldn't matter if it almost made us do something or not the man's obviously not being serious. Forehead
1:24
ok but this is genuinely one of my favorite erb verses in general just for how hilariously bad it is
Must've been hard to write that verse down without the paper catching fire.
@@sm0k3y56Albert lied, Sherlock's books were fine
It's not even _that_ bad if it were said by anybody other than "the world's greatest Detective" Batman, lol. It would work for a more boneheaded-type character imo.
The delivery on "I had Alfred read your books... / He told me they suck!" will never hit make me laugh
The fact that there is no mention of Thor and Zeus bc they had some of the best thought out bars in that season at least
Thor v zeus is my second fave.
Goku had the worst burn ever though vs superman.
oo I love Goku vs Superman, which line/verse are you thinking about? @@christophjohnson3777
I did think it was a bit extreme to give both top spots of S4 to the Philosophers battle. It was good, but that good? I don't think so.
@@deleetiusproductions3497 I respectfully disagree. I think the Philosopher's Battle is their Magnum opus. There's not a single moment in it that fails to kick ass.
@@Drekromancer While I don't necessarily disagree, I feel like there were just so many other great battles in S4 that at least one other deserved a mention.
the artists in artists vs. tmnt was a banger though
Plus the artists had more ammo than the ninja turtles.
Only problem was how quick it was, especially for a finale
@@kylespevak6781 Plus the artist had the longer verse
@kylespevak6781 oh yeah, that needed another verse for each.
That verse is quite enjoyable, for sure.
Thanos started his episode with pretty hard bars.
Oppenheimer responded, imo, with some of the hardest bars in ERB history.
Thanos then responded with "Fortnite's dopest dancer".
I don't think if there ever been a bigger discrepancy in quality on a single episode thus far.
Thanos had one banger verse and one garbage verse. Perfectly balanced, as all things should be.
Not a single Zach Sherwin verse is criminal imo. He goes soo hard every time he features in a video of theirs. Alexander the Great’s verse might be my favorite verse in all of ERB. And his Walt Disney verse is definitely my pick for best of season 4, tho I respect your picks, the philosophers battle was so good.
Disney was crazy.
"I own this whole series!"😂
I mean… there kinda was a Zach Sherwin verse included? He played Voltaire as part of the Western Philosophers, after all.
My favourite was also Alexander The Great
@@christophjohnson3777"with only three circles i dominate the planet!" Is my favourite
@@alexwijaya6857 "184, that's plenty of them... and I set 183 of them!"
9:28 AIN’T NO WAY
You think you know a guy
BRO I WAS BOUTA THROW HANDS
*Tyler maniacally laughs*
ITS GOOD, FUNDEBUH
(does anybody know the real song tho?)
Lol i was like wahhhhhh
I was about to roast the whole video over this
Scruface ate as Mansa Musa, I hope to he does more with ERB
THAT'S A BAR!!
He was clearly having so much fun, too! I also hope he makes another appearance.
@@flickcentergaming680Who do you think he can play if he comes back?
holy shit after all these years the line "your lying which means you need a new wardrobe" from bruce vs bruce finally clicked in my damn head, its a reference to narnia the lion the witch and the wardrobe
thats the best and. one of the only good parts of that entire battle imo
@@eleutheromania6191I thought Banner’s first verse was actually pretty good
Yes, and Hulk's bars were actually deep too.@@thepsycheduck
@@AlexanderAzarov “deep” yeah about as deep as hulk wants to be in kylie’s ass, those lines are about as subtle as a brick to the face
@@eleutheromania6191 the flow on "examine this under your microscope: / you've got no neck, but you still fuckin' choked!"
Is still so damn satisfying, ngl
Based for choosing Joan Rivers over George Carlin and Robin Williams
They absolutely nailed the mannerisms and style of Rivers.
People think Robin won only cause he comes in last but Joan absolutely destroys everyone that went before her. Coming out with "I'd have attacked you two first but your hearts beat me to it" is insane
@roundabout468 Robin's verse wasn't even that good. Joan was the clear winner
Joan owned that battle
Shocked Frederick the Great's verse wasn't at least a runner up. Dude arrived with the best surprise appearance in the series since Lincoln in 2012 Elections, dropped a sick beat and 12 amazing verses, then died on his own terms before Ivan could do anything.
I could only put 2 Season 5 ERB Verses.
Psst, what about a flute-busting Prussian?
OLD FRITZ! OLD FRITZ!
OLD FRITZ! OLD FRITZ!
OLD FRITZ! OLD FRITZ!
OLD FRITZ! OLD FRITZ!
@@natem1579 Im fredrick the great
@@joshretOut the gate, first servant of state!
i just love how season 4's runner down is Ellen "Degenerate" 😭😭
Oprah ate in that battle tho
I like how the worst list gets less and less bad through the seasons, and I agree season 7 has just been nothing but banger after banger, even peoole I think lost the battles still spit at a high level.
While I agree that season 7 has been exclusively good verses, it would be pretty easy for me to pick out a worst, Rambo. Not bad, definitely, everything else was just better
Idk how you dont have Babe Ruth's final verse on here. Its so crazy and I think easily the best one line ending if the whole series
I only could put 2 verses here though
@@joshretdef not Miley Cyrus 💀. That whole battle is trash
@@NoScopeGamer-pw7gg he put that in the worst and they’re not even in the same season
@@NoScopeGamer-pw7ggonly good line was that "je suis la fille en feu, call me katniss everdeen.
That Karl Marx verse is so fucking incredible
How dare you disrespect Fortnite's dopest dancer
That battle is so disappointing to me, because it has some of the absolute best verses, acting, and production quality with Oppy but the exact opposite in the Thanos half.
I remember when it came out it just seemed like a stupid idea to begin with.
Imma be real, best season two verse was Michael Jackson's first verse. The kid was vicious and his flow was incredible. "Call me Ed Sullivan, shoot you from the waste up", "even in death, i go platnum on blu-ray" destroy anything Elvis had
I dunno man, that whole battle was close.
I'm not sure, MJ's second verse does kill it for being the single solitary time I've ever heard a reference to his vitiligo that wasn't somehow awful or bigoted, even in comedy: "Didn't lose any chocolate, I just added vanilla."
@@rocketgeek96 honestly, can't judge you on that. The Neverland ranch bar annihilated anything Elvis said. Also mad respect to them for that, MJ's vitiligo should've been way less scrutinized
Thank you brother, I've always felt Elvis' verses were overrated in that, good, but not enough to win imo
@@shinobix4925 the flow just doesn't work for me, I respect what they were going for by making it sound like an Elvis song but it really isn't pleasing to the ear.
basically all of potter vs skywalker is a competitor for runner up best, anyone that says otherwise is wrong
Yeah, that one's DQ'd, since BoyInABand pulled an EDP
@@Gamma7DroidSecurity fair play
but luke on the other hand is not boyinaband
@@Mortumo fair point
More props for Nice Peter is always appreciated
@@Gamma7DroidSecurity i know what boyinaband is horriffic and all but i still gotta praise the HP performance
That was great except I wish they had actors play Harry and Luke, not with Legos
Didn't even mention any of the slaughterfest that was Marylin Monroe vs Cleopatra. Those bars felt PERSONAL
I could only put 2 Season 2 ERB Verses.
FRR
@@joshret use a better excuse than "i could only put 2 season _ verses"
@@ihaveyourhomeaddressyouloser It ain’t an excuse, it’s a valid reason. Only one best season 2 verse, and as a bonus a runner up season 2 verse. Doing third honors is too long.
@@joshret I mean give me a reason why you chose verse x over verse y.
2:19 I love that this is Ray William Johnson
Damn, I just saw the Ford vs. Marx rap battle a few months ago but already forgot just how thoroughly Marx annihilated Ford in that last verse
Straight VAPORIZED.
The flow Lloyd puts on the Legacy bars turned the diss up a whole two notches, Marx knew the win condition and hammered that shit HOME
Marx completely seized Ford's means of production there
Let this be a reminder that "worst" doesnt mean "bad". More than half of these worst verses still SLAP!!
Which ones i’m curious, because I intended the worst verses to be bad.
@@joshret uh Batmans vs is fire
@@joshretDavid copperfield vs Harry Houdini
Except for Batman’s. That was bad
and miley that stake line was vicious
Have you notice there was a heartbeat monitor in Houdini's verse that goes faster depending on his own heartbeat
Oh, is that what that was? I was wondering why there was a heart rate monitor in the background.
@@mostar1219the heartbeat moniter is a reference to Copperfield's trick of walking through the Great Wall. He used a heartrate moniter through the trick for suspense which flatlines right before he gets to the end of the Wall.
Still can't believe the verse they put out for trump in 2016.
How did celopatra's "miscarriage" line not make it? One of the most brutal lines in erb
I could only put 2 Season 2 ERB Verses.
Incredible line but way too short of a verse
celopatra
13:07 SCRUUUUUU LETS GOOOO
"Allah mode" ya nasty
Yeah. I was stoked when they pulled him to do a battle. Dug his reactions.
He might actually have the best momentum of anyone they've ever pulled. His entire performance as Mansa Musa is a single, uninterrupted slam dunk that just keeps picking up steam.
@@Drekromancer it helps that he was a huge fan to start with. And the fact he has some knowledge of history along with a ton of nerd lore in his head, helped too.
I'm a bit surprised neither the Easter Bunny nor Dumbledor made it to Runner Down. But yeah, Season 1 was a very mixed bag. Seeing the overall improvement is great.
Gandalf would be runner down before Dumbledore
@@nathaniellee5277 I don't know, both were pretty awful, I couldn't really decide between them, but the most cringeworthy line that stuck with me was the "get a taste of Dumbledor's army", which is why I propsed Dumbledor. Gandalf was more... forgettable, which in this context isn't a bad thing.
@@dergrimmigezwerg333 Gandalf's flow was so bad, meanwhile Dumbledore's flow was decent. Plus I feel like Dumbledore had better bangers. Scru Face Jean did a pretty good analysis of it
Tbh, the Adam vs. Eve one, when I first heard it, I was glad I wasn't in a hurry to watch it
It's great when they have guests who know what they're doing
The Allen Poe moment was an emotional roller-coaster, hats off to you sir
that Mansa Musa verse is peak its one of my favourite ERB verses ever
3:29
well, its debatable I guess, since this battle is criminally underrated IN TERMS OF VISUALS
the fact that lloyd was hanged upside down on a crane, and also being able to get himself out of a straight jacket is a detail that shouldn't be missed on the battle
in terms of bars and such, yeah, houdini flopped hard, but we can't let the visuals go unnoticed
Ok yeah visuals were good but flow was bad
His first verse was the best in the battle. despite the odd flow he still won.
@@joshrethoudini's flow is actually fire idk why people dont like it
@@X0TIX_despite houdini having better flow, copperfield still won imo
@@X0TIX_ The flow doesn't even matter anyway in terms of winning. What matters is disses... these are rap _battles,_ after all.
I actually died at Steve Irwins verse lmao, "You're such a boring guy, you could make a whole show about the Ocean dry" is such an Australian bar.
Also, the Marx vs Ford rap battle was probably my favourite ever.
Great list, I will say not having Wayne Gretskys second verse is criminal. That battle is the most underrated by far imo
The transition from boba fett to teddy roosevelt was so smooth
I'm still amazed how ERB managed to make Seig Heil into a freaking top tier bar bro
I think Isaac Newton rapping an equation deserves an honorable mention. Plus, it's Weird Al.
The line before that "I accelerated the minds of mankind to a higher plane of understanding and I can calculate the weight and the size and the shape of the shadow of the mind that you're standing in" is just utterly savage
I'm surprised Che Guevara wasn't on runner up, his flow was really good
I’d put him on my top 15 for Season 6
That "take your breathe away" line was dope.
Che Guevara was decent but when he said "It's more like V, for Very bad hat" Either I just don't get it. or This line just sucks.
@@mosgamingchannel1754 It's a reference to V for Vendetta, a book written by Alan Moore. Not a 100% sure, but it might also be a double insulting the cone shape of the hat.
god i hate thing 1 and thing 2 especially after that wonderful verse from shakespeare
The thing is, the lyrics and the flow aren’t the problem in the Batman verses, it’s Peter’s entire delivery as that character.
The fact that people think John Lennon won is insane, Bill O'Reilly humbled him with that last verse.
Fuck it, we'll do it live!
Damn that was the one that started it all
We don't think, we know
12:31 the battle ended there. lol chill Irwin. Yeah Cousteau came with the stingray references but damn. How you gon do the French like that
It’s so funny for me to see Vlad the Impaler vs Dracula going from one of the most requested matchups to one of the worst battles in the whole series
Never sounded like a good idea to me tbh.
Bro they aren’t even rapping, they’re just talking
What about a flute busting prussian?
I could only put 2 Season 5 ERB Verses.
ISTG Marx's final verse is just a whole ass touch of death combo.
I think what makes Joan's verse so good is that she spent half of it insulting Cosby.
Dang no love for Zeus vs Thor? "Make like your daddy and swallow my babies" was perfect
I could only put 2 Season 2 ERB Verses.
Ray william johnson as boba fett is something i didnt know i needed
the only one I really disagree with, is the best season 5 verse. Theodore Roosevelt Verse 2 is still my all time favourite, and although Trump sounds like a Disney villain, which I love, I still think the former of the 2 is beter
"Everyone knows you're back at home like 'Thank God for Pearl Harbor' " solos.
5:15 very well placed ad there
I always felt like with Dracula vs Vlad, they knew Dracula would basically lose and so they just said “Let’s have Dracula just have fun and be a little flamboyant”
The battle was actually ASMR themed, which is why it's slower-paced and all that.
İ forgot how long and terrible were the verses of that bruce.
Everyone is rightly upping Philosophers as the greatest battle ever, and it's definitely like top 3, but I wanna draw special attention to Roosevelt v Churchill. That battle is S-tier, and I won't hear any arguments, its spot on Runner Up was well deserved and that whole battle could've been the runner up.
I still think Season 5’s best is Tolkien’s third verse
"Loki choke you out like my name was throut cancer" is a pretty good line, too bad it was wreaked by that awful fortnight line
yall forgot about moses vs santa
“You gettin ate up you shoulda battled me on Ramadan” is the hardest individual bar in ERB history
"You look like a duck." Batman
It's so stupid it works. love the rap, not for it's lyrical genius but for the fact it's such a dumb match-up with quirky lines and great beat xD
boba tea bar is crazy
Dracula rhyming Dracula's Victim with vascular system is genius tbf
Thats in verse 1 though
Nahhh dude the first verse of darth vader on vader vs hitler part 3 is the fired up line that flipped 4 times.
"For a communist pariah you come off as awfully cocky but i'll make you bend the knee in round 2 like nagasaki"
Come on bro am i the only one who like that line? That was dope.
I like how when I popped back to this series for the first time in years recently, I instinctively went "no" to a few of them and didn't watch them. Your "worst" category is basically a highlight reel of videos I didn't rewatch. Marx's third verse is a strong contender for the most brutal segment in the show's history, though I would say Philosophers is still the best overall and I actually don't think anything else has come close to it. Almost everything that comes from that battle is gold.
Also, there was one in season 7. Something about the way Indy rapped was so noxious to me I couldn't get through his first verse.
I remember ur mr incredible videos, its almost 2 years since I found ur channel
The worst verses are always in episode where it feels like they were trying to capitalize of a trendy subject rather than bringing an idea they’re passionate about
One issue with this video: Sure, it may be true that there are no bad verses in s7, but 'worst' doesn't mean 'bad', just 'least good'. Something can be good and still be the worst of its set, if its set is all 'good' or better.
thing 1 and 2's second verse is strangely addicting on 2x speed
Id have to disagree with the best verse for s6 and 7 those weren’t close to being the beat
Oppenheimer verse 2 clears for s6 and I’d take Irwin too if you didn’t want to double up
And anything from mansa musa was better than Marx, and you also had the three John’s with Mcclane OR wick’s first verse
I don’t put oppenheimer on my list because too many people fight over his verse
@@joshret really? I’ve never heard that
How did Oppenheimer's first verse not make it? That shit was pretty heat
how would you rate lecter's second verse? i understand you can only put two goods and two bads per season in the actual video but im still curious.
2:24 underrated transition lmao. Nice editing bro
oh god that Vlad vs Dracula rap battle was painful for me to watch. I despise that one, at least Adam vs Eve was funny bad.
It sucks cause it had one of my favorite lyrics:
"Did you shapeshift those punchlines? Cause they mist.
Your style's like your reflection: it doesn't exist!"
@@georgegandy8116 Get beat by count dracula? Your smoking crackula
I saw someone describe Caitlyn Jenner’s second verse as the equivalent of someone telling an unfunny joke and then explaining it like people didn’t get it
I forgot how good that Elvis epsiode was
it's a crime not to mention cleopatra's second verse; it hit so hard they gave monroe a third verse to compensate
The "best" ones are mostly well chosen, so I respect those, and most of the "worst" ones are also reasonable, but I do have a few questions:
Why you disrespecting Houdini, my fellow Hungarian boi like that?
What do you have against the entirety of Adam vs Eve?
For S1 runner down, why John?
For S6 runner down, why Dracula?
Bruce vs Bruce probably wouldnt be as bad if Caitlyns verse didnt last 1/2 the battle and suck beyond repair.
They gave jenner WAY too much time.
@@christophjohnson3777I know hulk doesn’t tend to talk that much but why did they give her so much time😭
@@lukaluukaa for real!
The funniest thing to me is that Trump's verse has a ton of stuff he'd never say, and yet, is put together so unbelievably well.
Actually, that was all stuff he actually said.
YEA SCRU!!!!
Its like that, its like THAT!
Man, Season 6 must've been fucking fire if Thanos is the worst one there.
The Thing 1 and 2 verse used to annoy me so much, still kinda does, but I'm surprised the worst for season 1 wasn't one from john lennon vs o'reilly. definitely is close though, and satisfied to see it in runner down
I got an ad at 5:16 it was so funny 😭
whats your opinion on godzilla vs king kong? i think godzilla won
I like that battle!
@@joshret godzilla fucking *eviscerated* kong with jussie smollet, nintendo, the kaiju haiku was pure lyrical genius, and what did kong do? pulled a HP and started talking franchises, not saying harry potter vs luke was an instant luke win, i think harry won that, but harry was more focused on dissing the franchise like kong
@@MortumoI think Kong swung harder because he rebutted and punched back, Godzilla had zero rebuttal for anything
@@littlekuribohimposte Kong was on the defensive for too long - which is what i think lost it for me
@@Mortumo His closing his second verse, that was some clever wordplay, especially when you remember the Oxygen Destroyer was the only thing thet could kill Godzilla in the original.