Nikola Tesla vs Thomas Edison. Epic Rap Battles of History

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  • @jeroni2043
    @jeroni2043 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18970

    It’s been 6 years and i’m still getting chills from “You did not steal from me - you stole me from mankind”

  • @dimitrisdimitroglou9721
    @dimitrisdimitroglou9721 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5442

    6 years later, and I just found out Edison electrocuting a dog is a reference to him killing animals with AC to prove it was dangerous.

    • @grizzlyowlbear3538
      @grizzlyowlbear3538 4 ปีที่แล้ว +701

      TO PROVE THE POWER OF AC, I SAWED THIS PUPPY IN A HALF

    • @JohnSmith-qn3ob
      @JohnSmith-qn3ob 4 ปีที่แล้ว +259

      I guess ERB couldn't fit an elephant into the studio

    • @123darkelf
      @123darkelf 4 ปีที่แล้ว +346

      That is a good example of abusing the fact that it was a new thing the public didn’t fully understand to manipulate them to your favor. Fuck edison. When I discovered Tesla, I was heavily intrigued for years. That man did one of the beginning early attempts at xraying.

    • @mihailozivadinovic9586
      @mihailozivadinovic9586 4 ปีที่แล้ว +143

      He was doing it wirh DC but claiming it to be AC to trash Tesla

    • @mrmister1657
      @mrmister1657 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Mitsos oh dang that’s messed up

  • @MusicalBasics
    @MusicalBasics 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12284

    "you did not steal from me you stole me from mankind"
    i used this line on my ex. she was not impressed

    • @ScarabKovaire
      @ScarabKovaire 4 ปีที่แล้ว +131

      Hi! An unexpected surprise to run into you here, but a coincidence I welcome. I hope you're having a good night!!!!

    • @luckydiamond77
      @luckydiamond77 4 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      Bruh moment

    • @scoutie4997
      @scoutie4997 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      I love your work!

    • @soysaucescumbag4310
      @soysaucescumbag4310 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      M o o d

    • @roy9776
      @roy9776 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Yo you’re here!

  • @jjthejetplane11
    @jjthejetplane11 ปีที่แล้ว +6874

    'You did not steal from me, you stole me from mankind' Still gives me chills after watching this a few times

    • @imbored01
      @imbored01 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      5 days old, 7 likes and 1 heart 😎

    • @jacks910
      @jacks910 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I don’t get it

    • @datarunner79
      @datarunner79 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Yes, it's the same here

    • @jacks910
      @jacks910 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@datarunner79 I don’t get the line please explain?

    • @datarunner79
      @datarunner79 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@jacks910 The line was in response to JJ'S comment

  • @namedyukinne4398
    @namedyukinne4398 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9794

    "I don't care that they stole my idea... I care that they don't have any of their own"
    -Nikola Tesla

    • @typeshiet
      @typeshiet 5 ปีที่แล้ว +325

      I live in serbia and my shool is called Nikola Teala and thet sentence is on wall of libery
      (Sory if some words are incorect)

    • @st3fan735
      @st3fan735 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@typeshiet Kade zivees?

    • @typeshiet
      @typeshiet 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      U novn banovcima

    • @scurvofpcp
      @scurvofpcp 5 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      @@typeshiet I so want a picture of that.

    • @peggyfranzen6159
      @peggyfranzen6159 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Exactly.

  • @sunderzilla
    @sunderzilla 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6228

    _looks at electricity bill_
    *DAMN YOU EDISON!*

    • @donmane6350
      @donmane6350 3 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      And Tesla he made ac energy powering houses and more

    • @billy-the-butcher
      @billy-the-butcher 3 ปีที่แล้ว +320

      @@donmane6350 Tesla wanted to make electricity free unlike Edison. That's the point

    • @peterparquer1873
      @peterparquer1873 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Same here....😔

    • @floridaball4896
      @floridaball4896 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Your pf makes this comment even funnier

    • @BadDayLp
      @BadDayLp 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Profile picture nailed this statement.

  • @jovancveksha8370
    @jovancveksha8370 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7095

    The quiet kid who told the joke vs the popular kid who repeated it louder

    • @MakkusuOtaku
      @MakkusuOtaku 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Not really.

    • @safwanshuhaib9968
      @safwanshuhaib9968 3 ปีที่แล้ว +286

      @@MakkusuOtaku yes really

    • @MakkusuOtaku
      @MakkusuOtaku 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@safwanshuhaib9968 They were both fairly charismatic.

    • @MakkusuOtaku
      @MakkusuOtaku 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @卂几ㄩ乃丨丂 Stole what exactly?

    • @spiritorange8325
      @spiritorange8325 3 ปีที่แล้ว +152

      @@MakkusuOtaku The X-Ray
      Edison gets credit for the fluoroscope. This was a device which first made x-rays possible. Needless to say, the use of x-rays has been a huge boon to medical science. The distribution of these devices added to Thomas Edison’s growing wealth. The problem is that the actual inventor of a device to see the bones of a human was a German scientist named Wilhelm Rontgen. He took an x-ray of his wife’s hand several years prior to Edison’s fluoroscope. If people confused this mistaken time gap, Edison was more than happy not to correct the error and essentially padded his bank account at Rontgen’s expense.

  • @dracks8921
    @dracks8921 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4077

    Our physics teacher showed us this, what a legend

  • @poopiterlikejupiter2706
    @poopiterlikejupiter2706 8 ปีที่แล้ว +30248

    tesla won but then edison stole it.

    • @johnnyfelcher8156
      @johnnyfelcher8156 8 ปีที่แล้ว +288

      lol

    • @falconlord9981
      @falconlord9981 8 ปีที่แล้ว +430

      Nikola not Nicholas. His name was NIKOLA TESLA!

    • @LordThanatosOfHades
      @LordThanatosOfHades 8 ปีที่แล้ว +192

      Falcon Lord Impeccably dressed

    • @falconlord9981
      @falconlord9981 8 ปีที่แล้ว +346

      Without Nikola Tesla we would never have what we have now.

    • @AriArson
      @AriArson 8 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      Poopiter LikeJupiter nice dude

  • @johnlemon8268
    @johnlemon8268 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5583

    "You did not steal from me, you stole me from mankind."
    Complete and total annihilation.

    • @thefinalroman
      @thefinalroman 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Too bad it's a nonsense statement Tesla was a nobody.And a liar
      th-cam.com/video/6331JXvOUGY/w-d-xo.html

    • @rowenpoddar3552
      @rowenpoddar3552 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      I’m sorry but I don’t get the line, pls explain?

    • @cantillonronaldjosephm2787
      @cantillonronaldjosephm2787 3 ปีที่แล้ว +108

      @@thefinalroman lol i see what you are doing bruh. The bars is so hard even you felt the damage.

    • @szymciogaming9712
      @szymciogaming9712 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@cantillonronaldjosephm2787 He's on almost comment saying Edison is a thief xD

    • @cantillonronaldjosephm2787
      @cantillonronaldjosephm2787 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@szymciogaming9712 he acting like a lawyer or somethin haha

  • @lieberte
    @lieberte 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6081

    "You did not steal from me, you stole me from mankind." what a line

  • @user84074
    @user84074 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4523

    No one:
    My brain during the math test: "Tesla, Nikola. Impeccably dressed."

    • @RohitchaharXD
      @RohitchaharXD 3 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      Me too, btw are u still alive?

    • @sakhtlaunda2.032
      @sakhtlaunda2.032 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@RohitchaharXD its not 6 yrs... Its 6 months😑😅😂

    • @RohitchaharXD
      @RohitchaharXD 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@sakhtlaunda2.032 but still he is not alive

    • @miljan775
      @miljan775 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      TRUE

    • @aaryashbharadwaj2812
      @aaryashbharadwaj2812 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Well you are lucky cause "this will be on the test"

  • @trollking99
    @trollking99 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16462

    The fact that the US government still classifies some of Tesla's research top secret tells you how ahead of his time he was.

    • @richardlighthouse5328
      @richardlighthouse5328 3 ปีที่แล้ว +545

      for real?

    • @scout360pyroz
      @scout360pyroz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1709

      we managed to make an energy gun that shot explosive plasma projectiles before mysteriously closing the project down, so not surprising.

    • @rosshoerman8898
      @rosshoerman8898 3 ปีที่แล้ว +922

      Or how dumb/greedy our government is. Curse them with every utility...

    • @Reebarb
      @Reebarb 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1644

      @@richardlighthouse5328 after Tesla died he left all of his documents with his inventions writen on them in his hotel room. FBI said that there was 250 documents in his room, CIA says that there wasn't any documents, while in Nikola Tesla museum in Serbia there is couple thousands of documents that the last living Tesla's relative gave to Yugoslav's government after he got possession of almost all of Tesla's documets that USA government gave him (keep in mind they probably didn't return half of them), in these documents there were plans for some kind of of a machine called "death ray" it was believed that during ww2 USA government asked Tesla to make a weapon similar to atom bomb. But there is very little to no evidence of this and he probably died before ever creating it. He was the most intelligent person to ever live so far.

    • @ocpopsmoke
      @ocpopsmoke 3 ปีที่แล้ว +241

      Tesla probably tried creating a death ray gun which shoots plasma projectiles

  • @foundationsoversight8479
    @foundationsoversight8479 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5919

    I love how Edison is jerky and sporadic, and Tesla is elegant and flowing.

    • @rebekah7244
      @rebekah7244 5 ปีที่แล้ว +219

      Just like in real life

    • @rebekah7244
      @rebekah7244 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@kindadramaticboi5117 What's that?

    • @neuralmute
      @neuralmute 5 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      @@kindadramaticboi5117 Hey, those [REDACTED] fuckers are everywhere; we need operatives all over the world, even in [REDACTED]!

    • @JPSRCE1987
      @JPSRCE1987 5 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      @@neuralmute [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] that's my opinion anyway

    • @neuralmute
      @neuralmute 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@JPSRCE1987 I agree, absolutely!

  • @jacobbiancardi9153
    @jacobbiancardi9153 6 ปีที่แล้ว +489

    5 years later and the last verse still gives me chills.

    • @jdprettynails
      @jdprettynails 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Every time my electricity bill comes through, I really do curse Edison!

    • @MrUnidyne
      @MrUnidyne 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      "They would curse the con Edison with every utility."
      That hits with both fists!

    • @cetraneverdie9924
      @cetraneverdie9924 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      This. Straight goosebumps with every word Tesla lets loose

  • @MusicalBasics
    @MusicalBasics 11 ปีที่แล้ว +4482

    This is definitely one of the best rap battles. Tesla's flow was amazing.

    • @theTrueEvilScientist
      @theTrueEvilScientist 11 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      The puns!

    • @koz234
      @koz234 11 ปีที่แล้ว +134

      I liked Edison too, but he was too direct.

    • @saxonkeel4445
      @saxonkeel4445 11 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      I agree
      This is probably one of my all time favorites

    • @theTrueEvilScientist
      @theTrueEvilScientist 11 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      koz234 The puns!

    • @SpiriteofKurbin20034
      @SpiriteofKurbin20034 11 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      I guess you could say that his raps were an *alternating flow* of electricity.

  • @N3utr4l1
    @N3utr4l1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2473

    "YOU STOLE ME FROM MANKIND"
    Shit so lit Edison got burned

    • @blaz2892
      @blaz2892 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Electrocuted so bad it left 3rd degree burns.

    • @jimwilliams36
      @jimwilliams36 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Shocking.

    • @patchworkfellow
      @patchworkfellow 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      BZZBBZ Gaming 15th Degree at least

    • @dakshit04
      @dakshit04 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sadly it's true :(

    • @invertedthrills144
      @invertedthrills144 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Edison still won

  • @Isthatthegrimreaper170
    @Isthatthegrimreaper170 ปีที่แล้ว +88

    In middle school we were assigned a project about famous inventors from the 19th-20th century and ended up with Nikola Tesla as my choice and I remember being so blown away by what I found, and even 9 years later I still find interesting stories about him from time to time, he was way too ahead of his time

  • @Sunominal
    @Sunominal 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8186

    Nikola Tesla: *makes well-thought, structured arguments to lash out against his opponent*
    Thomas Edison: ha poor

    • @franchufranchu119
      @franchufranchu119 4 ปีที่แล้ว +286

      Arguing against libertarians be like:

    • @Baronnax
      @Baronnax 4 ปีที่แล้ว +368

      Tesla: You're a hack, you stole credit, misled people, don't honour your word, etc etc
      Edison: But money...

    • @iangavino4049
      @iangavino4049 4 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      Nikola Tesla was the total opposite of Thomas Edison, he underestimated Nikola Tesla.

    • @thefinalroman
      @thefinalroman 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Tesla=Fraud
      th-cam.com/video/6331JXvOUGY/w-d-xo.html

    • @supergeeky7529
      @supergeeky7529 4 ปีที่แล้ว +66

      Thomas Edison: haha poor and virgin

  • @leto428
    @leto428 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3990

    1:06
    This is referencing the time when Tesla worked for Edison, and Edison told Tesla if he could make improvements on the generator, Edison would give Tesla 50k(= 1 million today) as a reward. So Tesla worked on it for about a year and literally redesigned the generator to make it much better. After it is done, Tesla went to Edison for the 50k, Edison told Tesla he was just joking.

    • @mathquizlet3177
      @mathquizlet3177 4 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      thanks!

    • @bonestheboneyboy4531
      @bonestheboneyboy4531 3 ปีที่แล้ว +157

      Such an asshole, Tesla was in a ton of dept at the time too.

    • @raja6ubaid
      @raja6ubaid 3 ปีที่แล้ว +317

      Edison should be the father of political statements.

    • @trollinape2697
      @trollinape2697 3 ปีที่แล้ว +158

      funny asf, but also infurriating

    • @revyu6754
      @revyu6754 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Edison was a POS.

  • @Frog101_Real
    @Frog101_Real 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5483

    I like how Edison is twitchy and stiff like direct electricity and Tesla is flowing and elegant like alternating electric flow

    • @ArkOnYoutube
      @ArkOnYoutube 3 ปีที่แล้ว +248

      Or cause Edison is old but cool *connection* I guess

    • @Frog101_Real
      @Frog101_Real 3 ปีที่แล้ว +91

      @@ArkOnTH-cam ok that was slick

    • @danieluzoma899
      @danieluzoma899 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@Frog101_Real please explain lol

    • @lucatdcat8720
      @lucatdcat8720 2 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      @@danieluzoma899 Connections have to do with electricity

    • @twilson3133
      @twilson3133 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      🤓

  • @valentinoromitti6005
    @valentinoromitti6005 2 ปีที่แล้ว +463

    "What's inside mine was ahead of its own time
    You did not steal from me you stole me from mankind"
    Clearly the best verse in ERB history.

    • @Aries1990
      @Aries1990 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Not even close lol.

    • @Fraudkovic
      @Fraudkovic 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Kids say anything theae days😂😂😂

  • @obinobi2802
    @obinobi2802 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6020

    Oh don’t mind me fellas I’m just here to curse the con Edison with every utility.

    • @parmesean_
      @parmesean_ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +71

      Can i join

    • @ason4126
      @ason4126 4 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      Count me in

    • @francescaa8331
      @francescaa8331 4 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      I curse the con Edison with every utility.... every month. Yup.

    • @TheTrooper1878
      @TheTrooper1878 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Is Obi Nobi equal to Obi Wan Kenobi?

    • @hellothere5350
      @hellothere5350 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Obi Nobi CURSE THE CON EDISON WITH EVERY UTILITY!

  • @goldprime118
    @goldprime118 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4841

    You did not steal from me, *YOU STOLE ME FROM MANKIND!*
    Chills....

    • @hardc00re10
      @hardc00re10 5 ปีที่แล้ว +92

      Not many people ever in history that can say that and people agreeing. Cool that all of them are scientists with an understanding of the world we normal people can’t even imagine

    • @diarykeeper
      @diarykeeper 5 ปีที่แล้ว +81

      Most epic ERB line. Probably ever.
      Kinda wish there was an Einstein vs Tesla and a Macromi vs Tesla aswell...
      Too many that wronged him...

    • @goldprime118
      @goldprime118 5 ปีที่แล้ว +74

      @@diarykeeper true. Tesla was way ahead of his time... people wanted to stow away on that ride to the Future.

    • @rahul1353
      @rahul1353 5 ปีที่แล้ว +62

      @@diarykeeper I think this is the most epic ERB, period. Sure Hitler vs. Vader is mainstream, with catchy lines, but this is real. This is the truth.

    • @goldprime118
      @goldprime118 5 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      @Panda Bear667 Thomas Edison was a con man, alot of the parents he had, he stole. And I'm pretty sure some of them were based on Tesla's ideas. I could be wrong tho

  • @kingster14444
    @kingster14444 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3847

    Tesla won because I'm too busy cursing the con Edison with every utility

    • @TheEmeraldMenOfficial
      @TheEmeraldMenOfficial 5 ปีที่แล้ว +84

      That was also a pun. The name of the power company he founded is Con Edison.

    • @tasnimshahid8571
      @tasnimshahid8571 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@TheEmeraldMenOfficial that was irony of him

    • @gorgeousfreeman1318
      @gorgeousfreeman1318 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@TheEmeraldMenOfficial r/hmmm

    • @acoffeebush6512
      @acoffeebush6512 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @Kingster 14
      I know right?! Con Edison are also rude to their customers as well!

    • @charlesroberts3650
      @charlesroberts3650 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      DOUBLE pun : D

  • @Wizzkidwas
    @Wizzkidwas 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1099

    The way Tesla's 2nd verse is edited is frankly amazing

    • @Wizzkidwas
      @Wizzkidwas ปีที่แล้ว +34

      @Jakov Jerkovic I ain't reading all that especially as it isn't relevant to what I had said nor do I care at all

    • @Julie6114
      @Julie6114 ปีที่แล้ว

      Bro no one is gonna read that especially bc it’s mostly false shut up no one gives a shit

    • @memebaltan
      @memebaltan ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @Jakov Jerkovic as teachers would say: never use wikipedia as a source

    • @aakashsuryi9098
      @aakashsuryi9098 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Jakov Jerkovic Man, just tell me who the fuk to be thankful for.
      What's the name of the person who was responsible for electricity?!?
      Thomas Jefferson, Galileo Ferraris, or Nikola????

  • @evilthinker1893
    @evilthinker1893 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2869

    "You did not steal from me you stole me from mankind"
    amazing and true statment

    • @rnitt
      @rnitt 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      How did he do that though, he made an insensitive joke? Tesla quit his company.

    • @evilthinker1893
      @evilthinker1893 9 ปีที่แล้ว +167

      Edison was behind preventing Tesla from making lot of inventions!

    • @pilojo66
      @pilojo66 9 ปีที่แล้ว +120

      The 100th Rusty Shackleford Edison was stealing all his ideas and publishing them, leaving Tesla without money to continue funding his research. Also, Edison was dead-set in proving that Tesla was wrong(hence electrocuting the elephant)

    • @danksponge6938
      @danksponge6938 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yes

    • @ColeAra
      @ColeAra 9 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      Maple Terrace
      actually Tesla didn't quit after Edison he kept inventing and worked with Albert Einstein to develop the worlds fist teleportation device yes you read right but at the time WWII was raging and the government wanted it to use in war and Einstein and Tesla said no fucking way and destroyed their research oh and TESLA WON

  • @ravishukla5184
    @ravishukla5184 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9115

    *"If hate could be converted into electric power I would light up the whole world"*
    -Nicola Tesla

    • @JS___EDITZ
      @JS___EDITZ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +269

      Nikola*

    • @szymciogaming9712
      @szymciogaming9712 3 ปีที่แล้ว +193

      @@JS___EDITZ sssshhh... Don't ruin the perfect moment.

    • @miljan775
      @miljan775 3 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      did u missspeled Nikola Tesla?

    • @siddharthbhoyar9737
      @siddharthbhoyar9737 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      @@miljan775 no he just spelt nicola

    • @miljan775
      @miljan775 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@siddharthbhoyar9737 Bruh -___-

  • @clayongunzelle9555
    @clayongunzelle9555 8 ปีที่แล้ว +125

    "you stole me from mankind" what could have been

  • @israeldelarosa5461
    @israeldelarosa5461 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +38

    1:05 the Entire world to Verbalase after that one animation dropped.

  • @SheldonAdama17
    @SheldonAdama17 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8669

    Watt the heck is up with all these electricity puns? I guess they are hard to resist. I mean, they just have a lot of potential!

    • @dylanv2559
      @dylanv2559 4 ปีที่แล้ว +313

      Ohm-y GOD

    • @alfonsoanton6291
      @alfonsoanton6291 4 ปีที่แล้ว +181

      Things are getting intense here, huh?

    • @hamarbiljungskile8953
      @hamarbiljungskile8953 4 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      You're trying too hard.

    • @calebkopp7636
      @calebkopp7636 4 ปีที่แล้ว +380

      @@hamarbiljungskile8953 I felt the humor was fairly current.

    • @Boz217
      @Boz217 4 ปีที่แล้ว +208

      Hamarbi Ljungskile don’t get to amped up

  • @smalltownman3296
    @smalltownman3296 8 ปีที่แล้ว +222

    "you did not stole from me, you stole me from mankind"
    my personal favourite line in the whole video and its true

  • @Mellion555
    @Mellion555 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4861

    Tesla predicted cellphones, smartphones, the internet, and social media
    Over 140 years ago. That is how brilliant an inventor he was.

    • @yt-sh
      @yt-sh 5 ปีที่แล้ว +123

      Imagine if he had a child...

    • @stm7810
      @stm7810 5 ปีที่แล้ว +288

      @@yt-sh maybe him raising a kid would be interesting but remember being smart isn't genetic.

    • @yt-sh
      @yt-sh 5 ปีที่แล้ว +93

      @@stm7810 tell that to Mozart who learn to play at 5 or AR Rahman who got started at 14(at least) yes there is environmental factors but you are what you are bcos of those genes...even the way you process an info is genetically coded
      And remember Tesla had a brother who died who was as brilliant as him... I wouldnt really care who gave birth to whom but Tesla could have given us a greatest gift, a form of immortality

    • @stm7810
      @stm7810 5 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      @@yt-sh if it is genetic could you point to who Mozart got smart from or anything or is this just ignoring the possibility of autism or environment being the cause? Tesla was asexual and had a special interest in pigeons.

    • @yt-sh
      @yt-sh 5 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      @@stm7810 Johann Georg Leopold Mozart was a German composer, conductor, music teacher, and violinist. Mozart is best known today as the father and teacher of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,
      A google search wouldnot hurt you
      "wHo mOzArT GoT SmArT FrOm oR AnYtHiNg" ofc its his dad

  • @aidansroadams5328
    @aidansroadams5328 2 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    Honestly of all of the pairings they've done, these two seems like the two who would actually have a rap battle they wanted another thing to hold over the other.

  • @GameMasterX
    @GameMasterX 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5192

    *"You did not steal from me, YOU STOLE ME FROM MANKIND!"*
    FATALITY

    • @valdezfam
      @valdezfam 6 ปีที่แล้ว +95

      Notless Games no truer words have been spoken

    • @RJay207
      @RJay207 6 ปีที่แล้ว +71

      Gave me fucking goosebumps. An incredibly powerful line. Full-on condemnation.

    • @buraktemiz8446
      @buraktemiz8446 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Notless Games dat fatality mate

    • @marduksumerian6605
      @marduksumerian6605 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Always get chills.

    • @malavidra7732
      @malavidra7732 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      can anyone explain me that sentence?

  • @pollochristo565
    @pollochristo565 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4850

    Best flow: Edison.
    Best disses: Tesla.
    Winner: Tesla.
    Loser: New Jersey.

    • @RealStayUpdated
      @RealStayUpdated 3 ปีที่แล้ว +367

      Loser: Mankind
      Man literally could have invented wireless electricity transmission and make power free before nuclear energy was even a thing. If only he had enough support

    • @Mateus_Mkcraft
      @Mateus_Mkcraft 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Lol

    • @jorgenofalltrades
      @jorgenofalltrades 3 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      "No! Bad New Jersey! Bad state! Go to your room!"

    • @lekibolo8309
      @lekibolo8309 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      The Dog

    • @talleman1
      @talleman1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Edison's workshop is in a outdoor museum in Michigan Greenfield Village.

  • @AS-oz6ep
    @AS-oz6ep 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2279

    "they would curse the con Edison with every utility"
    Underrated line..

    • @azhyadam8451
      @azhyadam8451 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      In my opinion this line won the battle for him

    • @andrewsucksatvideos4482
      @andrewsucksatvideos4482 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Tesla won but Edison’s “Screwed by me line” was one of the most savage lines in the whole series

    • @FernandoJacinto
      @FernandoJacinto 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      They meant "boycott GE", right? At least that's what I've been doing since first saw this video 7 years ago 😂

    • @AgentSteffi
      @AgentSteffi 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      is "con" here just an abbreviation for conman? (not a native speaker and a little confused by the line)

    • @CmdrWinters
      @CmdrWinters 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@AgentSteffi a ‘con’ is just a scam or a fraud. So he is saying that Edison wasn’t a scammer, but the scam itself.

  • @rimfire8217
    @rimfire8217 3 ปีที่แล้ว +167

    Their should be an entire musical about these two.
    Like something on par with Hamilton or something.

    • @obitosenju3768
      @obitosenju3768 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Actualy that is a pretty good idea. You have a main protagonist and an antagonist of Edison, Tesla life was so interesting you really could make it a real musica

  • @akpsyche1299
    @akpsyche1299 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7584

    Just imagine the things that Tesla could achieve with today's technology.

    • @ΠασχαληςΜπανδας-θ5υ
      @ΠασχαληςΜπανδας-θ5υ 8 ปีที่แล้ว +124

      Psycho Wolf So many things....

    • @omegilla
      @omegilla 8 ปีที่แล้ว +330

      People give Tesla far too much credit. The man was smart, but science is built on the shoulders of giants. Tesla, like many other scientists (Including Edison) made fair incremental additions to their respective fields (Though Edison made far more.) and were he alive now instead of then, assuming someone else made the same discoveries in alternating currents, he'd be probably not bringing us all that far ahead.

    • @ΠασχαληςΜπανδας-θ5υ
      @ΠασχαληςΜπανδας-θ5υ 8 ปีที่แล้ว +78

      Magilliam Harrison I agree,but were there and still are many others that could achieve such things? Think of that.

    • @omegilla
      @omegilla 8 ปีที่แล้ว +129

      There is no definitive answer for hypothetical what-ifs on history, so asking that question is essentially pointless. However, odds are there would be. And in Tesla's case, we know there were. Tesla was not the only scientist exploring alternating currents. He's just more notable because he stirred up alot of drama and everybody loves an underdog story, even if it really wasn't that much of an underdog story as much as a story of a man with promise who went crazy.

    • @ΠασχαληςΜπανδας-θ5υ
      @ΠασχαληςΜπανδας-θ5υ 8 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Magilliam Harrison Firstly i know there were more people who did such things. That was my point. But you seem not to read the whole question. What i said is that were there many?

  • @lemuellala2
    @lemuellala2 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2666

    Joan of Arc died a virgin. Tesla died a virgin as well.
    There's still hope for us, virgins!

    • @CorvusCorone68
      @CorvusCorone68 6 ปีที่แล้ว +151

      virgins become wizards, wizards perform magic, magic could be considered miracles, therefore virgins perform miracles

    • @HaidebugCreates
      @HaidebugCreates 6 ปีที่แล้ว +91

      Unless we get sacrificed in a ritual

    • @SIMGHERULA
      @SIMGHERULA 6 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      yeah. also Isaac Newton if Im correct

    • @tedisonpadoru9129
      @tedisonpadoru9129 6 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Well u can become animefied in Japan 😂 especially in this game called fate/grand order.

    • @Blucham
      @Blucham 6 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      Burned at the stake by the people you tried to save, or dying a lonely slow death unrecognized for your achievements.
      Sorry that doesn’t sound very hopeful to me... 😰

  • @blazingblue_3039
    @blazingblue_3039 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2520

    The amount of electricity puns in this battle is shockingly high xD

    • @shellydevine1294
      @shellydevine1294 8 ปีที่แล้ว +83

      Georgi Ganchev I know right they were electrifying

    • @raw7504
      @raw7504 8 ปีที่แล้ว +71

      Georgi Ganchev yeah it's hertz hearing them. Sorry I had to.

    • @elijah_9392
      @elijah_9392 8 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      Georgi Ganchev
      that's an alternate way of saying a pun

    • @SheldonAdama17
      @SheldonAdama17 8 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      Well, they definitely used those puns to their full potential.

    • @jakepasseri5137
      @jakepasseri5137 8 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      SheldonAdama17 all of these puns are wired to one path

  • @Nipzverbatim
    @Nipzverbatim 2 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    ‘You didn’t steal from me, You stole me from mankind’ That line hit hard

  • @TrueRetroflection
    @TrueRetroflection 8 ปีที่แล้ว +195

    *Tesla brings flaming verses to Edison*
    Edison: "You made this?"
    *Tesla walks away*
    Edison: "I made this."

  • @Bears4everyone
    @Bears4everyone 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3696

    "your did not steal from me you stole me from mankind"
    BOOM
    instant winner.
    I've always felt horrible about what happened to Tesla.. he deserved better than the trash he got from Edison.

    • @Bears4everyone
      @Bears4everyone 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      you*

    • @Bears4everyone
      @Bears4everyone 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Haha I'm glad I'm not the only one :)

    • @brandonmiles86
      @brandonmiles86 8 ปีที่แล้ว +84

      +Bears4everyone So true. Tesla got screwed. Like the rap said, Edison understood business and Tesla didn't.

    • @karencatalan4797
      @karencatalan4797 8 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      +Christy Snell
      Yeah but Thomas was known as "Inventing the Light bulb" but really Tesla did.

    • @Darkesstknight
      @Darkesstknight 8 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      +Karen Catalan neither tesla or edison invented the lightbulb

  • @MrWizeazz
    @MrWizeazz 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1536

    “You did not steal from me, you stole me from mankind”
    God, that line killed it all.

    • @mgglorioso
      @mgglorioso 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      agreed, how sad and true =/

    • @eternalnemesis9522
      @eternalnemesis9522 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      The chills were real

    • @rdoble
      @rdoble 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Ownage on that line! Because essentially true.

  • @blackmage-89
    @blackmage-89 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    I haven't listened to this battle in like 10 years... and i remembered EVERY LINE. Really one of the best battles ever.

  • @Metrion77
    @Metrion77 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2843

    That last line "they would curse the Con Edison with every utility" is almost Shakespearean in it's use of words. Con Edison can mean "Edison the con", calling Edison a con-man. But Con Edison also refers to Edison's electrical company, which sold electricity. The use of utility is also interesting, as it can mean "they curse him every time they receive an electrical bill" but also "they curse him with every tool at their disposal".
    Bravo.

    • @VagrantWulf
      @VagrantWulf 10 ปีที่แล้ว +69

      Yep. It was sublimely inspired.

    • @Metrion77
      @Metrion77 10 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      ***** Nah. Just literate.

    • @Rebel.Corporate
      @Rebel.Corporate 10 ปีที่แล้ว +74

      Only a fellow student of Shakespeare can see such clever double entendres. Props to the ERB crew and yourself.

    • @jimmartin1390
      @jimmartin1390 10 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      My same thoughts exactly, kudos for beating me to it. Nice to see intelligent comments.

    • @BrandonQ1995
      @BrandonQ1995 10 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Con Edison still exists, provides electricity for NYC and the surrounding areas.

  • @tasonjodd5151
    @tasonjodd5151 3 ปีที่แล้ว +396

    This is one of FEW ERBs that the two people in history ACTUALLY hated each other. A lot of them are Hypotheticals, but this one is true hatred even in history. And I like that they reflected that with how pissed off he was with Edison. "You didn't steal from me, you stole me from mankind." Or "You couldn't handle my gifts with your greedy little mind", both have Anger oozing from the voice of the person who played Tesla, and it's clear that it was intentional. This is still one of my favorites.

    • @Alison31648
      @Alison31648 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      This Is one of the most underrated comment on you tube
      It deserves more likes

    • @Merennulli
      @Merennulli 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Except that isn't true. All recorded references to each other were positive and respectful. The notion of a rivalry between them is a modern invention.

    • @turboraton
      @turboraton 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hard agree. Everyone is riding Tesla's dick here (me included) because well you know, history but Jesus that "You never had sex but you sure got screwed by me" is so malicious

    • @deanooooooo6496
      @deanooooooo6496 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Merennulli Not that i've seen, Edison electrocuted an elephant using Tesla's electric flow to try show off how dangerous it was, he also stole patents of Teslas, patenting their work and not paying for it is stealing no matter how you rationalise it.

  • @FiskFilleAR
    @FiskFilleAR 8 ปีที่แล้ว +715

    I was _shocked_ by the amount of electricity puns they managed to squeeze into this one.

    • @DerpyStory
      @DerpyStory 8 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      Shocking right?

    • @priscillasanchez3658
      @priscillasanchez3658 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +DerpyStory 😂

    • @TheUncoolmeme
      @TheUncoolmeme 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      One every two lines

    • @BeybladeSuomi
      @BeybladeSuomi 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      1:12 Battle ended.

    • @GrahamChapman
      @GrahamChapman 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      Have you read the stinger on tv-tropes' Psycho Electro page?

  • @lieutenantbruh358
    @lieutenantbruh358 3 ปีที่แล้ว +89

    1:14 this has serious meme potential

    • @EthanOoms
      @EthanOoms 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      the 'you fool' how so?

    • @lieutenantbruh358
      @lieutenantbruh358 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@EthanOoms like those status memes when somethings about to happen "usually hentai or something" and then something jumps out and interrupts it before it starts. Kinda like the "element of suprise" meme

    • @EthanOoms
      @EthanOoms 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @lieutenantbruh358 oh ok i get it

  • @MadsMadsen837
    @MadsMadsen837 10 ปีที่แล้ว +5381

    In history class my teacher started to talk about electricity she was talking about Edison claiming he was the person that made electricity a thing. To make a long story short I started a huge argument in my class

    • @michaelbarton2549
      @michaelbarton2549 10 ปีที่แล้ว +812

      Ya proving history teachers wrong!

    • @edwardloh7049
      @edwardloh7049 10 ปีที่แล้ว +554

      I think Tesla didn't get credit for his invention. Damn he was such a shadowy figure.

    • @louisdarden4858
      @louisdarden4858 10 ปีที่แล้ว +491

      Edward Loh In fact, in the 1930's version of Frankenstein, in the scene where the monster was born, they used live electricity, and they used Tesla Coils, made by Nikola Tesla himself.

    • @MadsMadsen837
      @MadsMadsen837 10 ปีที่แล้ว +488

      michael barton What if Teachers are hired by the goverment to tell us stuff that isnt true :O

    • @michaelbarton2549
      @michaelbarton2549 10 ปีที่แล้ว +65

      Mads Madsen D:

  • @JennaJanexxx
    @JennaJanexxx ปีที่แล้ว +166

    “you did not steal from me, you stole me from mankind”
    A full decade later and that line still gives me chills.

    • @DergGamin
      @DergGamin 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      11 years, 11 months

  • @tijana5616
    @tijana5616 9 ปีที่แล้ว +602

    Call me Teesssslaaaaaa Nikola impeccably dressed :D

    • @goatpriestess1202
      @goatpriestess1202 9 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      You forgot your comassssssss.

    • @tijana5616
      @tijana5616 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Oh well shit xD

    • @woodman2855
      @woodman2855 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      Kiyoshi Teppei- Tiks Brakovic Is that a hyoudo issei profile pic?

    • @tijana5616
      @tijana5616 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      underwatter man Nope it's Tatsumi from Akame ga kill

    • @PerdiccasMKD
      @PerdiccasMKD 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Kiyoshi Teppei- Tiks Brakovic Fan fact my name is nikola and im from macedonia!

  • @2wingo
    @2wingo 11 ปีที่แล้ว +273

    In 2007, scientists at MIT finally managed to wirelessly transmit power about 7 feet through the air using the most modern technology available. In 1899, Tesla wirelessly powered 200 light-bulbs from 26 miles away using a generator he built out of spare parts. THAT'S how far ahead of his time he was.

    • @0MysteryHistory0
      @0MysteryHistory0 11 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Westinghouse will rise again..

    • @flaming910
      @flaming910 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I fucking love tesla, bet u a million dollars that he made a machine and put in himself which will make him come baack to life if someone activated it

    • @mendyc158
      @mendyc158 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hum, can you transform 7 feets and 26 miles into meters and kilometers? Thanks

    • @flaming910
      @flaming910 11 ปีที่แล้ว

      1 foot is around 30cm, so thats 210cm, and 26 miles, a KM is 1.6mil or so, so its like 16km or so

    • @Hagaloogy
      @Hagaloogy 11 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      burnincrack Actually, it's the other way around. One mile is 1,6 kilometers, so 26 miles would a little more than 42 kilometers. Nikola Tesla wirelessly powered 200 light bulbs, rougly from the length of a marathon away.

  • @BlackFlagRedemption
    @BlackFlagRedemption ปีที่แล้ว +12

    This went from "I'll rip your style" to "YOU STOLE ME FROM MANKIND" real fast. Probably the best from ERB 👑

  • @SLDFSpectreSix
    @SLDFSpectreSix 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5126

    In case anyone is unclear in who the real winner is...
    There isn't an electric car called the Edison ;)

    • @oscarchacon2878
      @oscarchacon2878 5 ปีที่แล้ว +124

      @tom karasu you didn't have to shut that nigga down like that but you did anyway

    • @MrUnidyne
      @MrUnidyne 5 ปีที่แล้ว +386

      If a Tesla car is stolen, does that make it an Edison?

    • @phantasosxgames8488
      @phantasosxgames8488 5 ปีที่แล้ว +73

      @@MrUnidyne yes , it would.
      And the thief will kill dogs with a Tesla just to say that an Edison is better

    • @chufeng6223
      @chufeng6223 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Teslamobile....more like TESNOMOBIL (tight car with no space) XD
      But still gold...

    • @Dachief54
      @Dachief54 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Yes, its just a multi-billion dollar corporation.

  • @HybridMiranda
    @HybridMiranda 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2241

    Best flow: Tesla, modeled off the smoothness and regularity of his AC current
    Best lines: Tesla, telling the truth
    Who lost: humanity.........
    FUN FACT: at 1:14, this is a reference to how Tesla would electrify the ground outside of his laboratory and place lightbulbs down/ hold them, allowing the electricity to run through his body and light up the bulbs despite their being no wires (startled a few local horses, though- horseshoes conducted the electricity). On a regular basis, he allowed his entire body to become electrified in his lab, and it never harmed him because he understood how electricity flowed.
    Absolute. Effin'. Genius.

    • @leoseek4395
      @leoseek4395 3 ปีที่แล้ว +315

      Holy shit, you just made catch something I didn't catch before.
      So in Edison's second verse, he electrocutes a dog, which is a reference to the fact that in real life Edison electrocuted animals with alternating current to try and prove it was too dangerous. In real life, Tesla responded to this by proving he could guide the volts through him and survive, as you have described above. So in this ERB, they essentially replicated that within the battle. So fucking awesome

    • @mcmosfet2856
      @mcmosfet2856 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      If AC current is so smooth, then why do we have to use inverters to use it for anything? You have it backwards. DC is used in immediate applications and is smooth/stable, AC by definition oscillates, which makes it easier for long distance transmission.

    • @thefinalroman
      @thefinalroman 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      That never happened that's literally a BS scene for a movie

    • @m.t.vandersmookie1150
      @m.t.vandersmookie1150 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      300th like

    • @aqj2014
      @aqj2014 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@leoseek4395 so *thats* why hes zapping a random dog

  • @NeoseDark
    @NeoseDark 8 ปีที่แล้ว +409

    I won't say this is the best battle, but it's definitely my favorite.

    • @jonathonmurray6975
      @jonathonmurray6975 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Mine to

    • @thousoumou
      @thousoumou 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Venomous Squerkle this by far

    • @nightwing6287
      @nightwing6287 8 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      that's *shocking*

    • @0isay
      @0isay 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      That's because it's the best.

    • @HenSt-gz7qj
      @HenSt-gz7qj 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      this and the R.R vs R.R is my fave XD

  • @KVMIL_
    @KVMIL_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    this is the hardest beat in ERB history. easily an S tier episode

  • @maxrap1015
    @maxrap1015 4 ปีที่แล้ว +770

    “You did not steal from me, you stole me from mankind” best line ever.

    • @malonei7472
      @malonei7472 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Well, actually its kinda true

    • @giogio4222
      @giogio4222 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@malonei7472 Reason why it's one of the best lines.

  • @ABeardedSage
    @ABeardedSage 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2628

    I like how even at the ending when Edison and Tesla are dancing, Tesla is still ahead of his time, dancing to disco, which became popular in the 1970's versus Edison's poor running man, which was a 20's dance. (I think it was running man, I'm no expert on dance styles, I'll admit)

    • @emurphy42
      @emurphy42 2 ปีที่แล้ว +104

      I just want to know whether Tesla was doing the electric slide

    • @yatzy7981
      @yatzy7981 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      damn this dude tripping balls and seeing things that are not there, lmao

    • @C0ldD1rective
      @C0ldD1rective ปีที่แล้ว +93

      @@yatzy7981 1:34
      Tesla does a disco dance, Edison follows up with a Poor Running Man

    • @theinventiveidiot
      @theinventiveidiot ปีที่แล้ว +9

      There are so many tiny details in ERB that make them so much cooler

    • @krichenboi
      @krichenboi ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Well Edison died in 1931 so it’s normal if he knows

  • @todorvladorovic1409
    @todorvladorovic1409 7 ปีที่แล้ว +450

    Nikola Tesla was the best exemple how good people with honest intentions rarely win against people with dollar signs instead of eyes !

    • @trequor
      @trequor 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Todor Vladorovic I mean he was also insane and started threatening to blow up the world in his later years

    • @LapplandMapping
      @LapplandMapping 6 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      That's probably because all of his ideas got stolen and were used to make money

    • @lisamarsh7231
      @lisamarsh7231 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Yea, most of Tesla's ideas were outlsndish as and never came to fruition. He was a genius, no doubt, but not the giant next to edison that everyone wants to believe

    • @sheltoniousmaximus6117
      @sheltoniousmaximus6117 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      In related news...….water is wet

    • @kingofdragons1143
      @kingofdragons1143 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sheltonious Maximus oh shit, we got a genius here!

  • @johnkimuelbello3453
    @johnkimuelbello3453 6 ปีที่แล้ว +740

    You did not steal from me
    You stole me from mankind
    Legend

  • @bauuhmasquerade459
    @bauuhmasquerade459 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    This battle is a shocking example on how perception in history can change. Definitely one of the most underrated in my opinion

  • @Iron-Bridge
    @Iron-Bridge 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2451

    Love how Tesla overcomes Edison turning out the lights by powering his own light bulb. 😄

    • @AudieHolland
      @AudieHolland 3 ปีที่แล้ว +95

      Tesla created wireless energy

    • @scotti.6433
      @scotti.6433 2 ปีที่แล้ว +93

      Another myth created by marketing, Edison never actually invented the light bulb, he bought the patent from two Canadian brothers for an amount equivalent to multi-millions of dollars in today's money.

    • @prashantpoudel6002
      @prashantpoudel6002 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Today's technology was achieved by Tesla's Innovations

    • @badblood18
      @badblood18 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Edison prohibited Tesla of using his design so he created a new lightbulb design for the world Fair to avoid patent infringement

    • @MrMoron-qn5rx
      @MrMoron-qn5rx 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@badblood18 somthing tells me if tesla would rise from the grave today and saw how we treated lightbulbs he would create the everlasting lightbulb before (probably without his controll) creating what he wanted to make all those years ago with tech he kinda helped to create

  • @dannymagee8202
    @dannymagee8202 10 ปีที่แล้ว +82

    Wow, "You did not steal from me you stole me from mankind." That's a really awesome lyric!

  • @awc6007
    @awc6007 4 ปีที่แล้ว +171

    1:14-1:34 Damn I just realized Tesla won this battle with his second verse and it was only 20 seconds long. Pure fire 🔥

  • @chocolateavian
    @chocolateavian ปีที่แล้ว +9

    10 years and the beat is still so fire. ERB is just the best

  • @Abhijeetetrx
    @Abhijeetetrx 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1008

    1:21 "you did not steal from me
    you stole me from mankind"
    EPIC LINE!

    • @aylinalga4913
      @aylinalga4913 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      AJ Can you explain me the line?

    • @rickjohnson3171
      @rickjohnson3171 7 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      Aylin AlGa
      He was going to use his invention to power the world for free, but Eddison was a greedy fucker and put him out of bisnuess

    • @aylinalga4913
      @aylinalga4913 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Rick Smith Thank you! I asked because it's our assignment in Physics to explain the whole rap. (:

    • @waltonsimons12
      @waltonsimons12 7 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      That line is one of the best in the entire ERB series. Right up there with Babe Ruth's line about how Lance Armstrong forgot was real sportsmanship was.

    • @vsab29
      @vsab29 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thats why it is called epic rap battles of history

  • @goldenblue8991
    @goldenblue8991 10 ปีที่แล้ว +189

    Tesla wanted to make a 80ft tall wireless electric power tower that would make electricity free of charge. Sadly, Thomas Edison and banker J.P.Morgan teamed up and tore it down before it could be completed .(Source:Wikipedia).

    • @ZeHydra
      @ZeHydra 9 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Which Wikipedia are you reading? Lol.. Wardenclyffe was brought down by Boldt not Edison and J.P. Morgan..

    • @ZeHydra
      @ZeHydra 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      prove at least one of my comments false.. Go ahead I challenge you.. If you think I'm trolling then go ahead.. I speak the truth backed by evidence. Lets see you debunk it.

    • @ZeHydra
      @ZeHydra 9 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Ramble: 2.talk or write at length in a confused or inconsequential way.
      Not show. Just read everything you've linked and especially your last link which seems to go beyond stupidity. But as always I'll start from the top.
      The fluoroscope - a device for producing X-ray images - is something Tesla had been working on prior to Edison’s pig-headed dabbling. In the process, Edison managed to give his assistant terminal cancer (who had to have his arms removed before he ultimately died), and he almost blinded himself. But he sure got that patent all right. - *Tesla made some scrappy images and mailed them to roentgen, he didn't make a fluoroscope. Secondly Edison didn't hold his assistant to work on x-rays, his assistant demanded to work on them with him. Oh for your information Edison kept him on the payroll after his death.*
      6-Edison backed out of paying Tesla $50,000 to fix his DC motor - which Tesla did with great ease. He managed to turn an inefficient device into something incredibly efficient that saved Edison all sorts of money (well more than he agreed to pay Tesla). All he said was that Tesla failed to “understand the American sense of humor” (Tesla was a Serbian immigrant). More like he failed to realize how much of a stingy two-timer Edison was. Edison offered to up his pay from $18 a week to all of $25. Tesla, not a moment too soon (but far too many too late), resigned. Thereafter he wound up digging ditches, before starting his own company and accepting investments to do some experiments in his own right. -*to fix? I think the article means to improve. With great ease? Almost two years. It hardly was a breakthrough.. Not only that In history itself it has been noted that only Tesla has stated this so(without proof) rendering it a myth*
      If Edison hadn’t deemed one of Tesla’s most crucial radio wave-based innovations to be “impractical” back during World War I- when he first proposed plans for such-countless lives could have been saved for having the advantage of being able to detect enemy submarines. Of course it would be actualized until decades later. But just to think of what damage Edison’s ego-driven meddling has cost time and again is infuriating. - *teslas idea of the radar was way off of what the radar is. In this case, Edison actually saved the u.s armys money.* .en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Tesla
      3- Although the current of success swept into a place of high regard, he forewent obscene wealth so as to-in a show of unprecedented humility-save the Westinghouse Company (which would have gone broke with the royalty payments). Instead, Tesla made a few grand by just selling his patents outright. - *Tesla and his friends made over $200k in royalty.. Not only that few grand? Tesla sold the patent to Westinghouse for $216k...*(Source same as last Para)
      2- Edison was known for his intimidation tactics (e.g. he used to hire a bunch of goons to smash technology and make sure he got his dues for his patents), but never did it get so bad as with his campaign against Tesla; he went so far as to invent the electric chair, using Tesla’s AC power to have a man on death row execute. The event was gruesome and messy, drawn out. George Westinghouse was quoted to have said, “They would have done better using an axe.” And so the first execution by electric chair took place, just to prove Tesla wrong (and preserve Edison’s financial stakes. - *edison didn't kill a man lol.. He had already allowed the u.s. Government to use the patent who executed a man, not Edison.*
      You'll note that I've not debated everything the website has to offer. Because the remainder is just opinions(except the ac-dc war bit).
      You're second link is the easiest to serve up.. It even conflicts your first link stating months of work. And again conflicts by stating how edison didn't have $50k while your first link states how it made edison rich..
      3rd link then uh?
      1. Alternating Current : *Tesla played a major role in AC but he was not the first to discover it*. Source: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternating_current
      2:2. Light - Of course he didn’t invent light itself, but he did invent how light can be harnessed and distributed. Tesla developed and used florescent bulbs in his lab some 40 years before industry “invented” them. *Umm what? Tesla never developed a fluorescent light bulb.. He made what we know as induction lamp(he was not the first btw). 40 years before industry? "The first commercial installation was done in 1904 in a hardware store in Newark, New Jersey.[5]" We are talking about Daniel McFarlan Moore's fluorescent light bulb btw. So by your articles saying Tesla had a lab and had lights in them by 1864? Hmm intriguing*
      www.edisontechcenter.org/Fluorescent.html
      en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_McFarlan_Moore
      3: . X-rays - Electromagnetic and ionizing radiation was heavily researched in the late 1800s, but Tesla researched the entire gamut. Everything from a precursor to Kirlian photography, which has the ability to document life force, to what we now use in medical diagnostics, this was a transformative invention of which Tesla played a central role.- "Tesla noted the hazards of working with his circuit and single-node X-ray-producing devices. In his many notes on the early investigation of this phenomenon, he attributed the skin damage to various causes. He believed early on that damage to the skin was not caused by the Roentgen rays, but by the ozone generated in contact with the skin, and to a lesser extent, by nitrous acid. Tesla incorrectly believed that X-rays were longitudinal waves, such as those produced in waves in plasma. These plasma waves can occur in force-free magnetic fields.[80][81]" - *Just wiki history of X-rays for source.. Any source will tell you that long before Tesla x-rays were researched even Tesla used a crooke's tube.. And the majority of development was done by roentgen not by Tesla.. And of course we do have Edison and the fluoroscope(credited by your first link itself).*
      4: . Radio - Guglielmo Marconi was initially credited, and most believe him to be the inventor of radio to this day. However, the Supreme Court overturned Marconi’s patent in 1943, when it was proven that Tesla invented the radio years previous to Marconi. Radio signals are just another frequency that needs a transmitter and receiver, which Tesla also demonstrated in 1893 during a presentation before The National Electric Light Association. In 1897 Tesla applied for two patents US 645576, and US 649621. In 1904, however, The U.S. Patent Office reversed its decision, awarding Marconi a patent for the invention of radio, possibly influenced by Marconi’s financial backers in the States, who included Thomas Edison and Andrew Carnegie. This also allowed the U.S. government (among others) to avoid having to pay the royalties that were being claimed by Tesla.-*"In 1900, Tesla was granted patents for a "system of transmitting electrical energy" and "an electrical transmitter." When Guglielmo Marconi made his famous first-ever transatlantic radio transmission in 1901, Tesla quipped that it was done with 17 Tesla patents. This was the beginning of years of patent battles over radio with Tesla's patents being upheld in 1903, followed by a reverse decision in favor of Marconi in 1904. In 1943, a Supreme Court of the United States decision restored the prior patents of Tesla, Oliver Lodge, and John Stone.[90] The court declared that their decision had no bearing on Marconi's claim as the first to achieve radio transmission, just that since Marconi's claim to certain patents were questionable, he could not claim infringement on those same patents[91]" - 17 patents didn't make the radio lol.. Also teslas RC boat was demonstrated in 1898 while Marconi was selling the radio by 1896.* en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio
      5. Remote Control - This invention was a natural outcropping of radio. Patent No.613809 was the first remote controlled model boat, demonstrated in 1898. *Well they got at least one right lol*
      6.Electric Motor - Tesla’s invention of the electric motor has finally been popularized by a carbrandishing his name. While the technical specifications are beyond the scope of this summary, suffice to say that Tesla’s invention of a motor with rotating magnetic fields could have freed mankind much sooner from the stranglehold of Big Oil. However, his invention in 1930 succumbed to the economic crisis and the world war that followed. Nevertheless, this invention has fundamentally changed the landscape of what we now take for granted: industrial fans, household applicances, water pumps, machine tools, power tools, disk drives, electric wristwatches and compressors. - *Wont even bother as my source clarifies everything*en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_motor
      7. Robotics - Tesla’s overly enhanced scientific mind led him to the idea that all living beings are merely driven by external impulses. He stated: “I have by every thought and act of mine, demonstrated, and does so daily, to my absolute satisfaction that I am an automaton endowed with power of movement, which merely responds to external stimuli.” Thus, the concept of the robot was born. However, an element of the human remained present, as Tesla asserted that these human replicas should have limitations - namely growth and propagation. Nevertheless, Tesla unabashedly embraced all of what intelligence could produce. His visions for a future filled with intelligent cars, robotic human companions, and the use of sensors, and autonomous systems are detailed in a must-read entry in the Serbian Journal of Electrical Engineering, 2006 (PDF). - *Everythings wrong with this article lol... First of all its out of place as Tesla didn't invent "robots" . Secondly it names it as his vision.. Which millions before him had.. Remember Galileo.. Hell just search up the history of robotics and one name will pop up and that is Al-Jazari. Al-Jazari was a great man(not the first but a pretty important figure in very early robotics)*
      8. Laser - Tesla’s invention of the laser may be one of the best examples of the good and evil bound up together within the mind of man. Lasers have transformed surgical applications in an undeniably beneficial way, and they have given rise to much of our current digital media. - *No you didn't just mention lasers :fp:.. Did you even read this list before linking it? Did you try some background research?* en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser
      9 and 10. Wireless Communications and Limitless Free Energy. - *Nonsense at its best init..* en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless

    • @orwoodwellson685
      @orwoodwellson685 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      J.P. Morgan funded Tesla 150.00 dollars ( over 3 million today with inflation) to make that tower in 1900. But in 1903 it wasn't completed so Morgan stopped funding him

    • @garyt4551
      @garyt4551 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ***** I imagine at the turn of the century there were many people that were for the sterilization of the mentally ill! Let me ask you something, even today, do you think it's a good idea to let mentally ill people reproduce??

  • @benjaminmargolis2128
    @benjaminmargolis2128 9 ปีที่แล้ว +310

    "And if the people knew you stopped me from making power free, they would curse the con Edison with every utility." Instant win for Tesla. In real life as well, Tesla was much smarter (believed to be the smartest man ever by some people) and actually made his own work. And I do curse Edison with every utility. Imagine a world with free energy.

    • @serbiaball7516
      @serbiaball7516 9 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      true

    • @Wazzok1
      @Wazzok1 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      +Benjamin Margolis Even if Tesla originally decided to make electricity free, look what happened with water. That's a natural resource, but you still get a piece of paper that gives this resource a hefty price tag.

    • @ethangray8527
      @ethangray8527 9 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      +Wazzok1
      Water may be in abundance, but it still costs money to pump it to houses and purify it.

    • @fingertreez
      @fingertreez 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      After reading tht line when it came up on screen during the battle i won the argument my friends and i were having....they said it was "curse the Con Edison " as in the company....nah...the con of edison....con...trick....
      whatever it was cool word play gg

    • @MrPiccoloku
      @MrPiccoloku 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Benjamin Margolis *tech nerdgasms* Imagine all of the GADGETS I COULD POWER LIKE THAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuh I'm normal now.

  • @pokuku
    @pokuku ปีที่แล้ว +35

    "I don't alternate my flow, I diss you directly."
    this says so much, the fact it refers to alternating current and direct current
    is literally insane how ERB thought of this

    • @chango.-.
      @chango.-. ปีที่แล้ว

      Half the battle uses clever puns like this

    • @pokuku
      @pokuku ปีที่แล้ว

      @@chango.-. true

  • @CrimzinEclipse2010
    @CrimzinEclipse2010 4 ปีที่แล้ว +839

    “You did not steal from me, you stole me from mankind!”
    Over 7 years later and that line is still one of the most epic ever in the history of ERB.

    • @thefinalroman
      @thefinalroman 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Too bad it's nonsense.
      th-cam.com/video/6331JXvOUGY/w-d-xo.html

    • @thefinalroman
      @thefinalroman 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Vandana Gupta Tesla was a fraud...
      th-cam.com/video/6331JXvOUGY/w-d-xo.html

    • @thefinalroman
      @thefinalroman 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Vandana Gupta Tesla was a loser nobody. Edison was a genius that brought in the modern world. Facts are with EDISON. losers on meds are with crazy tesla the bum...
      th-cam.com/video/6331JXvOUGY/w-d-xo.html

    • @thefinalroman
      @thefinalroman 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Vandana Gupta You have no facts just childish movies. Edison dominated the pathetic loser tesla so bad he married a bird died alone a loser with dementia. YOU LOST...

    • @thefinalroman
      @thefinalroman 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Vandana Gupta Tesla invented nothing. YOU HAVE NO FACTS AND YOU ARE DUMB AF LOSER....

  • @sarthakbhalerao1045
    @sarthakbhalerao1045 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4381

    Even before the rap battle begin 99% of the people watching this already know Who Won.

    • @subconscious_mind
      @subconscious_mind 3 ปีที่แล้ว +373

      Yes!, Nikola Tesla. Duh

    • @BoleDaPole
      @BoleDaPole 3 ปีที่แล้ว +84

      Edison won, people just like Tesla because he was weird and quirky and a car company is named after him.
      Most people never even heard of Tesla before Musk made him famous again.

    • @subconscious_mind
      @subconscious_mind 3 ปีที่แล้ว +439

      @@BoleDaPole nope! there is also SI unit "Tesla". he had make so many Dangerous machines too. i watched many videos on Tesla

    • @ElijahW2003
      @ElijahW2003 3 ปีที่แล้ว +381

      @@BoleDaPole I knew him _way_ before. Tesla coils are a thing, you know.

    • @Bookdragon3000
      @Bookdragon3000 3 ปีที่แล้ว +302

      @@BoleDaPole nope definitely knew him before the car lol

  • @trajic9204
    @trajic9204 4 ปีที่แล้ว +893

    Lol I love how when it goes dark due to Edison taking away his inventions, Tesla lights it up with his a lightbulb. Tesla actually came up with a new way to make light bulbs to circumvent the patent Edison had on them lol.

    • @saheb-jg9nj
      @saheb-jg9nj 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Without wire

    • @thefinalroman
      @thefinalroman 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Tesla never invented a light bulb

    • @trajic9204
      @trajic9204 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @@thefinalroman yeah he did, it's called the Carbon Button Lamp.

    • @thefinalroman
      @thefinalroman 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@trajic9204 Totally incorrect Tesla doesn't have any patents for light bulbs. you do know pretty much everything they say about Tesla is a lie you can go look up the original sources or read his autobiography to find out what really happened. The fake Tesla is a made up TV movie genius that never existed...

    • @trajic9204
      @trajic9204 2 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      @@thefinalroman It's patent number 335786, you can literally look it up and us government patent office website. unless your gonna say someone else invented the arc lamp?

  • @anthonyminimum
    @anthonyminimum 2 ปีที่แล้ว +92

    The fact that these two KNEW each other makes the battle way more exciting

    • @StrawberryMilkk224
      @StrawberryMilkk224 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They did also hate each other in real life, i think. Edison was a total jerk to Tesla

    • @Merennulli
      @Merennulli 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@StrawberryMilkk224There's no historical evidence to support that, and plenty to refute it. Both spoke very respectfully of one another.

    • @Wzmtwin
      @Wzmtwin 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ​@@MerennulliEven if the talk was respectful, Edison's actions towards Tesla weren't.

    • @Merennulli
      @Merennulli 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Wzmtwin The only claim of that during their lifetimes was a remark by Tesla after his mind had broken down, despite him keeping a journal and never mentioning it at the time it supposedly happened. And, fairly damming to that claim, Edison legally owned Tesla's patents but let Tesla have them instead. Something legally documented that directly debunks this myth.

    • @darthrevan454
      @darthrevan454 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@MerennulliI don't think you understand what he means by "actions".

  • @RipleySawzen
    @RipleySawzen 5 ปีที่แล้ว +866

    "You did not steal from me, you stole me from mankind" best flex in any rap battle

  • @ZachHenke
    @ZachHenke 5 ปีที่แล้ว +823

    “I’ll bet you $50,000 that you’ll never forget it. “
    I love this line in particular. It just reminds me how awful Edison really was to Tesla.

    • @BigBoss-rr4sw
      @BigBoss-rr4sw 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Just some american humor

    • @BigBoss-rr4sw
      @BigBoss-rr4sw 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It was 50 K. Still, just some good old american humor, this serbian couldn't get a joke.

    • @haroldthetree2887
      @haroldthetree2887 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      BigBoss7007 $50,000 back then is over $1.5 million dollars today

    • @BigBoss-rr4sw
      @BigBoss-rr4sw 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@haroldthetree2887Didn't know you were talking about today.

    • @haroldthetree2887
      @haroldthetree2887 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      BigBoss7007 you were correcting him because he said $1,000,000 idiot

  • @thetraveler7368
    @thetraveler7368 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1835

    “You’re best invention was a way to steal credit” Tesla for the Win

    • @elmerwilber3308
      @elmerwilber3308 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      .

    • @besisis1308
      @besisis1308 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Yes definitely won the battle for Nikola Tesla. Also when he said that he was stolen from mankind.

    • @lawaklawakpeace9333
      @lawaklawakpeace9333 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I'm sorry but.. Your*

    • @lastfullast8819
      @lastfullast8819 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      "You never had sex, but you sure got screwed by me!"
      Edison won.

    • @rogeliojaimes121
      @rogeliojaimes121 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@lastfullast8819 That was easily one of the weakest verses in this entire battle Tesla won

  • @Korne127
    @Korne127 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Damn, I've listened to this so often and I still got massive goosebumps in the ending.

  • @mateusramos7805
    @mateusramos7805 6 ปีที่แล้ว +796

    "I don't alternate my flow, I diss you directly"
    It's the most clever line by large, although I think Tesla won because of his 2nd verse.

    • @alfieburns3979
      @alfieburns3979 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Yeah just discovered how clever that line is, as a person who is studying physics right now (only at secondary education level though)

    • @johnanth
      @johnanth 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Yeah, Edison was a proponent of DC while Tesla promoted AC. There are still applications for DC but AC has a much better cost/performance ratio on most scales and its risks (relative to DC) can be mitigated.

    • @malign3158
      @malign3158 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Mateus Ramos Those lines are my favorite in all of ERB. That one, Hitler’s “I put the ‘Germ’ into Germany: I’m sick on this mic!”, Holmes and Watson’s “My sidekick’s a doctor. (Because his flows are so *ill* ), and Lewis and Clark’s “We put the dis in dysentery cause we spit sick”

    • @malign3158
      @malign3158 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      And also JP Morgan’s “Yo, I own the railroad: I run these tracks”

    • @TheEmeraldMenOfficial
      @TheEmeraldMenOfficial 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Max Langerud what battle was that?

  • @crosbowkil98
    @crosbowkil98 9 ปีที่แล้ว +763

    "no lights, no camera, no sound see?" ...but i can still hear him...

    • @raizellecadria6385
      @raizellecadria6385 9 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      +crosbowkil98 I think he meant the music (or the mic... idk)

    • @saberhap2639
      @saberhap2639 9 ปีที่แล้ว +83

      +crosbowkil98 Cause he's in the room with you

    • @chrismarie4770
      @chrismarie4770 9 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      +crosbowkil98 No lights? the incandescent light bulb was invented by Joseph Swan.

    • @saberhap2639
      @saberhap2639 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      Chris Marie Yeah it wasn't Edison. What was the name of the guy who created the gas light?
      If it's Joseph then I'm horrible.

    • @JaxDagger
      @JaxDagger 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Pedro_The_Unicorn_Fucker i thought that xD

  • @andreicanlapan923
    @andreicanlapan923 4 ปีที่แล้ว +531

    1:05 "50 thousand dollars"
    Tesla went to Edison to work for him so that he could get the funding for his ideas and research. However, Edison said he should stop working on them and focus on the pending inventions the company has offering Tesla 50 thousand dollars if he ever accomplishes them. Tesla made several patents for Edison but was never paid. When confronted, all Edison said was "you don't understand american humor".

    • @sanyogoo6017
      @sanyogoo6017 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      That's a lot of damage!!!!

    • @raymundoquinones4867
      @raymundoquinones4867 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Thats what makes that line hurt so much.

    • @ExcelonTheFourthAvalonHeirs
      @ExcelonTheFourthAvalonHeirs 4 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      You don't understand the American humor, but I will keep the patent.
      -Thomas Beta Male.

    • @pkingglazersout6665
      @pkingglazersout6665 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      What a prat Edison was

    • @deathnotelover11
      @deathnotelover11 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      When I heard that line it physically hurt. Edison was such a prick. He took advantage of so many brilliant people and got away with it. :(

  • @tiputhesultan
    @tiputhesultan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    "You did not steal from me - you stole me from mankind" is my favorite ERB line. Ever!

  • @Ravenofthedog
    @Ravenofthedog 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1808

    “Ugh power costs to much”
    *Serbian laughter in the distance*

    • @yugoslaviaballdreamer4021
      @yugoslaviaballdreamer4021 6 ปีที่แล้ว +72

      "xaxaxaxaxa"

    • @frocco7125
      @frocco7125 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Is electricity free in serbia?

    • @Ravenofthedog
      @Ravenofthedog 6 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      Tesla was Serbian

    • @frocco7125
      @frocco7125 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Ravenofthedog
      I know, but is elctricity free?

    • @Blackstorm96
      @Blackstorm96 6 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      @@frocco7125 Hahahahahahaha....nope, electricity isn't free here, I can confirm :D

  • @MrFulldawa
    @MrFulldawa 5 ปีที่แล้ว +158

    Why is nobody talking about the fact that the beat was made with Tesla coils sounds???

  • @JoeytheJoeyX3
    @JoeytheJoeyX3 10 ปีที่แล้ว +190

    "You did not steal from me, you stole me from mankind!"
    Probably the most badass verse of anything ever. Just sayin'.

  • @datsj2152
    @datsj2152 2 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    "You did not steal from me, you stole me from mankind" should be the greatest line in ERB for me. It's easy to deliver a hard hitting line by violently roasting your opponent, but that... Completely destroying his opponent by delivering such a powerful description of himself and it actually being true is something special.

    • @koeyy
      @koeyy ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Up there with the hawking particles line

    • @meganleslie9069
      @meganleslie9069 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@koeyyI liked "Albert E = MC Squared"
      My other favorite erb

  • @joseph5614
    @joseph5614 6 ปีที่แล้ว +429

    You couldn't handle my gifts with your greedy little mind
    WHAT'S INSIDE MINE WAS AHEAD OF ITS OWN TIME
    *YOU DID NOT STEAL FROM ME YOU STOLE ME FROM MANKIND*

    • @supergeeky7529
      @supergeeky7529 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Pure fucking truth!

    • @Skyfighter64
      @Skyfighter64 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@supergeeky7529 It's like the truth... except it's a lie.

    • @harioschtroliki
      @harioschtroliki 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@Skyfighter64 What about it was a lie?

  • @mariummmm189
    @mariummmm189 3 ปีที่แล้ว +262

    "Your best invention was a way to steal credit" lmao

    • @asylumskp4391
      @asylumskp4391 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@reallifehack4790 Dawg just look up Edison's """inventions""". You'll find all of them.

    • @micro1717
      @micro1717 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@reallifehack4790 Dababy is right

    • @VaiskHD
      @VaiskHD 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@reallifehack4790 light bulb

    • @VaiskHD
      @VaiskHD 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@reallifehack4790 Bruh... Tesla...

    • @dcmastermindfirst9418
      @dcmastermindfirst9418 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@reallifehack4790 Edison stole the credit for the light bulb.
      He did not invent it.

  • @kuri7154
    @kuri7154 7 ปีที่แล้ว +894

    "I don't alternate my flow, I diss you, directly"
    You guys are real geniuses

    • @jaysan3004
      @jaysan3004 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Kuri Inuki right

    • @alrajhiconsulting7630
      @alrajhiconsulting7630 7 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Scorpion tesla invent the alternative current but Edison system working in direct current
      So he say i diss u DIRECTLY! Heheheh

    • @AlexanderAzarov
      @AlexanderAzarov 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      And then AC won, anyway. Mostly.

    • @Yumiesthetic
      @Yumiesthetic 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I don't alternate my flow = Alternating current (AC) = Nikola Tesla
      I diss you directly = Direct current (DC) = Thomas Edison

    • @nathanhamman418
      @nathanhamman418 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Alexander Azarov most modern electronics use DC, but ac is used to go over long distance

  • @IanBaluwa-b9t
    @IanBaluwa-b9t หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Why isn't this the most watched video on ERB? So far, of the ERB episodes I watched, this is the best and most creative.

  • @808project2
    @808project2 10 ปีที่แล้ว +206

    This wasn't just a rap battle, it was a history lesson lol.

    • @22burnsie
      @22burnsie 10 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Every erb is almost a history lesson

    • @00bort00
      @00bort00 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      almost every erb*

    • @IngotKing
      @IngotKing 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      00bort00 wrong, he was implying that ALL erb's are LIKE history lessons, not that ALMOST all erb's ARE history lessons. Close, but he said it correct. All he needed was a "like" between "almost" and "a".

    • @weebhater643
      @weebhater643 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      00bort00 isnt that why they call it epic rap battles of history

    • @trainerd1648
      @trainerd1648 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Oh yeah Goku superman Tmnt are totally historical figures

  • @Mystic-Dust
    @Mystic-Dust 7 ปีที่แล้ว +332

    And now we use Tesla's AC(Alternate Current) instead of Edison's DC(Direct Current) for electricity. I guess it's true that Tesla could have made electricity free, or at the very least, make it dirt cheap much sooner, if not for Edison's excessive greed for profits.

    • @LoganNagol
      @LoganNagol 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Mystic Dust we still use DC all the time. Your phone uses DC

    • @matthewv7437
      @matthewv7437 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Løgan Yes but Tesla wanted to use dc power on a large scale. Tesla and Edison we’re almost at war trying to find a way to supply electricity to the world.

    • @exiometv3347
      @exiometv3347 6 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      "We still use D.C. all the time" This line is misleading. The power supply everywhere is still A.C, we have rectifiers to convert it to D.C. as "our phone uses D.C."

    • @matthewv7437
      @matthewv7437 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      ExiomeTV It wastes a lot of energy though.

    • @VoidCreeper
      @VoidCreeper 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      No if you read what he wanted he actually believe electricity should be free in fact the tower in the background of this video is wardencyffe which is cool so look that up

  • @dwarvenmoray
    @dwarvenmoray 5 ปีที่แล้ว +663

    Happy 163rd birthday to Nikola Tesla. Great sir, you will not be forgotten as one of the world's greatest minds. Your inventions & intelligence has influenced our modern society in a great way. Rest in Peace

    • @junky4242
      @junky4242 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      i know this is a heartfelt comment, but i’m just waiting for his 169th birthday.

    • @dwarvenmoray
      @dwarvenmoray 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@junky4242 Well, he was popular with the ladies. He just never got married or laid.

    • @andro_king
      @andro_king 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He will be forgotten, just not any time soon

    • @dwarvenmoray
      @dwarvenmoray 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@andro_king He will never be forgotten.

    • @andro_king
      @andro_king 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@dwarvenmoray Everyone will, maybe in a million years but still will

  • @EvilDogProductions
    @EvilDogProductions 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I still think this is the best of all ERBs, the lines, the flow, the beat.

  • @trentrubenacker9718
    @trentrubenacker9718 5 ปีที่แล้ว +294

    "You didn't steal from me. You stole me from mankind."
    Chills

  • @IkmelAAA
    @IkmelAAA 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4000

    Tesla's flow was electrifying.

  • @gladwintirkey3367
    @gladwintirkey3367 10 ปีที่แล้ว +278

    Let me give you better modern analogy.
    Steve jobs= Thomas Edison, Steve Wozniak=nikola tesla

    • @MrBellyar
      @MrBellyar 10 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      Not a very accurate analogy. Without Jobs, Wozniak wouldn't be able to turn his inventions into Apple. Not only did Edison stole the inventions, but he turned many Investors away from Tesla. Jobs was a great top-manager with creativity and vision of what people like. Promoting and stealing are different things.

    • @dennisritchie149
      @dennisritchie149 10 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      No, me = Nikola Tesla. Without me, unix would have never become mainstream as a server platform, and the internet wouldn't run without it; servers wouldn't run BIND, so you'd have to type an ip address in to the address bar...and OS X would have never existed.
      Apple hasn't really "invented" much, they usually just improve existing design. I actually (co)-made the C programming language...which is arguably one of the most used and powerful programming languages in history.
      I should be in an epic rap battle.

    • @MrBellyar
      @MrBellyar 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      My point wasn't about Apple, it was about analogy.

    • @na__cho
      @na__cho 10 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Dennis Ritchie You're dead... :/

    • @dennisritchie149
      @dennisritchie149 10 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I didn't die; I just joined the force.

  • @jhondalton130
    @jhondalton130 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This is the best battle of ERB . Real rivals with personal probrems . Lines related to their history animations and design just perfect