Sappho was actually a poet. Her type of poetry consisted of rhyming over a beat (Sappho was essentially an Ancient Greek rapper). She also was known to be lesbian/bi (hard to say, Ancient Greeks didn’t exactly fit sexuality as we understand it). Worth noting, her “husband’s” name essentially translates to dick from man island. Overly Sarcastic Productions has a video on TH-cam about Sappho. Would fully suggest to anyone interested.
Caught it the second time watching. Wonder Woman and Sappho are both wlw (women loving women, incl. lesbian, bi, pan, etc), so I guess it works... Googled it. The line has been used in a WW comic, apparently.
I love how the chat didn't spoil T-Pain for Knox, but went ballistic when he actually realized. This is how every community should be. Much love to all of you :D.
The ERB suggestion that everybody thought was dumb and silly at the time actually produced one of the best battles in the series. Stevie won by a landslide tho.
@@NeoSamurai13 DC stands for Direct Current, it's when electric current flows with a statically positive voltage. AC is Alternating Current, it's when the voltage alternates extremely fast between positive and negative, so fast that you can only see it when broken down to the miliseconds. AC is superior to DC in that it can deliver much higher voltages without significant losses. There is a device called a "transformer" which usually transforms a higher voltage to a lower one, while a "Step-Down" transformer is used to transform high voltage from AC to low voltage in DC. In the rap battle between Edison and Tesla, Edison also refers to AC and DC in the line "I don't alternate my flow, I diss you directly".
Princess Diana was also called Lady Di (pronounced like die), so that line has yet another layer. They were not in the Amazon, they were based off the Amazons in Greek mythology, and canonically (in the comics, the mythological Amazons were a bit nonspecific, but are generally held to have been inspired by a group of people the Greeks met in an area that is now called Crimea) lived on the island of Themyscira, not in the Amazon rainforest (that was actually also named after the mythological Amazons).
@@StorymasterQ Yep. It was named that because early Spanish explorers started telling each other tall tales about the native nations, and one of them was that this jungle they were exploring was where the Amazons fled to after Heracles kidnapped their queen, Hippolyta.
When a battle is close like this I default to a simple way to judge who won. Who attacked the person better, not personal attacks, but what they stand for and what they have accomplished. WW attacked stevie's accomplishments and songs a bit, but for the most part she dissed his appearance, personal life, and disability. Stevie on the other hand attacked what WW is. A figure of female empowerment, and a famous fictional character. He hit her shows, accomplishments. And her independence and role as a figure of female empowerment, with the Bechdel and miss independent lines. This is why Stevie wins in my opinion.
The fact he said DC is a whole step down killed her, since that works on multiple levels. How his worst song is better than her best tv show, plots so thin even he could see through. Stevie was giving hit after hit and demolished WW with superior ease. Even the grammy joke hits hard, when you realize he literally has more grammies than her outfit has stars on it.
@@HedgieDaUmbrehog Exactly. Disses to a persons accomplishments or what they stand for hit harder than any character attack in my opinion. WW hits Stevie based on personal characteristics and his sex life. That just does not hit as hard for me.
@@doctorbleh4110 for me, she had some slight hits. But not only did Stevie diss her, he dissed most of DC as well. He didn’t just bitch slap her, he put her parent company into a chokehold to. And as for his sexual stuff through life, that’s not really shocking news. Artists of then, and even now, have had extremely prolific sex lives. It’s almost like a part of the industry. Made me yawn when she pulled those lines
WW's line about Stevie biting Ray's style is cool and all, but if you really get into it, because Stevie is blind he's never even seen what Ray's style looks like so couldn't copy it 🤣
“Move your head side to side slowly” just because their blind doesn’t mean they can’t learn. How do you think he learned to play piano, learned how to walk, learned how to live despite being blind. He just practiced and when he did something wrong they’d tell him. I obviously exaggerated but the point is he can still learn things he can’t see.
I think my point was, even if it's a 'good style for a blind person,' Stevie couldn't have make the call to copy it off of Ray. If it's a copy, someone else must have done the call to tell him to do it. He himself could not have decided by himself that it's a good style without someone informing him about it. Or maybe he could have just the joy leak out of him a bit too much whenever he played. Or maybe it's Maybelline, who knows.
Yo Knox, I REALLY love you going back and listening to the whole song one more time. PLEASE KEEP THAT FORMAT. I love it when people take the time to just enjoy the music. Keep up the good work!
Hey Knox, this is random, but I wanted to thank you for your music. I've been going though a hard time, and " Stressed Out" has been getting me though some shit. Its constantly on repeat. I hope you and your family is well, last video I saw with you live, you were saying your girls were sick. I wish you and your family the best, and wellness and keep up with the awesome music.
I think its clear cut stevie wonder win: - better vocals - attack to her character not her person with comments about her not being a good women figure - wonder woman mentioned him being blind way too much, after a diss is used 2 times, I start giving negatives. It makes it look like there isn't much ammunition she had against stevie so she defaulted on easy swings. - stevie wonders had counters to wonder woman's lines - Wonder woman looked like she had to try her hardest to even come close to stevie. while it looked stevie was holding back On the surface level, wonder woman would win, but looking more into the bars, Stevie wins no doubt.
Its kinda the opposite, in the surface it seems like Stevie won, but if you look at her lines you can see that she not only was creative with her disses, she also scratched deeper. WW won in my opinion.
Also issac newton vs bill nei its funny he was surprised that stevie wonder was played by t pain but if he watches newton vs bill he will see that newyon is played by the one and only wierd ale so yeah check that out
While I lack the time to watch every minute of your video, I'm very impressed with how you're catching all these little things I've missed about how well researched these ERBs are while maintaining your energy. Keep it up man.
Amazon, the people, came from somewhere in the Mediterranean. The Greeks had the Amazons in their myths, and that's where her lore comes from is Ancient Greece.
While I love other battles more, I can't wait for your reaction to Moses vs Santa claus, especially after seeing this one ;) And yeah, Steve Jobs VS Bill Gates was my entry to ERB back then, but also probably because I'm a programmer so a lot of the jokes and layers just hit me very well
Knox, believe it or not, I heard of T Pain singing about being on a boat before I heard any of his actual music. For claiming to not know DC much, you still caught the majority of the bars anyway. Great reaction as always. #LoveAndPeace \m/ #RandomFacts Higher Ground is a great track by Stevie that was wonderfully covered by Red Hot Chili Peppers too; the bar has too many layers. Talking Book is one of the undoubtedly good albums he made. Sappho, as some meme thread once coined, was the #OGLesbian poet from Ancient Greece. A great shout out, even if used as a diss.
"What was the song? He had a song. 'I feel like this is just the beginning, but I have loved you for a million years'." Sounds like the relationship between Godzilla and Mothra.
Anyone else notice he said Stevie Knight multiple times instead of Stevie Wonder? Lol . Much love tho Knox. Killer breakdown and highly entertaining as always. (Someone caught it in live chat 5min after my original post lol )
Personal favorite I’d like to request is Doc Brown Vs Doctor Who, you won’t be disappointed by the sci fi, you’ll get to every erb eventually so there’s enough *time*. Anyways this battle was well written and I loved Stevie’s rebuttals.
Her emphasis on the word "wish" at 30:57 ("some of your records make me WISH you started drinking") is probably a deliberate reference to his song "I Wish".
Knox, you need to check out ERB Bruce Lee vs Clint Eastwood bro. The blows are NASTY and deep cutting af! Snoop also makes an ERB appearance as Moses in a battle vs Santa. I also recommend checking out Epic Lloyd's solo channel Diss Raps For Hire, it's hilarious and he drops some great bars. Some more ERB recommendations: Stephen Hawking vs Albert Einstein, Michael Jackson vs Elvis Presley, Adam vs Eve(Adam and Eve from the Bible), Justin Bieber vs Beethoven, Dr Seuss vs Shakespeare(who is played by Watsky), Batman vs Sherlock Holmes, and Mario Bros vs Wright Bros.
New fan here and I love your reactions! You have to start watching the behind the scenes that go along with each battle; they’re on the ERB2 channel and only a couple mins but worth a watch after checking out the battle. Keep up the great job!!
Need to check out the following: Newton vs. Nye MLK vs. Ghandi Jordan vs Ali Gordon Ramsay vs. Julia Child Wolverine vs Freddy Krueger Freddy Mercury vs. Frank Sinatra Bill Gates vs Steve Jobs
Missed the show but loved watching this. watching the chat i gotta say please remember Knox is sick and does not need to put out any vids at all please be kind to each other :)
Talking Books was also a program to record audiobooks for the blind, so that was also another jab at his blindness. If you liked the T-pain cameo watch Moses vs Santa Claus.
Just incase you don't know by now, Lilly Singh is a popular TH-camr called Superwoman. She in recent years got her own (unsuccessful) late night talk show. So the line about "my worst song is better than your best tv show" might also be a diss at the actress of WW, but I might be stretching it here. So many layers.
Great reaction as always. Just a shame I couldn't catch it live as was at work. If t pain blew your mind that much, just wait till you react to moses vs santa
Knox like people say u never miss your reactions are just tooo good can you do donald trump vs hillary clinton for a reaction old but def one of the best and highly viewed battles by epic rap battles of history
Wow, such a pleasure to watch this. I can't believe how much I missed before and even other reviewers. But I'm also surprised you haven't at least heard of Lilly Singh 😁
I feel like this is the beginning, (ohhh!) (This is a reference to the lyrics of Wonder's song "You Are the Sunshine of My Life", "I feel like this is the beginning." Wonder also sings the line similar to the tune in his song.)
That DC line is redicilously layered! Stewie Wonder was born in Saginaw, Michigan Whish is geographically above (higher ground) Washington DC where Wonder woman also resides in 1984!!
As a rapper myself Knox Hill. I say Wonder Woman had great bars, but with how effectively T-Pain flipped those bars back on her I think T-Pain won. But in the end Wonder Woman did put up a good fight. Wonder Woman: “Your TH-cam videos raise some vision questions.” Stevie Wonder “Your ignorant questions could never cause as much pain as never knowing how stupid you look in your airplane.” Wonder Woman: “I let bats down easy so you don’t worry about a thing lil Stevie.” Stevie Wonder: “How you gonna talk about a bar being blind, you need to echo relocate to the 4th of July. Cause your miss independent or at least you tried but your first story is your running off with a guy.” She had no response for that, he had an answer for everything
Don’t know if you’ll jump back to this comment. But another cool thing T-Pain did in that “DC a whole step down” line is, when he sang “step down” it was the actual vocal D-note to C-note step down. ❤️
I know who Lilly Singh is, but didn't realize it was her! She used to TH-cam, first under the name Superwoman and then switched to using her own name. She did scetches and other types of comedy, including rap with humorous lyrics, and that launched her career. Now she's doing comedy full time on tv, I think she even got her own show! I used to watch her channel around the time she switched the channel name.
I believe the TH-cam line as a bit of a 4th wall breaking from Lilly Singh. She is a youtuber (or used to be at least. with like, 10 million subscriber) and I believe she like to do "vision board" to help herself set and reach her goals.
In the first verse she said he didn’t need to worry about batman because there is a Batman vs Predator comic. Which works well as the follow up too predator on chemotherapy line
Im not sure if he actually got the bar but at the part:im the ceremony master blaster with the bars...,if you turn ceremony master around you get master of ceremonies which is what MC means
Im not sure what reminded me, but there is this thing called Starbomb that egoraptor had a part in, they have made a whole bunch of songs/raps and i think they are hilarious, almost at the same level as ERB, why not react to some of those aswell?
I know this is late, but he missed a Super-Chat message that said 'Do Blackbeard vs Al Capone next please', one we have been waiting for him to do since FOREVER
@@MKDumas1981 yeah.. Seen it..... Wasnt That impressed about that catfight.. just two hoochies battling.. This one... Was an odd mix, and the bars were fire..
Kind of late 2 years late, but the DC higher ground bar, Stevie wonder was born in Michigan (according to wikipedia), which is higher than the average sea level of Washington DC...
The line about talking books is also don’t judge a book by it’s cover but talking books are books that a read out loud like oh a tape or mp3 for blind people
Bats aren't blind at all. They can see in the dark better than humans; they just don't see as many colors as we do. Echo location is a bonus, not compensation.
What else should we react to? 🤔 Comment below! Also for those watching this after the live full reaction starts at 8:51 - you’re welcome 🙌
Moses vs Santa Claus (I think thats the right one, unless you've already done it.)
DAX
You haven't done Stephen Hawking vs Einstein yet, I don't think!
It's probably not the best ERB ever, but there's one out there with Snoop Dogg in the rap (Moses vs Santa Claus) :D
there's a DC step down voltage convertor
LAYERS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BARS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sappho was actually a poet. Her type of poetry consisted of rhyming over a beat (Sappho was essentially an Ancient Greek rapper). She also was known to be lesbian/bi (hard to say, Ancient Greeks didn’t exactly fit sexuality as we understand it). Worth noting, her “husband’s” name essentially translates to dick from man island.
Overly Sarcastic Productions has a video on TH-cam about Sappho. Would fully suggest to anyone interested.
Holy that's what she jokes Batman you did like 3 in a row
I thought I heard Sappho in there! Missed the bar, though, was folding laundry and listening to the breakdown 😂
Caught it the second time watching. Wonder Woman and Sappho are both wlw (women loving women, incl. lesbian, bi, pan, etc), so I guess it works...
Googled it. The line has been used in a WW comic, apparently.
I love how the chat didn't spoil T-Pain for Knox, but went ballistic when he actually realized. This is how every community should be. Much love to all of you :D.
I did see one person say it in chat before he got to Stevie’s first verse.
@@roboticminer8843 Not surprised. Gotta be one outta of that many ppl
Yeaaaah a lot of them tried to spoil lol
@@Takananoshi
I saw several fucking wankers trying to spoil Snoop and Weird Al too, even Dan Bull.
The ERB suggestion that everybody thought was dumb and silly at the time actually produced one of the best battles in the series. Stevie won by a landslide tho.
"that is tpain, i can't believe it"
*Me, still waiting for Moses vs santa Claus*
Stevie Wonder won this hands down, how he flipped WW's disses is just putting him on a whole other level.
"DC is a whole step down" also works for electric current.
How does it work aside from the fact that DC also means something in electrical terms.
@@NeoSamurai13 DC "Step down" Transformer
@@NeoSamurai13 DC(direct current) pretty much inferior to AC(alternative current)
@@NeoSamurai13 DC stands for Direct Current, it's when electric current flows with a statically positive voltage. AC is Alternating Current, it's when the voltage alternates extremely fast between positive and negative, so fast that you can only see it when broken down to the miliseconds.
AC is superior to DC in that it can deliver much higher voltages without significant losses. There is a device called a "transformer" which usually transforms a higher voltage to a lower one, while a "Step-Down" transformer is used to transform high voltage from AC to low voltage in DC. In the rap battle between Edison and Tesla, Edison also refers to AC and DC in the line "I don't alternate my flow, I diss you directly".
i get that DC is a type of current and that it’s worse than AC but i don’t get how that’s supposed to add any punch to the bar?
Homie wasn't ready for T-Pain lol
Does he know Snoop is Moses? lol
@@codyhare2897 Not to mention Isaac Newton
Princess Diana was also called Lady Di (pronounced like die), so that line has yet another layer.
They were not in the Amazon, they were based off the Amazons in Greek mythology, and canonically (in the comics, the mythological Amazons were a bit nonspecific, but are generally held to have been inspired by a group of people the Greeks met in an area that is now called Crimea) lived on the island of Themyscira, not in the Amazon rainforest (that was actually also named after the mythological Amazons).
Was disappointed no one pointed this out in chat
@@Dr.Spatula Same
@@Valandar2 p
TIL that the rainforest is named after the mythological people and not the other way around.
@@StorymasterQ Yep. It was named that because early Spanish explorers started telling each other tall tales about the native nations, and one of them was that this jungle they were exploring was where the Amazons fled to after Heracles kidnapped their queen, Hippolyta.
I was hoping he’d catch that suffering Sappho line. As always, Nox does not disappoint.
Eh he still got it wrong. Or at least missed two layers. But better than most.
Knox*
Let's not forget that 'Signed, Sealed, Delivered' is a hit song from Stevie Wonder.
T-Pain has a great singing voice. I heard he just uses autotune because he thinks it sounds neat.
Can’t wait for him to do Santa vs Moses, and have his socks blown off
there is also newton vs bill neigh
Blackbeard vs AL Capone is one of my faves
When a battle is close like this I default to a simple way to judge who won. Who attacked the person better, not personal attacks, but what they stand for and what they have accomplished. WW attacked stevie's accomplishments and songs a bit, but for the most part she dissed his appearance, personal life, and disability.
Stevie on the other hand attacked what WW is. A figure of female empowerment, and a famous fictional character. He hit her shows, accomplishments. And her independence and role as a figure of female empowerment, with the Bechdel and miss independent lines. This is why Stevie wins in my opinion.
It wasnt even close though, Stevie won and he didnt even see his oponent.
The fact he said DC is a whole step down killed her, since that works on multiple levels. How his worst song is better than her best tv show, plots so thin even he could see through. Stevie was giving hit after hit and demolished WW with superior ease.
Even the grammy joke hits hard, when you realize he literally has more grammies than her outfit has stars on it.
@@HedgieDaUmbrehog Exactly. Disses to a persons accomplishments or what they stand for hit harder than any character attack in my opinion. WW hits Stevie based on personal characteristics and his sex life. That just does not hit as hard for me.
@@doctorbleh4110 for me, she had some slight hits. But not only did Stevie diss her, he dissed most of DC as well. He didn’t just bitch slap her, he put her parent company into a chokehold to. And as for his sexual stuff through life, that’s not really shocking news. Artists of then, and even now, have had extremely prolific sex lives. It’s almost like a part of the industry. Made me yawn when she pulled those lines
Since you just reacted to T-Pain might as well react to Snoop next in Santa Vs Moses ERB!!
Wait! Dont spoil it! I wanna see his surprise. I know it's on the thumbnail for the vid but still
That one was excellent
@@ApolloTheSunion i agree with you, i don't get why people spoil the surprise
Yeah
Edit your comment and remove Snoop
Lilly Singh's old pseudonym was also "Superwoman", which fits, considering the character she's playing.
The "princess Diana but the lady don't die" is actually a triple, because princess Diana's nickname was also Lady Di
WW's line about Stevie biting Ray's style is cool and all, but if you really get into it, because Stevie is blind he's never even seen what Ray's style looks like so couldn't copy it 🤣
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Someone could have told him.
@@MKDumas1981 And say what?
"Hey, Stevie, move your head like this."
"Ey, like what, man? Like what?"
“Move your head side to side slowly” just because their blind doesn’t mean they can’t learn. How do you think he learned to play piano, learned how to walk, learned how to live despite being blind. He just practiced and when he did something wrong they’d tell him. I obviously exaggerated but the point is he can still learn things he can’t see.
I think my point was, even if it's a 'good style for a blind person,' Stevie couldn't have make the call to copy it off of Ray. If it's a copy, someone else must have done the call to tell him to do it. He himself could not have decided by himself that it's a good style without someone informing him about it.
Or maybe he could have just the joy leak out of him a bit too much whenever he played.
Or maybe it's Maybelline, who knows.
Yo Knox, I REALLY love you going back and listening to the whole song one more time. PLEASE KEEP THAT FORMAT. I love it when people take the time to just enjoy the music. Keep up the good work!
Much love bro. I can’t do that for most videos as I can’t monetise them and will get copyright struck unfortunately. But for these ERBs I can
Hey Knox, this is random, but I wanted to thank you for your music. I've been going though a hard time, and " Stressed Out" has been getting me though some shit. Its constantly on repeat. I hope you and your family is well, last video I saw with you live, you were saying your girls were sick. I wish you and your family the best, and wellness and keep up with the awesome music.
Stevie smoked Wonder Woman. She had some really good ones, but every line out of Stevie hit like train.
Ugh!!! I wanted to see this live!!! But im so happy you did this. THIS one is my favorite. In my opinion, this one is SUPER underrated
I think its clear cut stevie wonder win:
- better vocals
- attack to her character not her person with comments about her not being a good women figure
- wonder woman mentioned him being blind way too much, after a diss is used 2 times, I start giving negatives. It makes it look like there isn't much ammunition she had against stevie so she defaulted on easy swings.
- stevie wonders had counters to wonder woman's lines
- Wonder woman looked like she had to try her hardest to even come close to stevie. while it looked stevie was holding back
On the surface level, wonder woman would win, but looking more into the bars, Stevie wins no doubt.
Its kinda the opposite, in the surface it seems like Stevie won, but if you look at her lines you can see that she not only was creative with her disses, she also scratched deeper. WW won in my opinion.
@@trium1554 in what way? they were all the same repetitive disses over and over again. Insulting someone 3+ times for being blind isn't creative.
You missed that "Ms. independent" was a reference to her constantly being on the cover of Ms. magazine in its early days.
He hasnt done the Bill Gates vs Steve Jobs, thats one of the best
Lance Armstrong vs babe Ruth , Austin powers vs James bond, Elvis vs Michael Jackson all good ones
FINE
YOUWANNABELIKETHAT
DIE THEN
Elon mask vs mark Zuckerberg, Muhammad Ali vs Michael Jordan
I remember when jobs vs gates was released. After that everyone was like where's the next rap battle so much Theodore Roosevelt took charge.
Also issac newton vs bill nei its funny he was surprised that stevie wonder was played by t pain but if he watches newton vs bill he will see that newyon is played by the one and only wierd ale so yeah check that out
8:55 for the ERB
@@channel-hm5tv 😏
thx
Knox; you missed one! Princess Diana was also known as Princess Di(e)! And Wonder Woman got with Superman in later comics.
In older comics I do believe wonder woman and Batman dated
Yeah, that got erased a few years back.
Also "this lady don't die"
Before she was Princess Diana she was Lady Di
He's floored over T-Pain? Someone tell him about the Moses vs. Santa battle, lmao...
Love the facial expression when T-Pain started to rap. 😂 Can't wait for Santa vs Moses one hehe!
Knox’s knowledge is actually insane, like he is able to dissect things so incredibly.
Kept calling him Stevie Knight. I'm dead🤣🤣🤣
Not sure if you've seen yet but there's a new ERB dropping on the 14th
🔥 livestream. Feel better Knox! Would definitely love a stream about creation of music and your process one day ✊
Knox you are a stand up guy, keep doing your thing the world needs more of you man. Spread those positive vibes!
16:03 Oh, i can't wait until he reacts to Clint Eastwood VS Bruce Lee.
Loved the second live today.
Thank you. New series I'm trialing out. I call it 'black'
I believe the "vision question" line is also a play off of "vision quest."
And, possibly the album _Innervisions_.
While I lack the time to watch every minute of your video, I'm very impressed with how you're catching all these little things I've missed about how well researched these ERBs are while maintaining your energy. Keep it up man.
Amazon, the people, came from somewhere in the Mediterranean. The Greeks had the Amazons in their myths, and that's where her lore comes from is Ancient Greece.
The Amazon rainforest is actually named after the greek myth because explorers encountered some tribe that had vicious women warriors.
While I love other battles more, I can't wait for your reaction to Moses vs Santa claus, especially after seeing this one ;)
And yeah, Steve Jobs VS Bill Gates was my entry to ERB back then, but also probably because I'm a programmer so a lot of the jokes and layers just hit me very well
Knox, believe it or not, I heard of T Pain singing about being on a boat before I heard any of his actual music. For claiming to not know DC much, you still caught the majority of the bars anyway. Great reaction as always. #LoveAndPeace \m/
#RandomFacts Higher Ground is a great track by Stevie that was wonderfully covered by Red Hot Chili Peppers too; the bar has too many layers. Talking Book is one of the undoubtedly good albums he made. Sappho, as some meme thread once coined, was the #OGLesbian poet from Ancient Greece. A great shout out, even if used as a diss.
"What was the song? He had a song. 'I feel like this is just the beginning, but I have loved you for a million years'."
Sounds like the relationship between Godzilla and Mothra.
T Pain on Masked Singer was Amazing.
Anyone else notice he said Stevie Knight multiple times instead of Stevie Wonder? Lol . Much love tho Knox. Killer breakdown and highly entertaining as always. (Someone caught it in live chat 5min after my original post lol )
Knox really needs to watch Wolverine versus Freddie curger if he surprised by T-pain
Why? That battle is just Peter vs Lloyd?
na its Loyd vs Wax
I'm more interested in MLK vs Ghandi
Personal favorite I’d like to request is Doc Brown Vs Doctor Who, you won’t be disappointed by the sci fi, you’ll get to every erb eventually so there’s enough *time*. Anyways this battle was well written and I loved Stevie’s rebuttals.
Knox flippin his shit this hard for T-Pain must not know Snoop Dogg also appeared on ERB as Moses
Her emphasis on the word "wish" at 30:57 ("some of your records make me WISH you started drinking") is probably a deliberate reference to his song "I Wish".
Man, this was one of your best live session so far 👌👌
The Bechdel test , also known as the Bechdel-Wallace test, is a measure of the representation of women in fiction
DUDE!!! the “dc is a whole step down” meaning notes as well, i didnt even REALIZE that, nice Knox, good catch
Knox, you need to check out ERB Bruce Lee vs Clint Eastwood bro. The blows are NASTY and deep cutting af! Snoop also makes an ERB appearance as Moses in a battle vs Santa. I also recommend checking out Epic Lloyd's solo channel Diss Raps For Hire, it's hilarious and he drops some great bars. Some more ERB recommendations: Stephen Hawking vs Albert Einstein, Michael Jackson vs Elvis Presley, Adam vs Eve(Adam and Eve from the Bible), Justin Bieber vs Beethoven, Dr Seuss vs Shakespeare(who is played by Watsky), Batman vs Sherlock Holmes, and Mario Bros vs Wright Bros.
if you freaked out because T-Pain was in ERB, check out TheRussianBadger playing Rainbow 6 Siege with T-Pain on a Tournament.
Knox is gonna lose his mind when he does the Santa vs Moses one with who's in it.
Born and raised in Frederick County for 27 years. Now live in Tennessee but will always tune in to fellow Maryland peeps
New fan here and I love your reactions! You have to start watching the behind the scenes that go along with each battle; they’re on the ERB2 channel and only a couple mins but worth a watch after checking out the battle. Keep up the great job!!
Need to check out the following:
Newton vs. Nye
MLK vs. Ghandi
Jordan vs Ali
Gordon Ramsay vs. Julia Child
Wolverine vs Freddy Krueger
Freddy Mercury vs. Frank Sinatra
Bill Gates vs Steve Jobs
Seeing your breakdowns makes me better appreciate the skill it takes to put together a rap battle like this
I liked the replay start from end. I wouldn't mind seeing this as a normal thing for your future ERB breakdowns.
Missed the show but loved watching this. watching the chat i gotta say please remember Knox is sick and does not need to put out any vids at all please be kind to each other :)
Talking Books was also a program to record audiobooks for the blind, so that was also another jab at his blindness. If you liked the T-pain cameo watch Moses vs Santa Claus.
Just incase you don't know by now, Lilly Singh is a popular TH-camr called Superwoman. She in recent years got her own (unsuccessful) late night talk show. So the line about "my worst song is better than your best tv show" might also be a diss at the actress of WW, but I might be stretching it here. So many layers.
Great reaction as always. Just a shame I couldn't catch it live as was at work. If t pain blew your mind that much, just wait till you react to moses vs santa
Oh shit! You have a full list of your ERB reactions in the description! Yes!
I also made a playlist on my main channel now
23:00 I think the DC superchat meant that the melody *itself* goes steps down on this line as well.
Knox like people say u never miss your reactions are just tooo good can you do donald trump vs hillary clinton for a reaction old but def one of the best and highly viewed battles by epic rap battles of history
Wow, such a pleasure to watch this. I can't believe how much I missed before and even other reviewers. But I'm also surprised you haven't at least heard of Lilly Singh 😁
Bruh. The Amazons of DC are from Themyscira, Paradise Island.
Also, check out Superman vs Son Goku.
I feel like this is the beginning, (ohhh!)
(This is a reference to the lyrics of Wonder's song "You Are the Sunshine of My Life", "I feel like this is the beginning." Wonder also sings the line similar to the tune in his song.)
Hi knox. Thanks for the shout out at the end. WANNA tell us what happened with that accidental live after party after this? Lmao ;)🔥
You should react to the ERB that they dropped today. Ragnar Lodbrock vs Richad the Lionheart!
If you really wanna hear T-Pain at his best, go listen to the Tiny Desk concert he did at NPR. I was blown away by his voice.
That DC line is redicilously layered!
Stewie Wonder was born in Saginaw, Michigan Whish is geographically above (higher ground) Washington DC where Wonder woman also resides in 1984!!
As a rapper myself Knox Hill.
I say Wonder Woman had great bars, but with how effectively T-Pain flipped those bars back on her I think T-Pain won. But in the end Wonder Woman did put up a good fight.
Wonder Woman: “Your TH-cam videos raise some vision questions.”
Stevie Wonder “Your ignorant questions could never cause as much pain as never knowing how stupid you look in your airplane.”
Wonder Woman: “I let bats down easy so you don’t worry about a thing lil Stevie.”
Stevie Wonder: “How you gonna talk about a bar being blind, you need to echo relocate to the 4th of July. Cause your miss independent or at least you tried but your first story is your running off with a guy.”
She had no response for that, he had an answer for everything
T-Pain absolutely made this amazing and fun. He has a great singing voice.
Please react to ERB: Wolverine vs Freddy Krueger and ERB: Batman vs Sherlock Holmes.
Keep up the great work
Don’t know if you’ll jump back to this comment. But another cool thing T-Pain did in that “DC a whole step down” line is, when he sang “step down” it was the actual vocal D-note to C-note step down. ❤️
29:31 No. Master Blaster is a House of Pain song bro. "Who's the man with the mastah blastah. Who's da man, who's da man."
I know who Lilly Singh is, but didn't realize it was her! She used to TH-cam, first under the name Superwoman and then switched to using her own name. She did scetches and other types of comedy, including rap with humorous lyrics, and that launched her career. Now she's doing comedy full time on tv, I think she even got her own show! I used to watch her channel around the time she switched the channel name.
I believe the TH-cam line as a bit of a 4th wall breaking from Lilly Singh. She is a youtuber (or used to be at least. with like, 10 million subscriber) and I believe she like to do "vision board" to help herself set and reach her goals.
Its based off the video where stevie, although blind, catches a falling microphone. Nice peter talks about it in the making of episode
@@michaelkeegan9260 oh I see. thanks for the info
Yo Know love your album and videos. Good stuff man. You should breakdown ERB Dr. Suess vs. Shakespeare you will absolutely love that one
In the first verse she said he didn’t need to worry about batman because there is a Batman vs Predator comic. Which works well as the follow up too predator on chemotherapy line
Im not sure if he actually got the bar but at the part:im the ceremony master blaster with the bars...,if you turn ceremony master around you get master of ceremonies which is what MC means
Dreamcatcher - BOCA
this one is fire hot sauce 🔥🔥🔥🔥
(if you react to it, you get a free dream interpretation)
Im not sure what reminded me, but there is this thing called Starbomb that egoraptor had a part in, they have made a whole bunch of songs/raps and i think they are hilarious, almost at the same level as ERB, why not react to some of those aswell?
T-pain streams on twitch. He collabs all the time. He also made a copyright free library of beats for streamers to use without fear of strikes.
There is an additional layer o the Gina Davis line since Gina has voiced Wonder Woman in an animated movie
I know this is late, but he missed a Super-Chat message that said 'Do Blackbeard vs Al Capone next please', one we have been waiting for him to do since FOREVER
I think this is the HARDEST one I've seen from ERB...
Not even Joker/Pennywise was THIS HARD..
Oh my god ERB.. you are Unfuckwithable
You must not have seen Monroe vs. Patra.
@@MKDumas1981 yeah..
Seen it..... Wasnt That impressed about that catfight.. just two hoochies battling..
This one... Was an odd mix, and the bars were fire..
Romeo and Juliet vs Bonnie and Clide hits harder than this one even though it’s a great battle
They've had a couple famous rappers/artists on the channel...they got Snoop Dogg to play Moses for their Christmas one they did against Santa
Kind of late 2 years late, but the DC higher ground bar, Stevie wonder was born in Michigan (according to wikipedia), which is higher than the average sea level of Washington DC...
Idk why but I like that Knox knows of Skeem's existence
Isn't that Lilly Sing!!!!
Oh lord this is mind blowing
@LillySing you're fire🔥🔥🔥
And is that T-Pain as Stevie?? Or am i trippin balls...
The line about talking books is also don’t judge a book by it’s cover but talking books are books that a read out loud like oh a tape or mp3 for blind people
Fact: Stevie Wonder has 22 Grammy awards.
Why were so many people writing 25?
Bats aren't blind at all. They can see in the dark better than humans; they just don't see as many colors as we do. Echo location is a bonus, not compensation.
Watching this after watching the new WeSkeem video got me feeling like Knox is spying on me.
Also shoutout to Knoxs mod Kelly30 putting in the work as a mod