American Rapper REACTS to Toto - Africa (metal cover by Leo Moracchioli feat. Rabea & Hannah)

[@shotaholic1]

just to set the record straight, Hanna is Rabea’s girlfriend (the one who played the solo) and if you watch Leo’s cover of Pink’s “Cover Me in Sunshine” his daughter Mikela sings it with him and honestly, she KILLS it!!

[@Grumpy_McGrump]

Leo has done in excess of 270 metal covers (including some Disney classics) and the number keeps growing...His band is also AMAZING ...he's my goto on my dark days...always brings me round and reminds me how to smile

[@AesirBerserkr]

Leo is an absolute beast. Ive been listing to him for years, back when he had 10 cover albums.... he now has some 40+ cover albums on spotify.. the man plays all instruments and sings, minus those that he has as a guest, and then on top of that he edits all of the videos himself in his studio which is featured in the videos as well. amazing talent you cant pick a bad cover by Leo

[@justinatest9456]

Their cover of Dance Monkey is amazing, better than the legendary original dare I say.

[@shotaholic1]

agreed

[@ZERXERZANZIGER]

Leo's cover makes it tolerable.

[@gregsteele806]

Just to clear things up. Hannah's not his daughter. Does he look that old to you? MotherF*****!

[@LarryLeeder]

​@@ZERXERZANZIGERagreed.

[@francesmarinapatarangawhik4702]

Ok Guys this fella is WILD...the lady is COOL, the metal vibe of Totos song is gooood...Let's go!!👍☝️🖼☝️🎇🤓

[@gabrielstratton1775]

You should really watch his outro's to the end. They are often hilarious, or showcase some amazing talents of his guests when he has them

[@lillyvanpug]

This is wicked 🤩 My dad and I used to harmonize the original one when I was a child 🥺 Thank you for the memories 🖤

[@randywissler9923]

Leo's cover of Adele's Hello is his most watched at 72 million views.

[@gagewestover943]

It's not about strengthening vocal cords to be able to endure screaming. It's about learning the proper technique to avoid damage to the vocal cords all together.

[@mike_in_RI]

Loved the reaction but you should have listened to the rest of the outro.... it was absolute fire up to the end, and has actually become a song they play live on tour.

[@Richard-c5w]

Honestly every song he does is a banger.

[@vegasviking86]

When I first discovered Leo, my favorite game to play would be to put his spotify playlist on shuffle while driving and time myself to see how long it would take to guess the original. All of his covers are better than the originals. His cover of Ed Sheeran's "Bad Habits" is 🔥🔥🔥

[@iamdave4426]

She is not his daughter. She is a collaborator. His daughter is much younger and blonde, but she is in some videos. You guys skipped the best part! Also check out his This Is America Gambino cover!

[@shotaholic1]

lmao love the “Kevin” avatar! 🤣

[@jonblackburn7634]

I've been following Leo for years now. I spend most weeks trying to persuade him to cover "Hi Ren"

[@NoName-kx8kc]

Leo is the GOAT! More pls.🤘🤘👍👍

[@TheBigburcie]

There's video floating around of Stormzy at the Leeds festival with Rabea playing some super shreddy lead guitar that is amazing.

[@mrlatenightdrinker3962]

love this cover just hit play haven't listened to your reaction yet, I just know it has to be fire

[@Tiptonyte]

Duuuuuuude!!! 😮 BADASS!!!

[@MEGATRON1069]

It's time for you guys to discover Jinjer...the lovely Tatiana is a monster with her vocals! Try reacting to Pisces!

[@marcB420]

Leo has over 20 albums & here is his actual daughter Cover Me In Sunshine (metal cover by Leo Moracchioli & Daughter)

[@KoriconNala]

This is a long video, but it explores the science of the sounds metal singers make. You may find it interesting The Science Behind Vocal Distortion: Will Ramos of Lorna Shore kzbin.info/www/bejne/gJylh2t9pLWKjrssi=JBIBaOpGkcxv5ZNu

[@andylastname566]

Looks up Will Ramos and Chris Liepe, they go over how to get a basic growl going and how Will does it safely. Its a must watch, also Will Ramos is a frontman for Lorna Shore. A band idk if you are ready for yet. xD

[@SparkimusPrime]

Yesss! This is one of my favorites 🔥🔥 Thriller is awesome too!

[@arashigames8493]

You told me to subscribe & I did, you owe Leo a Sub.

[@steve45]

The Fuckin energy on this track!

[@suprspi]

I'd love to see you react to Leo's Sultan's of Swing cover.

[@iamdave4426]

The greatest!

[@J3nJ3nl0llip0p]

My favorite song! I'm thoroughly enjoying how much FUN they're having with it! Fun fact: when Weezer released their cover or this one, Toto responded by playing "Hash Pipe",live at ACL, introducing it by remarking how "We were smoking hash when these guys were in diapers", then SHREDDING it a way that only practiced old musicians with years of practice & heroic amounts of drugs can, and it was GLORIOUS. 10/10 HIGHLY recommend. Pun completely intended. Have a great day, Boyzzzzzzz!!

[@apatternedhorizon]

Dance Monkey. Sultans of Swing. Listen to your Heart. What is Love? Black Hole Sun. House of the Rising Sun. And always watch his outros, they're always original musical bits.

[@TheStellalegs72]

Fucking love the outro.............

[@F1rstWorldNomaD]

Check out his "Gangnam Style". Its pure gold, his daughter is in it dancing around, its adorable. (as you know by now Hannah is not hia daughter)

[@rickybranch4547]

Currently Leo has about 450+ covers. He's awesome!

[@droopzYT]

Can't wait for Leo to cover his first Ren song, and we can watch BPs head explode.

[@jsamuelsen]

What?! Why did you cut off the end?! It’s the greatest outro ever created!

[@kheldaur2107]

"I´m not a a metal person, I´m not a rock person". Im starting to think were getting there :D

[@ryanzeigler9763]

Rabbea Massad is amazing. You should check out his band, TOSKA for sure

[@shanesturgill75]

Big time facts! He's one of my favorite guitarists from the past several years. Such a talented dude.

[@iordanisfra]

Highly recommend u never skip the outro's of Leo. You also cut this(one of his best outro ever) at the best moment! :( Anyways great reaction as always. Leo its such a legend, fucking god, he has some severe talent.

[@Metalblowing]

One of the best outros ever.

[@MoritzWutz]

So funny that years after he blew up reactors are now introduced to him. love it :)

[@MoritzWutz]

He dropped ALOT of albums...!

[@Drescher1984]

Don't think his daughter does the hook om this one hehe, but he does have a cover of a song she wanted them to sing. And in that one she does sing.

[@dataolle]

Rabea is playing guitar on the frog leap live shows.

[@egjundis]

Love this song. Looking forward to this cover.

[@thedizude2005]

FYI, he has a ton of albums full of cover songs on all streaming platforms. You’re welcome

[@mikewright256]

These vocals are not easy, but there is a proper way, but to do them live is really hard, cause the energy, you just go BALLS OUT ON %200

[@Crom64]

James Hetfield said he had to train his vocal cords to sing how he did

[@badm0t0rf1nger]

Leo is always *great value* for metalized covers of big songs. Oh yes, you better believe there's a market for this kind of thing when it's done with this level of quality!! He recruited Rabea to be his guitarist for LeapFrog's live touring. Hannah here is Rabea's other half as it were. She's a quality vocalist in her own right. Rabea Massaad is an *outstanding* musician. I listen to his (instrumental) band Toska on the regular. He's English, but of Lebanese stock I seem to remember. ;)

[@carmenhuyser808]

Feel Good Inc is my favorite mix he's done. Listen to it more than the original.

[@justmejoy124]

Love love Leo 🐸

[@Hello_I_am_Jeff]

That is dope AF

[@uncle_thulhu]

He's dropped at least a dozen cover albums.

[@mattboselli1099]

This was dope.

[@bobbyharris1822]

Please more of leo

[@keithosterkamp6207]

My first listen to Leo was Funky Cold Medina. I was hooked. His interpretation of Dire Straits Sultans of Swing is amazing. Dance Monkey is definitely an improvement on the original.

[@MatthewBousumonline]

If you like Childish Gambino This Is America Leo does an incredible metal of it. It's bananas

[@FindYourSuccess]

His cover of MJ's thriller and Anthrax/public enemy's Bring the noise are two favs of mine. Oh, and Adele's Hello is Sick!

[@StevelandCleamer]

I remember I went and saw Attila ( you guys should DEFINITELY react to them, maybe their new single or Middle Fingers Up) and they kept playing this song during the intermissions between bands and the whole metal head ass crowd was singing it together lol

[@StevelandCleamer]

Side note the Humble Kendrick Lamar cover by our last night would be pretty sick

[@dougoneill7266]

If you're going to do some Leo stuff, show him some love and play his outros

[@XEHades]

Dang you missed out on his best outro to a video. I was watching to see that part of the reaction but still good

[@nightshade7240]

If you enact distortion, be it fry or growl or gutturals, using your true folds, you will end up with problems because they are designed for the speed of collision. What you have to do is learn how to enact distortion with your false folds. You also have to learn how to safely and effectively create and use breath pressure. A lot of people who do it wrong think it is actually screaming and they fail to realise how attuned the microphones are that harsh metal vocalists use. You don't need a lot of sound projection or pressure when you are using a microphone. It's the same with beatboxing, you don't need to project a lot of sound, in fact there are beat boxing techniques that are entirely internal but you can hear them because of the way the microphone picks up the vibration.

[@tfodthogtmfof7644]

The one with his Daughter was “Sunshine”. I got them confused when I commented on your other post. Sorry. Someone corrected me there and I acknowledged the mistake. I just remembered him and his daughter facing each other but I had the wrong song. Leo has done a few with his daughter. Check out Sunshine his daughter is much younger than Hannah who appears in this. Leo has a lot of albums and several of just kids song covers. His Let It Go from Frozen is the best cover of that song.

[@MrBurnout22]

lol Don looked like he wanted to smack you i could tell! Kept singing while he was talking lol i do that all the time

[@robertandersson2523]

Never skip a Leo outro😢

[@USMCVeteranGamer-zo1rf]

You can train your vocals to get the rasp or growls. As long as you do it correctly, warm up, and stop when it hurts you can do anything. I have been making odd noises with my voice for years... im 37 now and have no issues!

[@dtny2la]

His cover of Beyoncé's "Baby Boy" with Lillian is fire. I'm a metal head and I never thought I would say that about a Beyoncé song.

[@LumpyWumpus]

Have you boys done any beatbox reactions? That would be another good rabbit hole to go down. D-lows inward bass vs liproll is a good video to show how each sound is used!

[@WelbyIsYourGod]

I love Leo and am so happy y'all started in on him, but I'd love to see you guys check out Lamb of God too if you wanna see some good examples of those crazy guttural vocals

[@JUMBOpin]

Rabea and Hannah are now married, and Leo’s wife is a helluva front woman!!

[@attimus103]

I'd really like to see your reaction to Jonathan Young doing a metal cover of "Be prepared" from The Lion King the more current one because he updated it. He does tons of covers and whole albums of Disney rock/metal covers.

[@rob-8742]

You should do the metal cover of despacito leo goes in on that one and ive never seen anyone else react to it so you might be the first

[@EvansCustomGuitars]

You gotta their "Dance Monkey" and "Hello"..

[@shotaholic1]

he already did “Hello”

[@pixelrevival3143]

@@shotaholic1 yeah.. I saw that right after I posted that comment, lol.

[@Dalton325]

You should check out his cover of Frozen with his daughter.

[@TheSpydyr]

There is a healthy and proper way to do growl vocals without damaging your vocal chords. You want to see some crazy stuff check out Jinjer and their song Pisces

[@michaelmogavero8138]

Yeah u can buy albums if his cover songs, he also has albums out of his original music

[@MrBurnout22]

he does covers of Die Atwood songs too that are hilarious

[@ronb.9850]

I'm not a super fan, I apologize. But, dude I love your reactions. I never watch your reactions unless I have seen the original content. I feel that more respectful. Your shits nice. And, I love your progression of freestyle for the months I've been watching. Thank you for the great content!!

[@LWD83]

If you want to know more about harsh vocals…. kzbin.info/www/bejne/i5KbhKiNg7Wlgqc 😊

[@TheKhaine101]

Leo's throat singing is hard to do if not trained well.

[@doushannon2799]

Great reaction. Please more Leo content. He made a nice DMX cover of X gon give it to ya for example, or a funny cover of Ed Sheerans Bad Habits.

[@leiferikaskeland5531]

Since you already are in Leos rabbithole please react to "What is love" by Leo feat Priscila Serrano. It's a killer. Promise. :)

[@mattboselli1099]

Have you watched Elizabeth analysis with the lead singer from lorna shor? If not go watch. Its a must

[@loisr3970]

Hey Mama here. You guys are my kids age... frog leap studios Leo is amazing. The covers are mind blowing. Never miss a outtro so much fun!!! Omg his version of Hello by Adele... Eye of the tiger, Blackbird. Not to say the quality of every video!!!!! Cheers

[@greattheillusion]

Why did you cut the outro short? I hope you listened to the rest on your own time because you missed some masterful playing and even some funny shenanigans.

[@Spudz76]

mo - rocky - oh lee

[@andylastname566]

Hannah is the one who sings the chorus and is not his daughter xD

[@tripsixx5802]

😂 Hannah isn’t his daughter he sets the record straight in the outro of dance monkey. His daughter is in the pink cover and running around in dance monkey! Probably the most talented female to guest with him is Mary Spender, she’s an equal or better guitarist to rabea but sings to!

[@TomTomson81]

No one is related to anyone here in this video. I don't know who is spreading this nonsense. "Dance Monkey" next pls

[@chelseahaley8350]

I love the original, but that was pretty badass! 🤘

[@Interceptor78]

Great reaction.. It's pronounced Morakkioli with a K.. Not Ch...

[@BlackWidow_RF]

WTF u just skipped the outro?? i keep coming back and skip the song to hear that outro xD skipped right at the best part hahaha

[@DisposableFrequencies]

Not sure if you've done any spoken word, but i just listened to Red Lion Poetry - The Villain , and its excellent, small youtube channel, maybe worth a look.

[@F1rstWorldNomaD]

There is a healthy and an unhealthy way to sing like this. Leo has been doing this for years without any symptoms. Im pretty certain he is doing the healthy version.

[@tyneguitars]

OK, so Hannah is Rabea's partner, and a fantastic musician in her own right. Rabea is a British guitarist, and opened Reading Festival with Stormzy. You're welcome. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rmisqWSoe9p7oKc

[@vass0922]

Want rap covers? He's got ya covered, old school and more current. 2Pac - California Love Beastie Boys - Fight For Your Right To Party Beastie Boys - Intergalactic Beastie Boys - Sabotage DMX - X Gon' Give It To Ya Jay Z - 99 Problems Lil Nas X - MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name) Lil Nas X - Old Town Road (feat. Billy Ray Cyrus) MC Hammer - U Can't Touch This Nelly - Hot In Herre SirMixAlot - Anaconda Baby Got Back RUN DMC - It's Tricky Snoop Doggy Dog - Drop It Like It's Hot Snoop Doggy Dogg - Gin And Juice Snow - Informer Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby Eminem - Lose Yourself

[@aaronhall4520]

man the end add for Africa is better than the song imo.. you skipped your light skinned brothers add.. that dude is nuts.

[@jasonhutcherson6224]

Yes you can Train your vocal chords to do it. BUT...... There are people that it is more Natural and Easier for.

[@Draugul]

If you want to react to some more Grunting songs, I can recommend: JINJER - Pisces. Ow and never ever use your vocal cords!!! The sound is made in a different way. But better find some voice coach, to explain it. 👍

[@jasonhutcherson6224]

More eh key O lee is actual pronunciation

[@NovaMenno]

Screaming is a difficult thing to do correctly

[@NickSandt]

That was a good cover. I don’t know what metal you guys have been exposed to and liked but it’s usually an acquired taste mainly with the vocals and something one _should_ probably ease into. Metal covers of pop songs is a good introduction. I know you guys reacted to Linkin Park so maybe you guys already like them. Other bands besides Linkin Park for a good metal introduction specially for hiphop heads are Disturbed, Korn, Limp Bizkit, Rage Against The Machine and Deftones. Then stage two metal I’d introduce some hair metal like RATT or Dokken, then Metallica and then after Metallica you can start sampling the heavier stuff like Slipknot and maybe Pantera. That’s my two cents

[@Brimstone-Gaming]

you didn't finish the entire outro.