Cabinet Battle #1 - Hamilton - Musician Reaction

[@JacobRestituto]

Remember those old KZbin rap battles?? Supa Hot Fiyaaa 😂

[@douglasrau5094]

When I hear the line, “But they don’t have a plan, they just hate mine”, I always think of the performance at the White House for President Obama and how he must have been sitting there thinking, “Now why does THAT sound so familiar?”

[@JacobRestituto]

snap

[@kassandraconk1763]

You feel like a rap battle because it is staged as one! It's actually pretty cool, watching the play is a whole other experience than just hearing it

[@n4l9bx]

I couldn't believe they actually brought out microphones, I was so delighted :D

[@kassandraconk1763]

@@n4l9bx right? And they got them from the same box they brought their weapons. The detail.

[@JacobRestituto]

so cool!!

[@corvus1374]

They're both using hand mikes when they do this battle, and Jefferson drops his at the end of his first comments. Madison catches it.

[@JacobRestituto]

hahah wow

[@roxanajohnson2789]

Notice how Hamilton also continues after the beat stops which furthers his tendency to "write" like he's running out of time and speaks to just how much the character thinks

[@SeebsL]

The piano repeating melody is an embellished version of the 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 lyrics that is associated with duels. It's paralleling the formalized but still brutal nature of both kinds of battles, this with verbal weapons instead of guns. If Alexander loses this battle it's his political career that dies.

[@JacobRestituto]

oh interesting@

[@stormysky3092]

They also took the microphones they used for this song out of the same boxes used to store dueling pistols

[@melaniegoldstein2784]

Lin-Manuel Miranda needs to write rap battles (if not full musicals) for every major event in American history for the sake of our teachers. My sister learned more about the revolutionary and post-revolutionary period because her teacher made the class listen to some of these songs, which got her really into it and then she actually wanted to learn all about it. In contrast, I had to read about the founding of a national bank in an extremely boring text book and couldn't have cared less lol

[@JacobRestituto]

ABSOLUTLEY

[@jeffy5482]

It’s totally based on a rap battle!

[@JacobRestituto]

for sure! also, be sure to join my text group to know when I react to the visual musical!

[@jeffy5482]

@@JacobRestituto I’ll do that! Thanks for all you are doing with Hamilton. It’s eye-opening for me. ⭐️

[@youmadbro7733]

Daveed Diggs plays Thomas Jefferson in Act II as well as Lafayette in Act I (the one with the insane rap flow in Guns and Ships). His pace is sick!

[@JacobRestituto]

it's amazing!

[@JacobRestituto]

also,be sure to join my text group to know when I react to the visual musical!

[@claudiaperrault1874]

He is a true rapper before Hamilton

[@youmadbro7733]

@@claudiaperrault1874 yeah apparently he is in a band/group or something like that. I’ve never heard of him before Hamilton. The dude is amazing!

[@claudiaperrault1874]

@@youmadbro7733 clipping is the name of his group ,, freestyle love supreme is Lin Manuel ‘s group

[@Alohismom]

I hope you watch the full movie when you’re done with the album I’d love to see you react to it!

[@JacobRestituto]

I plan to! be sure to join my text group to know when I react to the visual musical!

[@claudiaperrault1874]

It is a rap battle ,,thats the magic of Hamilton. ,, those were actually issues in early government between Jefferson and Hamilton ,, Lin made them into rap battles

[@nicanproud]

I have never listened to Hamilton in full with headphones, but your videos are making me want to listen to it the ... 100th time? Lol.

[@JacobRestituto]

hahah - highly recommend

[@louisf8770]

I think you’ll love it when you finally see the musical :)

[@user-wx2vf4ii1b]

agreed

[@JacobRestituto]

I’m pumped to see it! - make sure you sign up for my texting group to know when and where I post it

[@priscillasanchez7392]

Can’t wait for take a break!

[@JacobRestituto]

Coming soon!

[@lindseysquire8417]

That same pizzicato baseline appears in just about everything Washington is in in this show. It's in Right Hand Man, Meet Me Inside, Cabinet Battle #1, and, most noticeably, it's the beginning of One Last Time. I love it.

[@JacobRestituto]

Oh cool!

[@KatieMEdge]

I've just stumbled across your channel and I already love it! As a fellow musician, I love picking apart the songs as well. Hamilton's songs are definitely fun to break down (I'm still finding new things in the songs that I didn't notice before and I've been listening to Hamilton for almost a year now).

[@JacobRestituto]

Glad you’re enjoying it katie!

[@Caroline-go7lp]

Next is Take a Break 😁 and then Say No to This 😂

[@JacobRestituto]

coming soon!

[@JacobRestituto]

be sure to join my text group to know when I react to the visual musical!

[@jacobstewart6973]

I’m enjoying your reactions

[@JacobRestituto]

Glad to hear it!

[@mrkirt1]

Just a suggestion, when you do your reactions/reviews and pause, it may be good to rewind 5-10 seconds. You disrupt the flow or line connections. Just my thoughts. Nevertheless your reviews are great. I love lyrics and music the same and your ear helps to bring out some things most will miss. Keep up the great work!!!

[@JacobRestituto]

You’re totally right - something I’m trying to remember lol

[@jasmine9581]

5:18, 5:44 mmhm Right Hand Man 5:57 like when he told him to go home at the end of "Meet Me Inside"

[@erikagholston6610]

It's like a jungle sometimes it makes me wonder how I keep from going under. Hahahahaha

[@DontDoSadness91]

Have you done Alexander Hamilton or Who Lives Who Dies Who Tells Your Story?

[@TheMemoMemoMemoMemo]

Alexander Hamilton yes, but not Who lives, who dies, who tells your story. it's the last song and he is doing it on chronological order

[@Nanda_mustdie]

I'm waiting for your reaction to the visual part of the musical hahahah