[Industry Ghostwriter] Reacts to: Alexander the Great vs Ivan the Terrible. Epic Rap Battles

[@CliffBeatsOfficial]

These are real reaction guys. I’m aware that other reactors may have broken these down bar for bar. I don’t watch anyone’s content or these videos multiple times before reacting. I never will cheat you out of a real reaction. That’s not what this channel is. Cheating takes away from the hard work that Nice Peter and Epic Lloyd put into these. Thanks for watching with me! Have a wonderful week guys! Much Love, Cliff

[@pringleton]

Can't speak for others but on a reaction channel I just want your honest reaction, good or bad. If I want a breakdown I'll go find a breakdown channel, simple

[@JEFFwasHERE...]

BIG FACTS

[@danieljodrey8863]

Maybe you worry too much Cliff. Nothing but love brother!

[@CliffBeatsOfficial]

@@danieljodrey8863 nope, I don’t worry. Just making things clear. 🙏

[@Dynelegacy]

I loved that Catherine ended the battle with checkmate, because ivan died in the middle of a game of chess like alexander mentioned at the start.

[@itayb8169]

"Hey its me, Pompey!" *dies* "That didnt last" A very accurate summary of the story of Pompey

[@TenOfTwenty]

Nah, he had a long and distinguished military career. He earned the title Magnus (Great) many years before being beaten at Pharsalus by Caesar and being assassinated by the Egyptians.

[@drewwar9344]

​@@TenOfTwenty True, but I think what this is referring to is.He took the title of great. Very recently before he was assassinated if i'm remembering correctly Which is why it makes this funny because as a "Great" pompey It didn't accomplish anywhen he took that title.So yes, he has a long history before he claimed the title "great", but directly after he claimed the title.He did nothing and died immediately 😂

[@TenOfTwenty]

@@drewwar9344 Not quite, although I was wrong on this as well. I originally thought that he was awarded the title after the conclusion of the Third Mithridatic War but that was wrong. He apparently was given the title during Sulla's civil war when he was in his mid 20s. His soldiers started calling him Magnus (Great) and after a bit, he took the name as his cognomen. A cognomen is like nickname that can be hereditary. For larger familes, cognomens were used to differentiate different branches. For example, Julius Caesar (Gaivs Ivlivs Caeser) cognomen was Caesar. One of his ancestors was born via a Caesarean section.

[@xheralt]

Just an example of how fiendishly subtle ERB writing is: notice Alexander's bars and metaphors that centered around alcohol? "Fetch me a drink...", "vodka bars..." He was unintentionally verifying and validating Ivan's point about being a drunkard.

[@jacksmith-vs4ct]

well its pretty well known he was a huge alcoholic lol

[@gregsteele806]

"Tundras and Taigas and Bears" A Taiga is an arctic landscape covered in evergreen forests. Not just a fun way to say tiger. Wordplay FTW

[@Idoexist._.]

Yeah, i am eastern russian "near" arctic - beatifull city of khabarovsk. You probably wont see a tiger because most of them were killed in 1700s colonization. Amur tiger is our national animal now (of khabarovsk) and its only in amount of 500, while 75% of them are in zoos. As i said, you wont see a tiger probably. But bear - yes you will

[@dmbsecundus2331]

Bonnie and Clyde vs Romeo and Juliet / or / Theodore Roosevelt vs Winston Churchill are both great ones

[@TheSyncos]

This one almost feels like a sequel to Rasputin vs Stalin. Which is also incredible, even though it's a bit older.

[@SamuelTheAdept]

Alexander the Great has one of the greatest flows on erb

[@jasongarfitt1147]

Peter's portrayal of Ivan is probably the best acting I've seen in erb

[@lostkarai]

Well, Peter IS really good, my favorite of his acting is Oppenheimer though, that one is unbeatable

[@vasconcelos7356]

I really like Lloyd as Babe Ruth, that dude as Stevie Wonder, and Lloyd as Robin Williams

[@vasconcelos7356]

Lloyd as Stalin is also reaaaly good. "Look into my eyes you perverted witch" gives me chills. So good.

[@rfonline568267]

fun fact alexander frederick and pompei died as how it was portraited. also the horse "story" about catherine and the checkmate bar of catherine reinforces alexanders bar on how ivan died

[@6666Imperator]

also the horse story is probably based on rumors spread about Catherine the Great because she wasn't very popular among the artistocratic males

[@eaglewing2319]

Lyrics aside Frederick the Great is one of my favorite flows in this entire series

[@Berto2K]

Check out Knoxx's breakdown of this. Dude loves history and is able to break this all down.

[@CliffBeatsOfficial]

I don’t watch other reaction channels. These are real raw reactions. No studying or watching it before the real reaction 🙏

[@akujiki123]

@@CliffBeatsOfficial Think they just saying so you get all the bars and shit because each person in the rap died how they did in life, Alexander the great died from some stomach issue Pompey died during his first speech by being beheaded, Catherine had dicks on the garrote wires

[@akujiki123]

Love your reactions though, def enjoy the fact you do these on one take

[@Berto2K]

@@CliffBeatsOfficial Oh of course. Nobody said to study up first. I'm just talking about after you do your video so that you get a better appreciation. Nobody would trust you to claim first reaction when you have already seen it.

[@JEFFwasHERE...]

uWu

[@kratosGOW]

Definitely check out Babe Ruth vs Lance Armstrong. It’s one of my all time favorites.

[@Z-LightfulMemories]

Love your timing! Needed a smile (Having a hard day) and yours is the first video that popped up when I opened KZbin. thanks for sharing your joy. Am so glad this is the one you did today! A fav, for sure. BTW, the way they all died was similar to real life (notice she said check mate, he died during a chess game, Pompey didn't last long at all, etc.).

[@kirstyoneill6609]

I hope ur ok and u have a better day tomorrow keep smiling ♥️🐢♥️ xx

[@oldeskul]

The line "It takes a Russian to beat a Russian" is a quip about how Russia only ever seems to lose to itself.

[@kaizoisevil]

But Catherine wasn’t even Russian, I think she was Prussian and moved to Russia.

[@kaylaboyd2356]

This one is definitely one of my favorites. Glad you reviewed. Love your takes on the bars!

[@BackyardButcher]

Thank you for this reaction! This is one of my favorites for sure! Great job

[@loosescrews9972]

Man once I saw which one you were watching I was pumped, it’s up there as one of the greatest ERBs for me, a lot of history and a lot of well acted out characters! Great reaction Cliff! I’ll have to challenge you to chess sometime 😂

[@lotofblah4115]

Do Babe Ruth vs Lance Armstrong! It's an absolute banger.

[@probellum8844]

It's getting closer to Halloween, so I suggest Edgar Allen Poe vs Stephen King

[@CliffBeatsOfficial]

Definitely coming!

[@michaelmanville89]

I think this is my favorite ERB. Five flawless performances.

[@keeganshafran9731]

Elvis vs MJ is really good ✌🏻

[@addvantage3223]

When it comes to ERB we need Chuck Norris vs Abe Lincoln. As well as Mr T vs Mr Roger's. Love your content Cliff

[@KittenOfDeath77]

I love chess as well and would love to beat a south sider lol. Y'all have better pizza though! Great battle, great channel. Peace and love!

[@kratosGOW]

All the characters in the Great’s side died in the same way their real counterparts died. Alexandre died by being poisoned; Frederick died just sitting on his chair; Pompey was decapitated just before a public speech (or a battle rap).

[@Bobsyagod]

and Catherine was rumoured to have died having sex with a horse, which wasn't true and she then hit back with the checkmate line for how Ivan died.

[@kratoscallofduty]

Kratos you are correct....boi.

[@jacksmith-vs4ct]

@@Bobsyagod I don't think she was rumored to have died like that just that she did it but seems pretty unlikely though nobles did get bored and do crazy shit XD

[@Aaroncarter95]

@@jacksmith-vs4ct Catherine never had relations with a horse. She had a stroke on the toilet and the next day was her actual death. Idk how this started but more than likely a way to discredit her legacy towards the end of her life or after she had died.

[@ms_scribbles]

@@jacksmith-vs4ct Oh, she was definitely rumored to have died screwing a horse, but that's just because the men in court wanted to discredit her legacy and portray her as a deviant.

[@TCGEclectic]

Found your channel a few months back and have been loving the amazing reactions to these ERBs and more. Idk how familiar you are with Anime and the Nerd/Otacore genre of Rap, but there are some AMAZINGLY talented artists in that space like Freeced, DaddyPhatSnaps, Rustage, PE$0PETE, and soo many more even some newer Rappers like Jacob Cass, he has been popping off. Anyway, I would recommend IF you have time Cliff to check out the Saiyan Rap Cypher by Fabvl. It has some of the most amazing artists on in. Then after Id say give Daddyphatsnaps Song "Drip" featuring Dizzy Eight and Fabvl a listen. So amazing. Thanks for always bring the positivity and awesome vibes! Keep up the amazing work!

[@MG-fh7su]

Vlad the impaler vs count Dracula!! Please

[@shanie8664]

"Look alive, crème de la Kremlin's arriving "🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 I can't be the only one here that recognizes the absolute Fire if that line

[@CliffBeatsOfficial]

So dope!

[@CloudslnMyCoffee]

This one is my favorite. I love that they all died in the battle the way they historically died and it ends in a game of chess which was already established to be where Ivan died. I notice most of my favorite battles have Zach Sherwin at least as a writer, if not a rapper

[@minskacatral7904]

This is my most favorite ERB ever.

[@yorkieandthechihuahua]

Cliff: I read a bit about BOTH these guys... Nobody: Everybody: Er... who's going to tell him?

[@CliffBeatsOfficial]

Yes, I was told to look at their Wikipedia to know who some of these characters are. If I don’t know their names or a little bit about them, I won’t know what’s going on at all 🤷‍♂️. I just don’t go studying everything about them. It’s like a 1 minute light skim through

[@damechess93]

Do Shakespeare vs Dr suess

[@ghoulxghxul5091]

chompin at the bit is because horses that are saddled are esquipped with a bit which they hold in their mouths n is attachedto the reigns.. but chompin at the bit is a bar in reference to getting head

[@BackyardButcher]

Poor Pompeii LOL that's exactly how he died. He stepped out to speak and he was beheaded immediately before he could get a word in LOL

[@Ayuima69]

The best line is the unspoken one.

[@BackyardButcher]

@@Ayuima69 Yup😊😊

[@spiderfingers86]

On this episode from ERB is Ivan the Terrible vs all the Greats

[@SparkimusPrime]

Drop Dead Fred was my JAM 😂🖤 This one is 🔥

[@BackyardButcher]

I know you wouldn't catch all of the history bars but when he says his tactics weren't exactly straight, that's a double because he was rumored to be homosexual. Sorry, I'm a nerd useless knowledge LOL

[@Engadieffs]

oh he was a sword-swallower through and through alright, and also a military genius :D

[@BackyardButcher]

@@Engadieffs oh he was amazing! His battle tactics and techniques were genius

[@VS-is1gc]

If you wonder what taiga means it's a type of subarctic forest common in Russia, Northern Europe and Canada

[@Slgjgnz]

Now the real question is, where can I challenge you to chess?!?

[@rickgiles3633]

The line about the horse and the saddle and Catherine from Catherine the great is because there was a myth that Catherine was having relations with the horse.

[@jacara1981]

Can you do Issac Newton vs Bill Nye?

[@vampileD]

I love that "We won this" because we really did. I voted for this, and your reaction is why. I love it when they throw us all for a loop. It makes it more than just what research you did before watching it and legitimate reactions on the fly. I think Catherine won, though. But they messed up some facts. She was adopted into a Russian family by way of marriage to Peter, the Great. She was actually Prussian descended from Frederick the Great. They later became East Germany/Germany.

[@NexusDarkworld338]

End of seasons tend to have a bunch of people in for the finale.

[@zachbartell4193]

I think this is by consensus one of the if not the best one in all the series.

[@HyperFlo519]

If you like rap battle like this, you need to check out Freshy Kanal. His writing quality was even recognized by ERB!

[@mikelee8937]

I know you're the reactor, here, but you might find some elucidation watching historians react to these history heavy ERBs. Like the Pompey and Frederick verses making a hell of a lot more sense after, trust me.

[@viridian5maureen853]

Ivan the Terrible died during a chess match, and Catherine the Great ends the rap battle against him with "Checkmate."

[@Ye-Not-Crazy]

look close at catherines hands when she gets in. haha

[@kirstyoneill6609]

This one is awesome xx it's 1 of my favourites xx I love chess too, how good are u at playing? Xx ♥️ xx

[@jace8706]

2:50 Spank start

[@tiagoyami]

React to Stan Lee vs Jim Henson, that was a masterpiece.

[@scottishgamershmfc6929]

How everyone died in this video is how they died in real life. Alexander was poisoned fredrick was discovered dead in his chair and pompey got decapitated seconds into giving a speech after he took over from cesar.

[@edwardblair4096]

Plus there was a rumor that Catherine died while getting it on with a horse, but since "that story is a pile of shit" Ivan's ploy didn't work.

[@MrHectorthebeast]

have you seen master chief vs Leonidas you should see that

[@jacksoulier13]

So, the "Enjoy the Saddle" line is a reference to a rumor on how she died. It was rumored that she didn't just love her horses, but "loved" her horses, like actually had sex with them. And the rumor stated that she was un a horse that was strapped up so she can be under the the horse, and the saddle holding the horse broke and landed on top of her. I dont remember the exact details, but that is was that line was referencing. Weird, i know.

[@ms_scribbles]

When in reality, she just had a stroke and was nowhere near a horse at the time.

[@skotosman]

Alexander wins no chance for anyone else after that verse.

[@chrishubbard64]

I dunno, to me the speed hurts him because you miss some of his best bars. I LOVED fredrick the great.

[@loganlaviolette993]

its an older battle but Mr. T vs Mr rogers is a great battle

[@mikemath9508]

Don't mind me, just here for the first two verses. Mostly alexander, being my favorite delivery of any erb.

[@spiderfingers86]

NicePeter and Epiclloyd try hard to get as accurate as they can

[@michaelkenner3289]

There's no audio. Edit: fixed.

[@ghostwolfeta886]

“Genteel in the palace “ Frederick the great is a reference to him being gay supposedly. Pomey was a great but died very shortly after he got into power

[@tracertloopback]

Not sure if you caught the bar, but the "horse story" was referring to there being a rumor that Catherine the Great was killed while attempting to have sex with a horse. It is just an urban legend tho, but it says that the horse was suspended above her in a harness and the harness broke, so it fell on her.

[@aqhan]

Ivan died during a game of chess, and that's what Cat does at the end, she topples a king in chess. It all comes full circle.

[@touristtom5675]

I'd play ya in a couple games of chess if you have chess online app

[@sinseviltwin]

Can we take a moment to appreciate Ivan's creepy eyeball skills though? 👌

[@gardenagnostic4138]

Alexander SNAPPED

[@LONEWOLVES1990]

React to the song dictator by mesus

[@OscarGonzoJim]

am i tripping balls or is there no audio???

[@ashleyabbey6982]

Shaka Zulu vs Julius Caesar

[@Aaroncarter95]

Because i know not everybody knows history I'll explain some basic things. While we aren't aware of exactly how Alexander was killed it was suspected poisoned cause legend says he fought off every assassination attempt. Fredrick the Great was supposedly gay and his death came from an assassination attempt. However before this he died in his chair from internal bleeding caused by a bullet in his chest. Pompey was killed before his planned speech started as soon after he stepped foot on Egyptian soil. Catherine supposedly died trying to have sex with a horse. Nothing deep or physiological here but it's purely a myth as her actual cause of death is the original Elvis. She had a stroke in the bathroom and died the next day cause of it.

[@f.b.jeffers0n]

What is Aod?

[@CliffBeatsOfficial]

Army of darkness! Just something I started when the channel started back in January. Just a spin because we spread positivity 🙏

[@omarvelous00]

Harry Potter vs Luke Skywalker if you want a battle like this where everyone wins

[@CliffBeatsOfficial]

That was the first one I did! Check my playlist 😊 🙏

[@Jay2JayGaming]

Ivan did kill his son, but not with a spike. He hit him in the head with this very distinctive scepter (it was said the handle was made from Unicorn horn, it was actually Narwhal) that, had it not been for the event in question, would probably have gone on to be a part of Russia's 'crown jewels'. I'll be honest, if the actress playing Catherine didn't have a crazy good singing voice, people would not be treating her part like they do. Her whole verse is mid asf. She's got two disses, one of them isn't even correct, the other is just 'haha I wouldn't have sex with you', her rebuttal is just her calling bullshit (since when has that mattered in a rap battle?), and the rest of her verse is hype- and not even good hype. It's cliche hype.

[@mickeydooley2230]

Alexander with the great flow

[@phoenix1473]

EXCUSE ME SIR - SEARCH HARRY MACK SPEED CHESS...YOU WANT BARS NOT FROM A PAWN SHOP FROM THE FREESTYLE KING...LOOK IT UP YOU KNIGHTED CLIFF (RICHARDS) hahaha

[@grantpflum6844]

Alexander had the best bars, Catherine had the best ending and flow.

[@thomasmoreyra7099]

My is saying no steam tap to retry

[@SparkimusPrime]

Mine too!!

[@danieljodrey8863]

Catherine wins every time I watch Cliff.

[@Alvaro-rq8sn]

The winner is clearly Alexander and followed by Ivan

[@yugimotobutjacked3231]

lets play chess, if I'm white you get the london. If I'm black you get the Stafford, or Budapest.

[@CliffBeatsOfficial]

Why would I let you pick my opening?

[@yugimotobutjacked3231]

You misunderstand. Those would be my reactions depending if you played e4 or d4. You can play any opening and I will eventually simply into positions from those systems. @@CliffBeatsOfficial

[@53shelby]

Pompei the Great definitely won this one I think.

[@theAverageJoe25]

So some things with Peter the great, when he says “not exactly straight” Peter is thought to likely have been bisexual, also the chair thing is because he died in his arm chair possibly due to a heart attack or stroke, also Ivan’s comment to Catherine about “enjoying the saddle” there was a lie spread about Catherine that she had sex with horses

[@heathharlow6373]

F Catherine, Pure Ivan wins.

[@heathharlow6373]

Alex wins all, f cathererine,