SONIC.EXE vs BENDROWNED - RAP BATTLE! - ft. Lee Bergantino & Yukigloom

[@langlelee]

THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME AS BEN DROWNED!! It is an honor!

[@ecexplosion265]

Damn! You did great!

[@tashinatorgaming9674]

You absolutely killed it! We need more talented VA's such as yourself!

[@McDonaldshaspizza]

You did so good

[@Kibzdabibz]

Your voice acting is amazing, loved this portrayal.

[@FPES-Fanatic]

You did awesome

[@Eddiefrb]

Lee Bergantino is on a generational run. What a talent Great work on this one Dustin, one of your best this year

[@Tyler-ev6cc]

FIRST

[@FPES-Fanatic]

Dustin?

[@Fizzwith7]

@@FPES-FanaticFreshys name I think

[@angussmilson6257]

I didn't expect you here

[@CarKeyzreal]

i'm the one thousandth like

[@sneakysnek0756]

At 1:31 The line "You were watered down" shows up with Knuckles' death in the first game, which is probably a callback to Undyne vs Knuckles when Undyne calls Knuckles "watered down" as well. Hope this isn't a coincidence because it's cool as hell.

[@Justamanrandomlybrowsin.]

Based on how Freshy hearted your comment it's far from a coincidence

[@michaelthesavior8740]

@@sneakysnek0756 yoooo that's such a good callback

[@Nataninko]

"...It's a dying cause" a dying- undying- undyne Mine might be a stretch but maybe?

[@goldenwarrior1186]

⁠@@Nataninko I mean Undyne has a form called Undyne the Undying so maybe?

[@Maxjb1242]

“You were watered down, it’s a dying cause” can’t be a coincidence. Could’ve done that to Eggman too but don’t know

[@rottmntleoboi18]

"But if you want dEath, X gon givE it to ya" THIS LINE GOES WAY HARDER THAN IT NEEDS TO BE!!!

[@HIHOSILVER815]

I love how EXE is capitalized in the sentence

[@Rolianite]

​@@HIHOSILVER815I mean, X it's the real name of 2011X/Sonic.exe

[@HIHOSILVER815]

@@Rolianite Yeah ik

[@Blue_Boy_Official]

@@Rolianite Not what they were talking about, look at the comment you're replying under again: "But if you want dEath, X gon givE it to ya" E X E

[@yeezoyoutube]

I like how every time sonic EXE is featured in a modern day ERB, the writers find a brand new way to tell his creator to fuck off

[@humantoon]

Why? Did the creator do something bad?? I dont know that much about Sonic.EXE

[@mr.leeleeleee7153]

​@@humantoon The original author of Sonic.Exe is a predator.

[@yeezoyoutube]

@humantoon they did some unfavorable things with minors, let's say

[@humantoon]

@@mr.leeleeleee7153 oh shit. The hate for the creator is absolutely warranted. I love that everyone is making up new ways to tell him to go fuck himself

[@Blue_Punch_Buggy224]

@@humantoonJC The Hyena likes little boys.

[@Just-some-bird07]

I appreciate how Sonic.exe actually somewhat sounds like Sonic instead of his voice just being generally demonic.

[@TheTimurdempire]

It's nice

[@YoinkySpoinkly]

That's how I'd always imagined his voice would sound like when I was lil so this is cool

[@TippedScale]

​@@YoinkySpoinklyHe sounds like a death metal singer, and I love it

[@stitch3486]

​@TippedScale his voice actor, makes metal covers of songs. He has plenty of experience with screaming

[@elijahhunter9629]

That's the best way to do a Sonic.exe voice just make him sound like Sonic just a little more distorted

[@Npc12340]

2:34 “See if Your lungs will be ready for Round 2” Is such a wild line ngl

[@MintyCreamCake]

Haha! Ikr i mean mine can lol /hj

[@Blockidk-i1n]

I love how it's a double on "choking" in a rap battle and literal sense

[@jordanbryan6185]

Sonic.exe wins

[@michaelcasey555]

I don't know much about either what does that mean?

[@jordanbryan6185]

@@michaelcasey555 ❓️

[@Justamanrandomlybrowsin.]

2:06 "you should worry bout who founded you" if you know what the founder of Sonic.exe did.... it makes this bar 10x better.

[@cheese8238]

what did he do?

[@HeroTheHedgehog999]

@@cheese8238Some really bad stuff honestly…

[@maxjpz]

​@@cheese8238 children. He did children.

[@MBValentine]

​@@HeroTheHedgehog999so what did he do

[@HeroTheHedgehog999]

@@MBValentineFrom what I know he did some… stuff to children. If you know what I mean by that you know.

[@burbusburbus8782]

1:18 "c'mon, keep this interesting, kid" is such a (regular) sonic line, and it feels nice to hear on "x"

[@funkysunky7840]

It’s from the creepy pasta though

[@burbusburbus8782]

@funkysunky7840 maybe I'm misremembering, but I don't know when sonic.exe said "keep this interesting, kid."

[@funkysunky7840]

@ “keep this interesting for me” he says it at like the end of the story

[@burbusburbus8782]

@@funkysunky7840 huh. Alright

[@heishinayo2024]

@@funkysunky7840 He also says something similar in the 2017 remake, we don't talk about that here though

[@RCplasmatron1032]

Freshy, you dropped this.

[@NovanGamingTDS]

How he didn't see this

[@RCplasmatron1032]

@NovanGamingTDS It happens

[@LevelUpLeo]

I think Sonic.EXE was a little too subtle. Maybe should have tried screaming a bit more.

[@jakejames3484]

Fr i couldnt hear him at all

[@jjthecool356]

Sonic.exe was in this?

[@jakejames3484]

@@jjthecool356 idk.. Maybe?

[@ijionclifton9148]

​@jakejames3484 how?

[@Hammznotdagoat]

Sarcastic or not,im glad its this its chaotic but not an earsore unlike SOME people (cough) PE$O PETE (cough)

[@maxwell6881]

What happened Freshy Kanal? Why are your rap battles so hard to decide a winner now, because they are both spitting absolute fire

[@Lonely_Tell6039]

I say Sonic.EXE Won

[@ItalysArtHouse]

Yeah, while Ben insulted Xs game and creator. X insulted Ben more directly .

[@MarioManProductions_]

"You should worry 'bout who founded you..." That's diabolical dissing right there😭

[@voodooedits785]

I remembered the controversy with Sonic exe creator and that is diabolical 😭

[@solarfiringtiger4254]

is it even that bad when JC isnt involved with sonic.exe anymore

[@MarioManProductions_]

@ Still a valid diss since the original Sonic.exe project was made by a child predator

[@solarfiringtiger4254]

@@MarioManProductions_ Yeah but JC doesn't own the character anymore and that specific diss has been used pretty much everytime X ever appeared in one of these idk i guess it just feels overdone to me now

[@simpelgames645]

⁠@@solarfiringtiger4254I completely understand what you mean. That guy deserves everything bad in this world and should rot in hell. But it feels like a low hanging fruit to diss exe with now.

[@robertcurley8406]

“But if you want death, X gon’ give it to ya” It was then that I knew this was a different kind of rap battle The raw kind

[@thato8000]

Yeeees testify. Children to be had

[@A_Gamer12511]

As someone who cares a little too much about creepypastas, this was amazing. Basically every line hit hard, and two standouts were both of the rappers' 2nd verse finishers, the classic "your creator is a fucking disgrace to mankind" and "you drowned, loser" were crazy. Amazing battle, Freshy, can't wait to see what you're cooking up next!

[@MasterMygrane]

I'm incredibly surprised by how .EXE never really went "deep-voiced demonic" like his Kefka laugh. But, well, what we got in place of that makes him sound like Sonic but SCREAMING at you, and it's fantastic.

[@segasonic8003]

He was originally "demonic" in the 2011 game, it was updated to have voice lines sometime after the original release

[@FinalWizard]

“Water under the bridge since you moved to where the trolls are.” Is crazy.

[@Kibzdabibz]

What does it mean? 🤔

[@randomvideosstudios4004]

@@KibzdabibzIt’s a reference about the Sonic.exe story being moved to the Trollpasta wiki, a wiki for creepypastas that were intentionally made to be bad

[@Kibzdabibz]

@randomvideosstudios4004 thanks man!

[@jhehalin2008]

Yeah, and the original creator threw a fit about him being moved And started some weird roleplay/threat thing

[@FinalWizard]

@@jhehalin2008 JC The Hyena was a weirdo. And probably still is.

[@Obomba-b9d]

“X gon’ give it to ya” The way my face recoiled in disgust… BECAUSE THAT WENT F@$&ING HARD FOR NO REASON🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@jordanbryan6185]

2:26 Sonic.exe wins because of that last one

[@AwesomeEthan48]

1:36 "Every child sees my smile and knows I AM GOD!" Honestly, props to Freshy for not doing a standard diss at the Friday Night Funkin' modding scene against X, but instead having him used it as a goddamn relevancy flex against _BEN_ (all without explicitly alluding to or even mentioning FNF by name, only hinting at it). It's a nice change of pace from people exclusively referencing FNF to diss X because of the Vs. Sonic.exe mod's impact and contriversy.

[@DragonBee259]

I saw it as a double entendre with both the FNF thing and Sonic.EXE giving kids with unrestricted internet access nightmares for weeks when it was first released lol

[@greekdbw9014]

i think 11 billion crabs would clear both personally speaking

[@cerjmedia]

@@greekdbw9014 I hope this was a Breaking Crab reference

[@hey.whataboutme8744]

​@@cerjmediaoh come on we all know it was an iCrab refrence with Crabby!

[@claragemheart581]

As someone who was into FNF during the period EXE was popular, i’m very glad they didn’t use FNF references as a diss.

[@Devoid_enterprises]

1:07 i love this line so much and never expected there to be a DMX reference in a exe rap but it works surprisingly well

[@MaorKoren6405]

"Trapped in that statue, your errors are grave - ID SAY YOU'VE MET WITH A TERRIBLE FAITH" Gees! Someone need to tell X that this is a Rap Battle not a Death Battle!

[@HappyLilly-if9vw]

It also sounds a lot like 'Fate' , referencing the FNF mod . I'd say it's a double diss

[@2049571]

Im not gonna do it

[@SHHHSlayer]

​@@HappyLilly-if9vwwell, yes and no, you've met with a terrible faith sounding like fate IS on purpose, it's because that's the game over quote for Majora's mask, which is the legend of Zelda game that the Ben drowned creepy pasta originated from

[@HappyLilly-if9vw]

@@SHHHSlayer Oh... So that bar made a triple reference !

[@uncroppedsoop]

​@@HappyLilly-if9vw I really doubt it was referencing both the original quote and an FNF mod seeing as the FNF mod itself is making the same nod to the original quote

[@garbageGothic]

God, Bendrowned is probably my favorite classic internet creepypasta, it's incredible to see it used like this :D Plus I've developed a newfound appreciation for Sonic.exe recently so WOW perfect timing AND JESUS CHRIST THIS BEAT?? THESE PERFORMANCES???? HOOOLY SHIT TOP FUCKING TIER, fantastic job to you, kiwwi, DJVulchre, and the absolute GOATS Lavi and Lee (love ya!), I'm no editing expert but hey I wouldn't expect anything less than peak from Patrick Rabi and Rayyan haha! Happy Halloween!!!

[@fnafrules1695]

Wait, is this a modern battle where sonic.exe got the LAST WORD??? Never thought I'd see the day considering how clowned on he is...

[@Dr.AutismGod]

Fax. You love to see it.

[@CrookedSixpence-k4s]

yes that would be because he sucks shit

[@RealLiver420]

AND HE COOKED BRO 🔥🔥🔥

[@LeaffoId]

Nah he got an offices email from another owner and he’s turned out to be a really god gorro character now and goes by the name 2011x

[@fnafrules1695]

@@LeaffoId Is it meant to be the 2011X version? The death scenes looked like the OG game to me.

[@mrsurge4789]

BEN's last remark about Exe's creator was brutal, but my jaw dropped at "tried to ascend but couldn't get past the baptism". That line alone gave Exe the win in my book

[@L3GacY3]

What does that mean I don’t remember too much of the Ben drowned lore

[@error7922]

@@L3GacY3 from the story i remember ben was drowned by his bullies, head first(similar to a baptism) dont know much bout the cult though

[@Cell287]

Yeah, no, BEN won. Where did people get the cult thing. That stuff was weak sauce.

[@L3GacY3]

@ that literally contributes to BEN’s lore-

[@whit05b]

@@Cell287 delusional

[@CitricityRB]

Amazing job to everyone involved! This season has had some amazing horror battles, and this one's no different

[@Byte_Ton]

"The fathers a lunaric, And You are the son whos eclipsed by the moon children" "tried to ascend, but couldn't get past the baptism" God damn Exe Killed him

[@AliMation4202]

Also "Clock's ticking,Big Ben"

[@angussmilson6257]

Sonic.exe bro you ducking killed him

[@SIRRapBattles]

tysm for letting hop on with editing for this, everyone here did spectacular!!

[@thesaiyan2136]

Sonic.exe clutched this battle. Holy shit dude was COLD-BLOODED

[@Dr.AutismGod]

Nah not clutched, X pummeled BENDROWNED here

[@PrivateDaisy]

Okay, this is not my kind of battle, but this 1:38 is literally the coollest thing ever.

[@quicksilver5198]

I was thinking that. It's tuff highkey

[@Kiara-dx8jg]

I'm not usually one to mention sound design but I think this is very worthy of appreciating. I love that Ben's has or at least sounds like the backwards music because I remember that being a part of the creepypasta. Along with Sonic just being really in your face 1:28 specifically just feels like it fits the vibes of his creepypasta especially with the screaming because I think that was a part of the original.

[@SamTheMarioMan]

I really love the contrast between Ben's more lifeless voice and Sonic.exe's aggressive rapping. Both of their VAs did a really good job with the character portrayals and with the horror!

[@PPRBguy]

Lee as BENDROWNED was unexpected but phenomenal.

[@whit05b]

didn't lee voice jinx in jinx vs junko enoshima?

[@whit05b]

nvm they sound a lot alike eachother

[@cars9324]

@@whit05bwasn’t that azia?

[@whit05b]

@@cars9324 i dont remember, they sound so alike

[@calvinlightfoot8480]

I'm a sucker for wordplay, BEN has such a sinister tone in his verses. But dear GOD Exe crushed his verses in all his edgy glory, A ROUND 2? on BEN's lungs is brutal 😭

[@jacobcoopermogil2683]

Is Sonic.EXE vs Ben Drowned getting a second rap battle? Wondering where EXE was going with that bar, tbh.

[@thejester4130]

​@jacobcoopermogil2683 sonic exe's original game made reference to a "round 2" and ben drowned so he is putting him through a second round of drowning

[@FligugiguGigi]

​@@jacobcoopermogil2683lacking that exe knowledge

[@1chi.459]

I'm surprised " X gon' give it to ya' " hasn't been used for Sonic.EXE until now It's such a fitting line for him and such a popular reference

[@1chi.459]

I guess to be fair he wasn't called Lord X until recently

[@londanlead]

@@1chi.459 Are people calling og exe Lord X now? I thought he just went by X

[@gayahhbihh]

​@@londanleadyeah no he's X, Lord X is different

[@Bagel_Guy]

Though Ben went crazy with the “I inspired you” line, Sonic.EXE stayed CONSISTENT with the roasts Great rap battle, as always

[@MatPgame67]

I know right?... Man am hungry can i have a bagel?

[@Bagel_Guy]

@@MatPgame67🥯

[@MatPgame67]

@Bagel_Guy YIPPIE

[@flowerprower]

Ben's cuts were so deep I think some of them flew over people's heads. "Water under the bridge since you've been moved to where the trolls are" for when Sonic.EXE was moved to the trollpasta wiki is my personal favorite

[@RandomDudeWhoDoesStuff-dq4cf]

Jesus fucking christ that last line was insane Amazing battle!

[@kevinsaget123]

1:06 DMX reference! 😱

[@jackaweplushpro]

Sonic.DMeXe

[@Iamliterallymx]

I literally had to close the video and take a few minutes like "He actually said that-"

[@CypherUltraKingSonic]

It’s More A Lord X Reference

[@8-bit_Player1]

More like X don’t give it to ya song 💀🙏

[@NeverFøund-qj8rc]

2:56 Is it just me or does the beat kind of sound like a distorted version from Sonic Vs The Flash? It also sounds like the drowning music with the music notes going back and forth.

[@SixteesixMapping]

"Finding me? You should worry 'bout who founded you" SHOTS FIRED

[@cragl3yman343]

I was like "Oh wow we didn't get Cam Steady as Sonic.EXE?" but then I hear Yuki and was like "Oh they got similar vibes and style... OOOOH THEY SPITTIN'" So I'm sorry for the disrespect Yuki. Absolutely goated rap battle.

[@cool-dx3df]

My god , you met with a terrible faith line is what made me decide sonic.exe

[@jdogwolftombstonesproducti309]

Sonic.exe had no business going off so hard when it was his turn on the mic 💀

[@yukigloommusic]

so incredibly in love with this one, everypony popped off :3 thanks for having me as sonic buahahahha >:)

[@yeezoyoutube]

You did not just say everypony 😭

[@yukigloommusic]

@ cringe is dead

[@yeezoyoutube]

@@yukigloommusic so is my uncle I ate him 😔

[@ecexplosion265]

Damn! You did a great job!

[@charsonic1771]

You did great as Sonic.exe

[@dustinkreet5978]

Getting a bendrowned battle in 2024 was not what I expected, but if this means even the nichest, ancient (in Internet-time) characters are fair fame for a Freshy battle, I'm all for it. Kinda ridiculous how much this channel's battles consistently match my tastes to a T. Great stuff, omg. Keep drowning me in the awesome stuff, lol. :D

[@funkysunky7840]

Bendrowned is not niche… (maybe the arg part of it was tho)

[@thatoneanimefan477]

What in the WORLD is Freshy dropping 😭🙏

[@MatPgame67]

He's dropping everything in the bucket list fr 😭🙏🙏

[@Monarch280]

fitting pfp lol

[@Thelifeofmyplushies]

Ur PFP explains it all dude 😭😭😭

[@shyguyissoawesomeguys]

he's dropping peak 🔥🔥🔥

[@alexthemeh1378]

Might be the first time I've heard Exe flame someone in a Rap battle. It's a nice change of pace from him being the clown lmao

[@IsaacMiele-Bokelman-he2zw]

I love how’s exes segments were much faster keeping up the with sonic element

[@Davemyster05]

I love the difference in tone for both characters, and god damn both performances did great! Both of the two’s second verse finishers make it really hard to choose but I think Exe was stronger overall. One of my new favorites of this season

[@OscuroTheDark]

I genuinely love the contrast between the cold, calm demeanor of Ben compared to the loud screaming and much more "edgy" tone of X. It captures their characters so well. :)

[@cringenamehere3920]

"You're project's out but the hype was gone You were watered down, It's a dying cause After all this time your notoriety's lost Every child sees my smile and knows I AM GOD" 🔥🔥

[@nexttheduder]

2:05 “Finding me? You should worry bout who founded you” was a killer line because sonicexe’s founder was a pedo 💀

[@LouieMimantea]

He was alleged but now in the clear(I think, I only watched the video from LuigiKid Gaming). Still didn't stop him from getting his named engraved and giving his crappypasta up to a dough boi

[@funkysunky7840]

@@LouieMimanteano???

[@LouieMimantea]

​@@funkysunky7840 I only saw the video from LuigiKid. Don't blame me. That stuff is pretty hard to watch just looking at the thumbnail. As a Sonic fan, I am offended by JC

[@HeroTheHedgehog999]

@@LouieMimantea Yeah the type of sh*t he did is just hard to look at when anyone is exposed for that kind of stuff. It’s the worst thing a human can do…

[@LouieMimantea]

​@@HeroTheHedgehog999 Just like Xenophanes in the sex game?

[@SquawkingtheTalk]

Eddie and Freshy dropping on the same day is my Halloween candy

[@hamburgerman531]

"While you ended up inspiring some users, I ended up inspiring you" "You were the sacrificial lamb of some mad religion Tried to ascend but couldn't get past the baptism" "But hide and seek with your origin will have to do... Finding me? You should worry 'bout who founded you..." "There's so many pools of blood where I can drown you Let's see if your lungs will be ready for Round 2" Just some standout lines in my opinion. This battle was way better then it had any right being.

[@BCCSquidward]

The creepypasta of a video game character won.

[@Teardrop_tpot_2]

Sonic.exe

[@Maxjb1242]

@@Teardrop_tpot_2honestly, Sonic.exe had the better flow and visual effects but Ben definitely had the better disses like “you should worry about who founded you” referencing how the creator of Sonic.exe’s original game had DM’s with minors

[@JulianHesselbom]

You mean the one played by a very talented person?

[@SEAFInfantry]

The one with red, bleeding eyes won, hands down

[@SEAFInfantry]

​@@Maxjb1242I personally think Sonic won, especially with his disses about religion and his final line about his lungs being ready for round 2 but I liked both

[@HandsomeJackKR]

I might be wrong but at 1:16 it sounds like the rapper does kind of an imitation of the Kefka/Sonic.exe laugh in the background, awesome detail if intentional

[@MalachiDevv]

Bro i was gonna say that

[@heishinayo2024]

By the insane sound to it, it sounds more like the new laugh for 2011X

[@TeeloTheH0neyBee]

Actually using aspects of their respective pasta’s that’s more than just the surface level like Ben using Cleverbot was genuinely so cool like omg!! Peak asf rap battle for Halloween!!

[@eyeccantseeyouu]

Getting cooked by sonic.exe is crazy, I wouldnt let anyone know about that L.

[@marketgardennn]

Good thing ben doesn’t need to

[@bendyatim6597]

​@@marketgardennn even though he lost badly

[@marketgardennn]

@@bendyatim6597 nah he kicked that fraud back to the pedophile who created him

[@DevinDoingstuff]

​@@bendyatim6597yeah right, exe is just the posterboy for baby's first spooky spaghetti

[@scottthejatt]

​@DevinDoingstuff We aren't comparing their stories we are comparing their performance in the rap battle.

[@drumstuff1524]

The fact that you got Ben’s reversed lines to rhyme both ways gave me an aneurysm (not really but it was insane). This was such a good battle and I hope to see more like this in the future. Writing’s on point

[@ThatUnluckyGamer]

This is such a close one! Personally, I think Sonic.EXE wins, but ironically enough, this is a close race! Honestly, Yukigloom as Sonic.EXE is one of my favorite rap battle performances that you guys had this year.

[@shadithakis]

Unironically a great Sonic.exe voice, the more corny loud edgy voice i think fits a lot better

[@geekforeverpixelgamingsurl5007]

Dang, bringing back old school matchups like that huh? Can’t say I mind, it’s a bit nostalgic and you really did great at it once again. Kudos to the team and happy Halloween to all! 👻

[@theuncutdirector3283]

Yukig put SO MUCH aggressive energy into the role as sonic, PERFECTLY portraying his character.

[@michaelthesavior8740]

I remember a while ago where you rejected the idea of Sonic.Exe vs Freddy I guess that was the idea itself, not for Sonic.Exe in general And good lord you manged to do what was once thought to be impossible. *You made a good creepypasta rap battle*

[@fulmonthe1687]

Acrually, Freshy Kanal already made multiple good creepypasta rap battles. You should check them out.

[@Josengtt]

There's countless of good Creepypasta rap battles?

[@Iapere02]

Jeff the Killer vs Jason Dean in the corner:

[@michaelthesavior8740]

@Iapere02 I meant a full on creepypasta rap battle

[@Godzilla_Beast_of_Revelation]

RED Vs Sonic.exe and Sonic.exe Vs The Mandela Catalogue were good

[@Redzilla54]

Sonic did NOT have to cook Ben that bad

[@Bomboygoesboom]

“ CUZ I KILL TALES WHEN THEY MOVE TO SLOW” FIRE LINE

[@TheAnchorArmsChad]

*"TRAPPED IN THAT STATUE, YOU ERRORS ARE GRAVE! I'D SAY YOU'VE MET WITH A TERRIBLE FAITH!"*

[@DreamyOpalita]

"The Father's a Luna-tic, And you are the son Who's eclipsed by the Moon Children." The Father and Son - relating to the Trinity, but also the leader of the Moon Children Luna-tic - He's crazy, and Luna is the deity the Moon Children follow Son who's eclipsed - Ben was a son, but the Sun is eclipsed by the Moon, his murder was covered up as a sacrifice. Nice double entendre!

[@thespaceofades2734]

I think "eclipsed" might also be referring to how the Moon Children overshadowed Ben in the lore.

[@jamesvspokemon6459]

Yukigloom genuinely sounds like Cam Steady during the Sonic Villains Cypher Cam made

[@sparrow2525]

Fourteen-year-old me is SCREAMING! I love that Ben has a child's voice as a reference to his appearance as a preteen boy, and I love that Sonic's verses are reminiscent of metal music!

[@bigyoshi5170]

*”YOU’RE TOO SLOW.”* Sonic.Exe took away the playfulness of that line from normal Sonic I can’t lie, that haunted music makes the line scary.

[@nilewilson9223]

1:07 I just realized that line he said "X Gon give it to ya" like that one song

[@EndoCrazy]

BREAKDOWN. Let me clarify some things first: Ben Drowned's lore is, really, really complex. So i'm sorry if i'm wrong with something, you can kindly correct me in the replies if that's the case. Also: the Father: A deity inside the haunted Maroja's Mask Cartridge, which is also very responsible for a great part of Ben's suffering. Moon Children: A religious cult from the Ben Drowned series. They're the cause Ben is inside the Link Statue. They believe dying is the way to 'Ascend.' Jadusable: The first person who got their hands on the haunted Cartridge, from an, as X says, old guy's yard sale. Now, the breakdown for real. *Ben:* "The curse of the cartridge is coming to life, do what you do best, and run for your life." Sonic can indeed run pretty damn fast. "I took one look at your ugly design, and now we've both got blood in our eyes." Contrary to popular belief, ben isn't a Link with bloody eyes. That's just the terrible ben drowned creepypasta that got popular instead of the original series. "We corrupted our games and took over computers, but let me put a lens on the truth.." the lens of the truth is a Majora's mask item, that also has some importance in Ben Drowned's history. "While you ended up inspiring some users, I ended up inspiring YOU." Self explanatory. Ben drowned existed way before Sonic.exe, also. "They say don't judge a book by it's cover, what a bummer, that alone has your whole story covered." Sonic.exe's story is very boring and edgy in general. "You strike a pose and then cut up all your friends to bits, link must've played the elegy of edgyness." The *Elegy of Emptyness* is the song you play to summon the Link statue in the Original Majora's Mask, and at the same time yet agains mentions how Edgy Sonic.exe is. "The emptiest narrative ever since the vessel where I hid, so let me try to better it, Ben has been known to edit scripts." Vessel = Link Statue. He says he's known to edit scripts, because when Jadusable , the first protagonist, tries to make public what he's going through and how ben communicates with him, Ben constantly edits his posts and texts to remove any mention of him. "You sen't your pals to heaven, beheaded and left'em tortured. I guess you saved the best to end last, now it's YOURTURN." Your Turn being all caps and stick together is on purpose. When Jadusable first plays the game, Ben tries to talk to him by editing the savefiles names, one of them being 'YOURTURN.' *Sonic.exe:* "I hope you're faster than your youtube show, cuz' I kill tales when they move too slow." The ben drowned series had an 8 (almost 9!) years hiatus after episode 5 or so. Tales kinda sounds like Tails, who was killed by Sonic.exe in the original Creepypasta. "I'm aware that your Ritual didn't do much, but if you want death X GON' GIVE IT TO YA." Ben wanted to be Link through a Moon's children Ritual, (since he was part of the cult once) he drowned so he could ascend and become Link, but he ended up inside the Link Statue instead. Also, "X Gon Give It To Ya" is a DMX song. "Your cartridge blows, you need a redesign, coming from a CD i'd rather boot up the CD-i!" He is talking about "Link: the faces of evil". Yes, that ugly TLOZ game with Morshu in it. *Rope, bombs, you want it?* "You we're the sacrificial Lamb of some mad religion, tried to ascend but couldn't get past the Baptism" as previously mentioned, ben was part of The moon Children, and it doomed him. And we all know what a baptism is. Sonic.exe is making fun of him drowning. "C'mon, keep this interesting kid you've gone stale. You've been free, in an old Guy's yard sale." Jadusable got the cartridge for free at an old guy's yard sale. "You wanna be a hero? better luck next time," Ben wanted to be Link. "Cuz you are a Link, to your cult's website!" The moon children had a website. "Your project's out, but the hype was gone," when the ben drowned series ended 4 years ago, most people had already forgotten about it's existance. Kinda sad for such a great story. "You we're watered down, it's a dying cause," reference to drowning, and also a reference to Undyne vs Knuckles. "After all this time, your notoriety's lost. Every child sees my smile and knows I AM GOD!" A reference to sonic.exe being more popular with kids, and also the popular sonic.exe phrase; "I AM GOD." *Ben:* "?pord seidob ekam I erehw wonk annaw uoy oD Do you wanna know where I make bodies drop?" He talks through cleverbot, because that's also a thing he does in the original story to communicate with Jadusable. I don't know what the reverse text could be referencing. ".tops eht kram lliw X hguone nooS Soon enough X will mark the spot." Sonic.exe's actual name is X. "Every single land I touch the scent of death lingers," (Kinda funny cuz Ben doesn't kill anyone in the entire Ben Drowned series, he's actually nice. Even Jadusable didn't actually get killed by ben, but by the father.) "You remain the same you've always been, a dead ringer." Calls sonic.exe a copy but also, Ring-er. Sonic's Rings. "Your story's like your disk, a cursed passed to every new kid, but your program can't be fixed no matter how much you reboot it." Sonic.exe has been through a LOT of hands. After JC the Hyena was exposed, the 'ownership' of Sonic.exe was passed to another person. So, this is probably a way of saying 'You're always terrible no matter what.' "You can't swim," Sonic can't swim (neither ben lol) "You've been drowning and your whole arc's water under the bridge, since you were moved to where the trolls are." Sonic.exe got moved from the creepypasta Wiki to the trollpasta Wiki for being a terrible history. "But hide and seek with your origin will have to do," Ben liked hide and seek. "Finding me? you should worry 'bout who finded you." Sonic.exe's original creator, JC The Hyena, was.. a questionable person. (Ahem ahem MINORS ahem ahem.) *Sonic.exe:* "Clocks ticking, big ben, that was regrettable!" Big ben, the clock, but also, ben himself. "Get off your high horse, I'll chase you off that pedestal!" the Elegy of Emptyness statue is standing on a pedestal, and Link rides a horse, making it both a metaphorical and literal bar. "You think you're clever cause you're hiding in a database? but all you managed to do is run an AMA!" The creator of Ben drowned, Alexander D hall (Jadusable on KZbin), did multiple AskMeAnything's and QnA's. "The father's a *Luna* (Moon) - tic, and you are the son (Sun, maybe?) who's *eclipsed* by the *moon* children!" Luna - Sun - Eclipsed - Moon. "Trapped in that statue, your errors are grave... I've said you've met with a terrible *Faith!* " Ive said you've met with a terrible fate is a phrase said in Majora's Mask commonly associated with ben Drowned. But Exe replaces Fate with Faith, since ben being in the religious Moon Children cult is what caused him to end up like that. "Found a new form for your soul at the end," At the end of Ben Drowned's history, Ben ends up in Link's body, free from his torment and achieving his dream. "It just makes it all easier to hold down your head! there's so many pools of blood where I can drown you, let's see if your lungs will be ready for Round 2!" Apart from the drowning references, the original Sonic.exe game ends with a mention of a round 2. And that's it. Imo, it's very close but I think sonic took it. Again, tell me if I got anything wrong.

[@The_Misanthropic_Magpie]

Good analysis

[@seantheporcupine7979]

"You are the son/sun who's eclipsed by the moon children" be a reference to a solar eclipse but it might be a bit of a stretch

[@EndoCrazy]

@seantheporcupine7979 wait you're right, "you're the sun who's eclipsed" makes a lotta sense

[@k1llaxk1dd34]

I think the reboot line refers to the act of rebooting a character/franchise, Ben is saying that no matter who owns X, or tries to reboot his story, it's always going to be horrible, and than there's the obvious play of 'rebooting a program'

[@EndoCrazy]

​@@k1llaxk1dd34makes sense, added!

[@jethroplayzz3674]

Why does this video feel nostalgic even tho its not made like 10+ years ago 😭

[@kathysimmons6298]

0:25 "i took one look at your ugly design " is just cold

[@idolaegisva]

Man, BEN and Sonic.EXE had no reason to go that hard. Great battle once again, Freshy!

[@CultOfChaos2107]

“Coming from *CD I* ’d rather boot up a *CDI* ” don’t know if that was intentional but it’s awesome

[@Papertoolsarenice]

losing to sonic exe of all things must be the most embarrassing thing ever and i don't know how so many of these characters manage to pull it off

[@cuberfan08]

Honestly I think x won but “you’ve been moved to where the trolls are” went hard

[@BluePopsoprogen]

0:48 is link breaking in half like that a reference to PeanutButterGamer when he corrupted his game for a ben drowned bit?

[@KneeJuice]

That also happens in the original creepypasta vids so it's probably that

[@BluePopsoprogen]

@@KneeJuice Ah, didn't know that

[@connt1nu3]

This may be one of the closest rap battles I’ve ever listened to… I’m giving the win to Sonic.EXE, but I did really like everything about Ben’s lines and delivery as well.

[@Kruffle123]

WE NEED A ROUND 2 BRO! This was such a close battle! Amazing

[@Amberthefox-z8v]

Dude, this is amazing. I’m a big fan of Sonic.exe and Ben Drowned was a part of my childhood, this gives me current life enjoyment and childhood remembrance in the best way possible!!! Keep doing what you do best!!!

[@aaron464white464]

Dude I love all of your horror rap battles, they all always have a certain vibe, characters, lyrics, matchups and especially the instrumentals, keep at it, you’ll always have my support, you should make a rap battle with baldi’s basic or slender man, I’d love to see your version of those characters, keep up the amazing work for real

[@jmp8348]

"While you end inspired some users i ended up inspiring you" Damn bro that hits hard

[@lukimorador]

Aaaaand, here we are! Returned to the great and slauthering battles! This one came incredibly hard for me, ngl, and finally, I could understand couple of verses without any knowledge about these creepypastas. But that beat, that energy... Just *muah!* beautifull athmosphere!

[@AllTheWorstStuff]

Missed oppurtunity to reference how the creator of Ben Drowned is now an AI bro

[@HeroTheHedgehog999]

Yeah though the original creator of the Sonic.EXE story is um… Yeah we don’t talk about that…

[@AllTheWorstStuff]

@HeroTheHedgehog999 true

[@setsers1]

@@AllTheWorstStuff Wait, You Shitting Me?

[@setsers1]

@@HeroTheHedgehog999 exactly...painful.

[@AllTheWorstStuff]

@setsers1 Basically, Alex (the guy behind Ben Drowned and Jadusable) started putting ai into his work after coming back to continue the original story. From using ai to extend the original song of healing in one of his videos to retconning the original story with ai (Ben's ghost is apparently not a ghost anymore but an ai generation of his soul now). There's more going on with it, but that's the quick summary of it

[@Valiantslasher15]

The amount of references to their source material is insane. This was so high quality. Good job

[@superyoshiparker8979]

0:37 buddy that is the best roast of bendrowned in this fight.

[@bigchooc]

Sonic.EXE destroyed him LOL i loved that he fit the " I AM GOD" and took Ben's Drowned's Line " You Have Met A Terrible Fate"

[@bladeanimeking955]

”I AM GOD” - Sonic.Exe 😈

[@mrluckyluke17]

He Sure is.

[@Everyone4Everything]

The "X gonna give to ya" line ABSOLUTE CINEMA Also it's always nice to see people acknowledge the moon children stories, make people remember that Ben Drowned is more

[@nebulashitpostprodubtions5971]

The grunge in those screams ngl felt like bro was actually Exe himself bruh also i love the fact bendrowned has a younger voice due to his spirit being of a child forever in the state of a child The predator line was a stab but the the line of "let's see if your lungs will be Ready for round 2" especially With the absolute malice throughout his verse

[@Thorbijntje]

Both of these mf's made me shit my pants buh😭😭🙏🙏

[@theiconicquack]

1:38 idk why but that part tickles my brain perfectly

[@Radeon_knocks]

Both had REALLY REALLY good bars.. but imma have to give Ben this one. Him talking about the sonic.exe creepypasta story being moved from the creepypasta wiki to the trollpasta wiki, which was an insult to the story, since the troll wiki was made for hilariously bad creepypastas that were made shitty on purpose (surprised nobody got that one) and the original author of the sonic.exe creepypasta being a terrible person sold it for me.

[@Plaguedocwhoneedsabreak]

Ben got the BARE MINIMUM jab in on EXE, I think almost everyone knows his og creator was a freak.

[@JestyJoshua]

No one is gonna mention this leads to an arg at the end of the video

[@dainishreal]

The 'X gon give it to ya' pun was SO GOOD HOLY CRAP ICWAS NOT EXPECTING HOW GOOD THIS BATTLE WAS

[@TheGenoYoshi]

The way Sonic.EXE’s verses sound incredibly edgy and are primarily about how he’s going to violently murder Ben unironically reflects the actual substance of the original Creepypasta extremely well.