Historian Reacts to Jeff Bezos vs Mansa Musa. Epic Rap Battles Of History Reaction

[@Kashmirimustang]

This dudes thumbnail - 😱 This dude in the video - 😐

[@Mav822]

That's exactly what I thought lmao

[@dilotodragon]

This

[@Nobody-zn3yv]

This

[@CloudslnMyCoffee]

In EVERY one

[@TheZangetsu322]

yeah every time that said I still really enjoy his videos

[@dreavesthemalkavianphsycia8933]

Skru swore up and down every review of an ERB video he did they needed to put him in one and he'd bring fire. I believe the man made good. I'm glad they got together for this. Thanks for covering it.

[@Bobsyagod]

It's so good watching him react to his own ERB, he was like a kid in a candy shop he was so happy

[@chrys_stone8716]

@@Bobsyagod ya I was so happy for scru watching his own erb. Must be an honor :)

[@leftnut1055]

I want to see knox hill In a erb

[@xsithspawnx]

I'm a huge fan of Scru so I'm probably biased, but I think Mansa took that one for sure. His delivery, flow, and lines were all fire. He actually wrote a lot of his rap for this himself too.

[@kbsskb788]

Jeff also had some weird lines. Like the Audible line, would be good if there was nothing about Mansa Musa there, but there's 5. So he dissed himself, which happened a few times.

[@mongrelthesnowchimp7676]

Nah maine, I only like Scru's disses to DAX, Scru won this for Mansa Musa for sure...

[@WolfTalkings]

Jeff did do lines that was also more about himself while throwing jabs. I do think Mansa Musa won due to Scru though lol. I mean from what Scru said, ERB only touched his lines a few times but let him write his own music. Epicloydd is definitely amazing but I think they also wanted Mansa musa to win too while giving Bezos a chance to fight

[@zeallust8542]

@@WolfTalkings Jeff was played as satire, clearly he was borderline scripted to lose. Not that theyve never done that before

[@AustinAllen2002]

oh no Musa definitely took that

[@oddbird5825]

So a little correction. Mansa Musa did indeed bow. But in a loop hole way that you kind of mentioned. The Sultan wanted to meet him and he kind of had to meet in order to make his way through Cairo. So after he refused, the go betweens workout out a solution. So when Musa met the Sultan, he saalamed and said, “I bow to God.” So he did indeed bow. But it wasn’t for the Sultan per say.

[@Saber0003]

Nah, dude definitely bowed to the Sultan. Whatever story that comes with it was just what Mansa told himself so he could sleep at night.

[@osha_t4]

@@Saber0003 yeah if someone is telling you to bow to them and you bow but say “I only bow to god” then you still bowed down because they told you too

[@mynameis4555]

@@osha_t4 well no, they told you to but you respond with "I bow to god, not you" you therefore bowed to god on your own will because he didn't have to because he was told too.

[@osha_t4]

@@mynameis4555 you are still bowing because you were told to bow, the rest is just you trying to justify your decision.

[@khiarieverett9658]

@@osha_t4 thing is when you make the statement “I bow to god” that’s could be shown as disrespect to a ruler/king/sultan

[@kurtisryan4370]

As a history teacher, the lack of historical study into the cultures of the world outside of the Mediterranean and Europe before the "Age of Exploration" is criminal.

[@YTCBlackStar]

To be fair, the majority of history wasn't written down in writing but spoken verbally down the generations. It would be difficult to accurately represent their history.

[@raquelash616]

@@YTCBlackStar no stuff was written down, just their libraries have been destroyed..

[@YTCBlackStar]

@@raquelash616 either way, it'll be difficult to accurately represent their history.

[@usualdosage7287]

Luckily they teach about the Kingdom of mali in my History and connections class

[@sigmamorbillionaire7397]

@@YTCBlackStar Chinese and Arab cultures wrote a lot of stuff down.

[@JL-ti3us]

I thought Mansa did bow, but he said something along the lines of “I am bowing to Allah” so curtesy would be met and his dignity would be preserved.

[@mithroch]

I thought that too... though I guess the argument is then he wasn't actually bowing to the sultan. Also... my understanding has always been that this happened on the way to Mecca. On the way back he saw the adverse effect his gold spending had had on Egypt's economy.

[@randomlikings]

The KNOWLEDGE this reaction provided me is immeasurable. Loved it, thank you!

[@jmdev8775]

Prynhawn da!

[@rekzors]

Scru definitely killed this one.

[@joshua5490]

As soon as I saw this drop today I immediately thought "MrLboyd has definitely gotta do this one!" Respect, good sir!

[@WaltG843]

BARZ ON TOP OF BARZ

[@mithroch]

Yeah... as a Civ 6 player/fanatic... that line is a miss for me. Mali is one of the most banned civs in competitive play for a reason. If you don't deal with them before they set up their economy... they will simply outspend you.

[@VanessaMagick]

Wouldn't Mali be straight awful in a 1v1 though? They have arguably the worst start in the game, they're extremely start reliant and their unit is pretty much a joke for warfare. Sure, if they hold out long enough you're done for but in my (limited) experience competitive matches don't take that long.

[@jRoy7]

Watching Scru Face Jean's reaction to this is priceless. He hadn't seen the finished product or heard Bezos' lines because he wanted to save it all for his reaction video.

[@josephschultz3301]

I'm just proud of him, really. He wanted to be in an ERB vid so bad. Not only did he get in one, but in my opinion, he got in and _won_ too. My boi.

[@JoeHalcyon]

Shit, I just caught that ala mode bar. Ala mode means with a scoop of ice cream on top. "Im on top, I'm Ice cold, .... ala mode" - Damn, thats FIRE.

[@UltimateGamerCC]

it's a double, "Allah Mode" as in God Mode, so much fire.

[@Hunter-dl1gd]

@@UltimateGamerCC also scru has a song called illy mode which I think could be another reference there which I was thinking of as a possibility as a little nudge at himself.

[@Bobsyagod]

@@Hunter-dl1gd Scru has already reacted to this rap battle himself and said that was one of the lines ERB came up with, while most of it was his. So if that was a nudge to his song, it was a tribute from the ERB guys to Scru.

[@JeffreyBezeau]

Ala mode refers to the dessert, yes But the real meaning is " À la mode", which mean "In the fashion of..." in French. It was a really popular expression in the 90's. So it's a double. Allah mode (à la mode) as "in the fashion of Allah"

[@Hunter-dl1gd]

@@Bobsyagod gotcha. Thanks for that! I was just guessing not saying that’s what it was. I didn’t watch scrus reaction cause it was his own song hahah

[@northern_law738]

The fast is from sun up to sundown. It includes anything that is consumed by the mouth; food, drinks, etc. It also includes refraining from any bad habits.

[@jaustill237]

But all of my habits are bad.

[@northern_law738]

@@jaustill237 Then don't do any of them. It's about patience and self-restraint.

[@prestonjones1653]

With the exception of medication of course, and a small sip of water to take them if required (such as pills).

[@osma77]

The one line I noticed that you seem to have missed; iirc the Mansa before him tried to go with an expedition to the new world (possibly before they new it existed?) and never returned.

[@jasonlotti8639]

Thank you. I’ve always enjoyed the intelligence behind your reactions. However, this one will be my favorite. Not because your reaction differed from its predecessors, but because Scru had you feeling so street at the end that you almost dropped a verbal bomb of your own. 🤭 I look forward to your next one. 👍🏻

[@craftsecond]

First video of MrLboyd's I've come across, and I enjoyed the heck out of it! I've been a fan of ERB, and Scru's reactions to ERB, for a long time, so I've been on a bit of a rabbit hole watching reactions. This has been one of my favorites. He really has a clear command of the history involved, a sharp eye for word play, and an appreciation of what makes a commanding performance. Bravo, sir.

[@Reece_Hart]

The fact Mansa Musa isn't an every day name is an absolute crime.

[@JL-ti3us]

Fasting on Ramadan is basically during daylight hours so you can only eat before sunrise and after sunset.

[@jimmynoneutrons]

It's not even sunrise, it's the first sign of sunrise which is the clouds lighting up a little on the east before sunrise which is called Fajr

[@jimmynoneutrons]

So when the call for Fajr prayer starts, your fast starts

[@KingofKarnies]

Which since it's during the summer the Sun is up about 16hours a day.

[@TheRealDocBrown]

I love how much I actually learn watching your videos. Thank you so much for spreading knowledge. So refreshing in the reaction community.

[@wristykill9678]

Loved this one! I was so excited for Scru and he definitely delivered. I learned more about Mansa Musa watching your reaction. Good job!

[@Mazzawak]

My man you're so knowledgeable it's unreal! You're reactions are incredibly educational. BTW Musa definitely took this one.

[@chrisshanteau5353]

Mansa took it. Scru, other than snoop, is prolly the most established and well versed rapper they’ve had on erb

[@chuckhouse5179]

Depends on what you listen to. I knew Watsky before I knew ERB and at least a decade before I heard of Scru.

[@Bobsyagod]

I'd take Scru's verses over Snoops in ERB. Mansa killed it, Moses is debatable that he even beat Santa.

[@pathogenicapothecary]

Not rappers, but T-Pain & Weird Al were there.

[@MultiDean1980]

I don’t know about “established”, but Zach Sherwin can write and deliver circles around Scru. That said… Scru is solid and a polished showman.

[@MIrfanPerdana]

Chali 2na would be the second-most established rapper they've had in ERB (he was Neil Degrasse Tyson, fyi).

[@markeyboi6545]

You misinterpreted the dodging sales tax line. You were talking about income tax, the sales tax line is referring to the fact that for a long time Amazon didn't collect sales tax in most states (they tried to make the argument that only physical locations had to do so but eventually the laws became less ambiguous to force them to collect and remit sales tax for online orders).

[@phishmastermike]

After this break down. I say Mensa. Your knowledge of the breakdown and knowledge of life and stuff is the reason I watch your videos. And glad your channel grown like it has. You broke this down better then scru did. You gave more info and caught things he didn’t

[@MangaManiac]

"So basically what happened was is that. For twelve years the economy was basically terrible, because of what Mansa Musa did in a timeframe of a couple of days". Me: *Slowly turns towards and glares at Wallstreet* ò_ó At least Mansa's excuse was that he was happy and wanted to share instead of filling his own pockets.

[@seigeengine]

I mean, arguably it served propagandist functions. It's also suspected it may have been a deliberate attack on the Cairo gold market. Also, he used his wealth on this pilgrimage to pay off intellectuals and experts to return with him to Mali.

[@besinio91194]

@@seigeengine arguably a part of his desire to accummulate knowledge which is not what we can say to some world leaders today

[@seigeengine]

@@besinio91194 I mean, sure, it would be a productive use of wealth, but that doesn't change that it was not simply charity: but strategic action to enrich the state of Mali.

[@besinio91194]

@@seigeengine looking at it at an economic standpoint, that was genius but damn too nasty

[@callmecuh8733]

I am now subscribed man, the way you broke all the bars down and taught me at the same time was great. Much love brother

[@osma77]

"Rejoice with me, friend, for we are free from every want and can devote our time to the will of God." Normally this is what Musa says when you make a lot of money in Civ...don't think he will be honoring Bezos after this one. And you're right, I consider myself at least slightly educated in historical figures, but I didn't know who Musa was until Civ 6.

[@joshuas193]

Same here. Richest man in history and so many people never heard of him. Also, love the Civ series since the 90's.

[@mrs.trucker9150]

Thank you for breaking this video down. I really enjoyed it. Thumbs up!

[@NatoBro]

The line from Musa, "you're just as cocky as your rocket", refers to the fact that the Blue Origin New Sheppard rocket gets derided a lot because it looks like a huge phallus

[@mmartinezPhysics]

I've watched a few reactions to this ERB, and, if I'm not mistaken, you're the first reactor to catch the Kanye West Africa ("Gold Digger") bar.

[@silverstar8868]

Not only is history mostly Eurocentric, but it mostly counts those who had an impact world wide or throughout history. Mansa Musa unfortunately didn't change all that much on that level.

[@Shiftinggers]

It depends where you live. If I'd ask an American who was Jossip Tito Borz and a Serb who was Fredrick Douglass they'd both probably have no idea

[@silverstar8868]

@@Shiftinggers Yeah true, but a large majority may know Christopher Columbus, Napoleon, Stalin, or even more recently, Obama.

[@lk_c7214]

@@Shiftinggers But many Americans don’t know who Frederick Douglass is or his impact, so it’s not just knowing about your own national history, it’s about actually knowing about the true contributions of non-whites to history period.

[@lk_c7214]

I think “change” is relative; there are tons of people in history that are revered based on lies of their “impact”. Regardless of anything else, being the richest person on the planet is worth being taught in history in all countries.

[@Shiftinggers]

@@lk_c7214 Why are you making this about skin color?

[@AllendeEtAl]

Yo this man is wise and cultivated.

[@francescaa8331]

I saw this drop today. I'm so glad you decided to do a review of it. It is certainly a good one.

[@lucasdiascosta2921]

this react was dope man, love it

[@MIrfanPerdana]

21:38 Slight correction: 'Allah' is just the Arabic term for 'God', just like 'Dio' is Spanish for the same thing. Christians and Jews also worship Allah, and in fact Arab Christians and Arab Jews (yes, they exist) would use Allah to refer to God.

[@ryojs4286]

Correction Allah means "The Only One Worthy of Worship" while god just means something worshipped The difference is vast, and also god can be pluralized and genderized Allah SWT cannot

[@twenty4kk866]

Your break down is EPIC! you caught every bar in a bar, the doubles and everything from SFJ. Excellent! Great content!

[@maxwellstubbs2510]

Hey is that Scru? Good on ya brother, getting that grind.

[@toughtimes4paco]

it is! He did the react today and took 10 minutes to get through the first 45 seconds haha it was great

[@ericcook4171]

Scru is how I came across mr.lboyd.

[@WeallyTeally]

thanks for doing this one. been watching reactions to explain some of these lines for the past 45 mins and you explained everything. Your knowledge on this stuff is so impressive

[@M0ldyBr3ad55]

Been waiting for your reaction to this! Love it!

[@katcienfuegos8433]

I've stumbled upon you recently through Tim Minchin reactions. And oi gevalt, you've got that professor vernacular going on. And you're hella sharp. Keep up the good work. I have a backlog of your stuff to dig through now.

[@WolfTalkings]

I am glad I subbed to you. I love Scru and Epicloydd even with inconsistency here and there. You teach me a lot of things i would have never known even when researching by myself. I appreciate you and hope you are having a fabulous day brotha 😁 (Side Note: Forgot about Seymour and that damn venus fly trap. Had to get a reference and got a song out of it 😂 I need to watch that movie again. That movie used to scare the fuck out of me. Looks fun)

[@ramoncunningham71]

Your reactions are top notch! The Dune movie that just came out was a remake of the original that was made back in the 1980's.

[@loomy9963]

This was such an amazing breakdown, you're awesome.

[@datacorz]

You, sir, are a gentleman and a scholar.

[@arvyfury6260]

Danggg your breakdown of the battle are very informative. keep it up

[@EvanHalbertDC]

Love how knowledgeable you are!

[@wilsonwade2970]

The story I heard about the bowing situation was that Mansa Musa did hang out with the king/sultan/whoeves but he said basically "I'm going to bow...to Allah, and if you're in the direction I happen to be bowing in, so be it" and was reciprocated the same way. I'll see if I can dig up the source on that.

[@MrLboydReacts]

yea i heard a similar story

[@jessicaavery1080]

Qhen he was saying "buying or living" in the box, pretty sure he was referring to the homeless in the living in them part

[@hotokarickychishi]

You got all the bars broken down to bits my G 🌹 even the 8 mile final battle reference! 💯

[@DG-wk4fn]

I love how this particular battle had you defending the minutia of the arguments of dope bars. I appreciate both you and ERB’s attention to detail.

[@ltbear8701]

Mansa musa was a whole unit in world history freshman year, we spent three 72 minute classes on him. He is very much taught in school

[@i3y755]

Best reaction on youtube great explaination man

[@carlsimons6616]

This ERB has more doubles than any I've seen. This one was EPIC!!

[@blackbeltboar]

I thank the KZbin series Extra History and their series on the Mali Empire for introducing me to Mansa Musa and I was so fascinated by the story I dug deeper on my own. It's such a fascinating bit of history that unfortunately is often overlooked in the modern world.

[@MST3Kfan1]

This was just awesome and the breakdown was great as well. Mr LBoyd, superb video.

[@alezahmando]

Thank you MrLboyd, I like watching your content. Your very smart, You know a lot thank you.😀

[@saispaz3381]

YAY I'm here for this!!!

[@kam6642]

Been searching for an erb reviewer who could catch the bars. You nailed them, if not a bit dry lol. Good stuff my guy.

[@queeneternal1282]

This dropped today omg ooooo fire content

[@johankaewberg9512]

One of the best yet. The lyrics are so packed with puns. Good as you are you missed a couple :-)

[@ShadedReaper]

First time seeing your videos and loved the break downs and explanation! Subbed.

[@seigeengine]

The value of gold dropped because the supply increased. It's noteworthy that the reason the Mali empire was so rich in gold was because Mali was the source or controlled the route through which the gold of West Africa flowed up into Europe and Asia, which for much of the medieval comprised the majority of all gold in Europe, at least. Other West African states controlled this before and after. Eventually, they faced competition with the rise of European sailing fleets which could circumvent these trade routes, and then eventually when colonization resulted in massive influxed of gold and silver from the new world. It's also suspected the reasons for Mansa Musa's generosity was less genuine charity and more about manipulating opinion, and attacking the Cairo gold markets, but that's speculation. The gold brought along was also used to pay intellectuals and experts to return with him to Mali

[@moldveien1515]

About ramadan a kind of fun fact is that in certain areas in Norway depending on what time of the year ramadan falls on they Will follow the day night cycle of mecca as the sun literally never sets, which is abit of a problem if you are only allowed to eat or drink after sunset

[@chrisj2546]

Dope breakdown 🙌

[@godspeedhero3671]

Good coverage!

[@robertwood9572]

Scru killed it. I was pretty excited when I heard he was going to be Mansa Musa, and I wasn’t disappointed. Hell yeah

[@unkemptjargon91]

This was amazingly balanced, love it.

[@Bbappert42275]

you and scru face are my fav reaction channels keep it up

[@dark5fate]

You’re totally correct. If anything Mansa Musa couldn’t have more than a footnote in my high school world history classes. What ended up teaching me about his existence was the reaction video of a historian watching the Bill Wurtz video about the history of the entire world.

[@DonEBrooke32]

1:25 dunno about that; but he WAS the King of Mali.

[@trejo082991]

This was a sick battle

[@trejo082991]

Love reaction videos as always, you really know your facts man

[@blackfoxdraco1585]

Nice I like how you pay close attention to the history in the bars

[@formvaint9537]

Im glad I wasn't the only one who felt a connection to 8 mile during the "He ain't a Bezos his real name is Jorgensen"

[@Leandros135]

i loved learning about mansa musa in history class. one hell of a man

[@k.w.ayusukeff9855]

The best reaction I've seen so far

[@reinalog]

Yes, it’s Scru Face Jean! Was shocked 😂

[@בנינירן]

algorithm = AL GORE RHYTHEM = JEFF BESOS TECH GUY

[@topherclay6131]

Damn this was amazing.

[@jasonwalker3185]

Mansa took this battle, Jeff had some punches and comical verses, but Scru (Mansa Musa) was spitting next level venom! He started out on fire and held the torch the whole battle!

[@---l---]

No worries on the long video, great to here the breakdown

[@AgentAussem]

scru has been waiting to use that lex line for so long

[@jamesogundipe5543]

Him being so educated makes the video a lot of engaging tbh. Like it’s different but I really fw how he actually could explain every bar.

[@sirfijoe450]

“You married one woman Jeff, and she cut you in half”

[@The-Endo-SymArmor]

David pipper pick a pepper your peter pics

[@herbmaaster]

scru face jean seems like a stand up guy from what ive seen of him on his channel he's letting the lyrics fly constantly

[@sikksotoo]

Here for Scru. You both killed it, great breakdown

[@moneyshots4life]

You play civ???? 😂that’s awesome!!! One of my all time favorites. Damn used to play them on box monitors😂

[@skechyassmofo]

Only you and Scru have pulled Lloyd up on the "King of Cairo" line. Respect!

[@seigeengine]

It's a daft nitpick. He was a king, by whatever word was used or bs justification given. If you want to get into the nitty gritty of the governance of the sultanate, go ahead, but it's ultimately the same shit as any other kingdom.

[@richardpatterson4976]

Allah mode could also represent a term called "God Mode" which can reference someone as a league above or untouchable.

[@Tygerwulff]

Yep, he said that.

[@richardpatterson4976]

@@Tygerwulff My apologies, All I heard him say was a reference to ice cream.

[@brandonwalker9335]

My man said "It ain't money bit- O.o" lol

[@stygian2055]

I am being taught about African history in school this year and we learned about Mali, we were taught that Mansa Musa was worth trillions back in his day.

[@seigeengine]

Apparently somebody has been filling your ears with literal shit.

[@jeramiahcox6976]

I had heared of the king of Mali. Problem is that the nation has nearly disappeared under the Sahara desert. Those other empires are still around in one for or another.

[@TheRealPurpleHand]

Mansa Musa's character had flows that were very easy to understand (pretty obvious on the surface and loaded with subtext to reflect on) so clear winner......but that final bar from Bezos was really good.

[@stevebuffinton1094]

I knew Musa took this before Bezos even started. Admittedly I've never heard Screwface before this song but I damn sure will be looking him up. I like this dudes flow.

[@Anokuna22]

I appreciate you teaching me things lol

[@TheG_Boy]

Scru delivery is insane

[@ryantannar5301]

I can't speak for everyone obviously but I personally did learn about Mansa Musa in school. I did take AP history classes and I think that's a big part of why most don't hear about him. In regular level classes they take things slower and as a result they tend to focus on the history that has had a more direct impact on the society we live in. Mansa Musa was a fascinating person but if we are being honest, he had pretty much no impact on the Western world. That doesn't diminish anything he did, but it does impact how important it is to teach. The more advanced classes that move more quickly are able to cover more topics, and that's when Mansa Musa comes in.

[@MrLboydReacts]

i First learned about him in AP History also

[@travesty-studios]

He ruined the economy of multiple countries while he was traveling to Mecca, he built a mosque every weekend over the course of 5 years (might be wrong about the length of time, but I know when you add up the amount of mosques he built, it's in the multiple hundreds) and on his way, he gave out a ridiculous quantity of gold. I know it was mostly done on his way to Mecca, not on the way back because giving away the gold was part of the pilgrimage of travelling to Mecca

[@kandake2795]

Fun Fact: Timbuktu (the great city of books and universities) is in the country of Mali, West Africa, the country that Mansa Musa ruled. Musa was a big reason why Timbuktu became so famous and renowned for knowledge.

[@daisnowsn2369]

Durring Ramadon we can not eat from sun rise to sun set.

[@Version0111]

Assuming you haven't seen it already (which is a big assumption) you should react to History of the Entire World I Guess. It's definitely your kind of video. It's a bit longer though than your usual videos so you might want to wait for a special event like 500k subscribers or something.