Jeff Bezos vs Mansa Musa. Epic Rap Battles Of History

Jeff Bezos vs Mansa Musa. Epic Rap Battles Of History.
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Epic Rap Battles of History: Jeff Bezos vs Mansa Musa
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CAST
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Mansa Musa: Scru Face Jean
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Jeff Bezos: EpicLLOYD
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CREW
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Written by: Nice Peter, EpicLLOYD, Zach Sherwin, Scru Face Jean, Sam Irving, Will Naameh and the many most excellent contributors of our ERB Patreon Writers Crew.
Director of Photography: Jon Na
Gaffer: Andy Chinn
Makeup and Hair: Brittany White
Wardrobe and Props: Morgan Christensen
Playback/DIT: Josh Best
Production Coordinator: Andy Sandoval
Health & Safety Manager: Atul Singh
Additional Artwork & Graphics: James Parallel
Video Editors: Ross Fearnley, Nice Peter, Javi Sanchez Blanco
VFX and Compositing: Nice Peter Javi Sanchez Blanco
Music Mixed and Mastered by: Nice Peter
Directed by: Nice Peter and EpicLLOYD
Shot on the ALEXA Mini
Edited in Adobe Premiere and After Effects
Recorded and mixed in Pro Tools
Produced by: Atul Singh
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[@ScruFaceJeanOfficial]

Talk TO ME NICE! SHOUT OUT TO THE WHOLE ERB SQUAD for let in me be apart of this

[@gamertrash14]

W

[@thekingofwar541]

Scru

[@Xabieru]

W

[@charlestoriola8707]

SCRUUUU!!! Gratz man

[@milkcube]

MY BOIIIIII

[@interestingyes3366]

"He aint a Bezos his real name is Jorgensen" hits like "This guy is a gansta? his real name is Clarence"

[@chelseafcrocks82]

that's what he was referencing! he says so in his reaction to his own battle

[@chrisdalby]

"And Clarence's parents have a real good marriage." Not so much for Jeff, though.

[@TheCerebralDude]

Mansa real first name or Scru? Scru’s government name is Darren

[@thist4326]

Fax

[@lushvinyl]

i also caught that reference lmao thanks mista!

[@lilchickienuggie8711]

Mansa Musa saying "take one small step towards a different 'prophet'", with prophet being a homophone for "profit" completely flew over my head the first time I watched this. Scru is INSANE!

[@liborkundrat185]

I only got that because the same wordplay was done in Bill Gates vs Steve Jobs.

[@mstrshalt]

Don't forget that "One small step" was taken from the excerpt of Neil Armstrong's moon landing clip, playing on Bezos' space exploration with Blue Origin. Listen..... This whole damn thing was enjoyable af. To think this is my first ERB in yearsssss. I just decided to pull them up to see if they were still going. This vid did absolute justice and was the most ideal welcome back I could've ever imagined.

[@giovanapieroni4403]

My jaw is on the floor.

[@deweyrice4440]

@@liborkundrat185not really, “excuse me while I turn heaven to prophet” doesn’t work as a sentence and jobs wasn’t really a prophet in any sense. Don’t really think they said that with a double meaning

[@julianparsons3027]

Scru's rhythm and delivery is just so silky smooth. Should definitely invite him back more. He's a natural.

[@adamthomas1222]

But it doesn't suit his character he's playing, like when you see key and peele, when they're rapping in character they changed their accents to suit the characters they're playing, scru is just rapping in his everyday accent

[@ReblazeGaming]

@@adamthomas1222Why did you randomly bring up Key and Peele as a comparison? But anyway it’s fine rapping in your own accent, rather than then putting on an accent you’re not using to and doing it badly. Not tryna to hear some generic butchered African accent. Lots of other characters on this channel have the actors just use their own accent, it’s fine. Scru killed it🔥

[@Levon777614]

@@ReblazeGaming Scru is from Nigeria though and he's displayed his accent a bunch of times in his vids, so he could have def done it.

[@luckii.__17]

@@adamthomas1222 He had some of the best verses in the season, he should at least come back to write.

[@charmelos1431]

​@@Levon777614Mansa Musa isn't Nigerian.

[@gustavobrown13]

EpicLloyd has officially performed as three of the richest people in contemporary history: Bill Gates, Musk and now Bezos

[@rohanbhattacharjee7228]

and also the officially recorded richest man in the history of mankind. Mansa Musa.

[@steamthoughts4424]

dont forget lex luthor in that one superman rap from warp zone

[@walterwhite5729]

and Walter white

[@steamthoughts4424]

@@walterwhite5729 im starting to see a pattern

[@walterwhite5729]

@@steamthoughts4424 lol who else is rich and bald

[@stonksplus3745]

My guy Musa was so rich, that on his hajj, he made a “small donation” to Egypt. It was actually so much money, it crashed egypts economy

[@WiseSageBum]

It devalued gold in the region for a few months to a couple years, if I remember correctly Musa basically gave out gold or spent a bunch to build mosques, schools, etc to be charitable on his way to Mecca

[@becketthayes1855]

@@WiseSageBum 12 years It devalued the economy for 12 years

[@WiseSageBum]

@@becketthayes1855 Wow... I forgot it was that long...

[@KingJuulien261]

@@becketthayes1855 Jesus christ..

[@azf68]

i mean he had good intentions but uh.

[@jobietench]

2:27 The first letters of this line spell out MILLIRAVI, which is an internal Amazon term for a banking error of $1,000,000 or more, very obscure and cool

[@olivender420]

How did you ever notice that

[@dvotion5819]

@@olivender420all the words first letters are capitalized, it is a type of code used in old military think of it like Affirmative Resistance Except Your Own Use Of Knowledge And Yay (ARE YOU OKAY)

[@extreem3956]

@@dvotion5819 plus erb captions never go above one line so you know something's up lol

[@nunyabiznez9597]

Thanks. I was wondering what MILLIRAVI was.

[@mstrshalt]

I was wondering why they were capitalized, cuz I found that odd. Makes sense now.

[@davidnissim589]

“I expanded horizons with libraries and mosques While you chopped off the top of all the mom & pop shops All you widened was the gap between the haves and have-nots Now they’re ordering or living in your cardboard box!” That part alone is why Musa won. Plus it’s incredibly true.

[@oneandy2]

Mansa Musa was a literal slaver. He owned thousands of humans.

[@CyraxKiller1789]

@@oneandy2Source?

[@moonfish3638]

⁠​⁠@@oneandy2musa did in the early 14th century, Bezos does it now

[@oneandy2]

@@moonfish3638 That's probably the most first world zoomer problem I've ever heard. Comparing employment at Amazon to literal 14th century human enslavement.

[@motokuchoma]

@@oneandy2 wanna check on how many people in amazon factories piss in bottles because they aren't allowed piss breaks. Because that happens more than occasionally

[@jalenreeves10]

1. Scru did absolutely incredible 2. Lloyd continues to be a human chameleon in the best way 3. This instrumental is godly

[@dario6463]

4. The roasts were RUTHLESS.

[@ERB]

4. All you folk out there watching are the best! New battle coming next month :)

[@ChoaiDode]

@@ERB oh hey

[@Phat_Gamer]

@@ERB better drop it on my birthday lol

[@Novaevo]

John Wick VS Ethan Hunt?!

[@sirfijoe450]

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

[@karellmpurwana2084]

Why everbody represented islam is the religion of married I sick of this shit

[@truthseeker1934]

@@karellmpurwana2084 harem was a common practice in the Muslim world (and many other ancient cultures), they weren't even wives, they're technically slaves. Muhammad had 2 sex slaves too (Mariya and Rayhanah). Although I'm not sure if Mansa Musa actually had harem.

[@karellmpurwana2084]

@@truthseeker1934 jews and Christian practices harlem back then But why islam only got represented Just because islam have a rule only have a maximal 4 wifes

[@cjlooklin1914]

@@truthseeker1934 I believe he had 4 wives, even if some of them were slaves considering he himself was born a slave and rose to power off of his own merit, I imagine he treated them well

[@resonatingtruths]

Remember to love and trust yourself first kzbin.info/www/bejne/foCtYZuIaqx7qaM

[@slipperysloper3721]

He said “RAMADAN!!” with such passion and heat I almost converted immediately.

[@fish-froggs2662]

real

[@akorn9943]

Allah Mode!

[@isla2202]

inshallah brother

[@Usonan-Foderation2016]

I've been close to converting too tbh

[@reemalrossais9363]

@@Usonan-Foderation2016do it

[@WanderingDad]

Can we talk about how Scru went all the way back to Little Shop of Horrors for that diss on Bezos's girlfriend?

[@olivender420]

Yes it’s amazing

[@Simon_Alexnder]

Just noticed, Musa's rap was almost totally clean, no swears at all, and he still slays.

[@jeremywatters2295]

@@cantbefilmingmebrutha8538 Because swearing is a sin in both Christianity and Islam.

[@gamerstheater1187]

I love how Jeff also only swore once 😂

[@DountEater]

He said piss I don’t know it’s cussing

[@CR7GOATofFootball]

@@DountEater nah piss ain't a cuss word. I'm a Christian and I don't even consider "shit" a cuss word. My Dad disagrees though.

[@DountEater]

@@CR7GOATofFootball I disagree with shit it is a cuss word but my children says SHIT ON PURPOSE oh of course the belt is coming their way

[@Bwern]

"I've never heard of you" proceeds to rap about very specific parts of Mansa's history

[@rimun5235]

Heck, he even rapped about his predecessor (Abubakari II) sailing the sea…

[@AuntieDawnsKitchen]

I guess Bez is a Puppet History fan, too

[@elbruces]

Then later says he's "overrated." Which is it, Jeff?

[@seigeengine]

I mean, it wouldn't be a very interesting battle if one person just went "who the fuck even are you" over and over.

[@vidard9863]

to be fair honesty is not something i associate with him.

[@TobyKBTY]

I keep revisiting this one. Scru’s delivery, groove, and presence. Lloyd’s hammed-up Bezos faces and unsettling laughter. Certified classic that’s a blast to watch

[@Parallaxxx28]

You married one woman Jeff, and she cut you in half! Damn that line hit hard. Have to give it to Mansa for this 🙌

[@AvengerAtIlipa]

"Earning back every penny only took me a month" was a nice rebuttal. Also, Musa was bragging about having sex slaves so that's a yikes.

[@MrJustonemorevoice]

@@AvengerAtIlipa Harems could be paid my guy. And oftentimes the kids that resulted from these pairings could wind up in powerful positions (if not direct inheritance) in a kingdom. Most harem girls throughout history were on the ultimate easy sugar daddy train.

[@AvengerAtIlipa]

@@MrJustonemorevoice So... he bought sex slaves?

[@MrJustonemorevoice]

@@AvengerAtIlipa Cant speak for Mansa, haven't done enough research on him. But I can name at least one historical figure that used to be a concubine then became leader of their country (Empress Wu Zeitan)

[@AvengerAtIlipa]

@@MrJustonemorevoice Yeah. She invented her own name and added it to the dictionary. She'd be a good contender for a future rap battle.

[@HereIsRick]

The guy playing Mansa Musa absolutely killed it. Hopefully he comes back for another battle.

[@spoox-jadebladegamer2294]

Scru Face Jean, he's so great

[@jermekfrederick]

SCRU FACCCEEEEE MY BROTHAAA

[@blunk778]

@@theAlpha1031 still does he just wanted to wait till his was uploaded before he continued cause he knew doing this would get him more subs so people see the new reacts

[@liqqidsurgegaming2970]

He’s an actual rapper. He’s music is actually good.

[@vaddix9980]

Scru Face Jean sucks.

[@QuantumRead]

"You gettin' ate up, you should've battled me on Ramadan" by the inflection in Scru's voice alone you can tell he knows that was fire

[@edwardkanu8328]

this was sooo fire

[@squishydough2866]

He absolutely knew that was fire kzbin.info/www/bejne/f5_WgoSAjNemq80

[@LovenArtiste]

Hahah that was the line for me!!! I had to stop and rewind 😂🔥🔥🔥

[@theunsmartasian1087]

He knows it’s a Don demarco

[@jamesfox8871]

Scru sounded like he dose when he repaets a line in his review videos🤣 i love how passionate he is about lyrics. Modern day poet!

[@troythefrog4084]

Mansa Musa is one of my favorite black people from pre-colonialism world history. His ( Mansa Musa ) life story deserves to be taught in schools world wide. There’s no doubt in my mind that he won this rap battle, bezos can’t compare.

[@ayyylmao101]

Bless the man. Also, not knocking ya, but the first part of your comment - "one of my favourite black people" - is HILARIOUS to me for whatever reason XDD

[@miguelcarunchod.1493]

Do you know slavery is still legal in Mali?. He was likely not paying with gold but with salt, Mali has gold and salt mines. And I asume the reason why he was giving away so much "geld" (in german gold and money are the same word (EDIT:turns out it is not the same word)) was to cause inflation so when the subsequent deflation came people would sell/get rid of their workers and slaves, which is a normal thing during deflation, so Mansa Musa would buy them and sell them in other place for a higher value. Amazon pretty much does the same strategy with their low prices establishing monopolies.

[@ligma212]

​@@miguelcarunchod.1493unfortunately it still exists in a lot of places including America but here we just call it prisons aka the prison industrial complex who makes people brought in for non violent crimes like drugs and have them make military equipment for the military industrial complex

[@miguelcarunchod.1493]

@@ligma212 That's penitential labour, It also destroys the USA economy with their low prices. Slavery is a different thing because 80% percent of all known slavery is s** slavery.

[@gastonborda5607]

@@miguelcarunchod.1493 While you're not wrong about the economic strategy, it's also part of the muslim religion to share your wealth during your trip to Mecca, and Musa was a very devout follower. It's possible that him crashing economies on his way to Mecca was just a legit accident. Mali at the time of his trip was the richest empire in Africa, and some argue Mansa Musa still is to this day the wealthiest man to have ever lived. We need a time machine and some truth serum to find out if he accidentallied those economies or if it was a slave investment

[@therealevilmudbug]

Best Disses: Mansa Musa Best Flow: Bezoes Loser:Egypt's Economy

[@TheHoogler]

“David Pecker picked a peck of your Peter pics” was way better flow control than what anything Bezos said. JS

[@TheHoogler]

You right about the economy tho 😂😂

[@FaunyOne]

@@TheHooglerHeck yeah, he don't know flow at all lol

[@amirhaikal6672]

Mansa is from Mali.

[@therealevilmudbug]

@@amirhaikal6672 Yeah and Musa crashed Egypt's economy

[@B-K94]

When i was young i liked to say who won. But now i just enjoy

[@petiteexplication6249]

Im early to a pinned comment thats nice

[@ERB]

Respect.

[@spqr1023]

Agreed

[@MrSpectacles]

I always just enjoyed 😂

[@chefhatvr2125]

I think you should do king aurthur vrs king tut

[@nooobiechild]

It's rare to see both characters rapping like they're just having a good time. Usually one's grumpy or cocky, but this is just a feel-good episode.

[@wglowrey1]

Easy to feel good when you're literally the richest person in the world at your point in history.

[@someoneontheinternet9462]

@@wglowrey1 I mean, musk is definitely above but still

[@mynamejeff4642]

@@someoneontheinternet9462 but mansa musa still the richest

[@someoneontheinternet9462]

@@mynamejeff4642 …..yeah ik

[@ricardobautista-garcia8492]

They are billionaires, both have nothing to lose. Well, Musa's quality of life was much lower than Bezos.

[@IAmWaami]

Very nice religious references too. Call me biased but man, Mansa Musa killed it.

[@invincible4u]

Facts.

[@prometheusRDS]

The Mansa Muse 2nd verse is actually one of the best things ERB has ever made

[@Shin_A22]

"A harem of women is what I had on my staff, you married one woman, Jeff and she cut you in half." Musa killed it.

[@johnathonhaney8291]

And before that, "Lex Loser".

[@spiralentree737]

"What's the long term play in giving your money away cuz now I feed your whole country for the price cup of coffee per day"

[@qwertyman1511]

that's not what a harem is though. our modern definition is a left over from Orientalism. aka, what some wrinkly fellas made up after they were denied entry some place.

[@nekrataali]

Musa's first verse was kind of weak, but then Bezos got absolutely rekkt in the second lol

[@bluepanther4356]

@@qwertyman1511 Harem means wives or women in Arabic

[@noahconen412]

“Your getting eaten up, you shoulda battled me on Ramadan” Holy Shit Mansa killed him

[@geert574]

I dunno the Civ 6 thing was pretty good

[@noahconen412]

@Jason Todd idk man the allah mode and Ramadan lines were insane

[@noahconen412]

@@geert574 true bro erb is just so sick lol

[@anthony42-]

Yeah ikr 😅

[@TeleTrenta]

@Jason Todd manas' second verse is debatably better than his first, it was fire. On jeffs part, i only like jeff's audible line.

[@LinhNguyen-im4uu]

I just realized when that Bezos said "I revolutionized delivery", he meant both Amazon's delivery and his rap delivery. Genius.

[@qfmarsh64]

Flywheel flows.

[@bryrinpedroncelli9362]

This was the closest comment I could find that mentions the random Star Trek character in the background

[@hunterlau6495]

I am an extremely big fan of Musa at the middle dancing at 2:13 Radiating nothing but joy

[@akorn9943]

The lyrics going on are a straight massacre but he’s back there just here to have fun 😌

[@harrydean5089]

"you're overrated, like you leave economies, inflated." Mansa Musa flaunted so much of his wealth whilst in Egypt on his way to Mecca that he devastated the regional economy.

[@Connor-ONeill]

And then restored it by buying the gold back, with interest, to take it out of circulation.

[@ibrahimjavaid1253]

That's a fkex

[@RealAnita926]

@@Connor-ONeill lies

[@Kpimpmaster]

I don’t think that was his intention

[@GumSkyloard]

It is said that wherever he walked, he crushed economies.

[@samhilbourne9212]

"Al Gore Rhythm" and "Allah mode" were the hardest hitting lines IMO. Mansa took the dub

[@MaxBerson]

Blue Origin

[@invincible4u]

Fr. He slayed.

[@ItemCollecter]

'You gettin' ate up, you shoulda battled me on Ramadan' also goes hard

[@ThePsych123]

All jokes aside, Mansa Musa is probably the most interesting historical figure you've never heard of

[@kekgaming420]

Even almost 2 years later, this is still one of the best ERB's of all time. The lines were straight up godly, with both sides dishing out roast after roast, but the instrumental is what really brings this battle to god-tier. I like how in Bezos's verses, you hear more techno sounds than Musa's instrumentals. Also, I love the occasional church bell sounds. Overall great battle. "Egghead, with a huge set of huevos" -EpicLloyd

[@manvslife271]

"You couldn't even hit top tier in Civ VI" My man Bezos clearly haven't seen a Spiffing Brit video before.

[@chelrok8764]

Ah yes, the infinite Pantheon glitch with Desert Folklore and religiouss settlement.

[@lelouchvibritannia3613]

Only viable because of a glitch, so sad

[@Quagony]

facts. Just get the venetian arsenal up and free win

[@tonypeppermint5329]

@@lelouchvibritannia3613 Yeah.

[@Northwite]

100% Spiff could make anyone a god in that game.

[@yusuf-wl7zd]

when bezos says “Musa Im Lyrically Lethal I’m Relentless African Verse Immune” all the first letters make the word Milliravi, a word Bezos invented meaning ‘a significant mathematical error of 1 million dollars or more’.

[@xenonify8446]

wow, that’s crazy

[@Ripsaw51]

You KNOW they've been waiting for someone to notice that

[@commandercaptain4664]

I can't tell if that's next level nerd logic or just billionaires making up crap for the masses to horf.

[@MarcoTheGreat127]

Wha- how the hell did you spot that?

[@dogedog8686]

@@MarcoTheGreat127 He's either a genius or he looked at the wiki

[@TheRealSteelAlex]

The first two lines of Musa’s second verse are so catchy

[@power_0007]

I'm convinced Mansa Musa found an actual genie and wished for infinite wealth.

[@iamacatperson7226]

I'd believe it, he was on a whole other level than even today's richest. He was estimated to have like double Elon Musk's networth (IDK if Musk still the richest today but I think he is)

[@power_0007]

@@iamacatperson7226 it is literally impossible hahaha

[@iamacatperson7226]

@@power_0007 or is it? *Vsauce theme*

[@rudelwolf1591]

i mean, there wasn't really anything he had to wish for. the wealth of mali and therefore mansa musa came from the fact that they had some of the biggest gold mines in history and managed to build a massive trade empire in salt and gold through this. At mansa musas time, it is estimated that a third of all gold in circulation was of mali origin. And as gold was literally money then, he basically held a third of the economy of the then known and connected world in his hands.

[@TheRandomGuyTheFarNoGameCat]

I love that every bar uses their actual history. Nothing is random or just filling air.

[@IcespherePlaysGames]

That's why I love ERB

[@ididntaskverified3663]

As all vids should be

[@LordSplynter]

that's ERB for you

[@ChesireWaltz]

The accidentally killing mom thing was new tho, I'm gonna have to look into that 🤔

[@safersephiroth943]

Yup. They’ve grown so much since they first started with John Lennon vs bill O’Riley

[@agentsmith3142]

Each one of Musa's rhymes was a banger. Bezos rapped like I imagine the actual Jeff Bezos would rap.

[@gregoriusandrianto6130]

This is gold. They captured the Bezos persona perfectly.

[@samuelcordova9642]

@@gregoriusandrianto6130 ahhhhhh gold i see what u did there

[@brookefoxie9610]

at least I love the bias because screw bezos

[@Dennis-nc3vw]

I actually thought Bezos won when I listened to the audio release a few days ago, but his choreography was really weak here and maybe that bled into our perception of his raps.

[@yudi-weiss3827]

Dude ALLAH MODE was insane

[@dylancameron382]

The beat on this is fucking crazy

[@MakeVarahHappen]

It took me a year and the many re-watches to realize that "Lord of the Rings" didn't refer to the TV show but the security system, even with that musical queue. God, Amazon owns too much.

[@snowfox6795]

I was wondering what that was a reference to, i thought it was a sound effect from an old LOTR game. But isn't it a double reference to the Ring doorbells and the Amazon Prime Tv series LOTR Rings of Power ? or was that before then

[@MakeVarahHappen]

@@snowfox6795 I think the show was at least announced before the video so yes but it's a double entender, in the first layer is the security system because grammatically it doesn't really make sense as a boast otherwise. Like he's making LotR references and ending with a justification for bringing up the franchise in the first place. Otherwise it's just a non sequitur that doesn't go anywhere.

[@moneyforshort]

“You getting ate up, should’ve battles me on Ramadan” - had me 😲

[@Crowology_777]

Mansa Musa’s second verse is top 10 all time.

[@sarhalianvlog9261]

https:kzbin.info/www/bejne/gYu8goeParGNgJI

[@dredark3]

RIGHT?!

[@generalmoonstone]

I think that line won the battle for Mansa Musa.

[@noobiloler4000]

@black king shredda i bet this guy doesnt know its the same god

[@kyrawr83]

One detail I don't see a lot of people mentioning is the repeated laughing during Bezos's verses. One thing a lot of people who worked with him have noted about him is his laugh. They describe it as disruptive, terrifying, sudden, and inhuman. Neat detail to include.

[@stormwright8300]

Yea his smiling and laughing the whole time was so off-putting but felt so correct

[@akorn9943]

I’ve seen a few videos and it’s so goddam unnerving. Man’s an irl supervillain fr

[@duce8883]

Inhuman ? 😳

[@Tomyironmane]

You want real nightmare fuel, it shoulda been Bezos vs. Zuckerberg.

[@andrewwheaton2953]

oh my god i cannot stop hearing it now, at the end of each of his lines during the transitions! how did i never notice that before

[@BaylorRobinson]

"Wallah, by the holy Quran I lay my hand upon I blaze Bezos Inflict inflamatory damage on" god, his first verse goes absolutely insane. probably one of the best rappers in erb history imo

[@Ririkins]

I learned who Mansa Musa was thanks to ERB. Who knew they'd be so educational?

[@TitusRedwind]

Jeff: I've never heard your story. Also Jeff: (Proceeds to mention the things Mansa did)

[@angac.6974]

He googled it.

[@niphraz6079]

Secret fanboy lol

[@JamesRolin]

@@niphraz6079 beat me to it

[@cristiantiniguar-sevilla467]

Deadpool did the same thing to Boba Fett in their rap battle.

[@dg4262]

He asked alexa

[@tobyellis5039]

The guy who played Mansa Musa has possibly the greatest flow in any of these. Dude was perfect

[@jdmannnn]

His name is Scru Face Jean

[@snapturtle3253]

scru face jean. and he break down this very own video

[@charlesjefferson4372]

Yep he's an actual rapper

[@elosozelo]

Yea, lyrically on another level

[@user-lh1uu7cs9u]

Because he's an actual rapper. It's cool that he's there because he said he wanted to way back

[@ayunkhan2395]

"Ayo, Lex Loser You look like a villain in comic-con, You getting ate up, You shouldve battled me in Ramadan" This isnt a rap battle anymore, its first-degree murder

[@Jojo-om7uy]

I am hard of hearing and my hearing fluctuates. This was the first song I listened to from you guys in a long time, and the beat I could hear in my hearing aids, like specific instruments or parts of the instrumental. and it was so fun to listen to, thank you so much.

[@matthewkamm678]

I like how Jeff claims to not have heard of him then proceeds to list off Musa's life story

[@velaethia6]

I thought the same thing. He lost right there lmao.

[@theholydoge7616]

Nah he just asked Alexa to look him up

[@theholydoge7616]

@Dante Toshiro64 why are you booing me? I'm right!

[@antagonisticalex401]

@@theholydoge7616 He's probably saying that you're right. He just means that it was a killer burn. That's why the dead skull emoji thing. Thank you for listening to me redundantly explaining a comment in the most unfun way possible.

[@theholydoge7616]

@@antagonisticalex401 you didnt explain my joke. Or did you not get it either?

[@judahjehle3573]

Ok but the "Musa I'm Lyrically Lethal I'm Relentless African Verse Immune" part was actually super clever. It's all capitalized because the first letter of each word spells out "milliravi" which was a term Bezos once used as a clap-back to people saying Amazon would go bankrupt back in 2003. He said it meant a miscalculation of a million dollars or more, and also titled Amazon's next quarterly report "Meaningful Innovation Leads, Launches, Inspires Relentless Amazon Visitor Improvements" to make it an acronym. Subtle but genius line!

[@markcarey67]

I knew there had to be something to that line I was missing. Cheers.

[@bethanienaylor]

Wow 😯

[@mr.moistly1633]

Top tier explanation. Line went from weird to clever after reading that

[@Ianskogberg]

Hat's off to you sir 🤠

[@giannipiccioni8411]

I swear to god, those ar ERB know how to do their research AND implement that in their verses. They truly know how to make a difference.

[@startenderspacebar]

I’m so glad I live In the same planet, timeline and time frame as these guys. They are the best. Happy 12 year anniversary ERB team!

[@theecutiehephaestus2920]

Just barely realizing how perfect this matchup and casting is. The most underrated battle 🙌🙌

[@FlaviusBelisarius-ck6uv]

Fun Fact: Mansa Musa, on his pilgrimage to Mecca, historically gave away so much gold, he crashed the economies of the communities he passed through and actually devalued the price of gold throughout the Arabian Peninsula. To fix the economy, he bought all that gold back at a higher price. The man was fucking swimming in wealth.

[@HardtoHandleThisFella]

Glad that knowledge is out there and it's being shared

[@GumSkyloard]

That explains why he's battling Bezos: Two rich people that influenced their world in a major way.

[@shimerrill967]

Richest guy in the desert

[@GatesOfAvalon1]

He was richer then bezos too

[@Smittel]

and he gave it to those thst have less. bezos drops into a fit when hes asked to pay half a percent in tax

[@reaperz5677]

The single line "King of Mali" sounded SOOOO FUCKING GOOD. Like it was perfect.

[@valkyriesmilk6697]

Seeing as he's a rapper he knows how to really deliver lines love Scru

[@magicalpj]

Scru Face Jean is a KING. Only fitting that he'd play Mansa Musa.

[@crystallineamore4462]

I'm just here to support Scru and see people give him his props in the comments 😩

[@nevadajuice836]

True you can tell he's a rapper some of the most random lines sounds great because of the delivery I guess part of that is him just having a really good voice

[@jocosesonata]

0:24 - For replay.

[@arturoramosbmoviesseriesan4452]

Did anyone notice that fenomenal instrumentation throughout the entire video? It made this battle especially epic.

[@dhritimangiri4092]

This was one of the best. It has one of the best beats and verse. ERB is the gold standard of youtube. 👌

[@1NikkiTate]

The guy who played Mansa Musa was incredible. So many layers to his flows. Supernatural musicality. He owned this.

[@belaclisdefenseswhipthatho1694]

His name is scru. He does ERB reactions and does street rap. He finally made it on their channel.

[@skywoods3684]

Yea but got destroyed by a country rapper lol

[@Youngsickbacchus]

@@skywoods3684 😭 how are you still butthurt about that L he gave upchurch

[@josephschultz3301]

Scru Face Jean, yo. He's an underground rapper and does a ton of rap reactions around here. Total bro. Check him out.

[@chinmustache6420]

He makes the best reactions! And he makes great music too, as you can hear by this battle

[@RexfromIslaNublar]

“You married one woman Jeff and she cut you in half.” Hit hard with that one 😳

[@anonymoususer4706]

The rebuttal about getting it back in a month softened it up, still a great line though.

[@djsahilking3807]

40 billion so what earning every penny took me 1 month lol😂

[@m33a]

the most painful one lol

[@Kirksbae]

My history teacher played this 💀

[@allegedly_pav5487]

I’ve been away from this ch for too. Long.. glad to see it’s still fire 🔥

[@BlueJayYT]

Nothing hits the same as seeing a new ERB in the recommended, a true staple of KZbin greatness!!

[@floriangeschray3994]

based

[@The_Scarecrow51]

Truth has been spoken. Take my like.

[@moneyman1995100]

Love ya BlueJay!

[@Kryojenix]

ERB is the only channel of my hundreds of KZbin subscriptions where I actually pressed the bell icon for immediate notification. The only one.

[@chongque]

Nice

[@Juni2497]

I’ve been watching these videos since 6th grade. I’ve literally gone through all of middle and high school, got married and served an enlistment in the Air Force, and these guys are still killing it. I don’t have the words to express how cool that is to me, keep being awesome everyone.

[@ERB]

Sounds like you've been busy! ;) Respect. Thank you for the kind words.

[@eefwastaken]

Congrats!

[@koriami9117]

@@ERB Feels. Literally been through 2 engagements, one marriage of 6 years and soon a divorce since I started watching you guys. Keep filming! I always come back!

[@bobbyjefferson9536]

GO ERB!!!

[@devinixm8235]

Came from twitter. Glad i did

[@jameshughes6078]

Dude every fucking line in this was fire. I keep coming back month after month to binge it again. And soo deep too!

[@DNTCreativeMedia]

Man, the flow and some of these lyrics just completely blow me away. So well done.

[@NotNitehawk]

The connection, in case people are wondering, Mansa Musa is often credited to be the richest man to ever live.

[@mohamedexedell7973]

The richest man who ever lived is Prophet Solomon or Qarun and Qarun is not the Qur’an so as not to be merged ✅

[@tylerbland7498]

@@mohamedexedell7973 Is there even proof they existed

[@mohamedexedell7973]

@@tylerbland7498 Are you christian

[@mohamedexedell7973]

@@tylerbland7498 There is evidence far from religious books, the Qur’an, the Bible, and the Torah of the existence of the Prophet Moses, peace be upon him, which are Egyptian manuscripts such as the Ebor papyrus, which is a papyrus that talks about storms and very strange phenomena, the turning of the sea into blood, the spread of locusts, the exodus of the Children of Israel from Egypt, the death of the Pharaoh in a strange way, and the sea appeared in a strange way, which is the same miracles Prophet Moses the Nine, and this papyrus dates back to 1400 BC and the Prophet Muhammad also. Appearance and he was calling the children of Israel to follow him and suddenly, without any warning, this person disappears, a Christian will come now and tell me that he has risen and I will tell him, God raised him in his honor

[@tylerbland7498]

@@mohamedexedell7973 If you call a book someone wrote hard proof, then you’re lying to yourself. I’m not taking some dudes word as fact and living by it. Sorry bud, but if you want to take things at face value with no real evidence, be my guest. Type all you want about magic skydaddy, but that doesn’t make it true. Believe it all you want, because in my books seeing is believing.

[@kikioop]

Not gonna lie, Mansa Musa seems like the coolest person ever

[@KOMATSUSHIRO]

Through history, Cool people have had something to do with slaves.

[@glarnboudin4462]

Dude was fucking fascinating, yeah.

[@memetos9375]

What about Jesus

[@ghostface9731]

Yeah scru face different

[@obscureoccultist9158]

Dude was so charitable with his money that he single handedly destroyed the Egyptian economy and made gold worthless during his pilgrimage to Mecca. My man Mansa Munsa is one of the most fascinating rulers to have existed.

[@incognitofool6516]

"Feed me Seymore lips" LMAO That lil shop of horrors line tho

[@josephmiller9913]

This video has been out for just over two years now and I still check back in probably once a week to watch it. It’s just 🔥

[@KrimsonTV]

This is amazing, Scru sounds so natural rapping for ERB too!

[@semiramisubw4864]

damnb i knew it i saw this face before. im subbed to him for quite a long time

[@shadowofneo]

i was looking at the thumb like...waaiiit

[@shadow_b0itrash415]

i watched all of his erb reactions

[@dt0rk]

@@shadow_b0itrash415 Yeah, can't wait for his reaction to this battle :D

[@Matisaro]

@@dt0rk I wonder who he will think won :-)

[@21_savage_is_overrated]

I’m not even lying bro ERB prepared me for all of the history that was thrown at me thank y’all so much for the entertaining history

[@ERB]

Comments like this make it all worthwhile. Thank you for watching Joe.

[@arjunsarin9403]

It's so fun reading up on the history of the characters and then when you come back to all the disses it's like "OH" "bro what was sick"

[@tippitytop2673]

Ignaty Shadrin was here 😎😎😎

[@edwarddesive4605]

Bru love your reactions man

[@echo8481]

i literally learned so much from watching 2 figures rap it out, thanks erb. just to clarify, i didn't know anything related to the disses till i checked the wiki, the amount of genius in every diss and word makes my brain explode.

[@SireArthurWellesley]

Beat dropped harder than Egypt’s Economy

[@OfficiallyKoww]

One thing Mansa Musa could have used was the fact that Jefferey said he didn't know his story, then proceeded to say that Mansa Musa left economies inflated and that he traded salt implying he knew the story of Mansa Musa's economic damage.

[@schmoyoho]

these verses are more fiery than a desert sun 🙏😭🚀

[@dma9855]

Y'all the 🐐s

[@pathwaytousername]

absolute bars

[@SomeNoobXD07]

ok

[@rexvermis]

Schmoyoho??? Acent on the OOOOOOO???

[@ROBOHOLIC1]

Hotter than Arakis

[@scarxiett2998]

Bezos: Hey Alexa, what do we have that he lacks? Alexa: Skills. Me: Hey Alexa, what time is it? Alexa: I'm sorry, I didn't quite catch that.

[@TheHeroWhoAsked]

Indeed

[@sacredknight2736]

Facts

[@Sotryn_Fox]

Jeff obviously has the fuckin Jarvis form of Alexa. Legit the only way she heard him first time.

[@TheHeroWhoAsked]

@@Sotryn_Fox he has plainrocks alexa

[@frgwyn3760]

My father is dead

[@CaitlinKoi]

0:53 Scru's head tilt and licking his lips just SENT ME

[@BolicheLoquendoFN]

Caitlin?! You like ERB?!

[@CaitlinKoi]

@@BolicheLoquendoFN WHO DOESN'T?!

[@BolicheLoquendoFN]

​@@CaitlinKoi Well, i didn't expect You to watch ERB

[@zimamproductions326]

ERB has been the only thing I've been watching for the last week.

[@mr.potatoun2534]

Fun fact: You’re closer to being a millionaire than Mansa and Jeff

[@yoursleepparalysisdemon1828]

ikr, mansa musa had $0

[@blank1393]

@@yoursleepparalysisdemon1828 he had dat gold though

[@acommenter3939]

Yep, because they're so many billions away from being worth a million

[@yoursleepparalysisdemon1828]

@@acommenter3939 thats da joke

[@acommenter3939]

@@yoursleepparalysisdemon1828 I know.

[@MonsieurGaslight]

I think Jeff's last verse was the best, but Mansa won with consistently good flow, flips, and wordplay.

[@magmat0585]

agreed, the guy who did Mansa has a better flow than epiclloyd in my (non-expert) opinion

[@maxastro]

@@magmat0585 Scru Face Jean be fuckin' blushing to hear you say that I'm sure, he's a big fan of Lloyd.

[@Throngler_]

Nice pfp

[@MonsieurGaslight]

@@Throngler_ same to you

[@michaele1949]

I feel like something that always get underappreciated is the editing. You don't realize all the subtle details they put in. Like at 0:36 where they zoomed out but kept him dancing in the backround. They spend so much time on the verses and the video it's just perfect

[@obiomajronyekwere4469]

"Want workers that dont piss, hire some camels" Goddamn that one was deserved

[@low_vibration]

He should do what musa did and just use actual slaves

[@notize8246]

My fav KZbin video right now no lie kzbin.info/www/bejne/mZSTZpSVqcmlqbc 👋

[@TheLastMillennials]

You do realize Mansa Musa died in 1337 hundreds of years before America was even conceived

[@norabrandt4078]

Kanye West Africa

[@timesnewroman2299]

@@TheLastMillennials What does that have to do with anything?

[@hashimahmed2882]

Best flow : Jeff Bezos Best disses : Mansa Musa Overall winner : Bezos’ wife

[@DozerfleetProd]

With enough prep time, she'll destroy anyone.

[@detailedanimation]

LMFAO

[@moustapha956]

bro you legitimately made me lmfao

[@peterc132]

This was awesome. Beat is 🔥🔥

[@kathylynnhughes7789]

❤thanks i love these videos

[@extremistgarchomp4950]

Bezos's tone is weirdly perfect imo. He's exactly what I'd expect a corny white guy with "fuck you" money to sound like while rapping, but it just adds that much more to his character instead of taking away from the rap

[@eyywannn8601]

Lloyd always got the perfect energy haha

[@Montesama314]

There is a similar kind of feeling I liked in the "Albert Hitchcock vs Steven Spielberg" rap, where Michael Bay appears at the end and literally just boasts about making money off his films, to the point that he literally rhymes "money" with "money" for multiple lines. Fhst "fuck it, I'm rich" energy.

[@LovenArtiste]

To be honest, I didn’t know who Scru was. But I could tell he raps. His delivery and cadence with that confidence and skill is undeniable. 👏👏

[@AMikeStein]

Scru's pretty damn talented. I found him on KZbin last year with a few other talented rappers. If you like him check out Knox Hill and Samad Savage.

[@AlVonVo]

Is it bad if ya find him because of VTuber ??

[@OrganicComb]

@@AlVonVo no because in the end, u still found out who scru was

[@knotvocalcovers5436]

I fucking love Scru, im so glad but shocked that they got him to be in this!

[@NateSmith-xx3wn]

You really need to check him out he has some amazing songs

[@williamlawson3039]

Love that you got Scru in with ya guys.

[@dcores-rap-battles-4187]

This has to be one of the best ones yet

[@changefullstew3649]

Musa chopped Bezos, but God damn, that Civ VI bar was ruthless.

[@leroyj62]

@@TheLastMillennials LMAO

[@ashmazr3539]

Could.you explain that bar?? I know it was meant to be a hard hitting bar but dunno what it means.

[@Neverknot47]

@@ashmazr3539 civ vi is a videogame, his character is not a top tier character in that game.

[@becomingsentient1208]

@@ashmazr3539 Civilization VI

[@ashmazr3539]

@@Neverknot47 Ahh thank you

[@bluephantom1999]

“You gettin’ ate up, you should’ve battled me on Ramadan” was my personal favorite.

[@dbutler9319]

Decisive victory

[@HiiPower1]

That shit was fire 🔥

[@80cantgetright]

Savage bar!

[@TheG_Boy]

brutal bar it was so good

[@willthatruth2159]

The civ 6 bar was fire

[@agc2757]

Releasing how balanced the more recent battles are. Both the last verses in this one are amazing

[@samtheham1812]

Best disses: Mansa Musa Best flow: Also Mansa Musa Last Laugh: Alexa Verdict: Bezos still has more money than everyone in this comment section combined :/

[@arkovi3643]

Yep, and Mansa Musa still has twice as much as him in net worth, and he's dead :P

[@abdullahahmad6829]

x100000

[@krco9716]

What you know, maybe our favourite Afro-American already left a comment

[@0816M3RC]

@@arkovi3643 I mean he did rule a country (that is now extremely poor) so it is possible that a lot of that wealth is the Mali Empire's wealth but not his personal wealth. From the wikipedia page regarding Musa's wealth: "Though some sources have estimated his wealth as equivalent to US$400 billion, his actual wealth is impossible to accurately calculate. Contemporary Arabic sources may have been trying to express that Musa had more gold than they thought possible, rather than trying to give an exact number. Furthermore, it is difficult to meaningfully compare the wealth of historical figures such as Mansa Musa, due to the difficulty of separating the personal wealth of a monarch from the wealth of the state and the difficulty of comparing wealth in highly different societies."

[@Gilamath.]

@@0816M3RC what we do know, is that Mansa Sahib was way more generous with his wealth during his Hajj than Bezos will probably ever be

[@Abawhani]

Not even gonna lie the amount of history that I’ve learned from this channel over the years is crazy been watching since I was like 9.

[@jace8706]

ERBH taught me more history than my history teacher

[@Phatkillz]

I agree today I learned that Mansa Musa gave back, where as Bezos just keeps taking and taking. And tax payers just gave him another 10 billion so he could land his little penis rocket on the moon. Why because apparently he doesn't have enough money.

[@lloydahlquist7159]

Mission accomplished!

[@jace8706]

@@lloydahlquist7159 in the future, I want the current schooling system to be replaced with ERBH videos. No better way to PUNCH data into someone's head than just supplying the interesting bits and then making someone research the rest by themselves

[@aquastartv1895]

@@jace8706 now that's how I'd want to learn.

[@eustatic3832]

still so good, one of the best

[@mashrafi157]

"3 years trek to mecca, man you must be trippin. Once click -I'll get you there overnight with free shipping" Thats funny asf

[@agentredhead4612]

I know I'm not the only one in saying that Scru Face Jean NEEDS to be back in another battle. He KILLED it as Mansa Musa!

[@jptheking7200]

IKR

[@devonchafe2764]

I want him playing Candyman is a battle verses Willy Wonka

[@ianstewart-vital]

Hell yeah.

[@MsBrooklyn62]

The same could be said for Jenna Marbles when she was Eve.

[@b-zar8912]

@@MsBrooklyn62 didn't she quit youtube like years ago? Doubt she'd return.

[@nickbelov1382]

"He ain't a Bezos, his real name is Jorgenssen" "He think he is a gangster? His real name is Clarence" Classic never gets old)

[@WillPhil290]

Shit that one went over my head... Lol nice!

[@MOoOohamed1]

and Clarence lives at home with both parents

[@xXDiabloXx]

I’m glad I wasn’t the only one who caught that reference, such a classic diss

[@jayrodgalaus6243]

@@MOoOohamed1 and Clarence's parents have a real good marriage

[@BiggusNickus]

@@MOoOohamed1 and Clarence parents have a real good marriage!

[@MasterBolitz]

That muslim flow is sick

[@christophe5756]

It was so good… -I even watched the VPN commercial! I know you guys aren’t back full time, but you are still THE BEST! RESPECT to ERB CREW!!! ❤️

[@TimeBucks]

I love how perfectly Mansa Musa was portrayed

[@BirdRaiserE]

Oh? Did you know the guy personally?

[@samwisegamgee8318]

1/3 of his empire was enslaved. They’re not so different after all...

[@PACKERMAN2077]

I'm a bit disappointed he didn't go for an accent

[@DrPepper53100]

Oh you were there back then?

[@robotkai7904]

What a dumb thing to say hahahahah.