Jeff Bezos vs Mansa Musa | History Teacher FULL ERBreakdown

[@TeacherEddieHistory]

Scorecard reaction to BEZOS vs MANSA. kzbin.info/www/bejne/eWqvmGOJbNKYaLs

[@AxisCarnage]

I love seeing how happy Scru was. Like a kid in a toy store. Wholesome

[@kix5537]

Love how the transition from "Bezos" to "Jorgensen" just works as a flip on the 8 Mile bar. Coming from Scru's own breakdown vid, there's something sick in seeing him come up with that one and then watching people catch on to it.

[@TuffMcAwesome]

Musa did initially refuse to bow to the king of Cairo, but some sources say he did relent eventually and bow in order to keep the goodwill of his pilgrimage to Mecca going.

[@elbruces]

Technically he stated he was bowing to Allah, to kind of do it without technically doing it. Basically he lawyered his way out.

[@TuffMcAwesome]

@@elbruces But Bezos could take it either way for the bar

[@quartizejose6254]

@MamaWuf *Philosophers screams in confusion*

[@lk_c7214]

Another great breakdown; you’re 100% right that Scru’s flow is fire! 🔥🔥🔥 One thing that should be noted is that most of Musa’s fire bars were actually written by Scru himself! So we gotta give him his flowers!!! 😊 You should definitely check out the ERB behind the scenes of the battle and also react to Scru’s own reaction to his battle, it’s so great!!

[@artembentsionov]

Allah is God, not prophet. Mohammed was the prophet. Also, “Allah mode” could mean “God mode”, like in a videogame

[@LucasF25]

I'm sure he knew that, just got confused, but yeah, true

[@xaderalert]

Yeah, I'm chalking that up as a brain fart-there's no way he doesn't know that Allah=God. Good call on "God Mode" though! Don't think I've seen anyone else mention that

[@artembentsionov]

@@xaderalert I forget who, but I’m pretty sure YouLoveSkyler or Teacher Eddie (or both) caught that. They were some of the first reactors I follow who posted their reactions to the battle. Well, Teacher Eddie posted a quick score card reaction first then a longer bar-by-bar breakdown

[@ItsDaniPlays]

@@LucasF25 Right because it's easy to confuse God with the prophet huh?

[@z3r0g598__]

scru said he was trying to do a play on words from "a la mode"

[@cxctuses]

I can't wait to watch this! I love the new system in which you upload both the scorecard and full ERBreakdown, it's great to get the best of both worlds :)

[@demondj0220]

SFJ broke down the gold bars line like this: "Gold bars" aka perfect rhymes The literal gold bars Mansa Musa had Gold prison bars Bezos can't escape from A triple layered brag/prison bar

[@weaver7811]

I imagine he went for Dune because the desert and spice are huge themes in that IP, not so much in star wars.

[@mjr8888]

The "gold bars you can't escape from" was also a jab at Bezos being locked up and cant get away. The "Al Gore Rhythm" also meant algorithm, which Bezos probably uses to his benefit. I only know this cause Scru's breaks it down easily on his channel since he helped write his lines.

[@JABRIEL251]

Another line not mentioned was "inflict inflammatory damage on Amazon, burn it down like when they put the cattle on" Of course talking about how The actual Amazon is constantly on fire and deforested to make way for cattle

[@yourneighborhoodxenos]

Perfect KZbinr to try and cheer up someone in a low spot. Thanks for such a fast drop, Eddie :)

[@carlsimons6616]

You missed the MILLIRAVI reference at the beginning of Jeffs 2nd verse. The term(Bezos' creation) meaning an error that cost him over 1 million dollars. He uses the 1st letter of each word to spell out MILLIRAVI.

[@snyperlady77]

The gold bar line was also a triple if you add the next line, where you can't escape from...can't escape from jail. Al Gore rhythm=algorithm, too!

[@chrisriley2321]

Even if Bezos surpassed Musa in his wealth SOMEHOW and became the richest man in history that'd just give Mansa Musa a new title: Richest Man in Ancient History. A slight distinction but a distinction nonetheless

[@trium1554]

Musa met with the Sultan of Egypt in the capital of Cairo, though chronicles of this encounter state that he was reluctant to meet with him since he only wanted to pass through for his pilgrimage. He initially REFUSED to kiss the sultan's feet, but he soon properly GREETED him with a bow to show respect

[@TeacherEddieHistory]

No

[@txaggievet]

@@TeacherEddieHistory But he did, at least according to the Historical records of the time

[@TeacherEddieHistory]

@@txaggievet can I see your source?

[@nickn753]

@@TeacherEddieHistory ....expected to make a courtesy visit to the sultan , but Mansa Musa repeatedly refused to do so . He knew that everyone who met the sultan was required to kiss the ground in front of him . Mansa Musa was used to having people sprinkle dust on their heads when they came before him ( an expression of humility and respect , see chapter 4 ) , so he was not prepared to kiss the ground for the sultan . He finally did meet the Sultan and bowed as if pray ing , then declared , " I make obeisance to God who created me " ( quoted by Levtzion and Hopkins ) . The sultan welcomed him and presented him with expensive gifts . Not sure how reliable this is as a source, but it's from the book "Empires of medieval West Africa" on page 38. This would imply that Musa would either reluctantly bow to Bezos while pretending to bow to God, or Bezos means that if he bows to him, he must be God. At least, that's what I'm getting from it.

[@motteherald]

I love your breakdowns for the sheer levels of knowledge you possess!

[@txaggievet]

The Atlas of Catalan line is even cooler, as the 1375 version has a picture of Mansa sitting in Mali with an abundance of wealth..

[@Dynelegacy]

"Musa I'm Lyrically Lethal I'm Relentless African Verse Immune" MILLIRAVI! only one you missed I think.

[@w00tyd00d]

19:32 I'm surprised you didn't pick up on the "milliravi" reference there lol ERB certainly does their homework!

[@Hockeyarcadeandcoins]

What’s gooooooodddd faaaaammmmmm! The breakdown is here so don’t you fear! Teacher Eddie back at it giving us a breakdown is awesome! Thanks for all this info, I really like ERB because it makes learning fun. Plus, this one you can show in school because I don’t think they used a bad word once! Update: I forgot they said the s word lol

[@moldveien1515]

Good to hear the "special price only for you my friend" is a global phenomenon. As a Norwegian when i was in southern europe (Spain, italy, greece, and turkey) they all used that old trick

[@baadnoodle486]

"Egg head with a huge set of huevos" in spanish we refer to balls as huevos and Jeff saying he got a huge set of em fyi, as always eddie keep these era reactions coming man

[@blazinflook]

I'm going to be honest here, I never learned about Musa. I need to learn more on him. I have been intrigued last few years on learning more on historical figures and majority has came because of ERB and watching your breakdowns.

[@ItsDaniPlays]

Great breakdown, and the fact that you also know quite a bit about some Islamic references. Only thing i'd say is that Allah is not a prophet in Islam, Allah is God.

[@punktlig7354]

Been watching Scru for a while and this was so awesome to see come about!

[@spiderfingers86]

On this episode from ERB is the battle between the two wealthiest men who ever lived. ERB said Scru Face Jean specifically for this battle

[@markcarey67]

All of the reactions I've seen seem to skip over "burn it down like when they put the cattle on" which is a reference to the burning of the Amazon rainforest to expand agriculture especially in Brazil.

[@ashtonfranklin4620]

The guy who came before Mansa Musa was a guy named Abu bark ii who went to Chad to build 200 ships for him in his men and with him on his expedition to the Atlantic and that was all history told about him but evidence shows that their was African influence amongst the Americas before the arrival of Columbus in 1311 and when the Europeans came to the Americas Columbus saw the natives wearing African hankicheifs and had carried a peice of gold with them known as guanin which is a medal that originates from West Africa, and another story says that one of his men from his expedition had came back and said that his ship sink along with the others he sailed with

[@TorIverWilhelmsen]

The biggest meta would have been a rap battle between Jeff Bezos and Lex Luthor where both were played by Jesse Eisenberg who played both in movies (The Social Network and Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice)

[@micahmagnusen2184]

Great breakdown as always. 🙂 Much love from Minnesota. Keep the content and knowledge coming. 👏

[@michaelhall6513]

First time listener. This is the best breakdown I have heard.

[@happyslapsgiving5421]

Teacher Eddie: "I'll make separate videos for the historical evaluation and for the rap battle". Also teacher Eddie: talks about history on the rap video and talks about the flow and who won on the history video. 😂

[@ManOfTheWeek596]

Nice Breakdown, one thing I would add that you kinda jumped over is "Inflicting flamatory damage on... Amazon", 1. he obviously disses the boss of amazon but secondly the amazon rainforest had some pretty nasty wildfires in the last years

[@blazzo9633]

Another great breakdown as always. Another great Erb that I recommend is Julius Caesar vs Shaka Zulu. It packs a lot of historical references.

[@frosteagle464]

Love the video mr eddie have a great day and hope you had a great thanksgiving

[@TeacherEddieHistory]

Thank you

[@EpicWarrior131]

You're really entertaining and knowledgeable, nice voice too. Subbed

[@elbruces]

I got an ad for Amazon Prime in the middle of this, lol.

[@MrTrellheim]

Happy to know your son is another Civ-fanatic. I hope he doesn't spend much time doing just... one... more... turn... P.S.: If he wants to improve his game, I recommend Potato McWhisky's channel, specially his overexplained series.

[@hailarwotanaz5848]

Just 4 more turns until my Venetian Arsenal is finished

[@Ecdemaniac]

Eddie you gotta do c3po vs like skywalker with Star Wars Rap Battles, I promise it’s fire

[@travisrobbins797]

Spiderman does have a history of serving criminals to the authorities by webbing them up so they can't escape. The line does make sense.

[@18videowatcher41]

Not only did Scru do a PHENOMENAL job, but the writing was great too! 🤘🤣

[@EmotionallyExhaustedPuppy]

Technically you can fast for the rest of your life. It just won't be as long of a life as you'd hoped. 😆 Great breakdown, as always!

[@mikelee8937]

Gotta admit I'd never heard of Mansa before, but upon learning his history, it's the most natural of match-ups. Scru always kills it, though I have to wonder how Tech 9 took his saying this was the biggest thing he's done. Earlier this year they did a vid together.

[@miketrujillo3677]

That song was so fucking hard that dude with the refrigerator was amazing

[@42Mrgreenman]

That last line by Bezos is also kind of a double..."What do we have that he lacks?" Is basically the first question you ask when you want to start a business to sell to people...implying that Bezos could make a nice profit teaching Mansa how to rap...

[@DonEBrooke32]

and how meta would Scru Face need to be in order to break down his own bars in a rap battle? (cuz he's reacted to previous ERB videos before. i think i'm still subbed to him.)

[@MasterKombatBro]

He did. And his happiness is infectious. He definitely went Harder than he needed too

[@DonEBrooke32]

@@MasterKombatBro gotta check it out though.

[@triomegazero]

Talk to me nice, teach! Looking forward to hearing about the lines I missed.

[@russeljames9713]

No joke really loved this so much

[@TeacherEddieHistory]

Thank you

[@jannchavez9257]

Jeff Bezos' fasther really loves Unicycle, it was his passion.

[@TheBillybob895]

Here for Eddie, and my man Scru!

[@yorkieandthechihuahua]

Thanks for a much better reaction than mine, filling in things I'd missed and showing some of the stuff I thought was weak wasn't just my ignorance. As always, I rely on you for the best of the breakdowns. Oh, just one add since I know you're not a gamer - the Civ 6 line isn't that accurate. Mali might not be rated as the absolute top, but it's well known to be very powerful if you play it right. In top skilled multiplayer games such as Civ World Cup, from what I've seen, people either want to make sure their team grab him or outright ban him to make sure he can't be used against them.

[@zeallust8542]

The man playing Mansa is one of my favorite youtubers. Thats my home boy Scru!

[@zeallust8542]

Nevermind, you know who Scru is!

[@Obsessor23]

I noticed this on my third rewatch, but "Al Gore rhythm" is a double on "algorithm", which is what Amazon uses to suggest you stuff, which can be teal wonky, at least from personal experience

[@mmartinezPhysics]

In a general sense, "algorithm" could be defined as "a *predefined* set of steps to perform a task". If it's already, predefined, it becomes monotonous, which is boring, emotionless, etc; that's not what we're looking for when it comes to "spittin' bars". This could also apply to Jeff's personality. Could this be a triple entendre?

[@JABRIEL251]

The line "Musa, I'm lyrically lethal! I'm relentless, African verse immune!", was bugging me, so I had to look up what MILLIRAVI was, because I thought the first letters meant something. It is worth a google, because it is the pettiest thing you'll read today.

[@artembentsionov]

Technically, you can fast for the rest of your life. It’s just going to be a short life

[@MIrfanPerdana]

Not so in Islam though, since Islamic fasting is only sunrise to sunset. So you technically could do it for the rest of a long life (not that it's allowed in Islam anyway...)

[@miketrujillo3677]

Ive never performed a fast but im like 90% sure they do eat just not at certain times and only certain things

[@DMXIII]

Time to learn more about the past to make a better future!

[@FizzyK-45]

Another awesome breakdown, Teach. And yes, Scru definitely KILLS it as Mansa Musa! 😁

[@kunnyfunte8165]

The job I work I encounter alot of delivery drivers or freight truckers and I can attest to them being made to urinate in bottles and crap pretty much wherever they could. In my job job we have a term for human poop on the roadside. We call them "parcels" because me and an offsider encountered an Amazon driver one day taking a crap on the side of the road trying to half-heartedly hide behind his van and at that point we were over dodging poop on the roadside so once he was done we asked him why they always leave bottles of urines in public rest area bins or why they'd just crap on the roadside and he said it's because he wasn't allowed to stop. If he "took time away from the company" either he would have his pay reduced or be on restricted hours and shifts

[@michaelmartinez3893]

Oh man I remember those Sally Struthers commercials

[@MahmoudRomhy]

واحدة Good break down but. 19:20 Correction Allah is Arabic word translation is the God Like in Hebrew elohim

[@possibear]

the jazzy jeff line made me think it was like claiming your bill from bill and ted

[@Vincisomething]

The research they do also goes into the scenes, costumes, and even the music. I.e Mansa Musa was originally supposed to wear gold until they realized that wouldn't be accurate. Or them using a traditional Mali instrument for the beat.

[@rikishikato5001]

"I never heard of your story and I own Audible" so Jeffy Jazz Bezos basically shot himself in the foot with that single line.

[@leflores91]

Damn. You deadass perfectly quoted those people who sell knockoffs. They be doing that in the city. Any NYers here in the comment section, who can confirm this?

[@generalsaufenberg4931]

Jakob Fugger would be a better oponent to Mansa Musa. But then, you have 2 guys that most people don`t know these days.

[@rylace]

Spiderman leaves criminals on webs to be arrested. He isn't serving something to the people, he's serving the people to the cops. If anything it's more clever because it's a double on the phrase "serve people." The best bar in terms of just plain rap skill is easily "I got the flywheel flows, I revolutionized delivery." Flywheel is arguably a double on being fly. Revolutionized is a double on a flywheel revolving. Delivery is at least a triple, being amazon delivering packages, trains with flywheels delivering things, rap delivery, and arguable a quad because flywheels transfer/deliver kinetic energy. 2 doubles and a quad in an 8 word bar, insane.

[@jaimelannister1797]

You missed another thing about the Lord of the Rings line, and its that Amazon Prime is making a Lord of the Rings show

[@miketrujillo3677]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/j3yso4mlpp2rrJo

[@MsFlyingSnake]

The voice they used for Bezos is just like the one they used for Skrillex. I just keep hearing him. LOL

[@sharonblankcanvas7173]

Two minor things: Allah is the name of the Muslim God, not a prophet. Also, the reason to go with Dune rather than Star Wars is that interstellar travel was dependent on a mind-altering substance called "spice".

[@kwanarchive]

You caught the Jorgensen reference. Scru Face said that was an easter egg he put in for rap fans.

[@davidbox1457]

Technically you can fast for the rest of your life.. the end will just come faster than expected.

[@HendriS_1707]

first verse, Musa is burning Bezos like how Amazon Forest is getting burned down to the ground. second verse, Musa is slapping Bezos with facts. While Bezos spent most of his verses flexing. He did have a few hit here and there but... yeah, not even comparable. Mansa Musa wins this hands down.

[@AS-oz6ep]

6:10 Bob Dole was a Republican. He ran against Clinton in '96. Famously parodied on the Simpsons :)

[@scottishfm5184]

Love the Diss song scru dide against luke gawn

[@MaxAngor]

From the ERB wiki. One of you is wrong. I don't particularly care who. Musa met with the Sultan of Egypt in the capital of Cairo, though chronicles of this encounter state that he was reluctant to meet with him since he only wanted to pass through for his pilgrimage. He initially refused to kiss the sultan's feet, but he soon properly greeted him with a bow to show respect.

[@josephschultz3301]

First off, yes, Scru killed it here. He brought the kind of swagger that the single richest man in history needed. Second off, pretty sure Lex would smoke Bezos too. Even if they're kind of the same person, Bezos is definitely the poor man's Luthor. Lex can at least brag that he's killed Superman before, been President of the United States, saved the universe as the White Lantern, and a whole bunch of other super interesting shit.

[@MikeRees]

Mate, no one thinks the BSG soundtrack is hot, it absolutely is

[@DonEBrooke32]

you look... like a Yeti, Mr. Eddie. (that blonde hair, bro. not saying i hate it, it just took me by surprise is all.)

[@TeacherEddieHistory]

You sound like a dick, not hating, just saying.

[@DonEBrooke32]

@@TeacherEddieHistory touche, Big Guy. i apologize for that comment. but still, the lightness of your blonde hair just took me by surprise.

[@MasterTMO]

This ERB didn't click for me. Not the beat, not the flow, not the lyrics. Not sure why not.

[@Huntly23]

They chose dune because the plot of dune is based on desert spice.

[@DonEBrooke32]

4:48 also, about this line. do _actual_ camels not take pee breaks at all? does all that water go into their humps or something? (cuz i coulda sworn that camels' humps stored fat, not water.🤔)

[@happymolecule8894]

All animals pee, i'd be surprised if they didn't. But i think they pee small amounts for their size

[@DonEBrooke32]

@@happymolecule8894 oh.

[@redstoneguywhoneedssomegam6365]

Wait I thought it was the Sultan not the King...

[@bobwillis4790]

I'm pretty sure the "king of cairo" line was because he did not know his story from the audible line. not sure but it mightve been a play on that

[@asylumskp4391]

Small correction: Allah is not a prophet in Islam, He is the God that Muslims worship.

[@AsianTrix]

Did you miss Al Gore rhythm = algorithm? Desert Spice is only in Dune.

[@Proudtman]

Technically you can fast for the rest of your life! The only problem is that it would be a short life

[@kwanarchive]

The inflation thing is a good lesson. Can't stand all those crypto and libertarian bros keep banging on about the gold standard, as though it can't be devalued like fiat money. It can, and the King of Mali did. The only way to control it is just like how we control the supply of fiat money. Because the value of gold is also fiat. It's worth whatever we say it's worth. It has no intrinsic value even if its supply is limited. And crypto is worse than gold or fiat.

[@randomdude8202]

You are right, but still gold is a lot harder to inflate, so it is better if you want to store your wealth. Yeah, its not 100% safe, but it is a safer alternative.

[@Vincisomething]

When it came out, we went with some family friends to see a movie. My friend and I went with our moms to see that Al Gore movie. My friend and I fell asleep 🤣. Our brothers and the dads saw a different movie that was probably more fun

[@MrConredsX]

TO be honest i only know Mansa Musa from Civilization games

[@rikishikato5001]

I forgot about one key thing in this battle and I'm ashamed that I realized it a bit too late. Mansa Musa started this battle by swearing both to Allah and the holy Qur'an that he'd destroy Jazzy Jeff Bezos. Now for us, Muslims, we don't usually just swear to our God and our Holy Qur'an easily like that unless we sure that we'd be able to fulfill that promise we made. But Mansa Musa is a devoted Muslim. And by swearing to God and our Holy Qur'an, he basically made a promise that he will, DEFINITELY will destroy Jeffy boy. And he fucking did. The Absolute Mad Lad.

[@AldousTyler]

Al Gore rhythm... "algorithm". You have to watch for the pun references, sir.

[@drunclefluff]

I don't know if someone said this yet but al gore rhythm = algorithm

[@minionman95]

I think personally the Nice Pete would have been a better fit than Loyd.

[@Bepositive77]

This guy seriously dissed Bear McCreary one of the greatest composers of the era?

[@pun-inator6075]

Don't diss on Ringo... he was a massive part of my childhood... but because he narrated TTTE

[@MissBoxxx]

You should go blonde more often. I'm being genuine, it looks cool.

[@zeallust8542]

Are you willing to listen to scruface jean's worldwide Cypher? There's a lot of good rappers in there and you can hear scru just go off the wall. I highly doubt that he would try to like pull some copyright crap, since you guys are both creators reactors and intelligent people

[@zeallust8542]

In Bo Burnhams words "I spit gold bars like I was molested by my uncle Midas"

[@TeacherEddieHistory]

I don’t do music reactions

[@zeallust8542]

@@TeacherEddieHistory I thought that was for copyright reasons right?

[@Calebdub76]

Wait is mansa musa scru face jean

[@Hockeyarcadeandcoins]

Yes scru face jean is mansu musa

[@Michellejosph]

I had to to look up manas musa cause I never have heard of him before I watched this erb just so I could understand the bars about him unlike Jeff I took capt Kirk to space bezos

[@808tweaker]

Al Gore Rhythm (Algorithm). So good!