I watched EVERY Epic Rap Battle of History to answer this question.

[@DVK111]

Bro you opened a wormhole. People are now always gonna say ‘you should’ve watched this one’, so you might as well make this a series and go season by season

[@bittripboy]

I wish he watched Joker vs Pennywise, actually the best one imo

[@crescentjester]

@@bittripboy I think Thanos vs Oppenheimer. I think Thanos' lines are kinda mediocre, because he makes fucking fortnite references and shit. Oppenheimer goes fucking HARD though. "You came out looking so ugly your own mother tried to make you a temporary." is one of the most savage bars.

[@EL-oj6uq]

He should of watched Alexander the great vs Ivan the terrible

[@lushluff1763]

he should have watched dream vs rosa parks

[@M.D.Y.1222]

@@lushluff1763 yessss omg that's my favorite.

[@tristanbowles7258]

Ludwig has helped me realize why ERB doesn’t make every bar layered references and include some soft-ball references and jabs.

[@blackvalio4060]

Except thats not true lmao. Their bars are 90% layered. Ludwig not knowing shit is another thing

[@trla6505]

@@blackvalio4060 i like that they now have people they can ask for deep references like in the new one

[@natodepotato5245]

Glad to see Ludwig changing up his green screen background for these intros, it really shows how much time and effort he puts into his videos.

[@WigglyBot]

Ludwig? you must mean Peter

[@10thletter40]

Honestly, like I don't even have the willpower to get out of bed some days, but seeing Mr. Wig spend ALL the effort to change his green screen, truly inspires me

[@larsonbeemster46]

The Ipod shuffle in the background was kinda odd tho

[@natodepotato5245]

@@WigglyBot it just occurred to me that Lud is literally parasocial peter

[@zainelhallak5149]

Ye ik

[@cupsoup7244]

Peter really out did himself in reviewing these good job man Edit: I am being genuine he did do a good job at reviewing and reacting to these hope Peter will watch every rap and rank them eventually I’m interested in his takes on who truly won

[@_g8]

???

[@GeneralAeon]

Glad Peter came back to these

[@aidenstammler4618]

Peter!!!!

[@my_alibi]

I am only referring to him as Peter now until it drives him insane. This is how I when the parasocial war

[@businesscat25]

Hello peter.

[@T3kRazor]

As someone who hasn't stopped watching ERB, I can tell you the main difference is that there are less "weak" fights (like that Sarah Palin vs Lady Gaga) and the bars, for the most part, are a lot deeper and come closer to actual battle rap in some of them - with exceptions usually because they're sticking to a character like Rambo

[@Fligyn]

Glad somebody said this. I cant believe there are people in the comments saying they dropped in quality or the past few arent good. The most recent ones are some of their best ever and the lyrics + production are so much better. Rose-tinted goggles i guess

[@day7163]

I feel like they definitely have had some more cringe lines though tbh. Not like anything like the first season or whatever. But just like after coming back I felt like the writing took a slight dip and we get a cringe line here or there.

[@Fox_Olive]

@@day7163 you cant put out banger after banger, especially when trying to write IN character. then of course you have jokes that reference memes of the time, and the political stuff will never age well no matter what

[@ahhculdee]

Production is a lot higher for sure. A lot less cheap battles.

[@chronica6457]

@@day7163 Maybe you just got old

[@MangoTurtlenova]

You can milk this for so long, nobody is gonna stop watching you watch a decade of epic rap battles

[@n3squicc]

Sure Ludwig. You watched “every” battle

[@alreding]

Lol

[@Bsolazy]

lol funny peepo pog

[@TBH_Inc]

Ludwig? Do you mean Peter?

[@jo6964]

I think it autocorrected from sure peter to sure ludwig

[@_g8]

@@TBH_Inc ???

[@echase96]

Nice Peter and Epic Lloyd are just extremely talented chameleons.

[@Ani]

i genuinely think that another battle (like thanos v oppenheimer) is a better representation of where ERB is now, the john v john v john kinda dropped the ball for their current standards as well imo. great video!

[@fungod10]

i am absolutely shocked by that comparison.

[@ssfrost1337]

I thought thanos had much cringe lines but the john vs john vs john was pretty cool. Imo

[@papillio8832]

John vs John vs John I thought was good besides Ranbo, but if we're talking recent hits I looooved Harry vs Luke and Joker vs Pennywise

[@Dawott]

@Animagician! Love your content!

[@scottjameson5358]

Dang, Thanos Vs Oppenheimer is a weird comparison considering the second round was obviously lopsided. The Joker Vs Pennywise is better example considering both sides brought strong points. Also, for what it's worth, the battle of John's is a new format because they're battling and responding to two people back to back.

[@AnEdgyWeeb]

Definitely need Lud to watch some of the more recent ones, ERB has just gotten better over time, both production and writing wise. There are definitely older ones that still stand out, but every one they’ve put out in the last two seasons have been consistently good.

[@KurkyJ]

Like joker vs pennywise

[@muiltinormal8329]

@@KurkyJ that one was so good i wish he watched it

[@simonjosefsson9980]

Who is lud, do you mean pete?

[@Delraiz]

@@simonjosefsson9980 whos pete? You mean peter?

[@GoddaryuTUBE]

its gotten so fucking cringe, ofc a weeb would think its good

[@CheesyDale]

It's always a good time when Peter upload a video

[@EnnZedder]

I think he needs to watch some of the later ones to be honest. Season 1 isn't really a good representation of where they've gotten to nowadays

[@lohgimseong3218]

I think the recent ones and season 6 are really good but it takes several listens for you to really warm up to them

[@Ffancrzy]

he did in another video

[@PunJee]

Nah season 1 was legendary when they were coming out, incredibly underrated

[@EnnZedder]

For the time definitely, but as shown in the video the lyrics don't hold up as well plus their flow and writing has gotten way better. Joker vs Pennywise is elite and I know Lud has avoided watching it due to not really be interested in either character (which is totally fair)

[@Ryleeman54number2]

Season 2 is so fire

[@justdirt]

I stopped watching ERB sometime in season 2. Glad to see the production quality has progressed and that they aren't just phoning it in. The TMNT vs Renaissance battle blew up on tik tok last year and I rewatched a handful of the old ones. While some of the aged poorly, most of them still hold up well. The idea is just good and easy. The fact they kept the videos under 2 minutes really helped with rewatchability

[@divAPEX]

it's 8 am and i'm laughing my ass off watching a grown up man watch epic rap battles. this feels like a fucking fever dream

[@joshuagarner1654]

Stretching the term grown up man a bit

[@gabrielhicks8043]

You need to react to all of these. They generally get better as they went on imo, Season 5 is almost all bangers

[@steamedclams5689]

Season 5 is extremely hit or miss imo.

[@simonvries8571]

Ludwig please watch the rest, it’s the battles that have come out in between now and then that slap the hardest

[@kevinstorey6695]

Did Lugwig ever watch the "Theodore Roosevelt vs Winston Churchill"? I'm kinda curious to see his reaction to that one.

[@gamermcclout]

probably the best one

[@ihavelysdexia178]

WHATS UP BITCHESS

[@Holthis]

No not yet

[@roomba178]

@@ihavelysdexia178 I keep my rhymes pure, like my food and drugs

[@UniverseGamerLumi]

@@roomba178 I’m an American stud

[@WeirdTodayNormTomorrow]

IT vs The Joker is top notch quality, he should really watch it

[@hiiamelecktro4985]

The worst kind of clickbait is when the thumbnails just straight up lies. I can live with misleading. I can live with over exaggeration. But lies just break my heart.

[@WeirdGuy4928]

True, I hoped better from Peter.

[@austinfehr1667]

His main channel is just highlights from streams. You can check out the vods for the entire thing

[@lamineamari]

The best ERB was and still is Hannibal Lecter vs Jack the Ripper, in my opinion

[@broccolin]

My favorite is Che Guevara VS Guy Fawkes

[@falloutdetroit8884]

i love it becuase Hannibal then Dan Bull

[@Goated_EddieBrock]

I like Stephen king vs EAP the most

[@loricallejas6093]

Mine will always be Theodore Roosevelt vs Winston Churchill. Teddy just nails it. Runners up (3): Stephen King vs Edgar Allan Poe Tony Hawk vs Wayne Gretzky Deadpool vs Boba Fett

[@icebrrr1546]

Hitler vs Vader is on top bro

[@bluwusenpai]

We all know that Rebecca black vs Rick astley is the best ERB :)

[@joshryan5005]

I can't believe you haven't listened to Luke Skywalker vs Harry Potter. Actually goated.

[@julesbesnard3517]

LIking and commenting for visibility, one of the best in years

[@DivineSimulacrum]

8:01 your laughing at the Easter Bunny calling Genghis Khan a rapist is the most intoxicating laugh ever. I just keep repeating the beginning of this song to hear you start harmonizing, and then laughing, and then I start laughing my soul out.

[@dinomite72]

If he’s home in New Hampshire does that mean we get to witness the tutorial for manual farting from his friend

[@turtlelizard1531]

I kept confusing John McClane and John McCain, the prisoner of war politician. So that had me confused on why diehard movies were being mentioned when it was a late politician who was held captive.

[@WatchVidsMakeLists]

Pennywise vs Joker is a really great modern ERB video, that's one I would personally recommend

[@samsyet-0074]

One thing I have to say, is that these rap battles with have a different experience with everyone, depending on their knowledge. For example, in the "Albert Einstein VS Stephen Hawking" Notice when stephen says Brain, its spelled as P-Brane? That isnt a typo, P-Branes are an actual thing in theoretical physics! I didnt know about this when i first heard this battle, but it does make me enjoy it more. So, yeah, your good experience with these depends on your own experience (except a few ofc)

[@theallaroundnerd9889]

How dud Ludwig not get any of the Die Hard references? They were all from the first movie except for Wick's "Fell off with a Vengeance" bar

[@Kasper_m]

Ludwig should ask if he could play a Character in one of the future battles

[@honeycomb937]

maybe he can play rick astley

[@Brayden1987]

3:39 “hulk came in a little bit racist” so it was accurate

[@lilastroneer]

“Abe does not miss” The one takeaway you should have from this

[@brwisnt]

Neither does John Wilkes booth

[@salty_jedi]

@@brwisnt came to comment this

[@itsmecallyc]

Love how he wasn't scared to keep his ballerina shoes in shot at the start 🥲 beautiful moment!

[@memeguider5559]

at this point, actually just watch every ERB

[@drewaddison2098]

I’ve loved every single time he’s called his mom. 10/10 great mom

[@hymanfamilyrules]

yesss this needs to be a series

[@Bsolazy]

no.

[@pakiprime9158]

@@Bsolazy because?

[@Bsolazy]

@@pakiprime9158 idk

[@Natethegr809]

Peter would win in a rap battle against ludwig

[@prem9730]

A kind suggestion lud. Watch: 1) Gandhi vs MLK 2) Ivan the terrible vs Alex the great 3) Eastern vs Western philosophers 4) Shaka Zulu vs Caesar 5) Roosevelt vs Chruchill 6) Che vs Fawkes 7) Bond vs Powers 8) Fred Douglas vs tom Jefferson 9) Gordo vs Julia Child 10) Newton vs Bill nye

[@grayzilla7000]

11.the renaissance vs tmnt

[@Pennervomland]

"You may have freed the slaves BUT was it really necessary to cut them up with a hacksaw and make food out of them?"

[@day7163]

Also one that’s specific to Lincoln is “but you didn’t actually care about the slaves. You cared more about keeping the union together. Freeing the slaves was only a neat little bonus to you.”

[@Fourtytwo4242]

@@day7163 THIS is actually false, it was taken from a quote out of context, he actually said if he could free slaves and save the union he would, if he could not free the slaves and still save union he would. Lincoln no joke was actually anti slavery from the start, you know that was his big thing when running. He also a major reason south went to war, he was far to anti slavery to deal with. It highly likely if it was any other person, slavery most likely would not be abolished right away, since it probably make south far more aggressive and be hard deal with for years to come if it not handle slowly. Lincoln though really did not give a shit and felt it needed be done and use political speech to convince congress it was needed (which history wise is fucking impossible make congress agree on anything) So Lincoln was always anti slavery, what I got to say though is Lincoln's original slavery removal idea was a slow but sure replacement then out right ban. This was avoid angering the south and causing a Civil war....

[@day7163]

@@Fourtytwo4242 Yeah. I mean he was a republican of the time which already had an anti-slavery political opinion at the time, and I’m familiar with the quote as well. I’m not sure what the context or discussion of my comments really about but I was aware that Lincoln was against slaves and I was aware of the quote.

[@torpid2906]

@@day7163 rolled

[@day7163]

@@torpid2906 yup got absolutely obliterated lol

[@DatVideoDoe]

Ok but the Cleopatra vs Marilyn Monroe one will always be my favorite ERB

[@garrotmon]

I'm glad that Ole Pete watched all the epic rap battles of history videos and ranked them so we don't have to

[@mateoh2813]

I love the Animal Crossing Wild World background music. Brings me so much joy.

[@Hubbbins]

imagine having your own mother hang up on you

[@chrise.250]

I like this ludwig. We need more bad mic/ better background lud.

[@jaynaik14]

Happy Holidays to Lud and everyone else♥️

[@keirania__4759]

Ws

[@matthewmorrison7883]

The brave mujahideen reference had me actually burst out laughing at 4:30 AM

[@edgy22]

If you take Lud’s eye brows and put them on Slime you would get the dad from cloudy with a chance of meatballs.

[@umbrella3235]

You gotta love how Ludwig complains that to understand John vs John vs John you have to watch their movies.

[@loremaster73]

When is bro gonna admit that he just LOVES epic rap battles. lol

[@DuckBall_]

Man, Peter's reactions always amuse me.

[@everythingthrice]

17:29 the John McClain opening is purely based off the first Die Hard.

[@varence7007]

Can't believe I used to listen to Epic rap battles of history for workout back when I was 16.

[@commenter03162]

The nice peter vs epiclyold one is like the battle of 6’0ft and 5’11ft

[@MrWonderSquid]

I love how youtube recommends he watches his own livestream.

[@SweatySaltySanta]

I remember all of them with Watsky being hype. I understand that those aren’t necessarily the average epic rap battles, but definitely would be cool ones to go back and listen to.

[@aucur]

My first thought was who hasnt seen Rambo, the greatest movie franchise after Rocky and then I remembered I was watching a baby

[@IsaacMartinez-py2ci]

He needs to watch the other seasons. Season 1 was how they got started but they did nothing but get better

[@somedudethatwatches7834]

Man kind of disappointed that Thanos was in the thumbnail, but not the video.

[@FishNuggetsYum]

bro had 2021 as thanos when thanos never appeared since 2019

[@themicahnism]

Hope you do more of these, would be fun for you to see how they’ve progressed through the years.

[@robinscompass5951]

Would love to see more of these, the philosophers one goes hard

[@Thesportsgamer]

Peter really uploaded another great video, he can't stop

[@robsooooz]

The best ERB lately is Harry Potter vs Luke Skywalker

[@BDuckie100]

I think its deffo upgraded, their writing has gotten nuts in some of their newer ones

[@darthzayexeet3653]

“You may have freed the slaves, but… you raped their women and killed their children first” Chuck Norris, circa 1867, colourized

[@awesomepek]

Great vid Peter, keep it up

[@gamegirllisa404]

To be perfectly fair with the whole, "you look behind you and this is who you want on your side thing", combined, they do have a multimillion kill count.

[@alexlchavira]

Lud should watch the later seasons, they definitely get better.

[@illusion4944]

we need a part 3 🙏

[@locochoify]

Man. Ludwig looks 20 years older in that intro. That lightning was not great on him ahaha.

[@hephaestus2529]

“Front angle Ludwig can’t hurt you, he isn’t real” Front angle Ludwig:

[@hereisdann]

14:58 holy shit Ludwig that was the funniest thing you've ever said

[@TheScholarabull]

Found this dude recently and he’s so fucking funny man’s never misses

[@C-Llama]

Ludwig's mom is effortlessly magnitudes more funny than he is

[@obiwankenobi3587]

I watched the napoleon vs napoleon live, and the part where he talked to his mum went on for about 10 or 15 minutes and it was the funniest thing

[@alwayshere6956]

Part of what they did that changed KZbin and will never change is just doing what they wanted to. They were willing to do things other ppl weren't

[@Datv24]

Great stream Peter can wait for the next one!

[@Hazzanburger]

stephen hawking sounds like kanye during 808s and heartbreak

[@benapdx]

I’m getting major deja vu right now. I feel like I’ve seen this before

[@Niphraz]

I do want to point out that ERB is a bit of a Internet time capsule, so some of the more pop culture rap battles seem to have nonsensical and cringe lines by what we think today, but they were much better at the time they were released

[@KylePalmer]

I like the idea behind this video. Watch a season then watch the newest episode could be a consistent content source for awhile.

[@Toffe1618]

Ah, I see a trend of streamers reacting to ERB's, where they've got literal zero idea what they're talking about, and keep saying, that the best lines were „objectively bad”. And the worst part is that the chat actually agrees most of the time, just because it's their FaVoRiTe StReAmEr.

[@jamilortiz1]

I think the best comparison to how good ERB has gotten was Luke vs Harry Potter (lines/references and visuals), as well as TMNT vs Artists (beats and general flow)

[@flamingpaxtsc]

Artists vs TMNT is trash. The first verse is the only thing of substance in that battle

[@coreyhaynes7951]

The fact Americans know who Barry Scott is blows my mind. That man has burst my eardrums many a time.

[@Zo3yX]

He needs to do the joker and pennywise to see high quality production. Maybe he will go thru a bit more of the recent ones

[@DerkDurski]

Love the one guy in chat at 11:33 saying "we all did" when everyone else is like "????" lmaooooooo

[@EnderPandaPlayz]

4:26 Neither does John Wilkes booth

[@cilantrho]

i came to the unfortunate realization that i still have a lot of these songs memorized after at least a decade. don't worry, im disappointed too.

[@romaindesmarais9975]

Seeing as Lud and his mother's translation was bad: "T'as une tête à faire sauter les plaques d'égouts" means "your face would make manhole covers explode". Explanation below In French, when you say something like "t'as une tête comme..." or "regarde la tête qu'il fait", "tête" refers to the face rather than the head, but it's more common now to use "gueule" instead. "Sauter les plaques d'égouts" the verb "sauter" (to jump) now means "to explode". Napoléon also says "sacré bleue" which is the equivalent of "cor blimey" because no-one uses it anymore. Finally, Ludwig says "d'égoutes" instead of "d'égouts" (the "t" is silent unless with an e after).

[@MTKTube]

“Hulk came in a little racist” well yeah, it’s accurate to the person being played 🤣

[@Acechao111]

I didn’t see you watch the philosophers one, or the directors one, those are my favourites!

[@Bsolazy]

nerd

[@pakiprime9158]

@@Bsolazy nerd

[@pakiprime9158]

if im not wrong, he watched those on another video

[@Bsolazy]

@@pakiprime9158 Green Reverse.

[@JayCrosby32]

New platform, different sense of humor

[@Maskenken]

I really like the russian leader one and the ivan the terrible one

[@cynister7384]

Alexander the Great vs Ivan the Terrible

[@cofy-om2wh]

The reason hulk hogan went against kim John il was because he once went to north Korea and said no wonder why we hate these people

[@novaismajin]

I know you probably won’t read this Lud, but I’m at New Hampshire for my holidays and was wondering if you went to the Celtics game today? Because on GOD I saw someone that looked just like you and QT but I was too timid to get a closer look. For my sake I’m hoping it wasn’t you guys!

[@elskieuwu]

Slime is kinda right with lud’s youtube voice

[@IDaiszy]

Gonna keep it real- seasons 3, 4, and 5 have all of the best battles. Hawk v Gretzky, Capone v Blackbeard, Zulu v Caesar, Poe v King, Roosevelt v Churchill, etc. blow the rest out of the water. It seems like they really fell off lately, and the earlier ones weren't particularly good either. In these two videos, Ludwig has watched none of the battles that I (and the friends of mine I talked about this with) would consider putting in a top 5 or top 10. The popularity of the videos is less of a measurement of how good they are, but is instead representative of the relevancy of the characters. It's pretty sad to see ERB slowly degrade in quality, I really loved watching them in their prime while I was in high school.

[@zachwatkins4201]

Facts, he either watches the really new ones, or really old ones no inbetween

[@jsh7939]

luke vs harry potter was amazing and richard vs ragnar is one i didnt like until i went back and watched it recently and is now one of my favs. their last two have been decent but probably not top tier for me. i wouldnt say they're slowly degrading in quality at all. just a few misses like dracula vs vlad and the fast food one.

[@2882a]

The johns battle was pretty good, but the newest one (Indiana Vs Lara) was mid. Tbf i had high expectations for the Indiana Jones Vs Lara Croft, but still, it wasn't a good one

[@wanderfilho5443]

Peter never misses

[@billymerritt420]

Lud needs content. No one needs this many ERB react vids.

[@bluecola9673]

The phone call with your mom😭😭😭I love her

[@LadyArtemis69]

The entire ERB channel is literally the most prime example of "so bad that it's good".

[@advancedstudy0]

They put a lot of effort into their videos though, and their newer videos have deep bars in them that go beyond first layers.

[@TheChocoXCheese]

I think we've just exited the age of cringe and can accept that we can like things without feeling shame for it.

[@palawolfy4855]

Not true at all. Expecially their newer ones are all amazing

[@pakiprime9158]

you are a prime example of "so bad". that Is it

[@jakhar5]

While their videos are well researched and well put together. I find the entire concept itself to be way too unbearable to watch.

[@Rebublic_of_austria]

If his mother called him her husband's name... Did he marry his mother?