Nikola Tesla vs Thomas Edison. Epic Rap Battles of History

Nikola Tesla vs Thomas Edison. Epic Rap Battles of History
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Thomas Edison: EpicLLOYD
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Nikola Tesla: Dante Cimadamore AKA Give Me Motion
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Voice of Nikola Tesla: Nice Peter & Dante Cimadamore
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▼ CREW ▼
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Executive Producers:
Peter Shukoff & Lloyd Ahlquist
Written by:
Nice Peter, EpicLLOYD, Dante Cimadamore, Zach Sherwin & Mike Betette
Beat Produced by:
Ed Cayce
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Song Produced by:
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Mixed by:
Choco
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Music Supervisor:
Dante Cimadamore
Directed by:
Dave McCary
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Edited by:
Dave McCary and Nice Peter
Compositing and Background Design by:
Andrew Sherman
Director of Photography:
Jon Na
Gaffer:
Arthur Hong
Assistant Editor:
Ryan Moulton
Assistant Editor:
Marc Chester
Playback:
Dante Cimadamore and Jose Mendoza
Costume Design:
Sulai Lopez
Makeup and Hair:
Ashlyn Melancon
Art Department:
Matt Sherin
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[@poopiterlikejupiter2706]

tesla won but then edison stole it.

[@johnnyfelcher8156]

lol

[@falconlord9981]

Nikola not Nicholas. His name was NIKOLA TESLA!

[@LordThanatosOfHades]

Falcon Lord Impeccably dressed

[@falconlord9981]

Without Nikola Tesla we would never have what we have now.

[@AriArson]

Poopiter LikeJupiter nice dude

[@sunderzilla]

_looks at electricity bill_ *DAMN YOU EDISON!*

[@donmane6350]

And Tesla he made ac energy powering houses and more

[@billy-the-butcher]

@@donmane6350 Tesla wanted to make electricity free unlike Edison. That's the point

[@popazo8556]

profile pic checks out xD

[@peterparquer1873]

Same here....😔

[@floridaball4896]

Your pf makes this comment even funnier

[@jjthejetplane11]

'You did not steal from me, you stole me from mankind' Still gives me chills after watching this a few times

[@imbored01]

5 days old, 7 likes and 1 heart 😎

[@jacks910]

I don’t get it

[@datarunner79]

Yes, it's the same here

[@jacks910]

@@datarunner79 I don’t get the line please explain?

[@datarunner79]

@@jacks910 The line was in response to JJ'S comment

[@dracks8921]

Our physics teacher showed us this, what a legend

[@watermelonoverpoweredpizza6346]

a hearted comment with no likes

[@mobboss3440]

Pretty based teacher

[@thomaswx2245]

Same

[@yoyo777]

Physics taechers are the best

[@infozek1994]

Gigachad

[@jovancveksha8370]

The quiet kid who told the joke vs the popular kid who repeated it louder

[@MakkusuOtaku]

Not really.

[@safwanshuhaib9968]

@@MakkusuOtaku yes really

[@MakkusuOtaku]

@@safwanshuhaib9968 They were both fairly charismatic.

[@MakkusuOtaku]

@卂几ㄩ乃丨丂 Stole what exactly?

[@spiritorange8325]

@@MakkusuOtaku The X-Ray Edison gets credit for the fluoroscope. This was a device which first made x-rays possible. Needless to say, the use of x-rays has been a huge boon to medical science. The distribution of these devices added to Thomas Edison’s growing wealth. The problem is that the actual inventor of a device to see the bones of a human was a German scientist named Wilhelm Rontgen. He took an x-ray of his wife’s hand several years prior to Edison’s fluoroscope. If people confused this mistaken time gap, Edison was more than happy not to correct the error and essentially padded his bank account at Rontgen’s expense.

[@namedyukinne4398]

"I don't care that they stole my idea... I care that they don't have any of their own" -Nikola Tesla

[@typeshiet]

I live in serbia and my shool is called Nikola Teala and thet sentence is on wall of libery (Sory if some words are incorect)

[@st3fan735]

@@typeshiet Kade zivees?

[@typeshiet]

U novn banovcima

[@scurvofpcp]

@@typeshiet I so want a picture of that.

[@peggyfranzen6159]

Exactly.

[@ABeardedSage]

I like how even at the ending when Edison and Tesla are dancing, Tesla is still ahead of his time, dancing to disco, which became popular in the 1970's versus Edison's poor running man, which was a 20's dance. (I think it was running man, I'm no expert on dance styles, I'll admit)

[@emurphy42]

I just want to know whether Tesla was doing the electric slide

[@yatzy7981]

damn this dude tripping balls and seeing things that are not there, lmao

[@C0ldD1rective]

@@yatzy7981 1:34 Tesla does a disco dance, Edison follows up with a Poor Running Man

[@theinventiveidiot]

There are so many tiny details in ERB that make them so much cooler

[@krichenboi]

Well Edison died in 1931 so it’s normal if he knows

[@HybridMiranda]

Best flow: Tesla, modeled off the smoothness and regularity of his AC current Best lines: Tesla, telling the truth Who lost: humanity......... FUN FACT: at 1:14, this is a reference to how Tesla would electrify the ground outside of his laboratory and place lightbulbs down/ hold them, allowing the electricity to run through his body and light up the bulbs despite their being no wires (startled a few local horses, though- horseshoes conducted the electricity). On a regular basis, he allowed his entire body to become electrified in his lab, and it never harmed him because he understood how electricity flowed. Absolute. Effin'. Genius.

[@leoseek4395]

Holy shit, you just made catch something I didn't catch before. So in Edison's second verse, he electrocutes a dog, which is a reference to the fact that in real life Edison electrocuted animals with alternating current to try and prove it was too dangerous. In real life, Tesla responded to this by proving he could guide the volts through him and survive, as you have described above. So in this ERB, they essentially replicated that within the battle. So fucking awesome

[@mcmosfet2856]

If AC current is so smooth, then why do we have to use inverters to use it for anything? You have it backwards. DC is used in immediate applications and is smooth/stable, AC by definition oscillates, which makes it easier for long distance transmission.

[@thefinalroman]

That never happened that's literally a BS scene for a movie

[@m.t.vandersmookie1150]

300th like

[@aqj2014]

@@leoseek4395 so *thats* why hes zapping a random dog

[@Sunominal]

Nikola Tesla: *makes well-thought, structured arguments to lash out against his opponent* Thomas Edison: ha poor

[@franchufranchu119]

Arguing against libertarians be like:

[@Baronnax]

Tesla: You're a hack, you stole credit, misled people, don't honour your word, etc etc Edison: But money...

[@iangavino4049]

Nikola Tesla was the total opposite of Thomas Edison, he underestimated Nikola Tesla.

[@thefinalroman]

Tesla=Fraud kzbin.info/www/bejne/bGSWYn2Oq7SIfbs

[@supergeeky7529]

Thomas Edison: haha poor and virgin

[@kingster14444]

Tesla won because I'm too busy cursing the con Edison with every utility

[@TheEmeraldMenOfficial]

That was also a pun. The name of the power company he founded is Con Edison.

[@tasnimshahid8571]

@@TheEmeraldMenOfficial that was irony of him

[@gorgeousfreeman1318]

@@TheEmeraldMenOfficial r/hmmm

[@acoffeebush6512]

@Kingster 14 I know right?! Con Edison are also rude to their customers as well!

[@charlesroberts3650]

DOUBLE pun : D

[@JennaJanexxx]

“you did not steal from me, you stole me from mankind” A full decade later and that line still gives me chills.

[@DergGamin]

11 years, 11 months

[@valentinoromitti6005]

"What's inside mine was ahead of its own time You did not steal from me you stole me from mankind" Clearly the best verse in ERB history.

[@Aries1990]

Not even close lol.

[@jeroni2043]

It’s been 6 years and i’m still getting chills from “You did not steal from me - you stole me from mankind”

[@Efreeti]

Same.

[@trexbra8715]

ikr

[@aakarshitatiwari]

Wow ! So many people feel the same !

[@francescaa8331]

Yes, same here.

[@austintyler7901]

My man! Best erb ever here.

[@MusicalBasics]

"you did not steal from me you stole me from mankind" i used this line on my ex. she was not impressed

[@ScarabKovaire]

Hi! An unexpected surprise to run into you here, but a coincidence I welcome. I hope you're having a good night!!!!

[@luckydiamond77]

Bruh moment

[@scoutie4997]

I love your work!

[@soysaucescumbag4310]

M o o d

[@roy9776]

Yo you’re here!

[@Wizzkidwas]

The way Tesla's 2nd verse is edited is frankly amazing

[@Wizzkidwas]

@Jakov Jerkovic I ain't reading all that especially as it isn't relevant to what I had said nor do I care at all

[@Julie6114]

Bro no one is gonna read that especially bc it’s mostly false shut up no one gives a shit

[@memebaltan]

@Jakov Jerkovic as teachers would say: never use wikipedia as a source

[@aakashsuryi9098]

@Jakov Jerkovic Man, just tell me who the fuk to be thankful for. What's the name of the person who was responsible for electricity?!? Thomas Jefferson, Galileo Ferraris, or Nikola????

[@Isthatthegrimreaper170]

In middle school we were assigned a project about famous inventors from the 19th-20th century and ended up with Nikola Tesla as my choice and I remember being so blown away by what I found, and even 9 years later I still find interesting stories about him from time to time, he was way too ahead of his time

[@goldprime118]

You did not steal from me, *YOU STOLE ME FROM MANKIND!* Chills....

[@hardc00re10]

Not many people ever in history that can say that and people agreeing. Cool that all of them are scientists with an understanding of the world we normal people can’t even imagine

[@diarykeeper]

Most epic ERB line. Probably ever. Kinda wish there was an Einstein vs Tesla and a Macromi vs Tesla aswell... Too many that wronged him...

[@goldprime118]

@@diarykeeper true. Tesla was way ahead of his time... people wanted to stow away on that ride to the Future.

[@rahul1353]

@@diarykeeper I think this is the most epic ERB, period. Sure Hitler vs. Vader is mainstream, with catchy lines, but this is real. This is the truth.

[@goldprime118]

@Panda Bear667 Thomas Edison was a con man, alot of the parents he had, he stole. And I'm pretty sure some of them were based on Tesla's ideas. I could be wrong tho

[@trollking99]

The fact that the US government still classifies some of Tesla's research top secret tells you how ahead of his time he was.

[@richardlighthouse5328]

for real?

[@scout360pyroz]

we managed to make an energy gun that shot explosive plasma projectiles before mysteriously closing the project down, so not surprising.

[@rosshoerman8898]

Or how dumb/greedy our government is. Curse them with every utility...

[@Reebarb]

@@richardlighthouse5328 after Tesla died he left all of his documents with his inventions writen on them in his hotel room. FBI said that there was 250 documents in his room, CIA says that there wasn't any documents, while in Nikola Tesla museum in Serbia there is couple thousands of documents that the last living Tesla's relative gave to Yugoslav's government after he got possession of almost all of Tesla's documets that USA government gave him (keep in mind they probably didn't return half of them), in these documents there were plans for some kind of of a machine called "death ray" it was believed that during ww2 USA government asked Tesla to make a weapon similar to atom bomb. But there is very little to no evidence of this and he probably died before ever creating it. He was the most intelligent person to ever live so far.

[@ocpopsmoke]

Tesla probably tried creating a death ray gun which shoots plasma projectiles

[@mehtabullahanan8672]

Till this very day "You didn't steal from me, you stole me from mankind" still overflows me with tears. Only if the entire humankind put a bit of fate in Tesla and listened to him I swear we'd have been living in 3021.

[@austintyler7901]

Me too. You aren't alone. I cry every time.

[@thelosttomato4020]

Ok, that's stretching the truth. He was one of the best geniuses of his time, but he wasnt the Newton of engineering like you're making him out go be.

[@goodvibes4891]

@@thelosttomato4020 you know nothing to support that claim, nor do they. the entire tragedy is that we would've had an answer based in fact if Edison didnt fuck over Tesla. Even though the one Tesla superfan couldn't understand anything about teslas wireless energy after spending a decade or so looking at the blueprints, there will always be the thought of 'what if'. Tesla's inventions might not have come close to the foundations that Newton set up, but in terms of practical effectiveness on society by no means does it fall short. Its just a shame his ideas got cut off before we could determine whether it was genius, or lucky insanity.

[@MrMoron-qn5rx]

@@goodvibes4891 considering we basically use the exact same tech he invented, and tgere are STILL some patents for stuff he made in america's "top secret" vault, i think he would have created a lot of useful tech. Though he did go insane eventually, with his death beam and all.

[@hotdogzandcheese2466]

@@MrMoron-qn5rx heard the government made him make the death beam back in WWII but he died around that time so he didn't manage to Make it,But like I said it's just a rumor so I honestly don't know if the Death Beam is true or not

[@edwardhooper2557]

What do you call a stolen Tesla? An Edison.

[@businesswalks8301]

don't believe it. Edison was loved by Tesla. even accepted his award late in life. why? because he liked Edison and forgave him. Einstein was the fool that Tesla said was regarded as fantastical garble... are you willing to accept that finally? or do patent clerk theorist prove better than actual inventors who made things that work?

[@Kjswiftc]

@@businesswalks8301?

[@user84074]

No one: My brain during the math test: "Tesla, Nikola. Impeccably dressed."

[@RohitchaharXD]

Me too, btw are u still alive?

[@sakhtlaunda2.032]

@@RohitchaharXD its not 6 yrs... Its 6 months😑😅😂

[@RohitchaharXD]

@@sakhtlaunda2.032 but still he is not alive

[@miljan775]

TRUE

[@aaryashbharadwaj2812]

Well you are lucky cause "this will be on the test"

[@foundationsoversight8479]

I love how Edison is jerky and sporadic, and Tesla is elegant and flowing.

[@rebekah7244]

Just like in real life

[@rebekah7244]

@@kindadramaticboi5117 What's that?

[@neuralmute]

@@kindadramaticboi5117 Hey, those [REDACTED] fuckers are everywhere; we need operatives all over the world, even in [REDACTED]!

[@JPSRCE1987]

@@neuralmute [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] that's my opinion anyway

[@neuralmute]

@@JPSRCE1987 I agree, absolutely!

[@miloshpro5820]

This is one of very rare ERB raps without swearing

[@name-hi3tj]

Watch Issac Newton vs bill nye,even that video don't have any swearing.

[@Freakbo6]

@TMVGemini24 (Pee) plus albert einstein vs stephen hawking

[@Freakbo6]

it DOSEN’T have swearing either

[@ironprince72]

closest thing to one is sex

[@AmazingJase8609]

And Wonder Woman vs Stevie Wonder

[@lieutenantbruh358]

1:14 this has serious meme potential

[@user-me3yb6eh4q]

the 'you fool' how so?

[@lieutenantbruh358]

@@user-me3yb6eh4q like those status memes when somethings about to happen "usually hentai or something" and then something jumps out and interrupts it before it starts. Kinda like the "element of suprise" meme

[@user-me3yb6eh4q]

@lieutenantbruh358 oh ok i get it

[@lieberte]

"You did not steal from me, you stole me from mankind." what a line

[@robstvn]

what a line indeed

[@hatakekakashi7484]

Line a indeed

[@oke6178]

indeed

[@deocal]

In

[@lisaanderson2305]

Line

[@Bears4everyone]

"your did not steal from me you stole me from mankind" BOOM instant winner. I've always felt horrible about what happened to Tesla.. he deserved better than the trash he got from Edison.

[@Bears4everyone]

you*

[@Bears4everyone]

Haha I'm glad I'm not the only one :)

[@brandonmiles86]

+Bears4everyone So true. Tesla got screwed. Like the rap said, Edison understood business and Tesla didn't.

[@karencatalan4797]

+Christy Snell Yeah but Thomas was known as "Inventing the Light bulb" but really Tesla did.

[@Darkesstknight]

+Karen Catalan neither tesla or edison invented the lightbulb

[@israeldelarosa5461]

1:05 the Entire world to Verbalase after that one animation dropped.

[@rimfire8217]

Their should be an entire musical about these two. Like something on par with Hamilton or something.

[@obitosenju3768]

Actualy that is a pretty good idea. You have a main protagonist and an antagonist of Edison, Tesla life was so interesting you really could make it a real musica

[@N3utr4l1]

"YOU STOLE ME FROM MANKIND" Shit so lit Edison got burned

[@blaz2892]

Electrocuted so bad it left 3rd degree burns.

[@jimwilliams36]

Shocking.

[@patchworkfellow4262]

BZZBBZ Gaming 15th Degree at least

[@dakshitchopra04]

Sadly it's true :(

[@invertedthrills144]

Edison still won

[@johnlemon8268]

"You did not steal from me, you stole me from mankind." Complete and total annihilation.

[@thefinalroman]

Too bad it's a nonsense statement Tesla was a nobody.And a liar kzbin.info/www/bejne/bGSWYn2Oq7SIfbs

[@rowenpoddar3552]

I’m sorry but I don’t get the line, pls explain?

[@cantillonronaldjosephm2787]

@@thefinalroman lol i see what you are doing bruh. The bars is so hard even you felt the damage.

[@szymciogaming9712]

@@cantillonronaldjosephm2787 He's on almost comment saying Edison is a thief xD

[@cantillonronaldjosephm2787]

@@szymciogaming9712 he acting like a lawyer or somethin haha

[@sirius1696]

Tesla's like a demigod, very accurate portrayal

[@thefinalroman]

Actually it's totally wrong. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bGSWYn2Oq7SIfbs

[@businesswalks8301]

no its not. Tesla liked Edison even though they had problems. Einstein on the other was regarded as a complete fool, but you go ahead and keep accepting that Einstein nonsense as anything but false.

[@Nipzverbatim]

‘You didn’t steal from me, You stole me from mankind’ That line hit hard

[@dimitrisdimitroglou9721]

6 years later, and I just found out Edison electrocuting a dog is a reference to him killing animals with AC to prove it was dangerous.

[@grizzlyowlbear3538]

TO PROVE THE POWER OF AC, I SAWED THIS PUPPY IN A HALF

[@JohnSmith-qn3ob]

I guess ERB couldn't fit an elephant into the studio

[@123darkelf]

That is a good example of abusing the fact that it was a new thing the public didn’t fully understand to manipulate them to your favor. Fuck edison. When I discovered Tesla, I was heavily intrigued for years. That man did one of the beginning early attempts at xraying.

[@mihailozivadinovic9586]

He was doing it wirh DC but claiming it to be AC to trash Tesla

[@mrmister1657]

Mitsos oh dang that’s messed up

[@libertarianstouchkids]

Let’s be honest.. we all return just to hear Tesla say “you did not steal from me you stole me from mankind” edit wild how i made this comment when i was 15/16 now im 19 going on 20 soon 💀

[@Natnas]

Yep, I was in College when I first saw this. Now, 7 years later, I'm working and I hate to see that even these days there are still Edisons around stealing stuff from Tesla's and getting all the credit.

[@Anonymous-xe5yn]

@@Natnas Most businessmen and businesswomen would be like Thomas Edison said in between 0:55 to about 0:58. Like they want money. The people similar to Nikola Tesla are not motivated by money.

[@Beatbod]

Came for 1:03 lmao

[@ozefreclaimed]

I come for the Alternate current / Direct current line

[@filmandfirearms]

@@Anonymous-xe5yn Did Tesla even patent anything? Even some of the most generous people in history weren't so open as Tesla was with his inventions. Man changed the world, and I doubt most people now even know who he is

[@falseshepherd7620]

Today is the date of Edison's death so figured I'd come back and see the second time he died

[@anthonyminimum]

The fact that these two KNEW each other makes the battle way more exciting

[@StrawberryMilkk224]

They did also hate each other in real life, i think. Edison was a total jerk to Tesla

[@Merennulli]

@@StrawberryMilkk224There's no historical evidence to support that, and plenty to refute it. Both spoke very respectfully of one another.

[@Wzmtwin]

​@@MerennulliEven if the talk was respectful, Edison's actions towards Tesla weren't.

[@Merennulli]

@@Wzmtwin The only claim of that during their lifetimes was a remark by Tesla after his mind had broken down, despite him keeping a journal and never mentioning it at the time it supposedly happened. And, fairly damming to that claim, Edison legally owned Tesla's patents but let Tesla have them instead. Something legally documented that directly debunks this myth.

[@darthrevan454]

​@@MerennulliI don't think you understand what he means by "actions".

[@GameMasterX]

*"You did not steal from me, YOU STOLE ME FROM MANKIND!"* FATALITY

[@valdezfam]

Notless Games no truer words have been spoken

[@RJay207]

Gave me fucking goosebumps. An incredibly powerful line. Full-on condemnation.

[@buraktemiz8446]

Notless Games dat fatality mate

[@marduksumerian6605]

Always get chills.

[@malavidra7732]

can anyone explain me that sentence?

[@obinobi2802]

Oh don’t mind me fellas I’m just here to curse the con Edison with every utility.

[@parmesean_]

Can i join

[@ason4126]

Count me in

[@francescaa8331]

I curse the con Edison with every utility.... every month. Yup.

[@TheTrooper1878]

Is Obi Nobi equal to Obi Wan Kenobi?

[@hellothere5350]

Obi Nobi CURSE THE CON EDISON WITH EVERY UTILITY!

[@aidansroadams5328]

Honestly of all of the pairings they've done, these two seems like the two who would actually have a rap battle they wanted another thing to hold over the other.

[@yoshinpixels9924]

1:14 this seriously might be my favourite ERB verse, actually godlike

[@Frog101_Real]

I like how Edison is twitchy and stiff like direct electricity and Tesla is flowing and elegant like alternating electric flow

[@ArkSucksAtGames]

Or cause Edison is old but cool *connection* I guess

[@Frog101_Real]

@@ArkSucksAtGames ok that was slick

[@danieluzoma899]

@@Frog101_Real please explain lol

[@lucatdcat8720]

@@danieluzoma899 Connections have to do with electricity

[@twilson3133]

🤓

[@evilthinker1893]

"You did not steal from me you stole me from mankind" amazing and true statment

[@rnitt]

How did he do that though, he made an insensitive joke? Tesla quit his company.

[@evilthinker1893]

Edison was behind preventing Tesla from making lot of inventions!

[@pilojo66]

The 100th Rusty Shackleford Edison was stealing all his ideas and publishing them, leaving Tesla without money to continue funding his research. Also, Edison was dead-set in proving that Tesla was wrong(hence electrocuting the elephant)

[@danksponge6938]

Yes

[@ColeAra]

Maple Terrace actually Tesla didn't quit after Edison he kept inventing and worked with Albert Einstein to develop the worlds fist teleportation device yes you read right but at the time WWII was raging and the government wanted it to use in war and Einstein and Tesla said no fucking way and destroyed their research oh and TESLA WON

[@BurntHamSandwich]

No one gonna talk about how groovy this beat is?

[@Memerath]

I love how edison just randomly electrocutes a dog without mentioning it at all

[@stuhastuhach5347]

He actually did use Tesla's alternating current to electrocute animals, I think in one instance he electrocuted elephant to demonstrate how much AC is dangerous.

[@remixxx666999]

He used to electrocute all kind of animal..… why? Cuz he was an animal himself

[@gudmansal3468]

he used to do that a lot

[@jinijilson3309]

Wtf thats messed up💀

[@Merennulli]

@@jinijilson3309It also wasn't him. It was a commission to the Edison company (not Edison himself) by ASPCA to find a more humane way to euthanize animals. But the memers have invented a cute little story that forgets when it happened and tries to spin it as part of the then already-over "war of the currents" between Edison and Westinghouse.

[@SheldonAdama17]

Watt the heck is up with all these electricity puns? I guess they are hard to resist. I mean, they just have a lot of potential!

[@dylanv2559]

Ohm-y GOD

[@alfonsoanton6291]

Things are getting intense here, huh?

[@hamarbiljungskile8953]

You're trying too hard.

[@calebkopp7636]

@@hamarbiljungskile8953 I felt the humor was fairly current.

[@Boz217]

Hamarbi Ljungskile don’t get to amped up

[@Metrion77]

That last line "they would curse the Con Edison with every utility" is almost Shakespearean in it's use of words. Con Edison can mean "Edison the con", calling Edison a con-man. But Con Edison also refers to Edison's electrical company, which sold electricity. The use of utility is also interesting, as it can mean "they curse him every time they receive an electrical bill" but also "they curse him with every tool at their disposal". Bravo.

[@VagrantWulf]

Yep. It was sublimely inspired.

[@Metrion77]

***** Nah. Just literate.

[@Rebel.Corporate]

Only a fellow student of Shakespeare can see such clever double entendres. Props to the ERB crew and yourself.

[@jimmartin1390]

My same thoughts exactly, kudos for beating me to it. Nice to see intelligent comments.

[@BrandonQ1995]

Con Edison still exists, provides electricity for NYC and the surrounding areas.

[@OMundodeGeloeFogo]

Nikola Tesla was probably the smartest person who ever lived on this planet

[@thefinalroman]

He was a minor nobody actually. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bGSWYn2Oq7SIfbs

[@jinijilson3309]

Nikola and william james sidis was the smartest people on earth

[@meganleslie9069]

That's what Einstein thought too

[@BlackFlagRedemption]

This went from "I'll rip your style" to "YOU STOLE ME FROM MANKIND" real fast. Probably the best from ERB 👑

[@Mellion555]

Tesla predicted cellphones, smartphones, the internet, and social media Over 140 years ago. That is how brilliant an inventor he was.

[@yt-sh]

Imagine if he had a child...

[@stm7810]

@@yt-sh maybe him raising a kid would be interesting but remember being smart isn't genetic.

[@yt-sh]

@@stm7810 tell that to Mozart who learn to play at 5 or AR Rahman who got started at 14(at least) yes there is environmental factors but you are what you are bcos of those genes...even the way you process an info is genetically coded And remember Tesla had a brother who died who was as brilliant as him... I wouldnt really care who gave birth to whom but Tesla could have given us a greatest gift, a form of immortality

[@stm7810]

@@yt-sh if it is genetic could you point to who Mozart got smart from or anything or is this just ignoring the possibility of autism or environment being the cause? Tesla was asexual and had a special interest in pigeons.

[@yt-sh]

@@stm7810 Johann Georg Leopold Mozart was a German composer, conductor, music teacher, and violinist. Mozart is best known today as the father and teacher of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, A google search wouldnot hurt you "wHo mOzArT GoT SmArT FrOm oR AnYtHiNg" ofc its his dad

[@ravishukla5184]

*"If hate could be converted into electric power I would light up the whole world"* -Nicola Tesla

[@JS___EDITZ]

Nikola*

[@szymciogaming9712]

@@JS___EDITZ sssshhh... Don't ruin the perfect moment.

[@miljan775]

did u missspeled Nikola Tesla?

[@siddharthbhoyar9737]

@@miljan775 no he just spelt nicola

[@miljan775]

@@siddharthbhoyar9737 Bruh -___-

[@brandiepop]

this is probably the most underrated of their early greats

[@datsj2152]

"You did not steal from me, you stole me from mankind" should be the greatest line in ERB for me. It's easy to deliver a hard hitting line by violently roasting your opponent, but that... Completely destroying his opponent by delivering such a powerful description of himself and it actually being true is something special.

[@koeyy]

Up there with the hawking particles line

[@meganleslie9069]

​@@koeyyI liked "Albert E = MC Squared" My other favorite erb

[@akpsyche1299]

Just imagine the things that Tesla could achieve with today's technology.

[@user-ey4mx1ul3n]

Psycho Wolf So many things....

[@omegilla]

People give Tesla far too much credit. The man was smart, but science is built on the shoulders of giants. Tesla, like many other scientists (Including Edison) made fair incremental additions to their respective fields (Though Edison made far more.) and were he alive now instead of then, assuming someone else made the same discoveries in alternating currents, he'd be probably not bringing us all that far ahead.

[@user-ey4mx1ul3n]

Magilliam Harrison I agree,but were there and still are many others that could achieve such things? Think of that.

[@omegilla]

There is no definitive answer for hypothetical what-ifs on history, so asking that question is essentially pointless. However, odds are there would be. And in Tesla's case, we know there were. Tesla was not the only scientist exploring alternating currents. He's just more notable because he stirred up alot of drama and everybody loves an underdog story, even if it really wasn't that much of an underdog story as much as a story of a man with promise who went crazy.

[@user-ey4mx1ul3n]

Magilliam Harrison Firstly i know there were more people who did such things. That was my point. But you seem not to read the whole question. What i said is that were there many?

[@MrWizeazz]

“You did not steal from me, you stole me from mankind” God, that line killed it all.

[@mgglorioso]

agreed, how sad and true =/

[@eternalnemesis9522]

The chills were real

[@rdoble]

Ownage on that line! Because essentially true.

[@tiputhesultan]

"You did not steal from me - you stole me from mankind" is my favorite ERB line. Ever!

[@AlCoHall-wc2ny]

"i have reddit" -Nikola Tesla

[@leto428]

1:06 This is referencing the time when Tesla worked for Edison, and Edison told Tesla if he could make improvements on the generator, Edison would give Tesla 50k(= 1 million today) as a reward. So Tesla worked on it for about a year and literally redesigned the generator to make it much better. After it is done, Tesla went to Edison for the 50k, Edison told Tesla he was just joking.

[@mathquizlet3177]

thanks!

[@bonestheboneyboy4531]

Such an asshole, Tesla was in a ton of dept at the time too.

[@raja6ubaid]

Edison should be the father of political statements.

[@trollinape2697]

funny asf, but also infurriating

[@revyu6754]

Edison was a POS.

[@lemuellala2]

Joan of Arc died a virgin. Tesla died a virgin as well. There's still hope for us, virgins!

[@CorvusCorone68]

virgins become wizards, wizards perform magic, magic could be considered miracles, therefore virgins perform miracles

[@HaidebugCreates]

Unless we get sacrificed in a ritual

[@davidabuashvili3158]

yeah. also Isaac Newton if Im correct

[@tedisonpadoru9129]

Well u can become animefied in Japan 😂 especially in this game called fate/grand order.

[@Blucham]

Burned at the stake by the people you tried to save, or dying a lonely slow death unrecognized for your achievements. Sorry that doesn’t sound very hopeful to me... 😰

[@bauuhmasquerade459]

This battle is a shocking example on how perception in history can change. Definitely one of the most underrated in my opinion

[@blackmage-89]

I haven't listened to this battle in like 10 years... and i remembered EVERY LINE. Really one of the best battles ever.

[@MusicalBasics]

This is definitely one of the best rap battles. Tesla's flow was amazing.

[@theTrueEvilScientist]

The puns!

[@koz234]

I liked Edison too, but he was too direct.

[@saxonkeel4445]

I agree This is probably one of my all time favorites

[@theTrueEvilScientist]

koz234 The puns!

[@SpiriteofKurbin20034]

I guess you could say that his raps were an *alternating flow* of electricity.

[@tijana5616]

Call me Teesssslaaaaaa Nikola impeccably dressed :D

[@goatpriestess1202]

You forgot your comassssssss.

[@tijana5616]

Oh well shit xD

[@woodman2855]

Kiyoshi Teppei- Tiks Brakovic Is that a hyoudo issei profile pic?

[@tijana5616]

underwatter man Nope it's Tatsumi from Akame ga kill

[@PerdiccasMKD]

Kiyoshi Teppei- Tiks Brakovic Fan fact my name is nikola and im from macedonia!

[@pokuku]

"I don't alternate my flow, I diss you directly." this says so much, the fact it refers to alternating current and direct current is literally insane how ERB thought of this

[@chango.-.]

Half the battle uses clever puns like this

[@pokuku]

@@chango.-. true

[@chocolateavian]

10 years and the beat is still so fire. ERB is just the best

[@FiskFilleAR]

I was _shocked_ by the amount of electricity puns they managed to squeeze into this one.

[@DerpyStory]

Shocking right?

[@priscillasanchez3658]

+DerpyStory 😂

[@TheUncoolmeme]

One every two lines

[@BeybladeSuomi]

1:12 Battle ended.

[@GrahamChapman]

Have you read the stinger on tv-tropes' Psycho Electro page?

[@jacobbiancardi9153]

5 years later and the last verse still gives me chills.

[@jdprettynails]

Every time my electricity bill comes through, I really do curse Edison!

[@MrUnidyne]

"They would curse the con Edison with every utility." That hits with both fists!

[@cetraneverdie9924]

This. Straight goosebumps with every word Tesla lets loose

[@Korne127]

Damn, I've listened to this so often and I still got massive goosebumps in the ending.

[@josueproductions5007]

“And let the whole world know, what the Serbian did to the wizard of Melno” “History is getting rewritten and I have Reddit, your best invention was a way to steal credit” “You did not steal from me. You stole me from Mankind!” “If the people knew you stopped me from power free. They would curse the con, Edison with every utility” I already knew Tesla won but he absolutely killed it. I also love the visuals of electricity coming out of his hands and how when Edison shuts off the lights, he overpowers him with his lightbulb.

[@robbob5302]

Edison shutting off the lights was a great move. Tesla turning them back on was even better. Lloyd and Peter are so creative.

[@pollochristo565]

Best flow: Edison. Best disses: Tesla. Winner: Tesla. Loser: New Jersey.

[@Idk-vi3hx]

Loser: Mankind Man literally could have invented wireless electricity transmission and make power free before nuclear energy was even a thing. If only he had enough support

[@Mateus_Mkcraft]

Lol

[@fortisetlenisstudios3352]

"No! Bad New Jersey! Bad state! Go to your room!"

[@lekibolo8309]

The Dog

[@talleman1]

Edison's workshop is in a outdoor museum in Michigan Greenfield Village.

[@blazingblue_3039]

The amount of electricity puns in this battle is shockingly high xD

[@shellydevine1294]

Georgi Ganchev I know right they were electrifying

[@raw7504]

Georgi Ganchev yeah it's hertz hearing them. Sorry I had to.

[@elijah_9392]

Georgi Ganchev that's an alternate way of saying a pun

[@SheldonAdama17]

Well, they definitely used those puns to their full potential.

[@jakepasseri5137]

SheldonAdama17 all of these puns are wired to one path

[@X0TIX_]

1:05 verbalase

[@chrise8275]

Best Flow: Tesla Best Disses: Tesla Overall Winner: Tesla About time we put Edison in his place.

[@AS-oz6ep]

"they would curse the con Edison with every utility" Underrated line..

[@azhyadam8451]

In my opinion this line won the battle for him

[@andrewsucksatvideos4482]

Tesla won but Edison’s “Screwed by me line” was one of the most savage lines in the whole series

[@FernandoJacinto]

They meant "boycott GE", right? At least that's what I've been doing since first saw this video 7 years ago 😂

[@AgentSteffi]

is "con" here just an abbreviation for conman? (not a native speaker and a little confused by the line)

[@CmdrWinters]

@@AgentSteffi a ‘con’ is just a scam or a fraud. So he is saying that Edison wasn’t a scammer, but the scam itself.

[@2wingo]

In 2007, scientists at MIT finally managed to wirelessly transmit power about 7 feet through the air using the most modern technology available. In 1899, Tesla wirelessly powered 200 light-bulbs from 26 miles away using a generator he built out of spare parts. THAT'S how far ahead of his time he was.

[@0MysteryHistory0]

Westinghouse will rise again..

[@flaming910]

I fucking love tesla, bet u a million dollars that he made a machine and put in himself which will make him come baack to life if someone activated it

[@mendyc158]

Hum, can you transform 7 feets and 26 miles into meters and kilometers? Thanks

[@flaming910]

1 foot is around 30cm, so thats 210cm, and 26 miles, a KM is 1.6mil or so, so its like 16km or so

[@Hagaloogy]

burnincrack Actually, it's the other way around. One mile is 1,6 kilometers, so 26 miles would a little more than 42 kilometers. Nikola Tesla wirelessly powered 200 light bulbs, rougly from the length of a marathon away.

[@josefweese6979]

Okay but can we appreciate how hard this beat goes?

[@giantpinkcat]

"I have Reddit" You're supposed to insult the opponent, not yourself Nikola

[@benjaminmargolis2128]

"And if the people knew you stopped me from making power free, they would curse the con Edison with every utility." Instant win for Tesla. In real life as well, Tesla was much smarter (believed to be the smartest man ever by some people) and actually made his own work. And I do curse Edison with every utility. Imagine a world with free energy.

[@serbiaball7516]

true

[@Wazzok1]

+Benjamin Margolis Even if Tesla originally decided to make electricity free, look what happened with water. That's a natural resource, but you still get a piece of paper that gives this resource a hefty price tag.

[@ethangray8527]

+Wazzok1 Water may be in abundance, but it still costs money to pump it to houses and purify it.

[@fingertreez]

After reading tht line when it came up on screen during the battle i won the argument my friends and i were having....they said it was "curse the Con Edison " as in the company....nah...the con of edison....con...trick.... whatever it was cool word play gg

[@MrPiccoloku]

+Benjamin Margolis *tech nerdgasms* Imagine all of the GADGETS I COULD POWER LIKE THAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuh I'm normal now.

[@SLDFSpectreSix]

In case anyone is unclear in who the real winner is... There isn't an electric car called the Edison ;)

[@oscarchacon2878]

@tom karasu you didn't have to shut that nigga down like that but you did anyway

[@MrUnidyne]

If a Tesla car is stolen, does that make it an Edison?

[@phantasosxgames8488]

@@MrUnidyne yes , it would. And the thief will kill dogs with a Tesla just to say that an Edison is better

[@chufeng6223]

Teslamobile....more like TESNOMOBIL (tight car with no space) XD But still gold...

[@Dachief54]

Yes, its just a multi-billion dollar corporation.

[@EvilDogProductions]

I still think this is the best of all ERBs, the lines, the flow, the beat.

[@KVMIL_]

this is the hardest beat in ERB history. easily an S tier episode

[@TrueRetroflection]

*Tesla brings flaming verses to Edison* Edison: "You made this?" *Tesla walks away* Edison: "I made this."

[@MadsMadsen837]

In history class my teacher started to talk about electricity she was talking about Edison claiming he was the person that made electricity a thing. To make a long story short I started a huge argument in my class

[@michaelbarton2549]

Ya proving history teachers wrong!

[@edwardloh7049]

I think Tesla didn't get credit for his invention. Damn he was such a shadowy figure.

[@louisdarden4858]

Edward Loh In fact, in the 1930's version of Frankenstein, in the scene where the monster was born, they used live electricity, and they used Tesla Coils, made by Nikola Tesla himself.

[@MadsMadsen837]

michael barton What if Teachers are hired by the goverment to tell us stuff that isnt true :O

[@michaelbarton2549]

Mads Madsen D:

[@mr.v6052]

You know..ERB battles where the characters actually had a real life relationship with each other has always been my favorite.

[@arsenisbek8427]

nikola tesla won who's with me

[@cutieilliden9309]

Arsenis Bek me

[@andycrewgaming9664]

Nikola Tesla always beats Edison, always.

[@thuledragon6663]

i agree, he especially won considering edison stole credit.

[@awg1]

Arsenis Bek me

[@nekilik2731]

TESLAAAA

[@ScienzaMagia]

I can listen to him say "Tessslaaa" forever.

[@loganpixley7722]

Same 😂

[@Theminingcreep]

logan pixley me 3

[@Theminingcreep]

logan pixley me 3

[@H3IN3K3N]

***** press 3 ;D

[@Theminingcreep]

thx

[@jhondalton130]

This is the best battle of ERB . Real rivals with personal probrems . Lines related to their history animations and design just perfect

[@PokeTube]

My science teacher put this on in class today 💀

[@smalltownman3296]

"you did not stole from me, you stole me from mankind" my personal favourite line in the whole video and its true

[@thetraveler7368]

“You’re best invention was a way to steal credit” Tesla for the Win

[@elmerwilber3308]

.

[@besisis1308]

Yes definitely won the battle for Nikola Tesla. Also when he said that he was stolen from mankind.

[@lawaklawakpeace9333]

I'm sorry but.. Your*

[@lastfullast8819]

"You never had sex, but you sure got screwed by me!" Edison won.

[@rogeliojaimes121]

@@lastfullast8819 That was easily one of the weakest verses in this entire battle Tesla won

[@IamBrixTM]

“If the people knew you stopped me from making power free-- They would curse the con Edison with every utility.” What a quote. The conflict between Edison and Tesla really makes you love Capitalism doesn’t it? Speaking of Tesla, kinda reminds me of another company that stole from Nikola, this time his name and legacy.

[@d-boi9785]

My science teacher showed us this lol, above the link it said 'watch the epic rap battle below' he started off by expecting it to be cringe, ended by asking who won all exitedly.

[@IkmelAAA]

Tesla's flow was electrifying.

[@sandraswift7280]

Nice one

[@andrewlav6311]

TESLAFYING BIATCH

[@IkmelAAA]

Tesla is the real OG.

[@thetravinator934]

Edison's resistance was futile.

[@vanjakovacevic4093]

Ikmel A.A.A. he is

[@Iron-Bridge]

Love how Tesla overcomes Edison turning out the lights by powering his own light bulb. 😄

[@AudieHolland]

Tesla created wireless energy

[@scotti.6433]

Another myth created by marketing, Edison never actually invented the light bulb, he bought the patent from two Canadian brothers for an amount equivalent to multi-millions of dollars in today's money.

[@prashantpoudel6002]

Today's technology was achieved by Tesla's Innovations

[@badblood18]

Edison prohibited Tesla of using his design so he created a new lightbulb design for the world Fair to avoid patent infringement

[@MrMoron-qn5rx]

@@badblood18 somthing tells me if tesla would rise from the grave today and saw how we treated lightbulbs he would create the everlasting lightbulb before (probably without his controll) creating what he wanted to make all those years ago with tech he kinda helped to create

[@honzahouba1297]

I am really glad you have made this one so proper and let there be no room for any doubts about who is the winner. .

[@adwarriorlegend1]

Nikola Tesla’s flow is honestly very underrated in my opinion. Really great ERB 👏🏻

[@NeoseDark]

I won't say this is the best battle, but it's definitely my favorite.

[@jonathonmurray6975]

Mine to

[@thousoumou]

+Venomous Squerkle this by far

[@nightwing6287]

that's *shocking*

[@0isay]

That's because it's the best.

[@HenSt-gz7qj]

this and the R.R vs R.R is my fave XD

[@richardmartin8722]

"so you can call me Tesla, Nikola, impeccably dressed" Tesla won with that line alone lol

[@JeanLucCaptain]

& then he casts sith lightning just to punctuate his awesomeness!!

[@artsy_artist1323]

Richy Rich Tbh Tesla won as soon as the announcer said "Thomas Edison"

[@JeanLucCaptain]

artsy_artist132 yup. Tesla was a genius Edison a mercenary.

[@ZUKOMAN100]

artsy_artist132 Yeah 😂😂😂

[@vii2773]

WITH DAT ON FLEEK MUSTACHE

[@dorotaknap7581]

Nikola Tesla won the "You did not steal from me, you stole me from mankind" line makes him an easy win

[@AnvilPro100]

I think the portrayal of Edison in this is hella underrated. He's great, I love also that he plays up that he doesn't give a shit about what he had to do, he made bank off his work and is damn proud of it.

[@blackeye3336]

Meanwhile everyone else ignores that fact and jist wants to sob over victim hood of poor tesla not realizing his psychotic ass tried to drive Edison nuts as well because they hated eachother

[@zxylo786]

Yeah Edison gave zero shits because this wasn't a battle. Edison won decades ago.

[@Abhijeetetrx]

1:21 "you did not steal from me you stole me from mankind" EPIC LINE!

[@aylinalga4913]

AJ Can you explain me the line?

[@rickjohnson3171]

Aylin AlGa He was going to use his invention to power the world for free, but Eddison was a greedy fucker and put him out of bisnuess

[@aylinalga4913]

Rick Smith Thank you! I asked because it's our assignment in Physics to explain the whole rap. (:

[@waltonsimons12]

That line is one of the best in the entire ERB series. Right up there with Babe Ruth's line about how Lance Armstrong forgot was real sportsmanship was.

[@vlahosabadin4323]

Thats why it is called epic rap battles of history