REACTION - POKEMON RIVAL RAP CYPHER | Cam Steady ft. Mega Ran, Chi-chi, Breeton Boi & More

[@jayd.doubledubs]

Ham was piggybacking off GYee openned his Blue verse in the champion cypher. Also, Ham is im-Peck-able so he's resistant to the Flying STAB

[@roymuthee5094]

Ham different

[@joshuapierre2095]

There was alot of ham in that ham sandwich

[@YoungEmperor1159]

@@joshuapierre2095 like that one

[@thatoddguy3304]

its a call back

[@thatoddguy3304]

is it wierd that i dont like eating ham sandwiches

[@Persephone_07]

My favorite line is from Barry. “Yuh, came in with a THUD!” Cause when you meet him for the first time in Gen 4 he always runs into you and it says *THUD!* in all caps.

[@michaeltate6367]

I just understood the flying stab bar watching this reaction. He says his team is "impeccable" ie they cannot be pecked. A peck is essentially a stab, but it's also a flying type move

[@RoyaLotad]

OHHHHH

[@tristancummings5925]

Also if your resistant to flying type moves your usually a rock type so Ham's team is rick hard. :)

[@dallaspayne6204]

OHHHHHH

[@Blazin_Tundra]

Good line even though his team is eithwr neutral or weak to flying 😂

[@spoonfulofgak458]

I’m kinda Surprised that Shwab didn’t catch the call back to his Victor verse on the trainer cypher. Breeton as hop says “Claim he been the Victor don’t care what he says he on” as a call back to Shwab ending his verse with “I’m the Victor, remember the name bitch.”

[@AlexT7916]

Chi-Chi got done dirty being put after Ti since she ( and most other people ) can't quite match Ty's bar barrage and energy , though she also did what she's best at - singing , in which there is barely any person that can match her

[@aquaninja1903]

Yea like she isn't that great at rapping, mostly mediocre but HOLY CRAP there are no people except ppl like McGwire or some other singers that can top Chi-Chi

[@strikingsarcophagus]

Plus she was given like the worst character. Ion know a single person who remembers Shauna 😭🙏🏿

[@ALtheBoi]

I actually love these less bar-heavy verses where they describe the character and their motives/ambitions Guess that's why I love the Villain Cypher more than the average listener

[@nuddy388]

Yeah the pokemon villain cypher is my favourite pokemon one

[@quintonschaefer9387]

@@nuddy388 unpopular opinion but I agree it’s the best and my most listened too besides this one now. Ham killed both🔥

[@EditorBall_Brother]

saaaaame bro

[@thetakerofknees9737]

@@nuddy388 Faxxxxx

[@chrisfoley1961]

"My group is impeccable, we resistant to the flying stab." Impeccable like "im-peck-able" the flying move called peck, which is basically a flying stab. Incredible writing!!!

[@connorvantrump7506]

And his is a rock gym leader in one of the later gens.

[@connorvantrump7506]

*ground

[@blaziestreams]

The "we immune to the flying 'stab'" bar was "my team is impeccable" Im-peck-able not able to be pecked, peck flying type move. that's my best guess

[@armando36879]

I honestly thought Chi Chi's verse was a nice change of pace compared to the rest. But i have to admit thet that might be because i'm a little bias towards her because i love her style and it's almost an instant click when i see her on a song/cypher, and i can see how that change of pace can throw other people off. Also, i rarely catch any bar that isnt an obvious one so you stopping and explaining the 45 DEGREES bar wasreally nice and really helpful. Looking fowards to your next reactions and songs

[@ZIGAMA7]

Got a ways before you roll shauna

[@betabee1221]

im generally not a fan of the Shauna verse as it just completely swaps styles to a massive degree with no pause nor any impact on the gen 7 or 8 verses. If the Gen 7 verse was more similar to 6's it wouldve generally landed better. For me its just a complete flow killer. Hugh's verse going good- then Shauna's completely takes an entirely different direction- then straight back to Hugh's sorta style with Hau's verse. Was like riding in a car with someone and they goin 40- then slam on the brakes only to just go back to 40

[@armando36879]

@@betabee1221 i can see that and i agree. It just doesnt have that efect on me because i generally like a little touch of singing/almost singing in cyphers, just like Divide in the TOP cypher by DPS (although that was more at the end than this one right in the middle, but the rivals have an order and they cant change that)

[@tanishgg1451]

The hams call back was on point

[@mascian]

That Paul bar in Cam's verse was referencing the fact that there's a character named Paul in the anime for Sinnoh, but he doesn't exist in the games of the same region, while Barry exists in both pieces of media.

[@yotomoe5953]

45 Degrees and I'm surprised that you missed so many of the callbacks to the previous cyphers. Ham Sandwich copying the "That dude Blue" and initial flow from Gyee, Breeten references both your bar from the Trainer Cypher with "Claim he been the victor, don't care what he says he on" (to be fair that might not be a direct reference since the character's name is Victor but it definitely feels like one.) and the "Champion Time" line referencing Dan's verse from the Champion Cypher. Honestly I'm growing to love how much these cyphers are starting to feed into each other.

[@markfuston2714]

Man, I've loved seeing Mega Ran start popping up in some of the cyphers and stuff online lately, years ago him and a group called Duane and Brando are pretty much the ones that got me into the whole Nerdcore scene of music, without them I dunno if I ever would have gotten into all of this stuff.

[@blue_darkness7401]

Idk they kinda screwed the end of cypher, all the hype was kinda just dead he didn't really say anything or maybe it was the flow

[@Staryoshi_The_Seraphim_Spider]

Note : Shwab hates singing in rap cyphers.

[@valkyriesmilk6697]

I wouldn't say hate more dislike he enjoys some of the singing verses he just wants to hear bars over singing but good flow and fun word play can make a singing verse good

[@littlekuribohimposte]

It depends for him. Like he didn’t dislike OR3O’s Esdeath verse on the Evil anime ladies cypher and she sang the whole thing

[@axes2ashes]

Was curious to see what you thought of this one- nice to see you liking it. My fav verse has gotta be Breeton, but that might also be my Hop bias peeking through haha And also- 45 Degrees

[@VolfKami]

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[@garenvallejo6151]

This whole cypher turned those L's 45 degrees because this was a massive dub

[@VolfKami]

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[@MontyJojo]

I like how you were enjoying Breeton's verse seeing how you rapped as Victor and he's rapping as Hop. Got that rival love

[@theluckywicks]

Kevin Bennett's whole vibe, flow, and story in this is just a great example of being able to make a great verse without constants bars. He's just such a good rapper in general, extremely happy that he was on this cypher. Definitely prefer verses where there's more said too but Kevin's verse came early enough in the cypher for that to not be a worry for the verse. Chi Chi's verses often feel kind of empty to me in cyphers, I get they're serving a different purpose but Id rather more of what we already were getting, but thats just what I want from a cypher, totally cool for those who like her stuff and the pacing it brings. 45 DEGREES

[@J-roll1]

RIP to aloha to the alola, maybe 45 DEGREES is too low, we need more heat to bring it back

[@VolfKami]

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[@blkchidori7893]

aloha to the alola 🔥

[@benlegall]

STAB stands for same-type attack bonus. In most cases, if a Pokémon uses a move whose type matches its own,

[@therealveridicalyt497]

He knows that

[@shaunpathrosepaul6804]

My room is "45 degrees" rn, cuz this cypher is fire 🔥🔥🔥

[@zemellion26]

SHWABADI! Did you catch the play on your bar “I’m the victor remember the name” breeton said “Claim he the victor don’t care what he says he’s on”

[@lazerman27]

6:43 is the dark haired boy shown in the clip, he’s the original owner of a Chimchar Ash saves. Similar to how he saved Charmander in Kanto

[@Ratsos12]

Flying STAB resistance because his team is imPeckable. :)

[@valkyriesmilk6697]

Normally I'm a huge fan of chi chis verses but, can't say I adored this one everyone was solid though 45 degrees

[@angelicwarrior118]

I’m usually the other way around. I hear others mentioned they liked Chi-Chi’s other verses in previous cyphers before and felt like I was forced to like them as well. Here in this cypher actually was phenomenal.

[@megasecptile3996]

Chi-Chi's verse, personally, felt very out of place as Shawb's had said. It felt off and very forced to add some uniqueness in it. ESPECIALLY after the elemental monkey bars Ty was spitting at the end. Not to mention that she was moreso describing Shauna and making name flips moreso than leaving an impression through the bars As a stand alone verse, it's nice and I like it. But it falls flat while in a cypher where everyone up to that point was rapping and had some hard bars.

[@angelicwarrior118]

@@megasecptile3996 say what you want. I really liked her presence in the cypher. It’s for several reasons, but one of them’s because she was the only female participant. And I’m sure there are some bars that you didn’t catch. The Deli-catty line is to me, quite well done and, like Trickywi’s verse in the champion cypher, it was a good mix of singing and rapping. Finally, as a pair of side-notes, I genuinely dislike swear words (and pretty much all other NSFC content). For this reason, I’m not particularly fond of Mix Williams’s verse in the cypher. Also, I am sixteen at this moment, probably making me the youngest viewer here, and while I’m sure most people of my age don’t care about NSFC content, I tend to usually not like such content. And second, I’m rather new to nerdcore. Before watching/listening to the cypher, I didn’t know who The Kevin Bennett, Politicess, Ty Wild, or Mega Ran. Similarly, prior to this year, I was completely unaware of the nerdcore legends Dan Bull and shofu. I’m still very new with not having much (if any) knowledge before this year, so I am still getting to know my world. Can anybody help explain some artists like the ones I mentioned?

[@megasecptile3996]

@@angelicwarrior118 I respect your opinion in liking her presence in the cypher. Again, yes it was interesting but did seem forced to add some diversity by having A. A singer B. A female Not that I hate it, I was all for it but it seemed to stop the tempo and flow everyone else was going off each other. And I've been around since Shofu dropped the 2013 Pokemon Cypher so I understood the bars, for the most part, but don't like capitalizing those that seem obvious. Again, I like her verse if it was a stand-alone verse. Tricky is a different case since it did flow off of Diggz's small pause after his verse and the instrumental change within that gap. And with the swears, that's fine. It's not everyone's cup of tea but that does restrict the amount of solid verses that include them to flow very easily on the beat. With that said, I assume gun bars aren't your thing at all either. Again, perfectly fine but it is something that's reoccurring in the nerdcore community at points. And to help you understand the artists; Ham Sandwich - Blew up during the Pokemon Cypher 2019 entry contest Shofu held. Very solid bars and has a wide range of vocals and flows. Peep GameBoy Jones' KZbin Geek Rap Cypher whom also has- (also swears) Shofu - The person who has popularized Pokemon Raps, and is a very bar heavy rapper. Popularized Pokemon Cyphers and it in general, personally at least. He rarely drops now but he always steps the game up with each release. Also has his own crew, Cypher Gang/WDFA FDNX. This group includes the original people who were with him: Scoot, Shizzy (VI Seconds), Archer, Matt Houston, OmarCameUp. But as time went on, it grew and soon became to what it is now: Pe$o Pete, Oddwin, BlackLynk, TokenBlack, ShofuThaBeatdown, G Yee, Tanukes, Kezura, ShueTube, CTC, and a few more (Swears) Ty Wild - Another person who rarely drops but features almost every other nerdcore song. That said, he bases his verses with fast rapping and heavy double entendres or even more references. Overall an amazing artist. (Swears) Politicess - A VERY aggressive person on the mic. That doesn't mean that he still has bars though, he often does wordplays or makes heavy references. (Swears a lot) MegaRan - Many say he's the OG before the OGs that are Rustage and NLJ. I don't know too much about him but he has bars for sure, that's for sure. TL;DR - It's fine to like Chi-Chi's verse in the cypher. I liked it if it was a stand-alone verse. We both have our opinions and say and I respect yours. And check out the other nerdcore artists - just warning you though, heavy swearing at almost every point.

[@angelicwarrior118]

@@megasecptile3996 thanks for all this info. While I will forever remain adamant on disliking curses, I don’t really understand “gun bars” very much. For example, in Ty Wild’s verse, I didn’t initially know that he made a gun bar in the part where indirectly referenced Simisear. And I also didn’t initially view the term “red sight” as relating to guns. And yes, I don’t like these “gun bars” as they seem to promote violence, although I don’t get almost any of them. One more note: I think that our opposing opinions are a good thing. As long as one doesn’t get very hypocritical (or disrespect my view towards something) and rant in such a manic tone, I will be completely fine.

[@keimorkarma]

Ham's my favorite and it was cool that he did a call back with the flow at the start. 45°

[@VolfKami]

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[@TheAcePawmi]

If you came back to this video to complete watching all of the videos on this channel then I salute you. also Ham sandwich's verse is actually a reference to the beginning of blue's verse in the champion cypher

[@Edge-mv3jw]

Out of all of these cyphers, I’d say it’s gotta be down between this one and the trainer one. Both of these were really solid. Also, I stand corrected on my views on the Shauna verse. If you listen to it with the right equipment, the verse is a bit clearer on the tail end.

[@kabirakhtar4853]

The only issue I had with it was that the first part of blues section was kind if the same of another cypher blue was in

[@water3960]

That was the point

[@jediclonekag13]

Cam Steady’s verse for Barry and Chi-chi’s verse for Shauna are definitely my 1st and 2nd favorites respectively throughout this Pokémon rap cypher.

[@audriclloyd8947]

Peck is a flying type stab move which stands for same type attack boost. So when he says "my crew is imPECKable we're resistant to the flying stab" that's what he means

[@olderchild3323]

lmaoo paul was a charcater who was only in the D&P anime and was Ash's rival so when you're like who tf is Paul that's basically the punchline

[@dolphusraymond4331]

“Make them see different the way the hue/Hugh sliding” wow that’s fire

[@abrarnoorani8385]

The joke was that his team is impeccable (im-peck-able) thus resistant to flying moves

[@cxpKSip]

Venusaur is weak to Peck, though...

[@mattcanters]

I haven’t seen any reactor comment on Breeton copying part of Dan Bull’s Leon flow in his verse. Am I reading too much into it?

[@ChaosRouge]

Stab is when a pokemon uses a move of its type for better damage like Pidgey is flying so peck would be is effective move instead of using a ground move or another typing

[@general_sparks4596]

Paul’s from the tv show, a more angry rival for ash to overcome.

[@tatsukinomiya]

45 degrees was a bar, & I'd say Chichi was fitting because Gen 6 was awkward as it is lmao

[@greyshadow9848]

My favorite was silver who incidentally is also my favorite rival. He had such character development throughout the games and I’m so happy The Kevin Bennet captured that seriously my favorite verse and easily one of the best I’ve heard in the Pokémon cyphers period.

[@elizabethleach6940]

the reason he said his team is resistant to the flying stab is because his team is "rock hard"

[@TheCamSteady]

You don't pull the trigger, you push the trigger, Kevin Bennett!

[@majinsole8554]

I don’t always agree with your assessments, (though I often do), but I always respect and admire your honesty. 45 DEGREES ~_~

[@tobythewoodking5726]

45° I love the beat on this one, Cam's verse was my favourite. Can't get 'if you're tardy to the party I'll be charging a million bucks' out of my head

[@VolfKami]

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[@mattjones8713]

I love the honest reactions more than the overhype reactions. So seeing you react and not give everything a stellar review is SUPER refreshing. 45 Degrees!!!

[@foxassassin20]

Honeat feedback is why i follow the reactions my dude. Its the only way to help each other improve. Lies do nothing for the creators. Edit: 45 degrees are always a win

[@daytonbudreau3532]

He's resistant to the flying stat because he's GROUNDed shwab

[@FlareToga76]

45 degrees until Shwab likes Chi-Chi's verse PepeHands

[@WilofJ]

45 Degrees! Glad you explained that bar from MegaRan I knew I was missing something.. I wish I could pick an absolute favorite verse, but I can say my top 3 was Ty, Politicess, and Breeton

[@brolyss5ca]

45° shwabadi your honesty is the reason i watch these videos your the real one man forget the toxicity keep doing what you do

[@NeoBlitxard]

That’s a first for Shabaddi not liking Chi-Chi’s verse

[@UrielFlame]

A lot of people are understanding the impeccable line, but the stab part is about the same-type attack bonus (STAB) a flying Pokémon would have using peck.

[@alexthegod2694]

I love how Breeton was going off of what Dan bull said in the champion cypher

[@fierybread3531]

"my group is im-PECK-able we resistant to the flying STAB" he's saying his group cannot be pecked so they resist the flying STAB bro that was insane

[@TschenseSense]

I would welcome a pokemon cypher- with your favourite pokemon type or something. But with big peso pete- maxed energy vibe

[@canadiancrowdpleaser9766]

Impeccable- unpeckable .. I assume he’s saying he cannot be pecked which is a flying type attack

[@dharunnadar9451]

Tilt 'em '45 degrees'

[@nnannaonyeka]

45 degrees and this cypher was all dubs

[@Cal_TwT]

Breeton and ty had my personal favourites on this one. but i really enjoyed this cypher overall. the performances from everyone where really cool

[@VolfKami]

Yo Shwabadi, I know you listened to Aerial Ace's new track. Did what Gameboyjones did make you turn your head 45 degrees too, or was it just me?

[@hydrastuff8029]

Hi. It is I, the guy who loved Chi-Chi's verse

[@AnimarchyHistory]

Chi-Chi's verse banged... the only problem is that in the world of Nerdcore. Following Ty is like trying to follow Freddie Mercury at Live-Aid

[@gamingwithfelix9975]

I didn’t catch the 45 degrees till you said it. Pretty smart

[@christopherking4607]

The cypher kinds felt like something you listen to to enjoy the flow not the lyrics and I'm not complaining 45°

[@silverbane266]

My favorite is the silver rap. It just pops so dam hard

[@comradebrodolino]

Am I the only one, that sometimes, just sometimes, when I hear Ham Sandwhich, I immediately get Childish Gambino vibes? Like, maybe it's his voice 😂

[@thelastskywalker437]

Breeton and Ham called back to other verses 45 degrees

[@KayzatoAzuma8X8]

love ur reactions shwabadi 100% also love ur music! hope ur having a good day

[@savaggedynamite2735]

45 DEGREES!!! Yeah, I agree that you should be honest about these Reactions and give the whole picture instead of providing biased opinions. Love you Shwab! fire reaction!!

[@aerorevolver5756]

45 degrees. Get the Dubs Shwabadi

[@RandomPerson-fg1jf]

Wait, people get mad when you don't love a song? Half the reason I'm here is because I want your actual opinion, regardless of whether it's positive or not.

[@cherrycherry9015]

All sun and moon anime characters must be thanos snapped because they don't show up in any of their cyphers.

[@mashle5403]

My top 3 favorite 1. Ty Wild 2. Breeton Boi 3. Ham Sandwich

[@kikgazo4006]

45 dregrees This Cypher was amazing, my favorite was Ham/Blue

[@SAVITARSPRITES]

"welcome to my channel I don't lie",lol

[@jayd.doubledubs]

Lol, he does not know the greatness that is Paul

[@boogyboo4858]

Gotta watch the professor one, there’s so much of these 😂

[@benlegall]

Paul was ash’s rival in the anime but he wasn’t in the games

[@RubyMSylver]

45 Degrees: Gotta say my favorite verses were Mat4yo, Cam, and Politicess'!

[@BountyCow]

We need an Ultra Beasts cypher

[@seeker38]

The track is like Brook. It can go to 45 degrees. Yohohoho!

[@VolfKami]

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[@randoweeb1370]

wish we got a marnie rap along with the hop verse but i love british rapping so to me the hop part was fire

[@NatsuNekuro]

This is why i watch reactions i would've never got that 45° angle bar 😅

[@koyotewylie8068]

45 degrees. This was fire.

[@gabrielorritt3160]

Sick cypher, 45 degrees ftw

[@isrgz7286]

Is paradoxal I caught them all and not mister Rime. Mister Rime Missed the Rime

[@Actually_Alice_Orchid]

My fave was hamsandwhich he turned the heat up 45 degrees

[@colbydaw]

pog 45 degrees

[@VolfKami]

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[@Tokoshaka]

I cant remember the last time it was 45 degrees where I live

[@VolfKami]

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[@sandwich996]

my fav part is definitely wally's last verse

[@axels3188]

This was a good reaction.

[@glowstonelovepad9294]

Everyone else: m Me: Hau said the N-word

[@damienwesley7391]

My favorite verse was Hugh followed by Hau but I'm biased with gen 7 as it was my favorite gen. But that 45 degree bar was nice

[@littlekuribohimposte]

Cam and Chi-Chi were my fave

[@davidhogan946]

Paul is the best Pokemon rival in the anime

[@ToaofDeath]

Chi Chi was set up by being put after Ty's insane verse lol. no 45 degrees for her on this one.

[@soulhelper7027]

When you turning 45 degrees to listen to money long like legs?

[@VolfKami]

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[@thesolotiger]

45 degrees baby!

[@therealveridicalyt497]

I admit chi chi wasn't great but gen 6 ones generally suck so this was a huge improvement from the other gen 6s

[@anthonybrinson3405]

Sup Shwab✌🏽

[@SuperGravyMan]

This one wasn’t my favorite when I first heard it, but after watching a couple reactions I’m starting to come around to it. I think the big problem with Chi-Chi’s verse was that Shauna’s just not that great of a rival, but they’d already done Serena, and there aren’t many female characters in this one to begin with. I would’ve maybe tried a three person team for all the rivals in those games, have them go line by line or something

[@volvodgio]

Or a switch up, like on the champion cypher

[@angelicwarrior118]

@@volvodgio I think they went with the structure used in here to make it similar to the trainer cypher.

[@volvodgio]

@@angelicwarrior118 Okay

[@angelicwarrior118]

@@volvodgio just compare the participants of each cypher and where they originate from with each other.