Stephen King vs Edgar Allan Poe. Epic Rap Battles of History.

Stephen King vs Edgar Allan Poe. Epic Rap Battles of History.
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▼ CAST ▼
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Stephen King: Zach Sherwin
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Edgar Allan Poe: George Watsky
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▼ CREW ▼
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Executive Producers:
Peter Shukoff & Lloyd Ahlquist
Created by:
Peter Shukoff & Lloyd Ahlquist
Directed by:
Nice Peter
Written by:
Zach Sherwin, George Watsky, EpicLLOYD, Nice Peter and Dante Cimadamore
Beat Produced by:
Tristan on the Track
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Song Produced by:
Nice Peter & Jose ""Choco"" Reynoso
Song Mixed by:
Jose ""Choco"" Reynoso and Nice Peter
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Edited by:
Andrew Sherman, Daniel Turcan, Ryan Moulton, Nice Peter
VFX Compositor:
Andrew Sherman and Ryan Moulton
Director of Photography:
Tyler Carey
Costume Designer:
Sulai Lopez
Hair and Make Up:
Tara Lang
Assistant Make Up Artist:
Brittany White
Gaffer:
Arthur Hong
Grip:
Yev Belilovsky
Music Supervisor & Playback:
Dante Cimadamore
Production Coordinator:
Atul Singh
Assistant Editors:
Ryan Moulton & Marc Chester
Office PA:
Shaun Lewin
Produced by:
Michelle Maloney for Maker Studios
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[@grownradish]

Stephen got some nerves saying Poe’s got an opiate addiction when he doesn’t even remember writing Cujo lmao

[@quitted7276]

He got cleaned tho. But yeah that's true.

[@vidiav4614]

I like your profile picture Also yeah

[@rantranger1527]

Writings not equivalent to doing a minor who's apparently your cousin

[@tris7794]

Wasnt he on coke when he wrote It?

[@bananabread2860]

@@rantranger1527 sweet home Alabama

[@kinlegate9926]

The rap starts with “Once upon a midnight dreary,” and ends with “Nevermore.” GENIUS!

[@nikhilguleria7894]

What does it mean ??

[@Al-jp7vc]

Nikhil guleria those are the first and last lines of Edgar Allen Poe's poem the Raven

[@Tuvok_Shakur]

dude i didnt catch that that's awesome. they pack these raps so full of these things that its almost impossible to catch them all on your own

[@blazegg8209]

@@Tuvok_Shakur Dude your username is amazing. Thank you for the laugh :D

[@dimitridan8112]

Also the bestseller in 8 bars is a coke joke lmao

[@LuizOliveira-bq7wl]

Nearly a decade later and “Poe’s poems pwn posers” is still one of the hardest lines ever.

[@kaydandent7868]

Istg bro

[@sapphicwriter]

For real. Idk if that was ever made to a shirt but I hope it was.

[@vincentleblanc9280]

I'm still in love with that line after all this time

[@benblock_]

"i win ivan i vanquish"

[@kirbymon1154]

And Stephen King STILL won, crazy right? Ha ha ha ha. 🤓🤓

[@PotatoPatatoVonSpudsworth]

*Not-Fun Fact:* _Poe watched every friend/lover/parent/sibling he had die coughing up blood. It happened consistently throughout his entire life._ _The only exception to this was a childhood friend and sweetheart who shared his love of the macabre. She loved him, but was forced to marry someone else. Then decades later they reunited and got engaged, only for Poe to unexpectedly die directly before the wedding._

[@evananderson1455]

FFS, really? I knew the man got dealt a shit hand, but damn..

[@MatthewChenault]

Another not-fun fact: The theater that Poe’s mother last acted in burned down three weeks after her death in December, 1811. The Richmond Theater Fire was one of the most devastating fires in the city up to that point, claiming the lives of 72 people, including the Governor of Virginia. After the fire, a church was built on the site of the original theater - Monumental Church. The church would be where young Edgar would be taken by his adopted parents; the Allan Family.

[@KevinWarburton-tv2iy]

He & His family were cursed by Yaldabaoth :)

[@stanleyyelnats9159]

a bit late to the party i know. isnt there a mystery surrounding his death as well? disappears, reappears in ill-fitting clothes and potentially drugged, then died? weird af

[@ZacPensol]

​@@stanleyyelnats9159 Yup! Lots of theories around - the most popular theory is that he was beaten and drugged and used to commit voter fraud, an act known as "cooping". Still, other theories exist - I personally believe he was ill as a few people who knew him with whom he interacted in the days before his death stated he seemed off or sick. Its been speculated that he may've had a brain tumor, rabies, or a less obvious form of tuberculosis which is a disease that seemed to haunt him through his life, having lost numerous loved ones to it.

[@CaladonianQueen]

I love how Poe punctuates his bars with random cries of anguish.

[@InuyashaTT]

right??

[@Mualskii]

HAHAH ive never read his works but lmao i can imagine

[@KingGremlin602]

Aka sick ass ad libs

[@jersonatilo9190]

I love it too.

[@sontalks]

Yeah, i love it too, gets me burst out laughing

[@dumpsterfire5886]

“I’m a workaholic with a fiction addictions” That’s not your only addiction, mr king

[@hunterngavinmom]

Burn 10000000 percent

[@God-iy5lm]

He was on so much cocaine he doesn't remember writing Cujo

[@franziska9260]

Now this is a winning bar

[@dee_lulu]

We know what you wrote between lines, Mr King.

[@jeffersonmcgyver2763]

literally at 0:51 i was like bro ur seriously bringing up addictions lmaooo

[@sabNavyA]

If I had a nickel for every time George Watsky portrayed a famous English writer whose first couple lines imitated their writing in some manner, with a second verse where he rapped much faster, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice.

[@tgcccc]

wasn't poe american?

[@sabNavyA]

@@tgcccc By "English" I mean the language they were writing in, not where they're from

[@tgcccc]

@@sabNavyA maybe say english-speaking instead of english then?

[@robinalonso-desouza7245]

Who was the other writer?

[@UselessAccountt]

@@robinalonso-desouza7245 Shakespeare in William Shakespeare vs Dr Seuss (that was from season 1 so it’s on NicePeters channel)

[@coraltorres1334]

I love the flow change at 1:32. “Speaking of bored, you’re the worst, dropped out of school but you can’t drop a verse”. The beat and horn is amazing

[@japerow]

I agree

[@giacchina]

Fun fact. Stephen was so high he doesn’t remember writing cujo

[@natebilsky1994]

@@waccs6071 unless you too get too high

[@bored4930]

I love this

[@marchg4114]

You've read On Writing too :D

[@loganjonesTTMS]

giacchina He also wrote IT while blacked-out on cocaine

[@queenemma5823]

Logan Jones yup, which when you go back and read it with this knowledge you can kind of tell it was written by someone on drugs (not just the subject matter but the way it’s written too)

[@zoltanlukacs5059]

The Chad "Poe’s poems pwn posers" vs. the Chad "I'm the author with the blood and gore lore galore that'll horrify a reader to the core"

[@MattZeefy]

pure fucking flow il it

[@vinapham1970]

getting both lines tattooed on my face

[@Lagrenadiere1812]

The Chad tell tales heart beats soft in its grave vs the Chad fangs shining, Cujo, Tommyknock you down

[@macabreromance]

It’s so goodddd

[@diana-db8wf]

Cringe

[@lanceuppercut_]

Poe's second verse was just perfect

[@GlitchMasterFaZe]

Motherfucker turned into Eminem.

[@IonSquared]

Sick flow but it's wayyy too short, especially when King's is like 2 times as long.

[@DeamonDragoon]

Poe: *turns into eminem*

[@halitefeonder3848]

​@@brokenfingers9607 pretty sure people replayed the end of stephen king's verse lol

[@BluCarnage]

@@IonSquaredit’s short because he rapped all his words too fast 😂

[@MarshmallowEclipse]

"You're a faux Bram Stoker, so scram, the show's over" is a criminally underrated bar. Calling King a fake ripoff Stoker actually cuts really deep considering that it's a criticism that King has faced for many years and that he himself admits gets under his skin.

[@chipslight738]

"Come on Stephen King, you won, let's celebrate your victory in my wine cellar..."

[@kyleweiprecht6374]

Chips Light it didn't say that

[@misterfau985]

it should have :)

[@reneehuizinga9431]

Ah, the Cask of the Amontialdo. I definitely didn't spell that right....

[@aromuskosincalti1479]

Amontillado.

[@BLCDaydream]

highlight of my 9th grade.

[@janendy55]

When the creepy kid and the quiet kid start fighting Edit:I posted this comment a year ago and I recently restarted my erb binge and holy fuck nearly 2k likes like wha

[@SH-qs7ee]

More like when the kid that torments animals and the kid that licks windows fight

[@cadentrenner150]

Who is who

[@SH-qs7ee]

@@cadentrenner150 I'd say King is the animal tormentor and Poe the window licker.

[@leviking564]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@vidiav4614]

S Hollis I have a friend with the same last name, and her first name starts with an s.... Sarah?????

[@user-id9ou2np8g]

When King mentioned Poe's cousin, Poe missed a golden opportunity to diss King for the orgy scene in "It".

[@jonniepinto6]

It’s ok joker got it covered.

[@jamesb1856]

King is more prolific today, but considering the time, Poe paved the way for horror writing. And his life was a tragedy that you can't make up. Poe wrote out of need, not desire necessarily

[@Kaydee815]

And he created the detective genre as well. If he hadn't created C. Auguste Dupin, we wouldn't have had Sherlock Holmes, Hercule Poirot, etc.

[@beastybacon199]

Well of course he’s more prolific he’s lived a lot longer than Poe 😅

[@museofthesea]

King also types, which is way faster. And churns out any old schlock, whereas Poe is crafted

[@plebisMaximus]

Lovecraft was a huge Poe fan and that guy basically invented modern horror, all that really needs saying.

[@wizardshark2928]

Stephen King: “You were perving on your 13 year old cousin” IT: **exists**

[@dontbesomeme8405]

WizardShark he needs a little more pg and a lot less 13

[@filthykevin860]

Tbf he only wrote about it not did it

[@theleaper913]

But he really loved her and one of the reasons why he died is because he was soo sad for her death he found his self alone and he died young without even a disease .

[@bonniebluebells]

I mean he was coked-out so I mean

[@19thcenturygentleman33]

charlotte !! Stephen Kings a weird fucking guy whole stole from lovecraft

[@bagelbramble7335]

*meanwhile R.L Stine is crying in a corner for not being invited*

[@jessepinkeye2339]

I want a part 2 where Jack Black plays R.L. Stine as a cameo role

[@bagelbramble7335]

@@jessepinkeye2339 aw hell yeah

[@oviniboy]

who?

[@calliecalamity8787]

Another rap battle with rl stine and dean koontz?

[@emilypillow3407]

@Abigail Carn I think he meant R. L. Stine

[@theultijim]

This is easily the best, most well-written rap battle of the entire channel.

[@Historicutuber]

top 3 for sure

[@bradleylovej]

It is very good. I've always thought Mozart vs. Skrillex was really well-written

[@jessebirchfield9608]

This one, Martin v Tolkien, and Teresa v Freud are all fantastically clever.

[@Ze_N00B]

I think they gave Poe way too little focus. His second verse was barely 4 bars.

[@WoeUponThee]

​​@@Ze_N00BPoe's second verse was 8 bars actually, although still not a lot since Poe had 16 bars before that and King had 20 bars. Edit: and King's second verse is 12 bars

[@lukang80]

Here just to say that "Poe's Poems Pwn Posers" is still the best line I've ever heard and surely my favourite by ERB's. From the allitteration in P (that hits like four punches in the stomach), to the meaning of the verse, since Poe was the master of horror, thriller, gothic and any similar literary genre. I'm a King lover, but there would never be any King without Poe.

[@magicrainbowkitties1023]

Also Poe was known for writing reviews of other people's stories and reading them for absolute filth. Pwning posers was part of the job for him

[@lukang80]

@@magicrainbowkitties1023 you are so right!

[@ProfessorShuckle]

My favorite alliteration of Watsky comes from his song Pink Lemonade. It's just so damn good. Can't bear a bear market with a bare body Rich heir-hot air choking errbody They swore you'd soar, check your sore body See the sweat pour from each pore of your poor body

[@Kaydee815]

When I taught HS English, I had a project where students had to find the "influencers". The example I had was Poe and King, finding parallels in their works. The kids really enjoyed it.

[@HashSl1ng1ngSlasher]

"See I'm the author with the blood and gore lore galore that'll horrify a reader to the core" is such a dope flow

[@jonathanlamarre3579]

Yes

[@Tuvok_Shakur]

zach sherwin wins just about every single rap that he's in IMO he is the best "novelty" rapper by far in my opinion

[@davi1821]

@@Tuvok_Shakur Yes but this one is an exception tbh. Poe's flow was amazing. But both were pretty good. Hard to decide A winner. I liked Edgar Allan Poe's Flow, but Stephen King's verses were also very very good. But like Stephen King had more disses so I feel like Edgar Allan Poe had the best Flow but Stephen had the best disses so Stephen might have won

[@pottersky1]

That my friend is what happens when Watsky writes shit down.

[@maxrichards3881]

@@davi1821 They’re the best guests they’ve ever had on the channel, what did you expect? An easy victory for either? Watsky’s the fastest rapper on KZbin, and Sherwin’s a genius with wordplay!

[@flamingstallion]

“You can’t drop a verse” Literally 3 seconds earlier: stvnyupretendtodoitibeenrllylivinthroughitmisryndpovertyndfamilywosiseethruyoulikepantyhosedinchappelleandsimpsoncameos

[@EZR396]

Evenifyourgrippingonaweaponthenyoubettergettosteppinwhenyoyrmessingwiththehorrorlordinaminutemaybeimahithimcuthimintoittybittybitsandimastickhiminthefloorbourds

[@flamingstallion]

@@EZR396 speaking of bored, you're the worst

[@EZR396]

@@flamingstallion dropped outta school but you can't drop a verse

[@AzureBombard]

I could’ve spent that time better

[@EZR396]

@@AzureBombard in 8 bars I can write a whole best seller

[@MenisXTO]

1:07 _"I can even take a break from my routine style crank out a Shawshank or a Greenmile"_ That bar was such a flex

[@Kozkayn]

Admittedly, Poe was quite flexible as well. I would never guess that Hans Pfaall and The Black Cat were written by the same author if I wasn't told about it.

[@hadracks]

I always appreciate how much content they can jam into a short sketch. This was only 2 minutes but was good.

[@maddieg6425]

" dropped out of school but you can't drop a verse " why is nobody talking about this

[@TheDoggyGIR]

kawaii maddiee It's too good.

[@michaellaborn1816]

kawaii maddiee Speaking of bored, you're the worst! hahaha

[@WarriorAngel001]

+kawaii maddiee Because no one wants to mention that Poe served in the Army at one time.lol

[@AnonYmous-ff1gn]

+kawaii maddiee that line made him win XD

[@TheVinitrader]

+kawaii maddiee Edgar Allan Poe wrote the best lines I've ever read. This line absolutely isn't true.

[@mangothedango]

Considering it's a battle of writers, this is among their most well-written

[@aryangandhi5836]

Makes sense.

[@theshape4309]

among

[@anopirsten7565]

@@theshape4309 us

[@user-vs9ds3dc2y]

sus

[@AbdulAli786o]

@@user-vs9ds3dc2y omg I'm literally tearing up right now, red would never betray us😭

[@ki11thecube]

this might be one of the most impressive rap battle in terms of wordplay ever.

[@ndhickson3599]

It’s fitting considering it has two of the most iconic genius authors of all time going at it

[@scrub2562]

When the announcer was introducing both of them, Stephen King was wearing an absolutely N E F A I R I O U S look on his face 😂😂😂

[@lessalazar9068]

Devious

[@AFN2750]

“Poe’s poems pwn posers” holy shit

[@nochillmonkeyd8862]

I been doing this 🔥

[@lukethelegend9705]

Definitely one of the best flows in the history of the channel

[@DerekAkunne]

@@lukethelegend9705 haha yeah because Watsky is actually a rapper.

[@nochillmonkeyd8862]

the , ammo , ammunition , ate a apple and a animal !

[@v0Xx60]

brrrraaap

[@aaronwang166]

dude theres so many references that you dont get like every line is a reference

[@badeditguy9101]

aaron wang I think I know some 😂

[@alid3479]

aaron wang I know almost all of them, I've studied a lot of poe's works

[@alid3479]

***** yeah lmfao

[@tailsdollfan13]

And Steven King book references

[@alid3479]

Sugar Pea those references are easy to catch though

[@TheDeepestbluest]

One of the best ERBs ever. Zach and Watsky are insanely talented, and having both in the same video is just a treat. It's mind boggling for me that these guys are not like big mainstream success while we know what kind of people get to that level. Just sad.

[@TheSwedishTraveler]

Seeing how they evolved from Doctor Who vs Doc Brown as well!

[@Julie6114]

Man I used too think this battle sucked but it’s genius

[@jarv1sman]

are u insane … how could u ever think or sucked 😭

[@baroncosmos8324]

Even before I was old enough to read and appreciate these authors, I thought this shit went hard

[@98izzark69]

Fucking how

[@kancelariatmkancelariatm4966]

@@98izzark69 still bad tho

[@quartzeemer9071]

Mood, used to be disappointed that it wasn’t scary Nowadays I actually pay attention to the lyrics and it’s become one of my favourite ERBs and probably my favourite ever to sing to myself

[@ReviewerRandom]

Even the real Stephen King liked this video. That's a great achievement.

[@richard4888]

Well he did win pretty hard.

[@LtGeorge01]

Maria Lindström If King had a better voice for rapping then he wins this really hard. But he just sounds really weird, the rhymes are there but damn...that voice.

[@WowSjadet]

How do you know that he liked it? He has a channel? Link plz :)

[@danonilus]

Hace un video po Reviewer, nos tienes más aburridos que la pichula del Papa :(

[@jotabrotha]

Ahora has un review de ERB :)

[@grillanous2024]

Joker wanted to tell you that you need a lot less 13 Mr. King

[@PebsBeans]

and a bit more PG

[@ItsJustMeCarson]

Even Joker wouldn’t stoop to that kind of impropriety

[@jeremydavis9741]

We live in a society!

[@erikman2756]

Hes seen your movies and he knows you don't hurry

[@matthewchitcarof5692]

@@erikman2756 he'll shoo you down the drain so fast they'll call you Tim Scurry.

[@sirsocal]

Ive seen this battle over 50 times and I just discovered Poe's first verse is a trochaic tetrameter tl;dr Trochee: a two-syllable metrical pattern in poetry in which a stressed syllable is followed by an unstressed syllable Trochaic Tetrameter is a type of meter that contains four trochees per line

[@roykennedy]

hearted all these years later

[@AyeshaAhmadPhoto]

which is basically the pattern of the raven - trochaic octameter. freaking brilliant.

[@UselessAccountt]

It’s like William Shakespeares first verse being in iambic pentameter

[@user-kt3jk1vq9o]

But Poe literally tells you that

[@woutert114]

That's not really how tl;dr works

[@matrixphijr]

The genius of ERB to include subtle references in just about every battle they put out. For those who don't know, a 'trochee' is like an 'iamb', a term which you may have heard when studying Shakespeare in school. They're both a single unit of measurement (or 'foot') of a poetic verse. An iamb, the style typically attributed to Shakespeare, is an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable. So ba-BA ba-BA. For example, "I _went_ to _get_ a _loaf_ of _bread"_ has the stress on every 2nd syllable. A trochee is just the opposite: a stressed syllable first, then an unstressed syllable. _"With_ some _bread,_ I _will_ not _starve."_ So Poe's entire first line (which also references the opening line of 'The Raven') of "Once upon a midnight dreary, as I spit this weak and weary, I will choke this joker with a TROCHEE 'til his cheeks are teary" both refers to it by name and also is written in them (trochaic octameter to be exact). It is the style of most of Poe's writing, and is the poetic polar opposite of Shakespeare's iambic pentameter.

[@shizukajoestarfp5518]

cant get over how poe himself starts the rap with “once upon a midnight dreary” and the rap ends with “nevermore” absolutely amazing

[@maxamillion9127]

the raven was an amazing story

[@SorowFame]

@@maxamillion9127 read it once out of curiosity, surprisingly good read considering I usually don’t like old writing. Definitely understood why it’s so well known afterwards.

[@Ace_of_Horns]

Yup, and they said nevermore in a voice like the cuckoo clock from the Munsters for an added reference.

[@crimson911]

@@Ace_of_Horns and Fred Gwynne who played Herman Munster also played Jud Crandall in Pet Sematary

[@Ace_of_Horns]

@@crimson911 wow, i forgot about that lmao i wonder if they even realized that ironic connection.

[@shammywammy]

Me: *Trying to sleep* My brain: “I’m the author with the blood and gore lore galore that’ll horrify a reader to the core”

[@anthonybouffiou153]

Same

[@oceanmythjormundgandr3891]

It bothered me for like a whole week since my mind went through teach part, rapped it, and then contemplated each meaning it could have.

[@lukejaywalker777]

*Right?*

[@Jort_Shesus]

666 likes🅱️

[@dweetsauce8513]

For me, it’s “Oh you wanna talk shop? You gothed-out fop? Go back to hot topic and shop for a top. There’s a melancholy laughing alcoholic laughingstock, in the king’s house, now watch the castle rock”

[@OrionDreth]

almost ten years later I can definitively say this rap battle is my favorite lol. the combo of watsky and zach is unmatched, I could listen to them for ages.

[@StinkerTheFirst]

This is one of my favorite rap battles. I often listen to it for fun and motivation. Thanks for sharing so many of these over the years.

[@tjnhgn]

Pit and the pendulum

[@Sky-Daddy]

Not even unnerving

[@luckii.__17]

@@Sky-Daddy perving on your first cousin when she's 13 years old?

[@5192aaron]

King: "Perving on your 13 year old cousin!" That one chapter in IT: ~Clears throat~ Edit: Yo, why is this still so popular...

[@SH-qs7ee]

To be fair, none of those 13 year olds were cousins as far as I know

[@5192aaron]

@@SH-qs7ee That is true. But their were more of them which leads it right back to creepytown, you ask me...

[@jakehague1555]

@@5192aaron “it’s fascinating to me that there has been so much comment about that single sex scene and so little about the multiple child murders. That must mean something, but I’m not sure what.”-Stephan King

[@valkyrie_arts]

There's actually another scene where that bully (whose name I forgot) was getting stroked by one of his bullymates. And if I remember right, the other bully was older by a year or two. But it's fiction, it only matters if he actually DID anything to a child IRL, which he seemingly hasn't (because he's not a monster). It's been a while and I STILL haven't finished that goddamn book xD (I read From Under The Dome cover to cover, why not this book xD) *Edit-* Was talking to my dad just now and I remembered Dean Koontz. The one book of his I own has child sexuality in the beginning and my dad reminded me of George R. R. Martin who has WORSE than that in GoT. Danny is given to a man who's much older and she's under 18 in the books (not to mention that V weirdly creeps on her and he's her brother :/). Uh.. I'm trying to remember, I haven't read the books in years (and never watched the show but my parents did in the same room as me so xD). Oh, speaking of the show (dunno if it's in the books), Danny and Jon are related and have sex, I don't remember their ages when that scene happened but they're.. brother and sister, I think. More incest with uh.. Cerci and.. her brother (seriously, it's been a while since I read the books). Danny also gets creeped on by several other adults, like bruh, she's beautiful but calm tf down xD And here people are, years later, still giving King shit for a book, a piece of fiction, he wrote in the... 80s? But Mr. Martin gets a pass? I legit just realized that this sounds like me ranting about this subject but I'm simply pointing out that people still give King shit for that one scene in IT, but George R. R. Martin somehow gets a pass (because I haven't seen one comment pointing that out) because the show was really bomb for a lot of people (I still remember people losing their minds over a Starbucks cup being accidentally seen in the show, it was such a trip for me). I'm not condemning King, Koontz, or Martin, I just wanted it to be known that other famous authors have done this exact same thing but no one says shit to them, only my man Stephen. Wtf am I doing, this is KZbin xD TL;DR: King isn't the only one to write about child sexuality but he's the only one to get shit on for it, and that it displeases me. And also feel free to gloss over and not read this. I dunno why I tippy-tapped this on my tablet but I did xD

[@5192aaron]

@@valkyrie_arts Read the whole deal. Solid point.

[@MrEvldreamr]

God this video is criminally underrated. The flows, disses and rhyme scheme is insane. As soon as Poe began it was awesome

[@qwertyboo]

This is one of their best, imho. Watsky is insane.

[@abigaleecenbarger8651]

All I can say is your profile picture is awesome and I’m guessing it’s Esmeralda. Also I do agree

[@MrEvldreamr]

@@abigaleecenbarger8651 Yea it's someone's fanart of Esmeralda i think

[@chiita3786]

It's my favorite.

[@Keihryon]

53 million views...i don't think that word means what you think it means.

[@OfficialJab]

An occasional gripe I have with some of the ERBs is that one side has more lines written for them, yet this and artists/TMNT are two of my top favourites even though that applies to King and the artists. Poe's style is great though, love it when the flow is unconventional like this opening.

[@dorobokino]

It's almost as if though King needed more lines to even keep up with Poe

[@youarenotguy2118]

I just love the way Zach played King here and the face he makes at the end is always my favorite part.

[@nolanL]

It's funny when King's disses are about Poe using opiates and alcohol when he himself was an alcoholic and addicted to cocaine.

[@SimsAllAround]

THat is what we call irony

[@jooghaloogha5589]

That's what the 8 bars line was, he wrote some of his best books while drunk and didn't remember writing them

[@natesmith5493]

Coke,alcohol,pot u name it

[@yourfather5324]

Nolan Layton who isn’t addicted to crack nowadays •_•

[@MacenW]

@@yourfather5324 people

[@mrpankau]

I don't even see this as Poe and King. This is Watsky and Zach Sherwin, the two sickest wordsmiths on the Internet. So who wins? The listeners, that's who!

[@loganholler2493]

well put

[@maikaallyally1390]

Omg, yeah xD

[@SaintDee26]

Pretty much. They're my favorite ERB rappers, thus making this my favorite ERB of all time, and it'll be nigh impossible to beat!

[@mevrouwroos]

Love them

[@miles1779]

+UnderGround Prod. THAT WOULD BE LIT FAM 😂😂👍👍🙈🔥🔥🍑💯💯

[@jaroslavmartinec9720]

there should be something akin to directors battle but with horror writers with final Boss being H.P. Lovecraft

[@rodney0004]

I was just thinking something like that. "Naming your cat a racial slur? Now thats disturbing."

[@lordbrian9187]

@@rodney0004 The cat in question was his childhood family cat, i do not believe he was the one who named it but i’m not sure

[@everlasting9292]

Sometimes I’ll just be walking down the hallway at work and wanna shout “Poe’s poems pwn posers!!” There have also been very, VERY few things in any musical piece I have felt in my soul more than Poe’s exasperated yells in this rap battle.

[@2yaff]

it speaks to me on a deeper level

[@byzantinemapper6145]

"Poe's Poems Pwn Posers" Put that on a T-Shirt

[@GamerTowerDX]

I would buy one for each word

[@hookedblades6471]

@@GamerTowerDX So 3 and whatever internet slang counts for?

[@Version0111]

With the picture from the 0:15 mark... with the red feather.

[@TimeCodeMechanics]

I'd buy it!

[@toastyourfeelings3274]

"Go back to Hot-Topic and shop for a top".

[@totallynotzokix11_mc21]

"poes poems pwn posers" has been stuck in my head for damn near a decade. I remember taking tests in school, desperately trying to remember the answer and the only thing I could think of was that line.

[@MrGuy-xq5uv]

no shit, me too

[@cyberspeedster]

Thought I was the only one lmao

[@eniyeesarah117]

Me three

[@ritagoff9227]

@@MrGuy-xq5uv p000

[@arturomedinavera1410]

hey i'm learning english and i don't reallt understand the line, could any of you explain what it means?

[@brady3484]

My favorite ERB video. Two very talented real rappers just going at it. And with a character as deep as Poe, the plentiful amount of references to Poe’s work was awesome

[@Abysmal-ji2pu]

"see i'm the author with the blood and gore lore galore that'll horrify a reader to the core" is one of my all-time favourite erb lines! especially with that very slight pause in "lore galore" that makes it a little off-beat but therefor more rhythmically enticing.

[@lesbiangoddess590]

That little "Never more" at the end gave me life.

[@Carlosrodriguez-pk3fb]

Audrey West this batlle was really good

[@mikelcook4028]

I just now figured that out after watching that like fifty times! how did I not see The Raven written all over it!

[@Alyssandnakomi]

Audrey West I love it too, since the first moment I heard it, haha.

[@UnionJack437]

Audrey West Definitely the selling point for me

[@alexkirchschlager9609]

Mikel Cook sadly i dont get the reference can somebody please explain it.

[@CanadianAvian]

Best Flow: Edgar Allan Poe Best Disses: Stephen King Winner: *The English Language*

[@deptsyt606]

Lmao

[@justyouraverageblackstar3672]

So true

[@miggy9942]

Underrated

[@combusted4964]

I think it's the opposite

[@CanadianAvian]

@@combusted4964 Dude, listen to Poe's verses. He has the best flow.

[@yourmother694]

“You better start running man You’re in deep poo Poe I’m a mad dog, fangs shining cujo Tommyknock you down till you can’t stand up” is one of the hardest flows ever conceived

[@marklund117]

8 years later Poe still holds up as one of the strongest ERB performances ever

[@ThelagKingStrikes]

I know this video is for the lols and shit, but for anyone who has never read any of their works, Poe is the kind of writer who can give you chills with a few words, King is the kind of writer that makes you paranoid after finishing one of his books or short stories. I really suggest anyone who likes horror to read some from both.

[@spencerabdo5144]

Agreed.

[@insertname1667]

As much as I enjoyed Poe's work and know others that do, I have yet to find anyone who were particularly affected by them like they (and myself) were affected by King's stories.

[@sir__shy]

Whats your favourite Stephen King movie/book? Mine's Carrie.

[@EjTheRogue]

Me too

[@ThelagKingStrikes]

My favorite King book is Insomnia, my favorite short story is The Langoliers from the Four Past Midnight collection.

[@neonz2712]

I need to take a moment to compliment the writer for Poe, George Watsky, for taking the effort to switch from trochaic to iambic. Pure dedication. Poe earned the win for me, although that nevermore line at the end was dope.

[@TheEmeraldMenOfficial]

He’s a poet himself.

[@dacksonflux]

Poe definitely won, overall but... Nevermore was brutal.

[@panzeratom695]

that's George Watsky. Dude started his career in poetry and transitioned to rap without ever losing his poetic style, he's made some really cool songs.

[@frgwyn3760]

Neonz27 that’s why his roasts were not epic

[@LuciferHellwathcer]

Im sorry but what is trochaic and iambic?

[@Reids0me]

This is still one of the best ones y'all have ever done. The great writing combined with the talents of Zach and Watsky just can't be beat!

[@brickyrobot8932]

Hits so hard! Well done ERB!

[@morgansheehy1772]

Poe should have invited Stephen King into his cellar for a nice Italian vintage.

[@anthonygutierrez4669]

lol

[@zachxiong2657]

Are you not a mason!?

[@koolinwitthequickness9779]

What about a nice glass of amontillado

[@kortregt]

PigGirl that is what he is talking about...

[@wesandes40]

Wow. Language arts helped me understand a reference and made me feel better about my life. Neat.

[@ohnojo5313]

"You'll always have less, Never More!" Fuck, that was it.

[@JasonPeterTodd]

literally the last line

[@ohnojo5313]

JasonPeterTodd Yes, I know.

[@ohyeahyeah9961]

Whats the reference??

[@ohnojo5313]

Ivar Van Den Brink Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven"

[@fernerture2432]

SometimesOffensive SometimesNot

[@ahoued42]

Why are these so good and well written! Love it

[@Songfugel]

This is one of the most epic rap songs I have ever heard, not just ERB. Especially the start of Stephen King's lines is so thrilling

[@HipsterRamen]

Even the real Edgar Allan Poe liked this video. That's a great achievement.

[@mathquizlet3177]

Woah really! thats crazy

[@El_Samurai_Nalgon]

Mamón 😂

[@milbruy]

Well he did win pretty hard.

[@Kade_Kapes]

@@milbruy Poe had a better flow but King had better disses, and he didn’t have a bad flow by any means.

[@goldenlynelslayer4096]

R/holup

[@Paravoid]

“Take a break from my routine style, crank out a Shawshank or a Green Mile” is such a good line

[@harlemosborne744]

I love the entire flow of it. The whole line just... is 😘👌

[@user-vs9ds3dc2y]

crank out a Shawshank or a Green Mile

[@shinobix4925]

@@user-vs9ds3dc2y the "Crank" part is important because it keeps it rhyming within the single bar as well as adding to the beat. Deadass this is one of the best Rap battles ever put out

[@jenniferk7669]

Also the drug reference.

[@Paravoid]

@@user-vs9ds3dc2y oh yeah my bad lol I heard it wrong

[@BlackWat3rGTR]

Even after 8 years this is still my favorite rap battle to rap to.

[@dgo7800]

8 years later, and lines from this rap battle have continued to pop up in my head almost daily because of how catchy it is. Still as big of a fan at nearly 20 years old as I was at 12.

[@SYSRQLLQRSYS]

"I wrote them locked in a cave while I sobbed in a rage the Tell-Tale Heart beats soft in its grave while this jerk just beats off on a page." The imagery of someone creating some of the most beautiful poetry this world has ever known from being depressed just hits me

[@bulgeun-wihyeob]

i feel like a lot of the best art comes from the mind of a depressed and disturbed person . i create my best poems when i'm on the verge of breaking down . van gogh is another example of a severely depressed artist whose magnificent creations came from times of desperation and emptiness

[@Nickle_King]

...I mean...Yes. in order to write evocative, emotional, or gripping ANYTHING, they have to understand that thing down to it's core. Poe could fully encapsulate the feelings of entrapment, helplessness, and darkness for a good reason. It is also why nobody writes like this anymore, and why almost every story coming out now is "I'M SPECIAL! LOOKIT ME BECAUSE I'M JUST BETTER" as a general theme. It's all these people know.

[@kaybadberg534]

Edgar Allen Poe wasn’t just depressed, he was the very definition of a tortured artist.

[@JoshuaWillis89]

I think beautiful is an odd way to classify the works of Edgar Allen Poe. I’ve read his entire catalogue and out of all the ways I would think to describe his writing, beautiful wouldn’t be one of them.

[@SYSRQLLQRSYS]

@@JoshuaWillis89 what does beauty mean to you?

[@llUnderscorell]

Poe's "UUUUUUUGH" 's never fail to make me laugh hysterically

[@JaeHellyun]

llUnderscorell it is pretty damn epic!

[@Roebey]

*_AUUGGGHHHHH!!!_*

[@xanderpauls]

Which one lmao they're both awesome XD

[@LordDoome]

I used to dislike this ep of ERB , but after years it's become one of my favorites with Watsky vs Zach both takes on the beat are actually pretty fing beautiful. Thank you ERB for the years and years of entertainment that I still come back too often. I've found it hard to decide who my favorite recurring guest rapper is between Zach and watsky

[@IwhowasdatXD960]

I love when the music pauses at 1:31 its so good

[@empressangeline6942]

“Perving on your first cousin when she’s 13 years old? Now that’s disturbing” Stephen you uh Don’t have room to talk

[@nevaehmorgan2868]

Well he only wrote about it not did it

[@deltashadow5647]

'how about a little more pg, and a lot less 13?

[@justashadow8472]

*Joker Laugh Intensifies*

[@ErikaWeiss633]

@Jason Smith To be fair, he was rather high on cocaine when he wrote IT, so you have no idea what the fuck was going on in his mind.

[@otakushinobi1451]

Cocaine intensifies

[@Patterrz]

George R.R. Martin VS J. R. R. Tolkien

[@daedricoverlord6216]

1) nice suggestion 2) awesome channel 3) best picture win life

[@poveylewis]

Yes needs to happen

[@Sitruk86]

agreed, pm that shit direct to the channel

[@stormtrooper513]

YES!!!!

[@Cardstealer1]

YEEESSSSS!

[@ozzie607]

In my opinion this is the best ERB has ever made, every line just goes so hard and is so cohesive. These are also the best guest stars to put together IMO

[@WorldEaterZero]

I love that ERB announcer got spooked at the end there. I just notice it after all this time lol

[@samirelokdah5549]

I just relised it starts with the start of the raven and ends with the end of the raven... well done

[@Jajais4u]

This is my favorite by far.

[@samirelokdah5549]

"nevermore"

[@samirelokdah5549]

***** I meant the whole thing

[@faolan1686]

"And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor shall be lifted. Nevermore."

[@harry_loveborn]

Omg yes bro how did I not see that

[@Sypaka]

Watsky as Shakespeare: Iambic on that bastard Watsky as Poe: chokes with a trochee This guy knows its poems.

[@senseispud2197]

Watsky is just fire

[@michaelschwanitz2661]

Watsky is also an actual poet, he does spoken word and everything

[@buttermilkcrispychicken6362]

That noise after ''poe's poems pwn posers" is my favorite part

[@celestialether1184]

His parents are english teachers

[@giggityguy]

It's even cooler because he talks in the behind the scenes about how he considers the meter when he writes his lines kzbin.info/www/bejne/b2fHmmman5ingsU The first 2 bars of his rap here are in trochaic octameter, the same meter as "The Raven."

[@ottovonbearsmark8876]

I haven’t seen anyone else mention this, and maybe I’m wrong, but I’m pretty sure most of Poe’s lines in his first verse use a Trochee rhyme scheme, which is the same scheme as The Raven.

[@crookshanks5000]

Still my favourite ERB, genius!

[@silverwolf9642]

That "nevermore" refrence at the end was awesome

[@xAglet]

#raven

[@silverwolf9642]

Shane Diaz-Quiroz Best poem ever

[@garg0yIe]

+SilverWolf I loved the Raven, but I enjoyed For Annie even more.

[@lillythompson145]

+SilverWolf right?😁

[@GeafridThePhoenix]

+SilverWolf there's one also at the start :D

[@bananabread2860]

Easily the most underrated ERB. It’s so popular, yet it’s so underrated.

[@maniyan_wanagi]

Wasn't aware it'd been rated at all. Please, do show me these ratings!

[@bananabread2860]

@@maniyan_wanagi “underrated” means “not as popular as it should be [especially compared to their other videos]”

[@farrel_ra]

@@bananabread2860 cz we dont know who they play well..we only know they are both a writer...1 wrote IT, one wrote horror story (thats it for me).

[@bananabread2860]

@@farrel_ra you don’t know who they are??? Everyone knows who they are lmao

[@shem7146]

@@farrel_ra Uncultured

[@antionelowe7152]

As a poetic who read Edgar poems I gotta say he killed it

[@Eddierockification]

Looking back this might be my favorite ERB of all time

[@wesleysolomon5364]

I feel like H.P Lovecraft could've invaded this battle...

[@KEN-1991]

As well as 伊藤 潤二 ; Itō Junji.

[@Neion8]

Coming in via an eldrich portal whilst standing on a giant tenticle.

[@bemotivated8443]

@@Neion8 and using the n word

[@anniemiswa9873]

i was seriously waiting for that

[@temporaryonesix]

@@bemotivated8443 And berating Jews

[@anthonymccrayii9794]

The stuff Stephen said was better, but Edgar's style was more Poe-tent. Corny jokes aside, one of the best rap battles.

[@Books_BrewsandBeyond]

Omg lol

[@MrEvldreamr]

This rap battle is criminally underrated

[@macaryl95]

Stop I'm hacKing up a lung over here.

[@vazquezb2011]

This is God tier.

[@1mealer]

Nah poes poems pwn posers

[@ethanarnold4441]

Both Edgar Allan Poe and Stephen King have some of the best flows I've ever heard.

[@podiacider]

Unironically one of the best ERBs

[@drivingprune112]

first line of Poe's rap = first line of The Raven last line of King's rap = last line of The Raven

[@dr3._wrld189]

DrivingPrune1 um ok

[@The_Algae]

W8 How come I just noticed that LOL

[@GrayTempest]

Oh shit u right

[@morganaleandro1883]

Now you can see who won

[@yaoi.5565]

DrivingPrune1 It was at 400 I had to ruin it

[@wastingsun]

"Fame money talent success youll always have less Nevermore" OUCH.

[@romanuzasny4213]

Its refference

[@bearandthebull2372]

If you listen closely,you can hear poe shaking in his grave.

[@lollyjollyflapjacks6078]

Wasting Sun I’m surprised they didn’t say anything about Edgar Allen Poe being found dead in a ditch dead. I’m also surprised they didn’t mention how Stephen King can write awesome history or interesting sports things.

[@5point0david]

Wasting Sun this is definitely the oof line of the battle

[@henrythemaster2268]

The raven

[@Ducksaregreat]

Literally my favorite ERB

[@natharoonytoony6632]

I don't know what it is about the actor for Stephen King but his voice cracks me up so much, especially when he says "go back to hot topic and shop for a top" yet the cadence of his voice is also pure badassery

[@WormsWeGot]

This needs a rematch, and have H.P. Lovecraft come riding in the middle of their battle on the back of Cthulhu and just tear both a new one.

[@asuka_the_void_witch]

that would be cool

[@otakushinobi1451]

Abraham Lincoln style

[@lanzy9411]

I don't know dude... Both of them can easily destroy HP Lovecraft with the fact that while he did introduce a Mythos that has since been expanded upon... He was also seriously racist, seriously paranoid, and seriously incapable of NOT being privileged... so much so that he never had a good understanding of concepts above 5th grade Math... Now, it would be fun tho if they also added in Junjo Ito as well (one of the most renown Horror Japanese Manga Artists)

[@notfunny6369]

His cat should make an appearance

[@molegolm]

@@notfunny6369 oh no

[@stephenstrange933]

Poe’s “AAAAH” during his verses always makes me laugh

[@davi1821]

AAAAH

[@shikarixox1195]

AAAAH

[@Sofia-fz9hz]

AAAAH

[@hitsugatatsuro9978]

AAAAH

[@sparrowwing1729]

Watsky vs. Zack Sherwin was always going to be a great battle!

[@james_blacklin]

1:07 idk why but i LOVE this part it just feels so smooth with the voice

[@BloomerMedia]

This is a very underrated rap battle. Mostly because there's a lot of references to their works and some lyrics goes over the people's head. It's still my favorite ERB by far.

[@leen-_-g3142]

YaBoi MemeLord so true like I was just learning about Edgar Allen Poe and realized his first line is from raven lol and then nevermore things at the ends ect

[@DarlCron]

YaBoi MemeLord, yeah, It's only thanks to Nostalgia Critic reviewing King's movies and mini-series that I get half of King's references.

[@user-kn6bb2bz8u]

YaBoi MemeLord Also the Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump one

[@arcaalomuala9200]

deadass this my favorite battle

[@gojida2207]

same this is my fav erb

[@sc4r3cr0wz]

I love how Poe randomly screams throughout the song 😂 Poe won in my opinion although King’s nevermore line at the end was murder 😂

[@b3nt079]

*AGH*

[@oceanmythjormundgandr3891]

His random screams remind me of the children in the area I live in. Completely out of the blue and loud.

[@sc4r3cr0wz]

YatzyPimentinha Nordlander ahahaha same

[@PanicbyExample]

nah it was crow

[@10000roman]

Do you know why hes screaming?

[@nicoleadams7734]

I will PAY for more ERB! Bring it back! We need y’all!

[@TheRealLegoDocOck]

ERB is Coming Back

[@plumberry1020]

this is the best written erb ive heard and i love it dearly

[@plumberry1020]

i have singlehandedly made up the entire viewing of this video in the past month