Ragnar Lodbrok vs Richard The Lionheart. Epic Rap Battles of History.

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  • Richard The Lionheart vs Ragnar Lodbrok. Epic Rap Battles of History!
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  • @leemurweeks
    @leemurweeks Před 2 lety +14951

    When you realize that Ragnar probably spent more time in England than Richard

    • @hellatze
      @hellatze Před 2 lety +538

      Sad crusade noise

    • @Calcapwn300
      @Calcapwn300 Před 2 lety +73

      Oh fk!

    • @lewisirwin5363
      @lewisirwin5363 Před 2 lety +252

      Considering he owned half of France at the time I'd let him off a bit.

    • @user-om6xn1lq1w
      @user-om6xn1lq1w Před 2 lety +376

      @@lewisirwin5363 A lot of England's kings owned many lands in France, yet mostly ruled from England.

    • @enakuen1
      @enakuen1 Před 2 lety +72

      Best form up a shield wall, because shots = fired

  • @pugswin1887
    @pugswin1887 Před 2 lety +6133

    Not all Monty Python Knights were soft. One of them bravely ran away.

    • @elliotbishop231
      @elliotbishop231 Před 2 lety +341

      He bravely ran away away.

    • @alphashaitan65
      @alphashaitan65 Před 2 lety +329

      @@elliotbishop231 When danger reared its ugly head he bravely turned his tail and fled.

    • @Schmidy76
      @Schmidy76 Před 2 lety +84

      Hey ya can't blame Sir Robin, he face some "scary" shit hahahahaha

    • @KyleKirenn
      @KyleKirenn Před 2 lety +46

      @@Schmidy76 Wasn't sir Robin...screwed after responding "I don't know that" to the capital of Assyria?

    • @pugswin1887
      @pugswin1887 Před 2 lety +90

      @@alphashaitan65 Yes brave Sir Robin turned about and gallantly he chickened out

  • @mrguermo1
    @mrguermo1 Před 6 měsíci +695

    Richard’s main opponent in the 3rd crusade was Saladin. “you couldn’t even beat a salad in a fight” is a very clever double entendre.

    • @gamerstheater1187
      @gamerstheater1187 Před 4 měsíci +9

      I assumed it was cause he died choking to death

    • @doc8090
      @doc8090 Před 4 měsíci +15

      He won every battle vs Saladin though

    • @mrguermo1
      @mrguermo1 Před 4 měsíci +41

      @@doc8090 Ever heard the saying “won the battle but lost the war”?Richard saw the holy land but couldn’t go all the way. Saladin won, the crusaders lost.

    • @doc8090
      @doc8090 Před 4 měsíci +6

      @@mrguermo1 he didn’t lose the war though the crusaders won every battle and strengthened crusader hold in the levant the only reason he never took Jerusalem is because he didn’t want to he thought it was smarter to go for Egypt Saladin wanted peace and Richard accepted as he had to return to Europe to fight a different war . How could Saladin have won a war he lost every encounter in? How could the crusaders have lost a war that benefited only them?

    • @mrguermo1
      @mrguermo1 Před 4 měsíci +12

      @@doc8090 their objective was reconquest of the holy land. Some strategic coastal cities meant they didn’t go home empty handed but the third crusade was not a Christian victory. As for the point about winning battles there are an endless examples in history of forces achieving success on the battlefield and yet failing to achieve their ultimate goal.

  • @thomasrad5202
    @thomasrad5202 Před rokem +2826

    "i'm just a warrior, i'm not a linguist, but I think the King of England should probably speak English" one of the best setup and delivered bars, love that

    • @erics7707
      @erics7707 Před rokem +116

      The English nobility spoke French until Henry V's time...at least two centuries after Richard I..so that's spot on. Especially since the Normans formed the nobility after 1066, not the Anglo-Saxons because William the Conqueror basically rooted the Anglo-Saxons out of nearly all important titles and positions in favor of his fellow Normans.

    • @generictimestamperstupendi9021
      @generictimestamperstupendi9021 Před rokem +9

      only one that i think can top it is Che vs Guy Fawkes

    • @DeathMessenger1988
      @DeathMessenger1988 Před 11 měsíci +7

      Way to go for the throat, Ragnar! XD

    • @michaelreid322
      @michaelreid322 Před 9 měsíci +9

      I just looked up Richard I on Wikipedia, and read that followers of his brother John attacked the authority of Richard's Chancellor, William Longchamp, on the grounds that he was a Norman and couldn't speak English, suggesting that by this point, high officials were expected to be Anglophones. So another example of how good the research is on these historical rap battles.

    • @tomaszaleksander9027
      @tomaszaleksander9027 Před 9 měsíci +2

      @@erics7707 until Henry V? I am pretty sure the Stuarts spoke French as well. I thought that the Hannover Gang, being Germans, changed that.

  • @FalloutPlays
    @FalloutPlays Před 2 lety +27130

    Lara Croft vs Indiana Jones

  •  Před 2 lety +21127

    That "the king of England should probably speak English" killed me

    • @Gambit771
      @Gambit771 Před 2 lety +666

      The upper classes didn't speak what was English back then so there was no need for him to speak the language of the peasants.

    • @mirkiekishka
      @mirkiekishka Před 2 lety +839

      I mean the dude was french and lived in france, it has nothing to do with speaking the language of the peasants

    • @Grivehn
      @Grivehn Před 2 lety +301

      @@Gambit771 Yeah, it often happened in history. Not saying its a good thing, just not unique to him. Many nobles didnt speak the common folk's language let alone kings.

    • @Gambit771
      @Gambit771 Před 2 lety +191

      @@mirkiekishka Except he was born in England, king of England and royalty back then didn't speak English so it has everything to do with your status and nothing to do with where he lived.

    • @Gambit771
      @Gambit771 Před 2 lety +84

      @@Grivehn Which makes it seem a uniquely English thing that royalty and the upper classes voluntarily changed to meet the lower classes instead of forcing peasants to copy them.

  • @16thdemon
    @16thdemon Před rokem +4132

    Ragnar's verse "You went from chainmail to chained up in jail till mommy drained England to pay for your bail!" was just too perfect and historically accurate to boot.

    • @xaiveruniverse6389
      @xaiveruniverse6389 Před rokem +25

      Im like is it just me?

    • @pajtimo23
      @pajtimo23 Před rokem +14

      Drained England?

    • @Gadget-Walkmen
      @Gadget-Walkmen Před rokem +106

      @@pajtimo23 They mean took up most of the funds FROM england to pay out for the king's escape.

    • @pajtimo23
      @pajtimo23 Před rokem +10

      @@Gadget-Walkmen I thought it was drained in a different way 👁️👁️

    • @Gadget-Walkmen
      @Gadget-Walkmen Před rokem +4

      @@pajtimo23 lol in a “naughty” way?

  • @ValeBridges
    @ValeBridges Před rokem +970

    0:16 Richard sticks up two fingers with the back of his hand outwards at Ragnar, a British gesture similar to the middle finger. It's commonly said to originate in medieval England. During the Hundred Years War, the French would cut off the bow fingers from captured English longbowmen, so the English would make that gesture to taunt the French by indicating that they still had their fingers and could use them to kill their enemies.

    • @glrbarak1465
      @glrbarak1465 Před rokem +47

      Holy shit, I had no idea ERB was this detailed

    • @yaxte8356
      @yaxte8356 Před rokem +20

      that 100 years war myth is acc false but sure okay

    • @Chaos_knight553
      @Chaos_knight553 Před rokem +3

      pretty sure the french were doing the middle finger to english to show them they had unlike their others

    • @zachall101
      @zachall101 Před rokem +32

      @@yaxte8356 it's not a myth, the French started it by cutting off the middle finger of English archers to mock us, so we retaliated by cutting off both of their fingers and then mocking them with ours, it WAS an actual thing, however it was started by the French first

    • @yaxte8356
      @yaxte8356 Před rokem +8

      @@zachall101 The image makes the claim that the gesture derives from English soldiers at the Battle of Agincourt, France in 1415. This claim is false.

  • @pierremadlangbayan6684
    @pierremadlangbayan6684 Před 2 lety +13184

    Cain and Abel vs. Romulus and Remus, two pairs of brothers who backstabbed the other would make an interesting match up.

    • @p1zystrat18
      @p1zystrat18 Před 2 lety +537

      imagine if Cain kills Abel and Romulus kills Remus at some point for reasons similiar or refferencing for what they died

    • @mrpink8951
      @mrpink8951 Před 2 lety +205

      Or even just Cain VS Romulus xD

    • @levilowenthal1758
      @levilowenthal1758 Před 2 lety +464

      Cain and Romulus vs Abel and Remus

    • @koolaidman_
      @koolaidman_ Před 2 lety +50

      Literally your mind king, don't let anyone ever make you feel inferior you're the best

    • @jagerzaku9160
      @jagerzaku9160 Před 2 lety +52

      YES PLEASE LETS LYRICALLY FOUND ROME

  • @brysonmark878
    @brysonmark878 Před 2 lety +486

    That "the king of England should probably speak English" fucking killed me

    • @AverageShyGuyKing
      @AverageShyGuyKing Před 2 lety +4

      Same

    • @CMoth
      @CMoth Před 2 lety +4

      He didn’t even like England

    • @PossessedbyPhoenix
      @PossessedbyPhoenix Před 2 lety +9

      @@alexmason8958 He spent no longer than six months in England and probably couldn't speak English, since he spent the majority of his life fighting abroad or living in Aquitaine

    • @CollinMcLean
      @CollinMcLean Před 2 lety +1

      @@PossessedbyPhoenix He once said he would sell all of London if he could find a buyer. And he loved Aquitaine so much that he was willing to give up Normandy and Anjou to keep it.

    • @nkohler5601
      @nkohler5601 Před 2 lety +2

      Why speak English when everything sounds sexer in French.

  • @tchill4377
    @tchill4377 Před rokem +161

    “If I wanted to fight loser Vikings, I’d go to Minnesota”
    As a Vikings fan… that hurt. 😅

    • @Knitting_n_Trucking
      @Knitting_n_Trucking Před 3 měsíci +6

      That’s some collateral damage right there!

    • @IwhowasdatXD960
      @IwhowasdatXD960 Před 3 měsíci +6

      As a Packers fan, this battle is one of my favorites cause of that 😂

    • @dogescout5868
      @dogescout5868 Před 3 měsíci +5

      Crushed my soul seeing that 😅

    • @kingstonvlach7835
      @kingstonvlach7835 Před 2 měsíci +5

      it never ends :(

    • @The-real-negan
      @The-real-negan Před 2 dny

      As a Swede,
      I saw Vikings logo.. it was good.. but it’s missing the GODDAMN BEARD!

  • @Rookericht
    @Rookericht Před 9 měsíci +189

    "I'm just a warrior I'm not a linguist, but I think the King of England should probably speak English."
    One of my favorite lines in ERB.

    • @Rookericht
      @Rookericht Před 9 měsíci +11

      "Good thing you hold the red cross cause that's who you're gonna need."
      Also one of my favorite lines.

    • @Gun_GAMER987
      @Gun_GAMER987 Před měsícem +1

      Me too

  • @asandflavoredpoptart9151
    @asandflavoredpoptart9151 Před 2 lety +1596

    That line about losing like the Minnesota Vikings… as a Minnesota myself, that’s hurtful dude. True, but damn…

    • @ERB
      @ERB  Před 2 lety +321

      2021/22 will be your year. It's written in the runes. :)

    • @BJReolon
      @BJReolon Před 2 lety +27

      @@ERB hi from brasil, when you coming?

    • @lerona1974
      @lerona1974 Před 2 lety +11

      Y'all need a new QB. Who pays for all those offensive tools then has a tool leading the offense. I felt this wirh you.

    • @fvckthew0rld
      @fvckthew0rld Před 2 lety +9

      @@BJReolon if you take peter, lloyd will find a way to cast himself as peter

    • @mr.tbirdgaming8037
      @mr.tbirdgaming8037 Před 2 lety +2

      Cheers

  • @insaneinfinite8150
    @insaneinfinite8150 Před 2 lety +683

    “Couldn’t even beat a Salad in a fight”. “Salad in” = Saladin

    • @porkchop2325
      @porkchop2325 Před 2 lety +4

      Lol that part was pretty funny

    • @troypuyear2241
      @troypuyear2241 Před 2 lety +17

      Nice! I missed that one.

    • @TimLimDimSims
      @TimLimDimSims Před 2 lety +5

      Salad represents asgard

    • @timothybrown760
      @timothybrown760 Před 2 lety +3

      Now I'm going to end up going back to watch 'The Kingdom of Heaven' after watching this rap battle and hearing that verse! ; )

    • @heathertaylor8904
      @heathertaylor8904 Před 2 lety +7

      You are my favorite people in youtube comments. There are so many zingers that fly under the radar because we don't know about it. You're the hero we needed 💕

  • @krzysztofputerko1943
    @krzysztofputerko1943 Před rokem +387

    Hitorical quick fact:
    Richard never attacked Jerusalem because when he marched near the city his tactician eyes realised that his crusade army is indeed simply too small to conquer Jerusalem and he didn't want to suffer unnecessary casualties.
    That just shows how Richard tactic genius came from not being relogious fanatic and calmly calculating things.

    • @vaiyt
      @vaiyt Před 7 měsíci +14

      He was on a divine mission, turning it back sounds like he didn't have enough faith. The guys who gave up on the first crusade never lived it down.

    • @krzysztofputerko1943
      @krzysztofputerko1943 Před 7 měsíci +54

      @@vaiyt Richard was that succesfull only because he was a strategist and didn't just blindly think "the God will grant us a victory".
      He knew how hard sieging a fortified city was and how many resoruces and people it required to be succesfull.
      He knew he wouldn't be able to conquer Jerusalem(and Historians say that it was true and he wouldn't achieve a victory in that siege).
      Also, he was planning to return with another crusade but he died before he was able to organise it.

    • @ElmiRaculos-vr2dm
      @ElmiRaculos-vr2dm Před 6 měsíci +7

      Sounds like Cope, but ok.

    • @JubioHDX
      @JubioHDX Před 5 měsíci +4

      @@krzysztofputerko1943 not a single crusade was successful, i dont think we need to protect his post mortem pride by acting like any of them were led by geniuses... Even if he had more it likely wouldve ended like the rest. They were pointless losses of life that were only "for god" at a surface level

    • @gamera5160
      @gamera5160 Před 5 měsíci +22

      @@JubioHDX Incorrect. The first crusade conquered Jerusalem and established the crusader states. Two was a failure. Three was a partial success, retaking a lot of territory and opening up Jerusalem for Christian pilgrims by agreement with Saladin. The fourth was a huge failure. Fifth was a failure. 6th was successful and the crusaders retook Jerusalem. Seven and Eight were failures. Nine was a small success and helped Christians escape the Mamluks.

  • @S3V3R3DH3AD
    @S3V3R3DH3AD Před rokem +1347

    I agree with the general consensus that Ragnar won, but can we *please* talk about how good Richard's second verse is? "Who invented the royal me? We! Who's the predominantly fictional emcee? Thee! You're a wannabe, mon ami, kneel down and honor me! Richard coming through in the end like Sean Connery" is honestly one of the best flowing lines ERB has written.

    • @memecliparchives2254
      @memecliparchives2254 Před rokem +87

      If that was his final verse he would have won. Because there is no beating, you went from chainmail to chained up in jail till mommy drained England to pay for your bail

    • @AHappyCub
      @AHappyCub Před rokem

      Nah bro, Richard aint shit to Ragnar, bitch ass didnt even lead his own kingdom like a monarch should

    • @isaacshefton5835
      @isaacshefton5835 Před rokem +9

      It wasnt great tbh especially when ragnar called him out for not speaking English

    • @aidanhendricksen4832
      @aidanhendricksen4832 Před rokem +52

      @@isaacshefton5835 what do you mean not that great, he called Ragnar fake (which is historically true) all while showing that history still sees Richard as legend lived, Ragnar is not

    • @isaacshefton5835
      @isaacshefton5835 Před rokem +7

      @@aidanhendricksen4832 a lot of these characters are fake. We don't care. Ragnar is real tho. Speaking French instead of English shows submission

  • @connors8620
    @connors8620 Před 2 lety +1385

    “If I wanted to fight loser Vikings I’d go to Minnesota”
    Sheesh that’s cold

    • @peterloch3333
      @peterloch3333 Před 2 lety +71

      Just like Minnesota's offence

    • @user-wy1yb7zj1j
      @user-wy1yb7zj1j Před 2 lety +5

      Cold haha

    • @TJskillz169
      @TJskillz169 Před 2 lety +16

      Packers fans approve

    • @ARC117Studios
      @ARC117Studios Před 2 lety +36

      It was as cold as Minnesota**
      As a Minnesotan, I can confirm that was indeed a cold diss.

    • @ajamcan7264
      @ajamcan7264 Před 2 lety +2

      Yeah that hurt cause it’s so goddamn true

  • @vertex1933
    @vertex1933 Před 2 lety +650

    "If I wanted to fight loser vikings, I'd go to Minnesota"
    And like that, you can hear thousands cry out in pain

    • @TheVidNerd
      @TheVidNerd Před 2 lety +9

      "Oofta!"

    • @legofirefighter
      @legofirefighter Před 2 lety +6

      Like the 1999 NFC Championship game?

    • @toon1hp
      @toon1hp Před 2 lety

      It hurt

    • @dinethaltmann9582
      @dinethaltmann9582 Před 2 lety +4

      I thought I would be free from my states disappointing sports team here. That line hit like a sucker punch

    • @jdooms
      @jdooms Před 2 lety

      @@legofirefighter that fieldgoal.. DAMN!

  • @SuperMaanas
    @SuperMaanas Před rokem +518

    This is their most underappreciated battle. It has so many niche and historical references, the research they did is nothing short of impressive.

    • @oshura2506
      @oshura2506 Před rokem +1

      The flow and rhyme scheme is just a little off tbh

    • @SuperMaanas
      @SuperMaanas Před rokem +12

      @@oshura2506 Why?

    • @khankorpofficial
      @khankorpofficial Před 11 měsíci +8

      It's not that it's underappreciated
      It's one of the newest ones
      Give it time dude

    • @LocseryuOfficial
      @LocseryuOfficial Před 8 měsíci

      @@khankorpofficial i wouldnt call 2 years new

  • @abdallaha92
    @abdallaha92 Před 10 měsíci +53

    "You took Acre and Jaffa, like a piece of cake, but never attacked Jerusalem for Christ sake", is such a good line because there's a sweet literally called Jaffa cakes. But that 2nd Lionheart verse was just so good

  • @aaronholzemer8225
    @aaronholzemer8225 Před 2 lety +2717

    "If I wanted to fight loser vikings I'd go to Minnesota."
    He's out of line, but he's right.

    • @owenvunderlick5559
      @owenvunderlick5559 Před 2 lety +59

      Duck duck gray duck gang

    • @jlucas42
      @jlucas42 Před 2 lety +165

      I think there's another meaning here too, referencing the rivalry between the Detroit Lions and the Minnesota Vikings. Very clever.

    • @hydraco.9423
      @hydraco.9423 Před 2 lety +30

      I hate how right they were about that line.

    • @Brumuder
      @Brumuder Před 2 lety +18

      oof that line hurt a lil, but yeah he's right

    • @nobbeman
      @nobbeman Před 2 lety +22

      that line hurt bad, but only cause its true :(

  • @djulianerenbourgh4969
    @djulianerenbourgh4969 Před 2 lety +1402

    Ragnar: The King of England should probably speak English
    Richard: *M O N A M I*

    • @AzureSkyCiel
      @AzureSkyCiel Před 2 lety +45

      It's funny because Richard III was like the Great grandson or so of William the Conqueror who was the Duke of Normandy and English aristocracy at the time spoke primarily French I think.

    • @curtiswong7280
      @curtiswong7280 Před 2 lety +29

      @@AzureSkyCiel there are still a load of French words in English, so it stuck to be honest.

    • @Dekuma
      @Dekuma Před 2 lety +13

      @@curtiswong7280 It's a looooong story.
      When France wasn't even France but a sub-kingdom of the Francque Empire led by Carolus Magnus. But most royal court during middle-age speaked French until I think the "French and Indian War" or in the French : "La Guerre de 7 ans" ("War of seven years)

    • @mikkelkomstedt8790
      @mikkelkomstedt8790 Před 2 lety +8

      @@Dekuma Impressive. Almost everything you said was wrong

    • @Dekuma
      @Dekuma Před 2 lety +3

      @@mikkelkomstedt8790 And you are ?

  • @trevorgarcia5999
    @trevorgarcia5999 Před rokem +77

    Richard has some of the best sounding verses on the whole channel. Idek why I find his flow so fantastic

  • @TakiwaraTaki
    @TakiwaraTaki Před 10 měsíci +35

    "I´m the Lion King, man but thats a messed up circle of life`" is my favorite bar in this one. It somehow hits so hard !!

    • @HuskyDog88
      @HuskyDog88 Před 2 dny

      Reference to the Disney movie.

    • @TakiwaraTaki
      @TakiwaraTaki Před dnem

      @@HuskyDog88 brah...as if i didn´t know

    • @HuskyDog88
      @HuskyDog88 Před dnem

      @@TakiwaraTaki When is the next ERB? I wanted them to do John Ritter vs. Don Knotts.

  • @saacattaac007
    @saacattaac007 Před 2 lety +871

    The fact that these battles have progressively gotten harder to decide a winner is a very good thing.
    Lionheart had some hard hitters but Ragnar had some nice pockets and some good lines too

    • @AxxLAfriku
      @AxxLAfriku Před 2 lety

      My haters throw rocks at me and IT hurts. I hope they don't throw The Rock at me because I like him as an actor. GAGAGAGAGA!!! I am funny!!! I am the funniest CZcamsr EVAH! Please agree, dear haw

    • @beanos8024
      @beanos8024 Před 2 lety +29

      @@AxxLAfriku suffer. just. suffer.

    • @ajph5088
      @ajph5088 Před 2 lety

      I don't know who won that both were good

    • @bakkup974
      @bakkup974 Před 2 lety +1

      i agree this one was great

    • @bryceao
      @bryceao Před 2 lety +11

      I think Richard the Lionheart had better flow while Ragnar Lodbrok had harder hits.

  • @brainflash1
    @brainflash1 Před 2 lety +778

    Richard: Richard coming through in the end like Sean Connery.
    Ragnar: Or maybe they should crown a king who's actually English.

    • @willsmith3988
      @willsmith3988 Před 2 lety +1

      czcams.com/video/PwA6HRQYdcE/video.html..

    • @Cursed_Mark
      @Cursed_Mark Před 2 lety +142

      "Why Ragnar, aren't you the cunning linguist?"

    • @legiondemon1217
      @legiondemon1217 Před 2 lety +37

      @@Cursed_Mark as a matter of fact I got a nack

    • @korsunk2
      @korsunk2 Před 2 lety +5

      Ha, also wanted to add this comment

    • @BullsMahunny
      @BullsMahunny Před 2 lety +4

      lmao

  • @henri3637
    @henri3637 Před rokem +30

    I gotta say, one of THE most underrated parts of this whole thing was Ragnar in the background laughing at his own burn at 1:23

  • @SuperMaanas
    @SuperMaanas Před rokem +69

    This is my favorite Rap Battle out of all of them! The costumes, the niche historical references, and the fantastic bars make this top tier.

  • @apxprdtr_mge
    @apxprdtr_mge Před 2 lety +503

    You went from chainmail, to chained up in jail, till mommy drained England to pay for your bail. HOLY SHIT, he just nuked him lmao.

    • @ajdominguez1002
      @ajdominguez1002 Před 2 lety +17

      *[ NUCLEAR LAUNCH DETECTED ]*

    • @Eagl3xStrik3
      @Eagl3xStrik3 Před 2 lety +4

      Bruh Ragnar got compared to GoT Season 8, he should've just left after that. There was nothing else to come close to

    • @brancamaster
      @brancamaster Před 2 lety +1

      yo…. i just started watching The Mentalist… this is weird

    • @jerricapratt2425
      @jerricapratt2425 Před 2 lety

      Yes Rogar won

    • @maxrichards3881
      @maxrichards3881 Před měsícem +1

      @@Eagl3xStrik3
      Bold for a king who got whacked by a 10 year old.

  • @samuelschonenberger
    @samuelschonenberger Před 2 lety +856

    Considering Lionheart almost never stepped foot in England and cared more about French holdings, that linguist line is too true

    • @karlwittenburg5868
      @karlwittenburg5868 Před 2 lety +42

      It was also very common that most of the Plantagenet kings of England never bothered to learn English and only spoke French and this was pretty common amongst most nobles until Henry V, 230 years after Richard the lionheart

    • @TheMaro555
      @TheMaro555 Před 2 lety +9

      @@karlwittenburg5868 YOu are right, but this doesnt change the fact that the line was KO.

    • @JaRule6
      @JaRule6 Před 2 lety +18

      Right!? I was very impressed. They even inferred to his homosexuality by mentioning that his wife never got any. And I love when they said that his mother had to drain England to Ransom him. That was really awesome

    • @johnathonhaney8291
      @johnathonhaney8291 Před 2 lety +9

      @@JaRule6 Said mom was Eleanor of Aquitaine, BTW, who was as vicious, Machiavellian and underhanded as any of her husbands OR children. Probably was mostly fictional but my point of reference on her remains Katherine Hepburn's portrayal of her in The Lion In Winter (damn good film about the most messed up Christmas ever where you got no choice but to face your mistakes).

    • @mariar.5800
      @mariar.5800 Před 2 lety +9

      @@karlwittenburg5868 Henry IV. was the first king to only speak english and not even know french. Henry V. only followed him in that regard

  • @AtomicFlounder42
    @AtomicFlounder42 Před rokem +26

    Come back to the battle constantly, Richards opening verse is fire, and the entire battle is one of their best

  • @ricksanchez2760
    @ricksanchez2760 Před rokem +81

    The "tearing down your legacy and leaving it in runes" line was sick and pretty accurate

  • @user-ok8jj3qs9y
    @user-ok8jj3qs9y Před 2 lety +8935

    You are with us again! I'm glad about it!

    • @neilxdavis5359
      @neilxdavis5359 Před 2 lety +5

      I make skits if y'all have time to spare.I'm trying to get my name out there

    • @arrowsofdemise443
      @arrowsofdemise443 Před 2 lety +4

      i have found you once more

    • @bulgarianiraqimapping
      @bulgarianiraqimapping Před 2 lety +3

      Oop you're verified that means you get a shit ton of likes

    • @0001Mxrcel
      @0001Mxrcel Před 2 lety

      yep

    • @Gionner
      @Gionner Před 2 lety +4

      Ооо...коммент от русскоязычного

  • @charredembers6353
    @charredembers6353 Před 2 lety +1204

    “You never attacked Jerusalem for Christ’s sake”
    For how simple that line is I’m way too impressed by the wordplay

  • @zachf5019
    @zachf5019 Před rokem +9

    Some of the best camerawork in any ERB, so entertaining to watch

  • @sarahbell180
    @sarahbell180 Před 8 měsíci +29

    Ragnar's second verse is just the most consistently brutal verse, building up to that punchline.

  • @kevins894
    @kevins894 Před 2 lety +5202

    No offense to the other raps, but I particularly love when it is between historical people

    • @Arkved1978
      @Arkved1978 Před 2 lety +368

      I 100% agree. My favorite ERB of all time is Rasputin vs Stalin. All of the little bits of history they throw in there with all of the different historical figures, it's just an amazing ERB.

    • @nikhiliyengar1510
      @nikhiliyengar1510 Před 2 lety +7

      Exactly.

    • @kyllistan-channel
      @kyllistan-channel Před 2 lety +181

      I mean, they aren't called Epic Rap Battles of *History* for nothing.

    • @theblaze5530
      @theblaze5530 Před 2 lety +71

      I love them all but seeing historical people battle just has a different feeling

    • @Imaf2020
      @Imaf2020 Před 2 lety +88

      Definitely, but Oppenheimer vs Thanos is still an all time masterpiece - in large part because Thanos is fictional where as Oppenheimer is truly the destroyer of worlds...

  • @buffettmunger
    @buffettmunger Před 2 lety +5361

    “Who invented the royal me? We. Who’s the predominately fictional emcee? Thee.” Is the hardest shakespearean insult i’ve heard in my life

  • @calowenby1654
    @calowenby1654 Před rokem +9

    So many lyrics came back to me as I rewatched this for the first time in months. Ah, always satisfying.

  • @jdanny4131
    @jdanny4131 Před rokem +6

    This is probably my favorite battle that you all have done. Not only is this battle catchy but the disses and punchlines are on point. Well done.

    • @user-cg2tw8pw7j
      @user-cg2tw8pw7j Před rokem

      No, Richard will bow down to Ragnar because Ragnar's great-grandfather is a Viking

  • @Someone-pb8wj
    @Someone-pb8wj Před 2 lety +703

    When ragnar says "I'm eating you alive just like the gangrene you died from" Richard holds the shoulder he had the gangrene on. Now that's attention to detail

    • @TheAwesomeTruthofTT
      @TheAwesomeTruthofTT Před 2 lety +7

      @@chris_the_midget5256 End of Battle. Last line.

    • @MexTheTacoLord
      @MexTheTacoLord Před 2 lety +13

      A thing that I noticed is that Ragnar started his verse talking about the 10 year old who shot an arrow at Richards shoulder and ends with the gangrene. Which is why Ragnar made that face

    • @APersonOnYouTubeX
      @APersonOnYouTubeX Před 2 lety

      Does anyone think taht
      Disney (company) VS EA?
      Movie Franchise ruiner VS game franchise ruiner

    • @gdybykozkakwiecienplecient2567
      @gdybykozkakwiecienplecient2567 Před 2 lety

      Oh shit it's true.

    • @Wilk32
      @Wilk32 Před 2 lety +3

      Yeah he got shot in the left shoulder by a crossbow bolt, he survived the shot but it turned gangrenous and he died later. He was succeeded by his brother John. If I am correct I think he actually forgave the person who shot him a limousine (french regional) archer but the soldiers didn’t listen to him and had him executed. Richard the Lionheart is my favourite monarch because of this and also he was a great king during the crusades

  • @HolyHandGrenade.
    @HolyHandGrenade. Před 2 lety +348

    Doesn't matter who won, but Minnesota definitely lost

  • @valentinoromitti6005
    @valentinoromitti6005 Před 9 měsíci

    Literally the best one so far, incredibly underrated.

  • @chunky8684
    @chunky8684 Před rokem +10

    0:47 that transition is fire

  • @keveenflieth2378
    @keveenflieth2378 Před 2 lety +804

    “If I wanted to fight loser Vikings, I’d go to Minnesota.” That’s a big oofda to my Minnesotan Heart haha.

    • @Jacules
      @Jacules Před 2 lety +28

      As a Wisconsinite that was my favorite line 😜

    • @suitandtiedye
      @suitandtiedye Před 2 lety +7

      I too let out an oofda, its savage, but true

    • @tuffy1992
      @tuffy1992 Před 2 lety +17

      @@Jacules I just about choked on my cheese curds when that line dropped lol

    • @CeobeEatsAGlowingRock
      @CeobeEatsAGlowingRock Před 2 lety

      That line really hit me hard lmao

    • @pragmaticpolitics1413
      @pragmaticpolitics1413 Před 2 lety +2

      As a Californian with friends in those states this comment thread is hilarious.

  • @icarrotbooks9688
    @icarrotbooks9688 Před 2 lety +654

    Gotta love him for calling one of the most feared Vikings in history, Ivar the boneless, “a kid with no bones”.
    Actually love it

    • @gedon4713
      @gedon4713 Před 2 lety +15

      John 3:16
      For God so loved the world that he gave his only and one son for our sins so whoever belive in him shall not perish but have eternal life

    • @Tolboe
      @Tolboe Před 2 lety +6

      @@oliverschultz2631 the viking age ended in 1066

    • @Crowvithian
      @Crowvithian Před 2 lety +9

      @@oliverschultz2631 Yeah that's not true at all. You're off by a few hundred years.

    • @odinsplaygrounds
      @odinsplaygrounds Před 2 lety +10

      @@oliverschultz2631 What the hell, he lived in the middle of peak Viking age LOL.

    • @icarrotbooks9688
      @icarrotbooks9688 Před 2 lety +17

      @@oliverschultz2631 He was one of the leaders of The Great Heathen Army, which could quite possibly the biggest Viking army ever formed...
      Pretty sure that’s enough to qualify you as a Viking...

  • @TheMrCyberthief
    @TheMrCyberthief Před 5 měsíci +5

    The dialogue in this one is insanity.
    So many killer lines

  • @darthzayexeet3653
    @darthzayexeet3653 Před rokem +250

    Explaination for Ragnar‘s Bars:
    1. Richard I. the Lionheart was killed by young (possibly 10-year old) boy, who shot a crossbow bolt into the shoulder, avenging his father who was killed by Richard.
    2. The International Red Cross / The American Red Cross is an Organization that helps treat wounds and provide medical relief (e. g. on a battlefield during a war)
    3. Richard had an arranged marriage and didn’t love his wife, so he never slept with or had any children with her.
    4. He had one son tho, but he was illegitimate bc he was from his mistress.
    5. The Plantagenet line ended with Richard III. (1452-1485), who had Scoliosis (basically a „twisted spine“)
    6. Richard the Lion King actually came from a French dynasty, since he was a descendant of the Norman William the Conqueror. Thus he spoke mostly French and despite being an english King spent most of life on crusades and barely any time in England.
    7. Jaffa Cakes are really famous and delicious. Especially in Germany
    8. Richard tried to conquer Jerusalem literally „for Christ‘s sake“, but failed
    9. He saw „the holy land“, but couldn’t go all the way. Like if his dream woman stood naked before him, but he couldn’t reach her.
    10. There was a Viking ritual where they stripped naked, took hallucinogenic mushrooms and literally went berserk. Also Berserk means „bare chested“
    11. Ding Dang Dong. Reference to French nursery rhyme „Frère Jacques“, meaning Brother John. Richard had a brother named John who became King after him.
    12. Bells would ring, whenever there was a Viking Raid.
    13. Richard‘s major adversary was Sultan Saladin („salad in“), whom he could never fully beat.
    14. Richard was captured by German nobles and mercenaries. His Mother had to pay for his (King‘s) Ransom.
    15. He died in incarceration, when the wound from the crossbow bolt became infected and gangrenous.
    Ragnar easily won this one.

    • @luisf2793
      @luisf2793 Před rokem +1

      I don’t think the 2nd one needed to be explained

    • @user-cg2tw8pw7j
      @user-cg2tw8pw7j Před rokem +7

      @@luisf2793 You know the Normans are Vikings

    • @Charmayne7
      @Charmayne7 Před rokem

      One small detail: in point #2, the red cross on Richard's shield literally represented Jesus Christ and was worn by the European soldiers fighting in the Crusades. The Red Cross organization wasn't created until centuries later. Now the red cross is used by health workers on battlefields and is intended to protect them from being attacked, per international war crimes laws.

    • @michaelreid322
      @michaelreid322 Před rokem +5

      Adding to the commentary about 'Frere Jaques', Ragnar's line about morning bells references "morning bells are ringing", as well as being a pun on "mourning bells".

    • @aidanhendricksen4832
      @aidanhendricksen4832 Před rokem +7

      Richard’s second verse throws out Ragnar’s victory because Ragnar’s story is fake, Richards is still real, and for point 13, Richard never lost a battle against Saladin

  • @EnriqueCuellarjoemero
    @EnriqueCuellarjoemero Před 2 lety +1147

    A viking and a French King of England insulting each other in the same language, that's basically how the English language was born

    • @geneve34
      @geneve34 Před 2 lety +9

      you could say a DANISH but.. you know, viking works? O.o

    • @geneve34
      @geneve34 Před 2 lety +6

      *Dane

    • @BelleroseQC
      @BelleroseQC Před 2 lety +4

      I love this comment.

    • @dranflame_1236
      @dranflame_1236 Před 2 lety +10

      @@geneve34 I mean, old norse turned into modern danish and vikings spoke old norse so...

    • @dcr645
      @dcr645 Před 2 lety +10

      @@geneve34. We don't know where Ragnar (If he's one man, which is unlikely) is from. The best lead is that his father was supposedly Sigurdr Ring, a mostly mythical King of proto-Sweden Besides, "Danish" didn't really exist as a concept back then, and neither did "Swedish" or "Norwegian". It's more accurate to either say "Norse" or to use a blanket term, like "Viking" (Only use viking if it's a raider. Not every Scandinavian was a viking).
      TL;DR: Ragnar (if he was real) was probably from what is now Sweden, but it doesn't matter, since "Swedish" or "Danish" as nationalities didn't exist yet. It'd be more accurate to call him Norse or a viking

  • @ReelSchool
    @ReelSchool Před 2 lety +1667

    “You might have the Axe, but I make a body spray” is easily missed, but man, that’s yet another great line…

    • @MenacingBanjo
      @MenacingBanjo Před 2 lety +47

      My money's on Zach Sherwin writing that line.

    • @DUK703
      @DUK703 Před 2 lety

      Ooo nice. I missed that one

    • @yazidefirenze
      @yazidefirenze Před 2 lety +45

      WAIT AXE BODYSPRAY WHAT THE FU-

    • @rs180216
      @rs180216 Před 2 lety +7

      @@yazidefirenze took me so long to get it too

    • @hughmann3952
      @hughmann3952 Před 2 lety +4

      The original Axe body spray. :D

  • @OleAasheim
    @OleAasheim Před rokem +8

    EpicLLOYD made Norwegians proud with the delivery here! 😍

  • @mrsclio4752
    @mrsclio4752 Před rokem +23

    "I'm just a warrior, I'm not a linguist
    But I think the King of England should probably speak English!"
    Best line ever. Full stop.

  • @josepho3366
    @josepho3366 Před 2 lety +4026

    When the world needed them the most, they returned.

    • @aristotleasparaguspodcast1129
      @aristotleasparaguspodcast1129 Před 2 lety +25

      It hasn't been that long, when the last battle was released Biden was already president-elect

    • @youtubertop
      @youtubertop Před 2 lety +10

      2021 is not so bad

    • @rosanirodrigues557
      @rosanirodrigues557 Před 2 lety +29

      I want everyone from World War II to start rapping against each other like
      (Franklin D Roosevelt)
      (Winston Churchill)
      (Joseph Stalin)
      VS
      (Adolf Hitler)
      (Benito Mussolini)
      (Emperor Michinomiya Hirohito)
      I always wanted to see something like that and see what would happen it would be so great and awesome to get that battle it will be like a dream come true for me please ERB do it I wanted it so much,
      (Thank you for reading.)🙏

    • @jessesmith6824
      @jessesmith6824 Před 2 lety

      He's back boisss

    • @wut274
      @wut274 Před 2 lety +1

      This was the first thing I thought too! Haha

  • @shieldsnspears
    @shieldsnspears Před rokem +11

    Damn, tough gritty characters work so so well for Lloyd, love his depictions of Ragnar, Wolverine and Clint Eastwood for example, even though I more often find myself kinda rooting for Peter's characters heh. Also the hairstyle is dope!

  • @tylerrush8349
    @tylerrush8349 Před rokem +6

    I think this one might have been the most evenly matched pairings ERBs ever done. Absolute gold on both sides

  • @SuperBatSpider
    @SuperBatSpider Před 2 lety +595

    The lyrics sound like Richard elegantly crafted his raps before the battle had even begin while Ragnar showed up with no script ready to just go to town on Richard. Very nice.

    • @eddyspaghetti2229
      @eddyspaghetti2229 Před 2 lety +10

      Ragnor practically said, come at me bro, imma go naked

  • @tailongnguyen1393
    @tailongnguyen1393 Před 2 lety +361

    "You built your army by raising English taxes. I raised my army taxing English asses with my axes."
    The burn is so intense that the Frost Giants no longer exist

    • @303elliott
      @303elliott Před 2 lety +4

      Such a good fucking rap!

    • @dannyjames8894
      @dannyjames8894 Před 2 lety +6

      Should have been Alfred the Great vs Ragnar instead of Richard I, it'd have been a way closer match up, also Richard could have burned way harder but just didn't I guess??

  • @Ralesong
    @Ralesong Před rokem +17

    That riff in the background of Ragnar sounds good. I need it. Just it.

  • @benhornstein1688
    @benhornstein1688 Před rokem +11

    I realized that Ragnar's line, "Your old lady can't feel the love on any night", is a reference to the song from the Lion King, "Can you feel the love tonight". Jesus Ragnar, lay off him.

    • @maxrichards3881
      @maxrichards3881 Před měsícem

      Richard doomed himself bringing up the Lion King.

  • @trex5863
    @trex5863 Před 2 lety +383

    *HOW ON EARTH DO THESE GUYS LOOK LIKE EVERYONE ON THE PLANET?!!!*

    • @nikhoulette4103
      @nikhoulette4103 Před 2 lety +12

      They can shapeship into whoever they play

    • @astrochiken
      @astrochiken Před 2 lety +47

      An underappreciated makeup and/ or costume department.

    • @asylumskp4391
      @asylumskp4391 Před 2 lety +8

      Bald

    • @amuroray.1690
      @amuroray.1690 Před 2 lety +4

      It's all to do with the nanobots in their bodies. Ever seen the GI Joe movies?

    • @Kaydee815
      @Kaydee815 Před 2 lety +1

      Um, I'm pretty sure they were part of the first wave of Skrull infiltrators.

  • @arung6686
    @arung6686 Před 2 lety +462

    "I'll be waiting in my birthday suit, going berserk!". This line just gets me everytime.

  • @godzzgladiator
    @godzzgladiator Před 11 měsíci +2

    2:02 the start of the 2nd verse after the morning suit bit was perfect

  • @concosre
    @concosre Před rokem +7

    1:12 The “I’m batshit crazy” laugh is perfect

  • @just_willa9380
    @just_willa9380 Před 2 lety +383

    The whole “son killed your ex & your ex killed your wife.” that killed me

    • @NinjaPastry
      @NinjaPastry Před 2 lety +1

      I know right, I felt like it was a Oedipus reference

    • @maxrichards3881
      @maxrichards3881 Před měsícem +1

      Then the clapback with the other Lion King song.

  • @TimeBucks
    @TimeBucks Před 2 lety +2283

    They both destroyed each other.

    • @divinevex1761
      @divinevex1761 Před 2 lety +3

      are you momey man

    • @only1baloney
      @only1baloney Před 2 lety +58

      yeah it was hard to say who won. :D

    • @nickzheleznyak8613
      @nickzheleznyak8613 Před 2 lety

      based

    • @PianoHypnoshroom
      @PianoHypnoshroom Před 2 lety +13

      Don't comment random things without watching the video. Expecting to get likes because you're verified.

    • @matthew.o1
      @matthew.o1 Před 2 lety +53

      @@PianoHypnoshroom So, whenever somebody verified shares their opinion they are seeking attention?

  • @thegreenrenegade7759
    @thegreenrenegade7759 Před 10 měsíci +15

    The line “You took acre and jaffa like a piece of cake, but never attacked jerusalem for christs sake. You saw the holy land but couldnt go all the way, we should call it the crusade of richard the first base.” Is easily one of the most savage disses ive ever heard.

  • @Rytonic69
    @Rytonic69 Před rokem +7

    "Your only son was illegitimate, you heired to the side"
    Bruh, that bar was colder than an ice giant

  • @jamew7wicker105
    @jamew7wicker105 Před 2 lety +844

    Best Flow: Lionheart
    Best Disses: Lodbrok
    Loser: English people's financial status

  • @rolandlimani4503
    @rolandlimani4503 Před 2 lety +179

    “ I raised my army taxing english asses with my axes”
    sums up all of Norways medieval history

  • @vmwindustries
    @vmwindustries Před rokem +1

    Love when they do history videos!

  • @henrypham7717
    @henrypham7717 Před 4 měsíci +4

    are we just gonna ignore how 🔥🔥 Ragnar's second verse is at 2:07?!

  • @steelebennett4788
    @steelebennett4788 Před 2 lety +4230

    Dude i remember you guys from my childhood. I'm now 19 and heading to John Hopkins university and I'm convinced you're one of the major reasons since you got me interested in history which strengthened my love for school

    • @ERB
      @ERB  Před 2 lety +1039

      That's awesome. Enjoy university!

    • @Maliphresh
      @Maliphresh Před 2 lety +83

      One time my teacher played them in social studies

    • @accidentcarrot7225
      @accidentcarrot7225 Před 2 lety +39

      Same lmao I got into them years ago and now I'm obsessed with history

    • @lizardkid666
      @lizardkid666 Před 2 lety +1

      Which ones

    • @epicrapbattlesofhistoryism2796
      @epicrapbattlesofhistoryism2796 Před 2 lety +17

      @@ERB Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, & Michael Collins Vs. Buzz Lightyear.
      👨🏻‍🚀👨🏻‍🚀👨🏻‍🚀🆚👨🏻‍🚀
      Battle of the iconical Buzz (, & a Neil, & a Michael) spacers.

  • @lukeduckworth1256
    @lukeduckworth1256 Před 2 lety +211

    “You may have the axe, but I make the body spray!”
    God this writing is so good

  • @SonnyD223
    @SonnyD223 Před rokem +14

    For anyone who doesn’t get the salad line, the leader of the Saracens who owned the Holy Land during the crusades was named Saladin

  • @gwenpolo1307
    @gwenpolo1307 Před rokem +33

    Honestly, this battle proved to me that an ERB can still be awesome even if I know nothing about the participants. Plus, learning about them after was fun!

  • @juanpeace3y2d
    @juanpeace3y2d Před 2 lety +1469

    Watching during my commute.
    My head all day at work: DING DANG DONG

  • @aceapache4914
    @aceapache4914 Před 2 lety +238

    "I'm the Lion King, man but thats a messed up circle of life" now that is called brilliant writing

    • @anonymousskunk
      @anonymousskunk Před 2 lety +31

      Ragnar beating back with his own Lion King reference, "Your old lady Can't Feel The Love on ANY Night!"

    • @unknownwhoisthisnobody2567
      @unknownwhoisthisnobody2567 Před 2 lety +3

      @@anonymousskunk good rebuttal

    • @low60000
      @low60000 Před 2 lety +3

      Lines like that scream “Zach Sherwin”

    • @maxrichards3881
      @maxrichards3881 Před měsícem

      @@low60000
      He’s the brilliant writer behind crazy ex girlfriend, so I’m not surprised.

  • @raptordarwish887
    @raptordarwish887 Před 2 měsíci +2

    1:02
    The most epic instrumental, before Hannibal vs JtR and Ash Kethum vs Darwin

    • @Ilayshatz
      @Ilayshatz Před 2 měsíci

      Do you think they should make a rabbi vs priest rap battle?

    • @raptordarwish887
      @raptordarwish887 Před 2 měsíci

      ​@@Ilayshatz
      Idk what both of those is

    • @Sev_GD
      @Sev_GD Před 2 měsíci

      @@raptordarwish887you don’t even know what a priest is? bro where do u live 😭

    • @raptordarwish887
      @raptordarwish887 Před 2 měsíci

      @@Sev_GD I know priest, what is rabbi

    • @Sev_GD
      @Sev_GD Před 2 měsíci

      @@raptordarwish887 then why say u don’t know what both of them are 😭 lol

  • @marmyeater
    @marmyeater Před rokem +12

    Damn, no one metioning the Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves reference.

  • @noahmenegay3976
    @noahmenegay3976 Před 2 lety +3925

    “If I wanted to fight loser Vikings I’d go to Minnesota” Hits hard after the Vikings loss to the lions

  • @Hitokage
    @Hitokage Před 2 lety +3852

    This world needs more of ERB!

  • @Akapulko
    @Akapulko Před rokem +5

    1:03 this part is superb, the flow of the lyrics is really amazing

  • @zachattack9678
    @zachattack9678 Před 9 měsíci +4

    Punisher vs Peacemaker would be kind of awesome

  • @david4rancibia34
    @david4rancibia34 Před 2 lety +522

    "The king of England should speak English" - Holy shit, historical burn

    • @Vibes-ym2zf
      @Vibes-ym2zf Před 2 lety +20

      well i mean most of these are historical burns

    • @anglishbookcraft1516
      @anglishbookcraft1516 Před 2 lety +6

      I would hardly bethink any Frenchman as an “English King”. It’s like saying Frederich Barbarossa was Italian since he held much of southern Italy.

    • @xanderc4732
      @xanderc4732 Před 2 lety

      Talk about some pure Supremacist.....

    • @tetsujin_144
      @tetsujin_144 Před 2 lety +5

      Me, 28 years later: Hey wait a minute, was having Patrick Stewart play King Richard in "Robin Hood: Men In Tights" a reference to him playing a French character on TV who sounded English?

    • @goldenboy86gd
      @goldenboy86gd Před 2 lety

      well duh its epic rab battles of HISTORY so EVERY single roast is a historical burn

  • @AC3dAvE
    @AC3dAvE Před 2 lety +512

    "but never attacked Jerusalem for Christ's sake" man that was very clever HAHA.

  • @bobsurname6344
    @bobsurname6344 Před rokem +5

    "Your real self next to your legend disappoints"
    Richard don't throw stones in glass houses.

  • @CalicoClixk
    @CalicoClixk Před rokem

    Number 1 Erb fan checking back in. I can re watch these raps all day😊

  • @daniel-lh6uz
    @daniel-lh6uz Před 2 lety +400

    Let it be said, that the kings of making history class fun have returned, and non the less with such power both graphical and Verbally!

    • @widdershins5383
      @widdershins5383 Před 2 lety +2

      Have you heard of a little band called Sabaton by any chance? Lol literally nothing but history in every song

    • @kevinc3786
      @kevinc3786 Před 2 lety +1

      @@widdershins5383 Ah yes, another fellow of expanded culture

  • @markomijajlovic101
    @markomijajlovic101 Před 11 měsíci +2

    Happy 2 years of this masterpiece!🎂🎉

  • @PoisonelleMisty4311
    @PoisonelleMisty4311 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Excellent video! The message hits home, especially with the theme of Ragnar Lodbrok vs. Richard The Lionheart. Hats off to the author for presenting such thought-provoking content.

  • @xilangoo
    @xilangoo Před 2 lety +602

    "I raised my army taxing English asses with axes" allfather is proud.

    • @stalinsoulz7872
      @stalinsoulz7872 Před 2 lety +1

      Papa Thor Approves

    • @cbv2353
      @cbv2353 Před 2 lety +3

      I commented about this too, the flow was dirty

    • @ryder2156
      @ryder2156 Před 2 lety +1

      Literally something Thor would say

    • @hellatze
      @hellatze Před 2 lety +2

      Go to sovengarde

    • @xilangoo
      @xilangoo Před 2 lety

      I mean ERB do their homework. The plantagenet, the conquest for Jerusalem, etc 👌 exquisite quality mate

  • @AndyGilleand
    @AndyGilleand Před 2 lety +1735

    Richard the Lionhart was in the first Assassin's Creed, and Ragnar Lothbrok was (sort of) in the most recent Assassin's Creed

    • @mrstealurkill7870
      @mrstealurkill7870 Před 2 lety +10

      Ragnar lodbrook is frm Vikings series

    • @AndyGilleand
      @AndyGilleand Před 2 lety +209

      @@mrstealurkill7870 They are both real historical people

    • @davyjones7016
      @davyjones7016 Před 2 lety +45

      @Minge Basar read some Viking history once in a while

    • @bigchef816
      @bigchef816 Před 2 lety +72

      @@davyjones7016 you do realise that there is no historical evidence that Ragnar lived whereas ubbe, bjorn and Ivar where all well documented vikings

    • @AndyGilleand
      @AndyGilleand Před 2 lety +81

      @ Typically he is believed to be a real person, but the stories often attributed to him may actually be several different people

  • @TAMThomasTAM
    @TAMThomasTAM Před 11 měsíci +18

    Now with House of the Dragon being popular, I think it would be awesome to have an Epic Rap Battle between William the Conqueror and Aegon the Conqueror.

  • @Grace1322ful
    @Grace1322ful Před rokem +1

    This was one of the best ERB battles

  • @louisfk9880
    @louisfk9880 Před 2 lety +689

    "Your son killed your ex, your ex killed your wife, I'm a lion king man but that's a messed up Circle of Life!"
    *WHOA!!!!!*

    • @craytherlaygaming2852
      @craytherlaygaming2852 Před 2 lety +4

      The Norsemen way bro... you wouldn't get it

    • @TheDr_Crow
      @TheDr_Crow Před 2 lety +2

      @@craytherlaygaming2852 only Norse kids can relate unlike these snowflakes smh

    • @craytherlaygaming2852
      @craytherlaygaming2852 Před 2 lety

      @@TheDr_Crow indeed

    • @maxrichards3881
      @maxrichards3881 Před měsícem +3

      “Who are you to talk about the circle of life? Your old lady can’t feel the love on any night!”
      That rebuttal compensated.

  • @franklynsmith6968
    @franklynsmith6968 Před 2 lety +3075

    This seriously captured the essence of old school ERB. Phenomenal production.

    • @ekerilaz723
      @ekerilaz723 Před 2 lety +33

      This one was great

    • @jerry3020
      @jerry3020 Před 2 lety +54

      And they both had 2 verses like they used to have

    • @jestnutz
      @jestnutz Před 2 lety +17

      Lyrics, flow, beat, acting and editing all on point.

    • @KikomochiMendoza
      @KikomochiMendoza Před 2 lety +33

      This does feel like old school Season 2 ERB but with the benefit of years of production experience.

    • @dominicguye8058
      @dominicguye8058 Před rokem

      Huh? It doesn't feel like that at ALL to me

  • @autismeister
    @autismeister Před 4 dny +1

    This battle has so many good lines that the insanely hard beat goes almost unmentioned

  • @thesleepyDM
    @thesleepyDM Před 9 měsíci +1

    Best erb in a long time

  • @Aleksae_Zhiltsauff
    @Aleksae_Zhiltsauff Před 2 lety +217

    "You went from chainmail to chained up in jail til mommy drained England to pay for your bail" Maaaaaan, that's tough.

    • @reyonXIII
      @reyonXIII Před 2 lety +17

      Yeah, Richard was DEFINITELY Eleanor's baby boy. And to think that running gag in Disney's Robin Hood seemed like it was just that, but turns out, "Mother always did like Richard best" was legit

    • @zigzagintrusion
      @zigzagintrusion Před 2 lety

      that was my favorite line

  • @sou713
    @sou713 Před 2 lety +601

    "the King of England should probably speak English"
    then Richard goes "mon ami"
    I love it

    • @historeek3338
      @historeek3338 Před 2 lety +3

      Lol i was so happy as an historian Who study medieval era, especially the XIIth century