The latest ERB video is 3:17 long. Minus intro, credits, and Civ 6th Ad it's only 1:40 long. 
Snippets of /r/ERB's latest discussion thread about the episode
What's your honest opinion on Napoleon vs. Charlemagne?
What the frick was that Harlem Shake reference?
I was fine with the Harambe line in Zilla vs Kong but...
fr, theyre lagging 10+ years behind in references
I will say, "People still place my name next to God, Charlemagne" was pretty fire. Other than that..... idk it just felt so bland. It was short and nothing hit hard.
Sometimes they said stuff so plainly that it confused me. Like okay Charlemagne did create a "font" but him just saying that bewilders you. The same thing happens with Napoleon saying that years have four numbers but that line is a bit better
i can't even remember a single line from the battle
I can pretty much recite Napoleon vs Napoleon line by line (or at the very least some of the best zingers) and that was literally years and years ago.
Saw this one last week… genuinely cannot even remember the closing lines. It wasn't that I hated it while I watched it, but it just didn't evoke a single reaction from me.
(Kong vs Godzilla I know by heart now tho)
when the history rap show uses actual historical figures:
when they use japan slop affirming hyperfixation:
A little underwhelming for me personally but I also don't know the combatants that well
It's fine ig? People are right that there's too much "verbosely explain the context of the diss before saying the diss", and the flow is weird ("Holyromanempire? established it") but some lines were funny and I like Charlemagne's first verse
I think someone in the FRB Groomercord elucidated it well; ERB is still primarily about comedy, and if you want a battle that's very technical and takes itself seriously you'll usually turn to fanmade battles. So when they do a serious military pomp-and-circumstance battle (and the first joke is a reference that's, what, 10 years out of date?), it feels sort of toothless
This next one is my favorite post of the thread. Pure unbridled autism folx.
ERB used to be fearless. They used to tear into the biggest names in history and pop culture with no mercy. They weren't afraid to take shots, to push boundaries, to make battles that actually had bite. They went after corporate machines, they went after politicians, they went after icons—and they did it with bars that actually burned. Now? They're nothing but sellouts.
Napoleon vs. Charlemagne was clean, safe, and soulless—engineered not for impact, but for sponsorship money. No real edge, no real fire, just a dull, sanitized product meant to keep advertisers happy. This wasn't made for the fans, it was made for the brand deals. The writing was soft, the beat was rushed garbage, and the performances were lifeless. It didn't feel like a rap battle—it felt like watching two actors read lines from a script they didn't believe in.
This isn't the same ERB that went toe-to-toe with corporations and spit bars that left people speechless. This is ERB: The Business, a company that prioritizes ad revenue over creativity. They don't make battles anymore—they make content. Forgettable, disposable, corporate-approved content. And the worst part? People still defend this, acting like ERB is untouchable when it's clear they stopped caring a long time ago.
Nobody will remember this battle in a week. Heck, nobody remembers their last five. And if this is all they've got left, they should just admit they're done instead of stringing us along with these weak, sponsor-friendly excuses for battles.
This video failed pretty hard, barely broke 1 million then it flatlined. They need to either quit beating this dead horse or show us they still have that grit and determination they used to have. I'm done with the games, come on ERB, STEP UP!!!
When was ERB ever this daring counter culture critique of the establishment like this guy has deluded himself into believing it is. Toe to toe with corporations? They were funded by Disney for YEARS. How anti-establishment was Lady Gaga vs. Sarah Palin or TMNT vs Artists? Was "both of these political candidates are bad (until it's against drumpf than hillary joe kamal MUST WIN!)" really that daring of a position? They're stupid rap comedy videos for nerds and geeks and if they actually are guiding you politically you're an r-slur. Simple as.
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Jesus, that shit's still going on? It wasnt funny even a decade ago, can't imagine what it's like now.
I know its "comedy" slop, but thats not even correct in the slightest, either. Charlemagne was emperor of francia, the HRE was formed like 200 years after his death
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He was crowned Roman Emperor and already held the title of King of the Franks besides. The Ottonian HRE that begins the continuous empire we know of 200 years later also called itself the Roman Empire. (Though the HRE regarded itself merely as a continuation of Charlemagne's Roman Empire you can see this in reignal numbers).
The Holy was added around 500 years later with Frederick Barbarossa and his attempts to assert power in Italy and equality/supremacy over the Papacy in temporal affairs.
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Wow thanks for making me look stupid
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Isn't he that guy who invaded Russia in ww2?
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he was the first holy roman emporer innit?
trans lives matter
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You wanna break the glass ceiling, Hillary, I sense it. But the only crack you'll find is my butt pressed against it.
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The numbers are in and I'm right on your tail
You don't have the stamina, baby, you're frail
This will be just like '08 when you fail
But Trump will appoint you to jail
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I saw the trump one recently I forget why (I think some r-slur on here maybe linked it). But I remember being shocked that the trump verse was actually pretty fire and dunked on Hillary while making him look pretty cool in comparison (aside from almost having him say BIPOC at the end). And then Lincoln comes in and "both sides" the argument which was completely gay and cringe but I wonder how that episode made /r/erb react cause it wasn't totally demeaning and dismissing trump.
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the Lincoln thing was a callback from the first battle. what sucks is the next two election battles: trump vs biden and trump vs kamala go REALLY into the "we need to get rid of drumpf NOW" angle and become entirely biased, removing lincoln in vs biden and trump vs kamala had teddy roosevelt show up and kind of insult both but not really. But Trump still has the best lines in all three battles
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Roosevelt's clap back to Kamala was pretty good though, "Don't let getting hired be the best thing you ever do"
That was the long and short of the entire Harris campaign lol
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Them glazing biden for being some sort of epic centrist racial hero and then for the next four years tweaking on the couch is the ultimate reason why they should stop doing election shit
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The Kamala battle fricking sucked, Biden was okay but Trump is just really well written no matter what
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They didn't even bother to make Trump look like a clown in that one because they were so sure Hillary was going to win. You can tell when Lincoln says to Trump "and when she DOES win...". I wouldn't be surprised if that one was memory holed
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I used to like them in high school
but when they ragequit for at least a year after trump 
won I lost interest
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You mean it would have been cooler if he didn't kitty out and actually said BIPOC, right?
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Do not come
I will come.
All over your place.
I will come with my Bible, my Church, Putin, and my Evangelical fighters.
I will come and destroy your army of little libcuck gays.
You think your stuff is so hot?
But the only hot thing about you, is that escaping BRAP
building up an impenetrable fog.
You think you are the champion of the people? The one who is really brave?
Well B&$#H, newsflash. Your suffering is made up hysterics and menopausal angst,
I am the one who has survived bullets to the face.
So come off your high horse, and try out some Mcdonald's.
The clown
theres a pal, and I promised him a looksmatched partner.
WHO WON!? Trump doing robo dance in the background while Hillary is making the disappointing s*x eye-roll face.
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AIN'T NOTHING GONNA BEAT ME
NO PERSON, WOMAN, MAN, CAMERA, TV
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EH, THEY IM
ED ME
I STILL WALKED OUT OF DC LOOKING PEACHY
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NO FRICKING WAY they're still doing this shit
Jesus I stopped hearing anything about these guys after middle school and just assumed they gave it up years ago
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tbf they only make a video every 6 months-a year and with the millions of views they rake in who'd want to give up that paycheck
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I wont blame them for cashing in, but I blame whoever still watches them for never growing up
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Okay I might be a little jealous at how little they need to work lol
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I think I saw 1 or 2 in high school and they got old really fast
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Keep yourself safe zoomer
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People in middle school when these were popular are 30 years old now
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Burger middle school ages: 11-13
https://usahello.org/education/children/grade-levels/#:~:text=Students%20attending%20middle%20school%20are,teachers%20in%20one%20school%20day.
ERB began 2010, didn't get popular until 2013
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_Rap_Battles_of_History
Current year 2025
https://www.saturdaygift.com/what-year-is-it/
2025-2010=15
Will take the year they started and max age of burger middle schoolers to be generous.
15+13=28
Keep yourself safe zoomer
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shoutout to the neurodivergent guy who got stabbed on the LA Metro for loudly Epic Rap Battling to himself while wearing a harry potter cape. love that video
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Stabbed several times. Bleeding to death. Wondering what happened, how did everything go so wrong.
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Black people pretend go like these but go to any hip hop forum and they call it corny
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Go to me and it'll call it fricking corny
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i didn't know that show was still a thing
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And it's still the same two guys, they haven't had any real major shake ups cast wise like other shows that have lasted this long
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So should I give them props for being youtubers who lasted this long without some kind of s*x pest bullshit going on?
My standards are that low TBH
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I love you please stay here
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Which is worse, ERB or Hamilton? I consider them to be similar genres of white rap
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Nobody has ever talked to me irl about ERB. Wish I could say the same for Hamilton.
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Hamilton is so bad. I have no idea how that became a hit
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Lin Manuel Miranda somehow keeps getting hired to write utter garbage like all the Disney songs he's done lately. Who the heck decides to give Akwafina a song? (Although 'Who decided to give Akwafina a career?' is another question worth asking.)
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Every so often youtube tries to sneak one of these into my recommendations and I can't believe that people still watch these.
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Beat up Epic Rap Battles of History nerds on public transport.
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Are you referencing that video of the stabbing lol
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I have not been able to watch one of these since like 2012 when I was still in high school lmao
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That last bit is definitely ChatGPT
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What's funny is i just listened to some of these new ones because of this post and the Charlamagne one is the least bad out of all the new ones
Kamala vs Trump? Bad
Indy vs Croft? Horrendeous
Kong vs Zilla is literallly the worst one and is put up like it's amazing
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ERB is my guilty pleasure
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What battles are your favorites?
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Tbh I kind of like them all. Thanos vs Oppenheimer is pretty funny and I like Freud vs Mother Teresa too
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Freud vs Mother Theresa is a underrated gem.
"An exception to my theory, I can't believe this
Here we have a mother that no one wants to sleep with!"
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Freud vs. Saint Theresa is so fricking funny, the matchup came out of nowhere and worked shockingly well.
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Yeah and it had some of the most clever lines too imo
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Snapshots:
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