♪ (punk rock music) ♪
(announcer) "Epic Rap Battles of History!"
- Aw, yes! - Yes!
(announcer) Darth Vader...
- Yes. - (announcer) Versus...
- Adolf Hitler! - Oh, my...
- (announcer) Begin! - ♪ I am Adolf Hitler ♪
♪ Commander of the Third Reich ♪
♪ Little known fact ♪
- ♪ (sings along) ♪ - ♪ Also dope on the mic ♪
♪ You are Vader ♪
- ♪ With your little boots and cape ♪ - ♪ (sings along) ♪
♪ And helmet to cover up ♪
- ♪ That burnt-ass face ♪ - (laughs)
♪ You can't rhyme against ♪
♪ The dark side of the force ♪
- ♪ Why even bother? ♪ - (snickers)
♪ So many dudes been with your mom ♪
- ♪ Who even knows if I'm your father? ♪ - (laughs)
- ♪ You're a pissed off little prick ♪ - That's a burn.
♪ With a Napoleon dick ♪
♪ You call that a mustache? ♪
♪ I call that Dirty Sanchez on your lip ♪
These guys can spit. (chuckles) Spittin' straight fire.
♪ Here, step in my shower ♪
(laughing) Oh, my God!
- (chuckles) - ♪ What's your lightsaber versus a ♪
♪ Clan of all your white neighbors? ♪
(Vader breathes) ♪ Suck my robot balls ♪
I think Hitler would take him in a fight.
♪ We'll call my homeboy in Isreal ♪
- ♪ See who got the last laugh ♪ - (laughs)
(announcer) Who won? Who's next?
- (recites along) - You decide.
- "Epic Rap Battles of History!" - (chuckles)
(FineBros) Who would you say won the rap battle?
Darth Vader.
- Vader. - Vader.
- Hitler. - Hitler.
I don't want Hitler to win, so Darth Vader.
- I think Vader won. - Darth Vader won.
Darth Vader won.
Vader, 'cause Hitler just took it way too far.
I think Hitler won that one.
Only time I'll ever support Hitler in anything.
(announcer shouting) "Epic Rap Battles of History!"
Bill Gates versus...
- ♪ Let me just step right in ♪ - (gasps) Steve Jobs!
- I've watched all of these. - ♪ ...500 'fore you kissed a girl ♪
♪ I'm a pimp, you're a nerd ♪
♪ I'm slick, you're cheesy ♪
♪ Beating you is Apple II easy ♪
♪ I need a bring up some basic (bleep) ♪
♪ Why'd you name your company ♪
♪ After your dick? ♪
- ♪ You blow, Jobs ♪ - (laughs)
"Microsoft." (laughs)
♪ I give away your net worth ♪
♪ To AIDS research ♪
♪ Combine all your little toys ♪
- ♪ And I still crush that ♪ - (snickers)
♪ iPhone, iPad ♪
- ♪ iPwn, iSmack ♪ - Oh. (chuckles)
- ♪ I tripled the profits on a PC ♪ - (laughs)
This is Mac versus PC, watch every single comment.
"I'm a Mac." "I'm a PC."
Oh, gosh, these videos are so great.
♪ Now excuse me ♪
♪ While I turn heaven a profit ♪
Steve Jobs is such a boss. I mean, it sucks he died.
♪ Die then ♪
♪ The whole world loved you ♪
♪ But you were my friend ♪
♪ I'm alone now ♪
♪ With nothing but power and time ♪
Bill Gates sounds so needy.
♪ Now there's no one can stop me ♪
♪ The world is mine ♪
♪ I'm sorry, Bill ♪
♪ I'm afraid I can't let you do that ♪
This just got real creepy.
- ♪ Nothing you can do can stop it ♪ - What is that?
It's from "2001: A Space Odyssey."
♪ When I guide the rocket? ♪
♪ I think different from the engine ♪
♪ Of the days of old ♪
♪ Hasta la vista ♪
♪ Like the Terminator told ya ♪
(announcer) Who won?
Don't even ask me. (laughing) Don't even ask me.
(FineBros) Who won? Bill Gates or Steve Jobs?
That one definitely goes to Steve Jobs.
Steve Jobs took it.
- Steve Jobs. - Bill Gates.
- Bill Gates. - Steve Jobs.
- Steve Jobs. - Jobs.
Steve Jobs won that one, hands down.
I use Mac, but I like PC,
so it's kind of torn.
Oh, I would love to work for both of those companies.
I don't feel comfortable answering that question.
(announcer shouting) "EPIC RAP BATTLES OF HISTORY"!
Who does the intro of this?
- (announcer) Skrillex! - I love Skrillex!
(announcer) Mozart!
I'm into Mozart; I don't even like dubstep.
♪ Welcome to the devil's den ♪
♪ I'm a scary monster ♪
- ♪ Stomping this sprite in frilly pants ♪ - He talks?
- Just go away, Skrillex. Just go. - ♪ I'm the A-list ♪
♪ You're the lamest ♪
♪ Kiss my ass ♪
♪ A-A-A-A-Amadeus ♪
♪ Was that a verse ♪
♪ Or did you just get the hiccups? ♪
- ♪ I'm a prodigy Sonny ♪ - Oh, that's great!
- This is gonna be a hard one. - ♪ ...world's greatest composer ♪
♪ No one knows what you are ♪
♪ Except a lonely little troll ♪
♪ Who knows how to press a spacebar ♪
- Oh! - ♪ I attack ♪
♪ You decay ♪
♪ Can't sustain my releases ♪
♪ Sidechain Wolfgang ♪
♪ Bangarang you to pieces ♪
♪ I'm a self made man ♪ - Oh, my God.
♪ You're a slave to your papa ♪
♪ I'm a rock star ♪
♪ Mix you with the bass and ♪
- ♪ Drop ya ♪ - Ha.
♪ And see I've transcribed it here ♪
I actually love this beat. It's so good.
♪ What kind of drugs does it take ♪
♪ To enjoy this? ♪
♪ I've no idea ♪
- Ecstasy. - ♪ I've seen more complexity ♪
♪ In a couch from IKEA ♪
- ♪ Why don't you put down your cubase ♪ - (laughs)
Leave him dirty.
♪ I rocked harder than you ♪
- ♪ When I was five years old ♪ - You tell him.
- (announcer) Who won? - It's so clever.
It's like a simple idea, but no one would've thought of it.
Well, except him.
- (announcer) OF HISTORY! - (mouths along)
Buh-der, buh-der!
(FineBros) Who won that one?
- Mozart. - Mozart.
I'm not a fan of the classical music.
- Mozart. - Mozart.
- Mozart. - I take Mozart.
- Mozart won. - Mozart won that one.
Tied, they're even.
Mozart, because dubstep sucks.
So happy you guys did that. So happy!
♪ (punk rock music) ♪
(FineBros) So, what were those videos?
Those were the "EPIC RAP BATTLES OF HISTORY!"
"EPIC RAP BATTLES OF HISTORY!"
"EPIC RAP BATTLES OF HISTORY!" (chuckles)
- (FineBros) Have you seen them before? - I have.
Only the Steve Jobs one.
Yeah. (laughs)
I have seen them before. I love them.
Yes! I've been watching it for so long.
One of my friends is a huge fan.
Memorizes them, and then sings them in class, and he's like,
"Has everyone seen the new 'Epic Rap Battles of History'?"
I'm like, "No. I'm sorry. I have to study."
(FineBros) Do you think this is a good concept?
Rap battles of history?
I think so, because nobody's ever thought of it before,
and obviously, rap battles are a big thing everywhere.
Yeah, I mean, it's so creative.
Normally, when you hear about these important people,
you read them in a book or something.
Like, oh, they're boring. I read about them.
And now they're rapping, saying swears.
It's showing you history and things that teens want to hear.
Rap, 'cause we're all thugs. (chuckles)
- (FineBros) So, did you like the show? - Yeah, it's funny.
It's okay. I mean, they're entertaining.
They're so brilliant.
I'm subscribed to them, so they're pretty awesome.
I'm a fan of rap and hip-hop music
and I'm a big fan of history. I love history, so that's like--
That's best of both worlds for me right there.
(FineBros) Do you learn anything
- about history watching this show? - (giggling) No.
I learned-- (giggles)
Mozart can totally beat Skrillex in a rap battle, duh!
They put, like, certain history facts and such,
but I don't learn anything.
You definitely could.
They throw things in there and they do a lot of wordplay
that is based on historical stuff.
When it was Genghis Khan and the Easter Bunny,
I was like, "I don't know a lot about Genghis Khan."
So, I Google-searched Genghis Khan, did some research.
(FineBros) You've clicked it to watch it, the beat starts,
and "EPIC RAP BATTLES OF HISTORY" flies up.
- How does it make you feel? - It gets me all nervous.
"Let's see how good it is. Ooh, I can't wait."
I feel excited. I'm hyped up for the show.
I'm like, "EPIC RAP BATTLES OF HISTORY!"
and then I go back to watching.
(FineBros) Do you usually say it with it?
- Yeah. Every time. - (FineBros laugh)
(FineBros) Which one is your favorite episode?
I could be even one we didn't show you.
Marilyn Monroe vs. Cleopatra.
Mr. T vs. Mister Rogers.
Mario Bros. vs. the Wright brothers.
Einstein vs. Stephen Hawking.
♪ There are ten million, million, million, million, million ♪
♪ Million particles in the universe ♪
♪ That you can observe ♪
♪ Your mama took the ugly ones ♪
♪ And put them into one nerd ♪
(FineBros) And do you know who created the show?
- No. - No.
Nice Peter, and is it EpicLLOYD?
(FineBros) What do you think of their rapping ability?
I like it. At least it's not the normal "rap."
I don't understand the difference between good rapping
and bad rapping, because I don't listen to rap.
They're actually really good.
They're so clever with every line they put together.
They're pretty badass.
I mean, I can rap, but not like that.
It's actually pretty decent for white people.
They're steppin' up. White people are steppin' up.
(FineBros) The show started on Nice Peter's channel
and was a huge success with hundreds of millions of views.
- Okay, yeah. - (FineBros) They then launched
a channel just for the rap battles less than two years ago,
and it already has over five million subscribers.
That's a lot.
(FineBros) And a combined one billion views.
- Wow! - God, that's insane.
(FineBros) What is it about this that has made it
arguably the most popular show of all time on the Internet?
It could appeal to a lot of different audiences.
Something that everyone likes. Everyone likes music.
Everyone in society secretly loves violence,
and they're verbally attacking each other.
Because it differs every time.
You don't know who they're going
to put up against each other next.
All the work they put in compared to other shows--
it's a lot more.
It looks so cool.
The graphics are good.
The costumes are well-done. Makeup's well-done.
The music is well-done.
The songwriting skill is there.
If I saw just the behind-the-scenes, I would be like,
"Wow. I wonder when this movie's coming out."
(FineBros) And why do you think they end every video
with, "Who won? Who's next? You decide"?
Oh, so it gives viewer input.
It's a way to interact with the audience.
'Cause they want to keep it going.
They want to have an audience connection.
Let it to the viewers to decide who's next.
It's just like what we do.
To see who won and then to get ideas for the next video.
I wish they would read some of the comments
and give a winner based off the comments.
(FineBros) If you could decide,
what rap battle would you want to see next?
(gasps) Oh, my God!
Black Michael Jackson vs. White Michael Jackson!
Queen Elizabeth vs. the khaleesi.
Mickey Mouse vs. Osama bin Laden, and I want to see that.
Walter White from "Breaking Bad" go up against
Rick from "Walking Dead."
Xbox vs. PlayStation or something.
Like, just have a big Xbox outfit and a big PlayStation outfit.
Slender Man vs. anyone.
I don't know. I just want to see Slender Man.
(FineBros) If someone was to come up to you
and you'd never seen this before and they told you,
"Oh, you got to see this show.
It's two white guys rapping about history," what would you think?
I'd be like, "Nah, I'm good. I pass on that."
"Ha. That's funny."
The image that comes to my head is a classroom
and a geography map in the background,
and then these two history professors, and they're like,
"Yo, the Ottoman Empire is over here."
"Benny, why do you want to show me this?"
But then I would watch it, and I'd be like, "Benny!
Thank you for showing me this!" (giggles)
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