Presidential Reviews

[Umbreon]

ERB Vs ERBP pls

http://www.erboh.com/forum/showthrea...l=1#post346752

[WardenOfTheNorth]

Can you review my King Tut vs Moctezuma II battle? It's in the FanMade Erb section, should still be on the first page

[Samos]

Here's my review of Samniss Arandeen's Scout vs. Heavy Weapons Guy (http://www.erboh.com/forum/showthrea...vy-Weapons-Guy). Next is Bob Ross vs. Pablo Picasso.

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Scout-Round 1: This verse has a lot of references, but they aren't particularly clever and don't attempt that many actual jokes. It's a pretty decent effort, and it's got some funny moments, but this is probably the weakest verse in the battle. 6.5/10

Heavy Weapons Guy-Round 1: This verse has some nice humor and some nice personality, kind of like Gorbachev in Rasputin vs. Stalin. The lines aren't the most clever ones I've ever seen, but they are funny, so I do have to give you that. 7.5/10

Scout-Round 2: Even though none of the lines are anything spectacular, this is still a pretty strong verse. The first and last lines are both decent references, and the Sascha line is really nice, so this is a pretty impressive step up from the last verse. 8.5/10

The Medic-Round 2: This verse is very mixed for me, because it has some really great lines, like the medicine line and the last line, but it also has too many pointless filler lines for my liking that bring it down. It's not perfect, nor is it the best verse in the battle, but it's enough to give the win to Heavy and The Medic, if they're supposed to be a team (also, minor complaint, but I don't get why 4 lines all begin with ''oh''). 8/10

Overall: I didn't get most of this battle on the first reading, but then I looked up some of the references and realized that it was pretty well written. It has a bit too many pointless filler lines, but it also has some pretty funny references, so I think it's above average. 7.5/10

Scout's Best Line: Why's your gun named Sascha, can't get any bitches?
Scout's Worst Line: I'm better than you, that's the matter of fact.
Heavy Weapons Guy's Best Line: What sick man sends babies to fight me?
Heavy Weapons Guy's Worst Line: I give massive pain to all enemies here.
The Medic's Best Line: (Oh, and is your mother's name Marge?) Oh yeah, I should know cause last night she got my Ubercharge.
The Medic's Worst Line: You little weakling, killing you won't be hard!

Final Results:
Scout: 15/20
Heavy Weapons Guy: 7.5/10 (equivalent to 15/20)
The Medic: 8/10 (equivalent to 16/20)
Heavy Weapons Guy and The Medic: 15.5/20

Total Score: 38/50

[Samos]

Here's my review of Bob Ross vs. Pablo Picasso (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGN5xaQkFk0). Next is Thom Yorke vs. Kurt Cobain.

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Beat: This beat is everything I want in a beat and nothing more. Nothing about it blew my mind, and it's not something I'd listen to without the battle, but it does everything it needs to, and well. It's catchy, it's got some intense moments, it varies to match the different personalities and it fits those personalities well. It's a great beat, but not a spectacular one. 9/10

Impressions and Costumes: Picasso's voice isn't completely spot on, but they got the accent right, and that's the main thing that matters. Ross sounds pretty accurate, maybe a bit too Peter-y, but I suppose that's unavoidable. As for the costumes, all I can say is that they nailed it. Both of them are just prefect, I'm amazed they got Lloyd to look that old. 9/10

Pablo Picasso-Round 1: I think this is the first verse in a while that I can say has no bad lines. The Muhammad Ali line seems like anyone could've made it really, but the Dali reference is awesome, as is the fluffy mountain line. The Nickelback line, again, seems like you could use that against anyone, but I do approve of the voice. The suck at painting line is alright, but the delivery makes it a lot better, and the last two lines are both excellent, so all in all, this is probably the most impressive verse I've heard since maybe Gandhi vs. MLK. 9.5/10

Bob Ross-Round 1: Only 3 lines stand out in this verse, those being the blue period line, the Jackson Pollock line and the Rubik's cubist line. Now don't get me wrong, I love those lines, but the rest of the line are just all filler lines and aren't very clever at all. Unlike his second verse, the flow isn't that good, so it really has nothing besides those 3 lines to help the score. This is a good verse, but it has some problems that bring it down. 8/10

Pablo Picasso-Round 2: Again, none of the lines are bad, but the difference here is that most of them aren't great either. The bushes and sticks line and the afro line are both slightly above average, but I wouldn't call them great lines by any stretch of the word. Now for the controversial name line. Let me start by saying it was a set-up line for the last line, and I have no problem with set-up lines as long as the punchline they're building up to is good, and personally, I think the punchline is hilarious. Some might say it's a bad line because the point it's making doesn't make sense, since it's just a name, why does it matter. Well, I might be over-analyzing here, but I think he's basically just saying that he's more complex and more interesting than Bob. Either way, it's hilarious, and it saves the verse for me. 8/10

Bob Ross-Round 2: The Guernica line is awesome, the air force line is kind of lame, but the dance makes up for it. Those lines are followed by a bunch of lines that would normally be just slightly above average, but the flow and delivery make them more effective. I also like the line that compare Ross to colors, I thought that was clever and added personality. The mistakes line is pretty great, but the last line is a bit disappointing. I just didn't find it that clever. This verse has the best flow of any verse in the battle, and it has a few nice lines to boot, but it's just not quite enough for a win. It's a nice effort though, and it is fun to listen to. 9/10

Overall: This battle has very few problems, and there are tons of nice visual touches. In fact, visually, this is absolutely the best battle of the season. I wouldn't say it's as good as Blackbeard vs. Capone, simply because that battle has better lyrics, but I can't say I was disappointed with this at all. I actually expected this battle to get a negative backlash due to Ross not being overly well known, but I'm glad to see that they managed to make it work well enough for everyone to love it. 8.5/10

Pablo Picasso's Best Line: (My name is Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso) Back to you, Bob.
Pablo Picasso's Worst Line: I am the greatest, the modern art Muhammad Ali.
Bob Ross' Best Line: I know, you must be on your blue period.
Bob Ross' Worst Line: Your work is melancholic, I'm painting happy little trees.

Final Results:
Pablo Picasso: 17.5/20
Bob Ross: 17/20

Total Score: 61/70

[Samos]

Here's my review of Lohuydahutt's Thom Yorke vs. Kurt Cobain (http://www.erboh.com/forum/showthrea...l=1#post340969). Next is Darth Vader vs. Adolf Hitler.

Spoiler: 

Thom Yorke-Round 1: This verse makes a few good points that could set up some nice disses, but instead they're just mentioned and not joked about. However, the verse does pick up around the Courtney Love line, and it just gets better from there. 8/10

Kurt Cobain-Round 1: This is the kind of verse I like in a music-themed rap battle, even though it's not perfect. It has some nice references, like the iron lung line and the bodysnatchers, so my only complaint really is that the last few lines aren't great. 8.5/10

Thom Yorke-Round 2: The beginning of this verse is kind of average, I think there probably could've been a better teen spirit line. It gets better near the end with the meat puppets line and the naked babies line, so it's not any worse than the first verse, nor any better. 8/10

Dave Grohl-Round 2: While it's not the worst thing I've seen, this is hands down the worst verse in the battle. It makes a lot of good points that could make for great disses, but it really doesn't attempt any jokes, and that's one of my battle pet peeves. 6/10

Overall: Up until the last verse, this battle is pretty well written, and does lots of things that a music battle should do. As I've said, there are some lines that are just fact-stating and not jokes, but that's really my only problem with this battle as a whole. 7.5/10

Thom Yorke's Best Line: I won’t question why you wanted to take pictures of naked babies in the blue.
Thom Yorke's Worst Line: I see no surprises, I can read into your game.
Kurt Cobain's Best Line: (I’ll rip out your iron lung and fell your house of cards) And call the bodysnatchers on your legacy before you call the guards.
Kurt Cobain's Worst Line: You may be a little famous but you’re just a droopy-eyed creep.
Dave Grohl's Best Line: Kurt may have been dark but you’re not in rainbows either.
Dave Grohl's Worst Line: And you’re just sulking about capitalism and shit, fucking come on!

Final Results:
Thom Yorke: 16/20
Kurt Cobain and Dave Grohl: 14.5/20
Kurt Cobain: 8.5/10 (equivalent to 17/20)
Dave Grohl: 6/10 (equivalent to 12/20)

Total Score: 38/50

[Lohuydahutt]

K thx. I kind of wrote Dave Grohl's verse knowing that some of the lines weren't that great and just said eh fuck it and went with it =P

Side Note: Do note the line you put as Thom Yorke's worst was in fact referencing a song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5CVsCnxyXg if you didn't like it in spite of that then that's fine =P

[Samos]

K thx. I kind of wrote Dave Grohl's verse knowing that some of the lines weren't that great and just said eh fuck it and went with it =P

Side Note: Do note the line you put as Thom Yorke's worst was in fact referencing a song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5CVsCnxyXg if you didn't like it in spite of that then that's fine =P

Ah, I was not aware of that, thanks. That's an alright line then.

[Samos]

Happy Thanksgiving everyone. I know it's cheesy, but I am thankful for everyone who reads these reviews and requests battles for me. Back when I was only a semi-active member, only 2 things kept bringing me back here; the ERB Discussion topic and these reviews. So if it weren't for these, it's unlikely I would've been able to really meet you guys and have all this fun. Anyway, next is my re-review of Darth Vader vs. Adolf Hitler. Next is Hook vs. PolarBore.

Spoiler: 

Beat: This beat is the polar opposite of the Lennon vs. O'Reilly beat. While that one was catchy but didn't really feel intense enough, this one is very intense but it's not as catchy. It also has a few boring parts in it where the instrumentals slow down for a bit. I do think it's better than the first beat, but not by much. 7/10

Impressions and Costumes: Vader's costume is perfect, I think the chain on his neck is a nice touch. Hitler's costume is also pretty spot on, but for some reason they don't have a swastika on his arm, instead they have a wolf. Vader's impression is, again, perfect. Hitler's impression is a bit too high-pitched than what he actually sounded like. It's probably for comedic purposes, so I won't take off too much for it, but still thought it should be mentioned. 8.5/10

Adolf Hitler-Round 1: The dope on the mic thing is kind of funny, but it's really not that clever. The boots, cape and helmet lines are really lame to me, they're just facts, they're not even insults, aside from maybe ''burnt-ass'', but even that isn't very clever. The force line is OK, and the Spaceballs line is the best line in the verse, even though that's not saying much. So overall, I find this verse pretty weak in most regards. 7/10

Darth Vader-Round 1: This verse has a quite impressive first half. The father line is awesome, the Napoleon line is hilarious and the Dirty Sanchez line is decent. After that, it slows down for a bit, and it does bug me they rhymed ''messing with'' with ''invented it'', but the last two lines are pretty good. This verse also has the best flow of any verse in ERB up to this point, and it's got some nice lines to boot, so this is one of the strongest verses in the Vader vs. Hitler trilogy. 9/10

Adolf Hitler-Round 2: I hear lots of people giving this verse very high scores, but I just don't see it. Yes, the shower line is outstanding, there's no denying that, it's one of the best lines in ERB history, but then what comes after that? The speeches line is OK, and the white neighbors line isn't that clever. Yes, it's a step up from Hitler's first verse, but I think this verse is just barely above average. 8/10

Darth Vader-Round 2: Hitler stepped up for his second, Vader stepped down. The robot balls line is funny, but it's not that clever. The freeze line is kind of funny, and the last line is too, but overall, this verse is just moderate humor and there isn't much thought put into it. So this is the weakest verse in the battle, but it's still not too weak to take the win from Vader after that awesome first verse. 6.5/10

Overall: I think the main reason this battle has so many views is because of the match-up. It's just brilliant, it attracts the Star Wars nerds and the history nerds. It's also got some good lyrics, but they've made much better battles since this one. I actually think it's probably the weakest of the trilogy, but it is funny, and it is better than Lennon vs. O'Reilly. 8/10

Adolf Hitler's Best Line: You need to wash up dawg, here, step in my shower!
Adolf Hitler's Worst Line: (You are Vader, vis your little boots and cape) And a helmet to cover up that burnt ass face!
Darth Vader's Beat Line: So many dudes been with yo mom, who even knows if I'm your father?
Darth Vader's Worst Line: A little Carbonite bath for your goose stepping ass!

Final Results:
Adolf Hitler: 15/20
Darth Vader: 15.5/20

Total Score: 54/70

[Uprising]

So in the spirit of Thanksgiving I request that you make a special review of A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving.

[Samos]

So in the spirit of Thanksgiving I request that you make a special review of A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving.

Well, it's not Thanksgiving anymore, so maybe next year.