It is finally, finally, finally here! After five long months of waiting the third season of Epic Rap Battles of History has come out. To give you an idea, I had most of the first season memorized when I was a freshman, that's how long and how much I have loved these videos. It was all I could think about the night before. I knew that it was gonna be the third installment of their classic "Hitler vs. Vader" matchup. It's like having this big old christmas present waiting downstairs with a huge bow on it, and you know you've been asking for some crazy awesome game device or tv or something. However, I cant cheat and peek. I just have to sit and wait for five months. So when I finally got to watch it about like 2 minutes ago I was so extremely....kinda disappointed.
Don't get me wrong, I absolutely love nicepeter and all the raps he has written, but this third installment kinda seemed less like a dramatic conclusion, and more like they were running out of comic material for this matchup. I can definitely understand that. For my AP World History project after the AP test, we had to make a music video. We decided on a rap about the Russian leaders to the tune of "Ice Ice Baby" (coincidentally the season 2 ending of epic rap battles of history came out with of all five major Russian leaders and I absolutely loved it!) but we ran out of good material in about two verses, and this was a subject we prepared for all year. I just felt like I opened the christmas box and got a sweatshirt. Nice, but not the amazing image I've placed into my mind.
This is a good lesson for everyone about overhyping something to yourself. If you blow it out of proportions in your head, you will disappoint yourself. This definitely contributed to my disappointment, but I honestly just think this was one of his worst raps, and it came at an unfortunate time. I thought maybe I had grown out of it, and I didn't find them good anymore, but I went back and watched the old ones and they were just as genius as they were before (I recommend Shakespeare vs. Dr. Seuss). I just wish he had stuck to his strong suits and done a high-tempo, clever, full-of-puns rap on a fresh subjects. This is what I'm looking forward to in his next rap battle. Thanks for reading
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