Talk:Epic Rap Battles of History 59/@comment-184.8.91.227-20160209003748/@comment-5101200-20160209005138

If two people are too similar, it gets dull. A bit of contrast has to be there. That's why music battles tend to be historical vs modern and aren't of the same genre, and why the two sports battles weren't things like Michael Jordan vs LeBron James. There's also the contrast of fiction and non-fiction but that usually isn't part of the connection, it kinda just happens sometimes. Also, let's say there was a royale where everyone had similar things in common rather than just one thing connecting them all like the two we've had already do (Russian leaders, directors) with a bit of contrast that would get dull.

Obviously not everyone in history is worthy, but plenty are. Although, many people don't really need to show up based on some people who already have. For example, Peter once said that they pretty much covered serial killers with Ripper vs Lecter, meaning the possibility of using people like Holmes, Bundy, or someone else is lowered by that (at least by a small bit, because I dunno if other people in the crew wanna use more killers).

The cursing has gone down a ton since S1, honestly. "You bitch, let me remind you who you're messing with: Everything that you did? I'm the motherfucker who invented it!" as opposed to "You've never seen a body quite the same as that of Houdini, slippery like linguini, sneaking out of teeny weeny little spaces!" for example. However, cussing fits characters like Deadpool and Tarantino. There's also what Wonder said about shock value, such as Rogers saying "Get the fuck out of my neighborhood!"

TL;DR: Read Wonder's comment instead of this one.

Many references are made to modern things to give a better relatable feel, such as Lao Tzu saying "I'll make you move, bitch, get out the Way!" which does reference him as well as the song. Things like Mozart saying "I've seen more complexity in a couch from Ikea!" does in fact have to deal with the fact Ikea didn't exist when Mozart was alive, meaning he never did see Ikea, but he still managed to see more complexity in making a couch from Ikea than he did in Skrillex's music.