Talk:Upcoming ERB suggestions/@comment-24094060-20120726003935/@comment-24094060-20120726200849

Another thing is the random suggestions. Due to ERB’s fame, many suggestions would be too dumb to make in a rap battle, thus covering the good suggestions and making them hard to find. Some are like 2 fictional characters from the SAME fantasy universe (Mario VS Luigi, and this suggestion would still be put after Mario Bros vs Wright Bros) or 2 people who have fought in real life (Bruce Lee VS Chuck Norris, even though Chuck was already in a rap battle) Each pair needs something in common, or a reason to be battling. If not, it would be just passable or not as good as the others (Genghis Khan vs Easter Bunny was OK, but not so great) and it can be closely related, but not too much because that would make it cliché. If they’re from the same time period, it could be in different fields of popularity (Sarah Palin, a politician, vs Lady Gaga, a singer) or vice versa. In the same career, but from different times (Einstein vs Hawking, both smart scientists/relativity theorists from different time periods) Also, some suggestions put in here wouldn’t match that. Jesus Christ vs Agatha Christie would be one. Agatha Christie isn’t famous enough to put in a rap battle against Jesus himself. All they have in common is the word Christ in their names. (Napoleon vs Napoleon would be enough for one right now) John F. Kennedy vs Richard Nixon is another. President vs President would be too much of a close suggestion, especially since Nixon was president a few terms after JFK. And Kennedy already made an appearance in ERB 20, so his chances of being in an ERB again are slim. The closest one with rappers of the same level would be Bill Gates vs Steve Jobs as heads of corporations. It was most likely accepted since 1. Jobs and Gates only met each other sometimes for news and such, but they are rival companies, not from the same business (but they make the same products) and 2. HAL 9000 made an appearance so that Steve’s death would be avenged.