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|name = <big>Blackbeard</big>
 
|name = <big>Blackbeard</big>
|image = [[File:Blackbeard tho.png|300px]]
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|image = [[File:Blackbeard Title Card.png|300px]]
 
|caption = <big>[[Nice Peter]] as Blackbeard</big>
 
|caption = <big>[[Nice Peter]] as Blackbeard</big>
|fullname = Edward Teach/Edward Thatcher
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|fullname = Edward Teach/Edward Thatch
 
|nicknames = Blackbeard
 
|nicknames = Blackbeard
 
|born = c. 1680<br>''Bristol, England (presumed)''
 
|born = c. 1680<br>''Bristol, England (presumed)''
|died = November 22, 1718 (aged 38)<br>''Ocracoke, Province of Carolina''
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|died = November 22, 1718 (aged 38)<br>''Ocracoke, North Carolina''
 
|hair = Black
 
|hair = Black
 
|eyes = Blue
 
|eyes = Blue
|image2 = [[File:Blackbeard plz.jpg|300px]]
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|image2 = [[File:Blackbeard Based On.png|300px]]
 
|ERBnumber = [[Blackbeard vs Al Capone]]
 
|ERBnumber = [[Blackbeard vs Al Capone]]
 
|vs = [[Al Capone]]
 
|vs = [[Al Capone]]
 
|releasedate = October 21, 2013
 
|releasedate = October 21, 2013
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|votecount = 27% (Old poll from [[Epic Rap Battles of History Website|ERB Website]])
|votecount = 28%
 
|location = [[Queen Anne's Revenge]]<br>''Shore (YouTube Spot advertisement)''}}
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|location = ''[[Queen Anne's Revenge]]''<br>''A shore (YouTube Spot commercial)''}}
{{Quote|I'm an irate pirate, real swashbuckling buccaneer!|Blackbeard}}
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{{Quote|I'm an irate pirate; real swashbuckling buccaneer!|Blackbeard}}
 
'''Blackbeard''' battled [[Al Capone]] in [[Blackbeard vs Al Capone]]. He was portrayed by [[Nice Peter]].
 
'''Blackbeard''' battled [[Al Capone]] in [[Blackbeard vs Al Capone]]. He was portrayed by [[Nice Peter]].
   
 
==Information on the rapper==
 
==Information on the rapper==
Edward Teach (or Edward Thatcher), better known as Blackbeard was born around c. 1680, He was an English pirate who operated around the West Indies and the eastern coast of the American colonies. He is one of the most infamous and notorious pirates in recorded history.
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Edward Teach (or Edward Thatch), better known as Blackbeard, was born circa 1680. He was an English pirate who operated around the West Indies and the eastern coast of the American colonies. He is one of the most infamous and notorious [[pirates]] in recorded history.
   
Little is known about Edward's early life. He was most likely born in Bristol, England and may have served aboard privateer ships during Queen Anne's War. Teach joined the crew of Captain Benjamin Hornigold around 1716 and was placed in command of a sloop he had captured. The two engaged in numerous acts of piracy. After Hornigold had retired, Teach captured a French merchant vessel, renamed her ''[[Queen Anne's Revenge]]'', and became a renowned pirate.
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Teach was most likely born in Bristol, England, and may have served aboard privateer ships during Queen Anne's War. Teach joined the crew of Captain Benjamin Hornigold around 1716 and was placed in command of a sloop he had captured. The two engaged in numerous acts of piracy. After Hornigold had retired, Teach captured a French merchant vessel, renamed her ''[[Queen Anne's Revenge]]'', and became a renowned pirate.
   
His thick black beard and fearsome appearance, which he used to strike fear in the ones he robbed, earned him the name "Blackbeard". He would raid merchant ships, stealing all the valuables, liquor, food, and weapons from the ships and let the crew go if there was no resistance. If they attempted resistance, they would all be killed or left behind on a deserted island. He kept headquarters in the Bahamas and the Carolinas. Despite his infamy, he wasn't the most successful of pirates, having only a short reign of terror between 1716 and 1718. On November 22, 1718, Blackbeard and several of his crew members were killed by a small force of sailors led by lieutenant Robert Maynard, who was arranged by Alexander Spotswood, the governor of Virginia, to try and capture Blackbeard. It took 5 gunshots and 20 cutlass wounds for Robert to kill Blackbeard, and he tied his head with rope and hung it up on Maynard's Bow. His body was then thrown overboard.
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His thick black beard and fearsome appearance, which he used to strike fear in the ones he robbed, earned him the name "Blackbeard". He would raid merchant ships, stealing all the valuables, liquor, food, and weapons, letting the crew go if there was no resistance. If they attempted resistance, they would all be killed or left behind on a deserted island. Despite his infamy, he wasn't the most successful of pirates, having only a short reign of terror between 1716–1718. On November 22nd, 1718, Blackbeard and several of his crew members were killed by a small force of sailors led by lieutenant Robert Maynard, who were arranged by Alexander Spotswood, the governor of Virginia, to try and capture Blackbeard. It took five gunshots and twenty cutlass wounds for Maynard to kill Blackbeard, after which he tied his head with rope and hung it up on his ship's bow. His body was then thrown overboard.
   
 
==Lyrics==
 
==Lyrics==
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Ain't no parrot on my shoulder and no rings in my ear.
 
Ain't no parrot on my shoulder and no rings in my ear.
   
I'm an irate pirate, real swashbuckling buccaneer!
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I'm an irate pirate; real swashbuckling buccaneer!
   
Beef with me? Please! I'm the high seas Caesar!
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Beef with me? Please! I'm the high seas [[Julius Caesar|Caesar]]!
   
 
My cold heart is many degrees beneath the deep freezer!
 
My cold heart is many degrees beneath the deep freezer!
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==='''Verse 2:'''===
 
==='''Verse 2:'''===
The Valentine Massacre brought you condemnation,
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(Arr!) The Valentine's Massacre brought you condemnation,
   
 
But I'm gonna sink you faster than your income tax evasion
 
But I'm gonna sink you faster than your income tax evasion
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When I toss you overboard like a mob abomination,
 
When I toss you overboard like a mob abomination,
   
So prepare to learn the Davy Jones locker combination!
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So prepare to learn the Davy Jones' locker combination!
   
Forty cannon on the Queen Anne; your [[Gangsters|gang]] can't stop it!
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Forty cannon on the ''Queen Anne''; your [[Gangsters|gang]] can't stop it!
   
 
I'll pilfer all your rum and sell it back at a profit,
 
I'll pilfer all your rum and sell it back at a profit,
   
'Cause I'm a criminal legend with a bad-ass name!
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'Cause I'm a criminal legend with a badass name!
   
 
You're a fat thug with an STD in his brain!
 
You're a fat thug with an STD in his brain!
   
 
==Scrapped lyrics==
 
==Scrapped lyrics==
Any sausage eatin' mobsters named Al Capone should cross the
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Any sausage eatin' mobsters named [[Al Capone]] should cross the
   
 
Skull and crossbones. He'll walk the plank to Davy Jones' Locker.
 
Skull and crossbones. He'll walk the plank to Davy Jones' Locker.
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==Trivia==
 
==Trivia==
*His background was made by Ubisoft, who sponsored the battle. This is the second (known) time ERB has not made a background themselves.
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*Blackbeard's background was made by Ubisoft, the sponsor of the battle.
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**In the YouTube Spot commercial for [[Blackbeard vs Al Capone]], an alternate background for Blackbeard was used.
**The first time currently is [[Abe Lincoln]]'s [[Hannibal, Missouri|background]] when [[Chuck Norris]] grows during his second verse in [[Abe Lincoln vs Chuck Norris]].
 
   
 
==Gallery==
 
==Gallery==
 
<gallery>
 
<gallery>
 
Blackbeard vs Al Capone Billboard.png|A billboard ad for the video
BBAlter.png|Alternate background of Blackbeard shown in the YouTube Spot commercial
 
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Blackbeard YouTube Spot Commercial.png|Alternate version of Blackbeard seen in the YouTube Spot commercial (new background and a slightly different costume and guns)
Billboard.png|Blackbeard on a billboard ad for the video
 
10406651 676302835771676 6148181745566061591 n.jpg|Blackbeard on a building-side ad for the battle
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Blackbeard vs Al Capone Ad on a Building.png|An ad for the battle on the side of a building
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Blackbeard and Al Capone in front of Green Screen.png|Blackbeard with Al Capone on the green screen
 
</gallery>
 
</gallery>
   

Revision as of 00:44, 10 January 2020

Blackbeard
Blackbeard Title Card
Nice Peter as Blackbeard
Character information
Birth name Edward Teach/Edward Thatch
Nickname(s) Blackbeard
Born c. 1680
Bristol, England (presumed)
Died November 22, 1718 (aged 38)
Ocracoke, North Carolina
Physical description
Hair Black
Eyes Blue
Based on
Blackbeard Based On
Rap battle information
Appeared in Blackbeard vs Al Capone
Vs Al Capone
Release date October 21, 2013
Official vote(s) 27% (Old poll from ERB Website)
Location(s) Queen Anne's Revenge
A shore (YouTube Spot commercial)
I'm an irate pirate; real swashbuckling buccaneer!
— Blackbeard

Blackbeard battled Al Capone in Blackbeard vs Al Capone. He was portrayed by Nice Peter.

Information on the rapper

Edward Teach (or Edward Thatch), better known as Blackbeard, was born circa 1680. He was an English pirate who operated around the West Indies and the eastern coast of the American colonies. He is one of the most infamous and notorious pirates in recorded history.

Teach was most likely born in Bristol, England, and may have served aboard privateer ships during Queen Anne's War. Teach joined the crew of Captain Benjamin Hornigold around 1716 and was placed in command of a sloop he had captured. The two engaged in numerous acts of piracy. After Hornigold had retired, Teach captured a French merchant vessel, renamed her Queen Anne's Revenge, and became a renowned pirate.

His thick black beard and fearsome appearance, which he used to strike fear in the ones he robbed, earned him the name "Blackbeard". He would raid merchant ships, stealing all the valuables, liquor, food, and weapons, letting the crew go if there was no resistance. If they attempted resistance, they would all be killed or left behind on a deserted island. Despite his infamy, he wasn't the most successful of pirates, having only a short reign of terror between 1716–1718. On November 22nd, 1718, Blackbeard and several of his crew members were killed by a small force of sailors led by lieutenant Robert Maynard, who were arranged by Alexander Spotswood, the governor of Virginia, to try and capture Blackbeard. It took five gunshots and twenty cutlass wounds for Maynard to kill Blackbeard, after which he tied his head with rope and hung it up on his ship's bow. His body was then thrown overboard.

Lyrics

Verse 1:

I come strapped with six pistols and a dagger.

Walk under the black flag with a scallywag swagger!

Ain't no parrot on my shoulder and no rings in my ear.

I'm an irate pirate; real swashbuckling buccaneer!

Beef with me? Please! I'm the high seas Caesar!

My cold heart is many degrees beneath the deep freezer!

You're an obese greasy sleaze squeezing a diseased peter

That no skeezer would touch if she had fifty foot tweezers!

Don't start a war with me; you're not hardcore!

I'll pimp-slap those face scars of yours: port and starboard!

You spent time in Alcatraz. I'm sure you were fine,

If you dropped the soap as little as you drop dope rhymes!

Verse 2:

(Arr!) The Valentine's Massacre brought you condemnation,

But I'm gonna sink you faster than your income tax evasion

When I toss you overboard like a mob abomination,

So prepare to learn the Davy Jones' locker combination!

Forty cannon on the Queen Anne; your gang can't stop it!

I'll pilfer all your rum and sell it back at a profit,

'Cause I'm a criminal legend with a badass name!

You're a fat thug with an STD in his brain!

Scrapped lyrics

Any sausage eatin' mobsters named Al Capone should cross the

Skull and crossbones. He'll walk the plank to Davy Jones' Locker.

Yar, I went out on an adventure, but I was in my blimey prime.

See, I'd rather lose me head than lose me friggin' mind!

Trivia

  • Blackbeard's background was made by Ubisoft, the sponsor of the battle.

Gallery