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Epic Rap Battles of History

BTS SEASON 1

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    Hitler - Epic Rap Behind the Scenes

    by nicepeterToo 2,097,591 views

    Join us on a journey to a jumping jamming joint.

    Me and and my friend Lloyd sat down to say hello and show you a little bit of our writing session and the theater that Lloyd runs in downtown Santa Monica.

    If you find yourself in California, stop in anytime for comedy shows, maybe I'll see you there.

    http://www.westsidecomedy.com

    Thanks for your suggestions in Epic Rap Battles of History, we've started working on the next one, hope to show it to you soon.

    If you have any other questions about the process, or about making music videos in general, I'll do my best to answer them.

    see you soon,

    - nice peter

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    Darth Vader - Epic Rap Behind the Scenes

    by nicepeterToo 1,664,384 views

    The inside of a Darth Vader mask is so much sweatier tha most places, it's surreal.

    This is how we made the video, if you have any questions, I'll do my best to answer. There's a lot of awesome people involved in making these videos, if I don't know the answer, they probably will, and I'll ask them, and then I'll tell you, if they know.

    NicePeterToo is where I'm going to be putting some more behind the scenesy type of stuff. I've had the channel for a while, but never used it to it's full potential. If you're into that sort of videos, they will be there for you.

    what's the difference between a table and a chair?

    - nice peter

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    Lincoln VS Norris - Behind the Scenes

    by nicepeterToo 1,344,462 views

    Hi, my name is Nice Peter, and this is a behind the scenes look at how we made Epic Rap Battles of History 3. It's a long, hard, awesome process, and I hope this gives you a little peek of what goes into it.

    I'll tell you a little more, if you like, but first, special thanks to Mike Schroeder from http://www.youtube.com/thewarpzone for editing this video.

    Okay, here's the whole story of how we get these made.

    First, me and Lloyd (Hitler, Bill O'Reilly, Chuck Norris) sit down and look through the comment suggestions for a new rap. We are looking for interesting match-ups, people that make sense together but not exactly. With Lincoln VS Norris, we liked it because Chuck Norris has become this mythical American hero, and Lincoln is like this classic American hero, and we thought they would have a lot to say to each other.

    Next, we find the beat. That's a very hard part, finding the perfect beat. We found this one from MrFlamez, a very talented young producer out of Chicago. You can check out his other work here:
    http://www.youtube.com/hitmansbest

    After that comes the writing process, going through every joke combination and reference, finding the story, finding the essentials of their argument. We want these raps to be funny, but also sensible. Lloyd helps me, I help Lloyd, and together we sort it out.

    Then we decide who's playing who, sometimes, like this one, it's obvious. In the future we're going to bring in some special guest rappers, but Lloyd will always be involved, don't worry.

    Next comes recording, another hard part. Rapping in a different character's voice can be tricky, and I'm a nut about recording. I can't stop working on it until its sounds just right. It takes a couple of days sometimes, but I hope its worth it in the end.

    After we have the song, and after we gather the costumes, we get together with our crew, Dave, Jon, and Mike.

    We film the whole video with a green screen. The filming part is actually the easiest part of the whole process, we do a close up, a medium, and a wide shot for each character. We also figure out the "dimensional gimmick." In every Epic Rap video there is some sort of visual gag where one character reaches into the other's universe. John Lennon jumped onto Bill O'Rielly's news set, Darth Vader grabbed Hitler's throat, here Abe Lincoln dumps pennies on Chuck Norris.

    Then, after all this, comes the really hard part, editing. All the shots are taken in and edited, tweaked, moved, adjusted, synced, stretched, and kissed with love. Mike, Dave, and Geoff all helped on this one.

    For the pennies gag in this video, we used $30 worth of pennies, and we dumped them all over Lloyd's head. Then we got 8 shots of pennies being thrown into the air in front of the green screen. We also got all the shots to make Chuck Norris look huge, and Lincoln look tiny.

    When it's all said and done, we hope we have an awesome video for you. If you have any other specific questions, feel free to leave them in the comments, I'll see what I can answer.

    see you soon,

    -nice peter

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    Epic Rap Battle 5 - Behind the Scenes

    by nicepeterToo 763,305 views

    Hi. My name is Nice Peter, and this is behind the scenes.

    Special thanks to Timmy, and Lloyd, and Dave, and Jon, and Nikki, and Scott, and John, and Papa John.

    filmed and edited by Mike Schroeder from:
    http://www.youtube.com/thewarpzone

    see you soon,

    -nice peter

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    Epic Rap Battles of History #6 - Behind The Scenes

    by nicepeterToo 1,703,157 views

    Hi. My name is Nice Peter, and this is behind the scenes of Epic Rap Battles of History #6, Beethoven vs Bieber. I make songs and videos on this channel, you are more than welcome to stick around.

    Special thanks to Ceciley for all the makeup wizardry,
    you can watch her makeup tutorial here:
    http://www.youtube.com/ceciley

    see you soon,

    -nice peter

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    Einstein vs Hawking - Behind the Scenes

    by nicepeterToo 1,827,808 views

    Hi. My name is Nice Peter, and this is a behind the scenes look at Epic Rap Battles of History #7 - Einstein VS Hawking.

    Special thanks to Mike Schroeder for editing this video, he makes more at:
    http://www.youtube.com/thewarpzone

    Subscribe to youtube.com/nicepeterToo for more music, vlogs, and behind the scenes.

    see you soon,

    -nice peter

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    Epic Rap Battles of History #8. Behind the Scenes.

    by nicepeterToo 1,014,042 views

    Hi. My name is Nice Peter, and this is behind the scenes of Epic Rap Battles of History #8. Gengis Kahn vs Easter Bunny.

    Special thanks to Ceciley for incredible makeup skills, she has great videos showing how she makes us look the parts:
    http://www.youtube.com/ceciley

    Thanks also to Mike Schroeder from the Warp Zone, he makes these behind the scenes, and other epic videos here:
    http://www.youtube.com/thewarpzone

    I hang out here:
    http://youtube.com/nicepeterToo
    and here:
    http://twitter.com/nicepeter
    http://facebook.com/nicepeter

    new epic rap tshirts are out now:
    http://districtlines.com/nicepeter

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    Napoleon vs. Napoleon - Behind the Scenes - EPIC RAP BATTLE # 9

    by nicepeterToo 938,634 views

    Hi. My name is Nice Peter, and this is behind the scenes of Epic Rap Battles of History #9. Napoleon Bonaparte vs. Napolean Dynamite.

    Special thanks to Chris Downey for incredible choreographer skills, he's feeling out this YouTube of ours. Show him some love.
    http://www.youtube.com/jtcstyle5

    Thanks also to Mike Schroeder from the Warp Zone, he makes these behind the scenes, and other epic videos here:
    http://www.youtube.com/thewarpzone

    I hang out here:
    http://youtube.com/nicepeterToo
    and here:
    http://twitter.com/nicepeter
    http://facebook.com/nicepeter

    new epic rap tshirts are out now:
    http://districtlines.com/nicepeter

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    EPIC RAP BEHIND THE SCENES: Ben Franklin vs. Billy Mays

    by nicepeterToo 713,132 views

    Hi. My name is Nice Peter, and this is behind the scenes of Epic Rap Battles of History #10. Billy Mays vs Ben Franlkin.

    Special thanks to Ceciley for incredible makeup skills, she has great videos showing how she makes us look the parts:
    http://www.youtube.com/ceciley

    Shot & Edited by Tremain Hayhoe

    I hang out here:
    http://youtube.com/nicepeterToo
    and here:
    http://twitter.com/nicepeter
    http://facebook.com/nicepeter

    new epic rap tshirts are out now:
    http://districtlines.com/nicepeter

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    Epic Rap Battles of History #11 - Behind the Scenes

    by nicepeterToo 704,176 views

    Hi. My name is Nice Peter, and this is behind the scenes of Epic Rap Battles of History #11. Gandalf vs. Dumbledore. We have fun making them, so I hope you have fun watching them.

    Special thanks to Ceciley for incredible makeup skills, she has great videos showing how she makes us look the parts:
    http://www.youtube.com/ceciley

    Shot & Edited by Tremain Hayhoe

    I hang out here:
    http://youtube.com/nicepeterToo
    and here:
    http://twitter.com/nicepeter
    http://facebook.com/nicepeter

    new epic rap tshirts are out now:
    http://districtlines.com/nicepeter

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    Dr. Seuss VS Shakespeare - Behind the Scenes.

    by nicepeterToo 1,636,689 views

    Hi. My name is Nice Peter, and this is behind the scenes of Epic Rap Battles of History #12, Dr Seuss VS William Shakespeare.

    I hope this gives you a little peak into the world of what goes into making a rap battle, they take a lot of work, and we couldn't possibly put it all together without this very talented cast and crew:

    William Shakespeare: George Watsky
    http://www.youtube.com/gwatsky



    Thing 1 and Thing 2: Lloyd Ahlquist

    http://www.youtube.com/epicLLoyd



    The Cat and the Hat: Nice Peter
    
http://www.youtube.com/nicepeterToo

    Dr Seuss: Mickey Meyer
    twitter.com/Mickey_Meyer

    

Directed by Dave McCary:
    
http://www.youtube.com/goodneighborstuff

    Assistant Director:
    Patrick McIntyre

    

Edited by Sean Barrett:
    
http://youtube.com/seanbarrett

    Behind the Scenes edited by:
    Tremain Hayhoe

    

Director of Photography: Jon Na
    
http://youtube.com/jonnamean

    

Written by: Nice Peter, Lloyd Ahlquist, George Watsky, Greg Owens, and Zach Sherwyn aka MC Mr. Napkins




Art and Costumes by Mary Gutfleisch:
    
http://youtube.com/MaryDoodles



    Makeup and Hair by Ceciley Jenkins:
    
http://youtube.com/Ceciley



    Audio mixed by: Rafael Serrano



    Production Coordinator: Aaron Zaragoza and Neely Shamam

    
Produced by Mickey Meyer for Maker Studios, Venice, CA.
    Production Assistant: Chris Miller

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    I think that's it.

    
see you soon,
    

-nice peter

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    Epic Rap Battles of History #13. Behind the Scenes.

    by nicepeterToo 1,438,055 views

    See the Painting: http://youtube.com/MaryDoodles

    Hi. My name is Nice Peter, and this is the Behind the Scenes of Mr T vs Mr Rogers.

    I hang out here:
    twitter.com/nicepeter

    and these people helped make it possible:
    Follow the cast here:
    @nicepeter
    facebook.com/nicepeter
    @destorm
    facebook.com/destorm
    @theepiclloyd
    facebook.com/epiclloyd




Mr. T: DeStorm

    ‪http://www.youtube.com/user/DeStorm‬

    
Mr. Rogers: Nice Peter
‪http://www.youtube.com/nicepeterToo‬
    @nicepete

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    Face, Hannibal, Murdoch, and Mr. Mcfeely:
    Lloyd Ahlquist aka EpicLLOYD


    ‪http://www.youtube.com/epicLLoyd‬




Sweet break dancing moves provided by:
    Vince Horiuchi

    

Directed by Dave McCary:
‪http://www.youtube.com/goodneighborstuff‬



    Assistant Director: Patrick McIntyre




Edited by Sean Barrett:
‪

    http://youtube.com/seanbarrett‬



    Behind the Scenes edited by: Marc Chester




Director of Photography: Jon Na
‪http://youtube.com/jonnamean‬




    see you soon,

    - nice peter

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    ERB 14 Kirk vs Columbus. Behind the Scenes.

    by nicepeterToo 812,321 views

    Hi. My name is Nice Peter, and this is the Behind the Scenes of Kirk vs. Columbus.

    I hang out here:
    twitter.com/nicepeter

    and all these talented people helped make this video possible:

    Christopher Columbus: Nice Peter
http://www.youtube.com/nicepeterToo
    Captain Kirk:

    Lloyd Ahlquist aka EpicLLOYD
http://www.youtube.com/epicLLoyd



    Spock: Omar Gharaibeh
    http://www.youtube.com/thestation2

    Sulu: Jon Na
    http://www.youtube.com/user/JonNaMean

    Hot Alien: Mary Gutfleisch
    http://youtube.com/marydoodles




Directed by Dave McCary:
http://www.youtube.com/goodneighborstuff



    Assistant Director: Patrick McIntyre


    Edited by Sean Barrett:
    
http://youtube.com/seanbarrett



    Behind the Scenes edited by: Marc Chester



    Director of Photography: Jon Na

    http://youtube.com/jonnamean
    Production Coordinator: Atul Singh
    Production Assistant: Chris Miller

    And you.

    see you soon,

    - nice peter

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    ERB Mr T vs Rogers - green screen cut

    by ERB2 900,786 views

    behind the scenes.

    http://youtube.com/ERB
    http://youtube.com/ERB2

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    Epic Rap Battles Of History - Behind The Scenes - Nice Peter vs EpicLLOYD

    by ERB2 1,243,050 views

    facebook.com/nicepeter
    facebook.com/epiclloyd


    Welcome! This is the Behind the Scenes of Nice Peter vs. EpicLLOYD. We'll be hosting the next season of ERB on it's very own youtube channel and the behind the scenes episodes will be right here on /ERB2.

    BTS Edited by: Marc Chester


    Beat Produced by Allrounda Productions
    http://www.youtube.com/Allroundacinema
    
http://www.allrounda.com
    
http://www.soundclick.com/heatupbeats

    Art and Costumes by: Mary Gutfleisch
    http://youtube.com/marydoodles

    Cast:
    Nice Peter: Nice Peter
    
http://www.youtube.com/nicepeterToo

    EpicLLOYD: EpicLLOYD
    
http://www.youtube.com/epiclloyd

    and KassemG as KassemG
    
http://youtube.com/KassemG


    Produced by Mickey Meyer for Maker Studios, Venice, CA.

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