Hi all! We expect many of you are locked away at home, or wishing that you were. We just hope you and your families are safe and well. It would be good to speak to you. So we are squeezing in a bonus live stream this month - and are actually aiming to do it tomorrow over on the ERB2 YouTube chann...
2020-03-27 02:06:27 +0000 UTC View Post
Lloyd is hosting a bonus writers chat session tomorrow at 4pm PT (Friday 27th March) over on the ERB Discord server in the #concepts-and-spoilers channel.
All writer and director tier patrons are invited to join. If you are unable to attend we will pin a message in...
2020-03-27 02:06:15 +0000 UTC View Post
Hope your weekend is going as well as it can be in these rather testing times. As we promised yesterday, here is another demo for your ears. This was put together ahead of recording the final audio track for Cleopatra vs Monroe.
Lloyd has offered up some brief thoughts on the battle.....
2020-03-23 01:38:24 +0000 UTC View Post
Here is a early demo from the Elvis vs Jackson battle. We had a basic idea of the structure of the verses. But, a lot of the writing was still unfinished. Here are a few words from Lloyd about it:
"This was one of the first battles I can recall which we really pieced together a little a...
2020-03-22 01:47:47 +0000 UTC View Post
We hope you are all coping with the crazy world we find ourselves in right now. Los Angeles is in effective lockdown at the moment. We are sure many of you are having to cope with huge changes to your day to day to life too. If you're not, count yourselves lucky.
Lloyd has been locked...
2020-03-20 23:29:56 +0000 UTC View Post
Just a quick reminder we are doing a video live stream today at 3.00pm PT (that's pretty darn soon!) All writer and director tier patrons are invited to join live. You just to click on the stream link above. You can watch on mobile or computer.
Note: If you can't join live you can watch a f...
2020-03-19 21:49:24 +0000 UTC View Post
Many moons ago over on the Discord server we set patrons the task of writing a whole Flash In The Pan Hip Hop Conflict Of Nowadays from scratch.
Pete & Lloyd recently recorded a demo of the battle, but they want some feedback from you all as they feel it might need tweaking up a little....
2020-03-12 19:09:31 +0000 UTC View Post
We can now confirm the dates & times of the next Discord Chat & Video Live Stream.
Discord Chat @ 3pm PT on Thursday 12th March
Video Live Stream @ 3pm PT on Thursday 19th March
Both of these events are open to Writer and Director ...
2020-03-10 23:07:00 +0000 UTC View PostWe love polls. It's been so useful getting feedback from you all on here.
In the previous makethisbattle poll Queen Elizabeth II vs Betty White topped the votes with 26% of the vote; with GLaDOS Vs Rick Sanchez in 2nd place with 20%.
Let's see what you all th...
2020-03-09 22:40:38 +0000 UTC View Post
Apologies for the delay in getting you feedback on the recent MTB submissions. Rather than wait any longer I have asked EpicLLOYD to step into the frame and provide feedback on the match-ups. [Pete is still very much embroiled in 'imminent baby birth mode'!]
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2020-03-09 22:40:33 +0000 UTC View Post
Lloyd has been invited to guest on a live online show called 'Live From the 8th Dimension' later today and by the sounds of it - it'll be rather bizarre. It starts today at 6pm PT and will last about an hour. Not sure what to expect - but Lloyd's excited...
2020-03-06 00:43:14 +0000 UTC View Post
We can now announce the results of last months quiz!
It was a very, very, very close run affair.
There were actually three patrons who all achieved the same highest score - Kafokasdia, Bantha117 and Zachary Woolard.
As Zachary Woolard was the highest fini...
2020-03-05 17:05:28 +0000 UTC View PostOur Most Wanted process continues!
Thank you to everyone who submitted ideas for opponents for John F Kennedy. There were lots of cool and quirky ideas, but we have managed to narrow it down to a final five. Don't cry too hard, if you idea didn't make...
2020-03-02 22:44:22 +0000 UTC View Post
In the last round of "Most Wanted" we asked you to vote on ideas for opponents for Pablo Escobar to face in a future battle. On the Patreon and YouTube polls the most popular suggestion was Willy Wonka with over 40% of the vote. We have been discussing the match-up a lot this pa...
2020-02-27 02:54:02 +0000 UTC View Post
We are holding the next writers chat over on the Discord tomorrow!
1pm PT on Monday 24th February [in the concepts-and-spoilers channel]
It is open to all Writer and Director tier patrons - both Pete and Lloyd will be there.
Hope you can join us. Sorry for the s...
2020-02-23 22:04:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Pete has put together a green (and blue! - ed) screen cut of the "Joker vs Pennywise" battle. In this video you will see the raw content we captured - with all the editing magic stripped away.
When we filmed the footage, Javi actually directed the special FX sequences rem...
2020-02-19 01:40:29 +0000 UTC View Post
Earlier today Pete & Lloyd hosted a video stream and we allowed access to patrons and non patrons. This bonus live stream is now available for you to watch back. If you head over to the Crowdcast link below - you can check it out.
We've just posted up a little video on ERB2 to give a quick update to the wider fanbase about what we are up to and also let them see the "Henry VIII vs Hillary Clinton" battle - that you special folk all saw earlier this month.
You can watch the update video here: 2020-02-15 20:58:01 +0000 UTC View Post
A lot happens behind the scenes at ERB that you guys sometimes don't hear about. Often it's for the best! :) Back in late 2018 (jeez, that seems a while ago in a strange way) we actually recorded and filmed the "Musk vs Zuckerberg" battle to a completely different beat to the one that en...
2020-02-13 22:47:23 +0000 UTC View PostNew makethisbattle! New poll!
In the previous round Zorro vs Robin Hood squeaked its way to victory with 28% of the vote; with Giacomo Casanova vs Hugh Hefner close behind in 2nd place with 27%.
You can read what Peter thought of this new round of ma...
2020-02-10 19:15:37 +0000 UTC View Post
Hear ye., hear ye, this session of #MakeThisBattle shall begin. I’m going to try to go full No-Google on this one folks. That’s right. No phones, no cheating, only the knowledge I possess about the matchups suggested. I learn quickly, but I know very little <...
2020-02-10 19:15:30 +0000 UTC View PostHola! We have narrowed down all your suggestions for opponents for PABLO ESCOBAR and its now time to vote for your favourite from five that we've selected.
We will also be running a poll over on the YouTube community page to see what the wider fanbase think about these opti...
2020-02-07 21:03:39 +0000 UTC View Post
The next video live stream with Pete & Lloyd is now confirmed.
Sunday 9th February @ 12pm PT [Los Angeles]
All writer and director tier patrons are invited to join us. (If you can't watch live then you'll be able to watch a replay shortly after it concludes)
Welcome to the "Battle That Never Was"... Henry VIII vs Hillary Clinton.
[This video is for Patron eyes only. No sharing to the wider fanbase or there will be trouble]
Here’s a little backstory, from what I can remember, which is not every...
2020-02-06 23:30:44 +0000 UTC View Post
Thank you to everyone who entered last months quiz.
We can now reveal the two prize winners! :)
The overall winner was... Homokóra! Who wins the 'Quentin Tarantino' sign that was featured in the 'Spielberg vs Hitchcock' battle along with an autographed lyric sheet. Well done!!!...
2020-02-05 18:11:48 +0000 UTC View Post
Thank you to everyone who submitted ideas and then voted on the opponents we selected for the recent #mostwanted poll on potential Taylor Swift match-ups.
On the Patreon poll he most popular suggestion was Dolly Parton with 37% of the vote. Over on ou...
2020-02-02 18:15:45 +0000 UTC View Post
Howdy patrons! Hope you all have had a great start to the year. This month has flown by. Lloyd was over in England for a week performing a couple of improv shows and having a few light beers with HeadMonk, whilst Pete was making a raft of changes to the studio setup back in LA. We have all been r...
2020-01-30 16:31:08 +0000 UTC View PostAs we announced a couple of days ago, we are trialling a new polling process called 'Most Wanted'. We asked you all to submit suggestions for who would be the best opponent for TAYLOR SWIFT in a future rap battle. We got 60+ suggestions and we've picked out five for you to vote o...
2020-01-28 00:51:14 +0000 UTC View Post
We can now confirm the next writers room chat on the Discord server will take place on:
Thursday 30th January @ 12pm PT [Los Angeles]
All writer and director tier patrons are invited to join the conversation.
Pete, Lloyd and special guest Zach Sherwin w...
2020-01-27 17:17:42 +0000 UTC View Post
All patrons were invited to join a live stream with Peter & Lloyd on Sunday but now you can watch it back in your leisure. We had a special guest join us too - Rob Rico aka Che Guevara.
To watch the replay of the stream just click the link above. If you have any issues watching th...
2020-01-26 20:21:26 +0000 UTC View Post