Epic Rap Battles of History: Stephen King vs. Edgar Allan Poe
This is it. The one horror fans have been waiting for. An epic throwdown of linguistic prowess between two masters of the genre: the lugubrious Edgar Allan Poe vs. Stephen "The King of Horror" King....
...in a rap battle.
Who won? Poe's got that rapid fire delivery, but King's puntastic use of his own book titles is pretty great. Sound of in the comments... in verse.
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To me, does it honestly really matter who your favorite author is? Its an individual taste thing.
Sarah, I think you might have missed the point of this post.
No I got that its about their skill and delivery. What I'm getting at is different forms of dlivery work for different readers.
The post itself, therefore hasn't much of a point.
The take away is there wasn't any clarity.
Uh...
They were both awesome, but I have to go with Poe because I freaking love George Watsky. Not to mention, I like that he refers to King's writing process as "This jerk just beats off on a page". Some of King's books feel like that to me, though I do love many of his older works. This was one of my favorite Epic Rap Battles.
I thought that I had become callus, but occasionally the comments-under-the-article still leave me momentarily speechless.