Check the founders of RapGenius

[Big Boss]

 

[Da King]

Yea, they dropped the "rap" part after they started getting real traffic.

and their excuse is they wanted to expand to other genres, like people really checking them for country music lyrics now

 

[Larry Lobster]

and their excuse if they wanted to expand to other genres, like people really checking them for country music lyrics now

Let me check the new Billy Ray record

 

[SirBiatch]

Killa loves cacs and cacs love him

 

[BK The Great]

Yea, they dropped the "rap" part after they started getting real traffic.

i've always wondered that too, but damn these people look like they don't even listen to rap. it's just crazy how they got verified artists deciphering their shyt too.

 

[Larry Lobster]

i've always wondered that too, but damn these people look like they don't even listen to rap. it's just crazy how they got verified artists deciphering their shyt too.

All they needed was some money and connections. Most black people would never be able to pull that off.

 

[grandpianos]

surprised this is news to any of yall

that "annotate the whole web" angle is suffering

oh and audrey gelman fell off

 

[mortuus est]

Rapgenius was really for all the cac bloggers and culture vultures who didn't understand the coded lingo of hip hop and didn't really want to do the work to decode and decipher. They created a place where others who knew could provide them with the information so they could then be able to latch on and catch on to our shyt. Real listeners just keep playing it and playing it and then sometimes weeks, months or even years may pass before it hits us. That's the beauty of lyrics, not some forced, contrived over thought out contraption to lay everything out. Cac shyt 101.

its not just that tho

people do actually go there to understand lines , the age rap fan

its not just cacs from the burbs not understanding the type of slang project pat is droping in his old songs

plus they would go up to people like pusha t, cheif keef for more insight

its not that deep, alot of people nerd out about lyrics, its not a color thing , they, (jew tang crew) just had the resources to make a decent site

 

[2manyFCKNrappers]

its not just that tho

people do actually go there to understand lines , the age rap fan

its not just cacs from the burbs not understanding the type of slang project pat is droping in his old songs

plus they would go up to people like pusha t, cheif keef for more insight

its not that deep, alot of people nerd out about lyrics, its not a color thing , they, (jew tang crew) just had the resources to make a decent site

Nope. You're wrong. It's mostly a white thing.

 

[mortuus est]

How is it an equal opportunity hustle when the number of white coders and computer science majors between whites and blacks is insane. The average black man or woman who indulges in hip hop culture does not have the skill set required to build a frontend and backend as intricate as rap genius. They're friends and their friends were also programmers so they had a network of people with the knowledge to help them build it.

breh stop it

 

[mortuus est]

Nope. You're wrong. It's mostly a white thing.

so we just gonna pretend theirs not a whole culture of battle rappers that span years and years that are into lyrics and stuff ?

 

[2manyFCKNrappers]

so we just gonna pretend theirs not a whole culture of battle rappers that span years and years that are into lyrics and stuff ?

What does that have to do with logging on a website because you don't understand what was said on a regular basis? Most people will rewind and discuss, debate or argue before going on a website. RapGenius is for cacs

 

[Self_Born7]

before I even clicked, I already knew what it was. not surprised...

 

[Capitol]

How is it an equal opportunity hustle when the number of white coders and computer science majors between whites and blacks is insane. The average black man or woman who indulges in hip hop culture does not have the skill set required to build a frontend and backend as intricate as rap genius. They're friends and their friends were also programmers so they had a network of people with the knowledge to help them build it.

They are not to blame for any of that. Why should they hold up on their idea because of some shyt of their control

 

[2manyFCKNrappers]

They are not to blame for any of that. Why should they hold up on their idea because of some shyt of their control

Wrong.