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You know Dot Com Bubble 3.0 is about to burst when some site gets funding for interpreting rap lyrics.

by amerika_blog 13y ago

pokpokpok 13y ago
except young people like myself use this website every week and know that it's a good idea
- chadillac83 13y ago
  Serious question. Why? For what exactly? How do you put up with that UI?
  - girvo 13y ago
    I use a user script to make it's nicer, but the annotations are handy as, and I try and use it for everything now.
  - cenhyperion 13y ago
    Note: I'm not much of a rap fan, but rapgenius has more than rap on it. >Why? For what exactly? It's interesting to see what other people think some of your favorite songs mean and you can look at music in different ways. The same reason I'll talk about good albums with friends. > How do you put up with that UI? I can read the content and while I'd appreciate a better design I'm not an elitist.
- taternuts 13y ago
  It's really tough for older people to see the value in the service they provide, especially those that missed the 'rap game'. I admit that the funding they are getting is kind of crazy, but they do offer a platform and userbase that is very widespread and potentially important with artist tie-ins. The email is a bit much, though, targeting great engineers - I get that they are going for talented young engineers that can get the 'vision'... a.k.a. why you comin' at me like that, muh' fuckas should know I'm straight business when you talking business, get on the level
rhizome 13y ago
You know a better way to select-and-annotate?
larrywright 13y ago
I keep thinking the same thing. I'm not a rap connoisseur, but the lyrics never seemed to need much in the way of interpretation.
- nwienert 13y ago
  And you can choose to be ignorant of that fact, but you are definitely wrong. I could go on about this, but instead I'll give you a good example. Check out this verse by Lupe Fiasco: http://rapgenius.com/2097850 http://rapgenius.com/2097850
  - rmrfrmrf 13y ago
    You're not proving the parent post wrong, though. For all of the lyrical embellishment and artistic license, Lupe Fiasco is simply saying is that he's a good rapper. Never mind the fact that the Bible is the most referenced piece of literature in modern history and it's a bit of a stretch to say that heroin has the opposite effects of cocaine.
hellcow 13y ago
It's way more than that. I don't listen to rap, but I found The Great Gatsby--in its entirety--annotated with each paragraph and phrase explained in great detail. There's much more to it than rap; I encourage you to take a deeper look.

You know Dot Com Bubble 3.0 is about to burst when some site gets funding for interpreting rap lyrics.

pokpokpok 13y ago

except young people like myself use this website every week and know that it's a good idea

chadillac83 13y ago
Serious question. Why? For what exactly? How do you put up with that UI?
- girvo 13y ago
  I use a user script to make it's nicer, but the annotations are handy as, and I try and use it for everything now.
- cenhyperion 13y ago
  Note: I'm not much of a rap fan, but rapgenius has more than rap on it. >Why? For what exactly? It's interesting to see what other people think some of your favorite songs mean and you can look at music in different ways. The same reason I'll talk about good albums with friends. > How do you put up with that UI? I can read the content and while I'd appreciate a better design I'm not an elitist.
taternuts 13y ago
It's really tough for older people to see the value in the service they provide, especially those that missed the 'rap game'. I admit that the funding they are getting is kind of crazy, but they do offer a platform and userbase that is very widespread and potentially important with artist tie-ins. The email is a bit much, though, targeting great engineers - I get that they are going for talented young engineers that can get the 'vision'... a.k.a. why you comin' at me like that, muh' fuckas should know I'm straight business when you talking business, get on the level

rhizome 13y ago

You know a better way to select-and-annotate?

larrywright 13y ago

I keep thinking the same thing. I'm not a rap connoisseur, but the lyrics never seemed to need much in the way of interpretation.

nwienert 13y ago
And you can choose to be ignorant of that fact, but you are definitely wrong. I could go on about this, but instead I'll give you a good example. Check out this verse by Lupe Fiasco: http://rapgenius.com/2097850 http://rapgenius.com/2097850
- rmrfrmrf 13y ago
  You're not proving the parent post wrong, though. For all of the lyrical embellishment and artistic license, Lupe Fiasco is simply saying is that he's a good rapper. Never mind the fact that the Bible is the most referenced piece of literature in modern history and it's a bit of a stretch to say that heroin has the opposite effects of cocaine.

hellcow 13y ago

It's way more than that. I don't listen to rap, but I found The Great Gatsby--in its entirety--annotated with each paragraph and phrase explained in great detail. There's much more to it than rap; I encourage you to take a deeper look.