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The name is really confusing. A music app called HipHop that isn't focused in hip hop music in particular? That's like naming a bookstore "Comics" and selling a
by rjtavares 12y ago
The name is really confusing. A music app called HipHop that isn't focused in hip hop music in particular? That's like naming a bookstore "Comics" and selling all kinds of books.
Rapgenius may be branching out (and I have the same doubts in them keeping the rapgenius name), but at least they actually started with rap.
- papa_bear 12y agoIn your example, I'd argue that hip hop is a more dominating segment of music than comics are of books. Maybe a book store called "Novel" that sold all kinds of books, which sounds less far fetched for some reason.
- rjtavares 12y agoDominating in youth, not well respected by older people, getting into the mainstream because people born in the 80s grew up with it... I don't know, comics sounded like a good counterpart.
- thaumasiotes 12y ago"Novel" is the medium. It'd be more like calling a bookstore "Chick Lit" and selling all genres.
- iotasigma 12y ago"In computer networking, a hop is one portion of the path between source and destination. Data packets pass through routers and gateways on the way. Each time packets are passed to the next device, a hop occurs."
- rjtavares 12y agoFacebook uses hiphop as a name for a php platform, and that's fine. The problem here is that you are using it in a music context.