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That was always the goal of rap genius, ever since the very beginning. Edit: Not sure why I was downvoted. I was Facebook friends with the founders since 2011
by stevenjohns 12y ago
That was always the goal of rap genius, ever since the very beginning.
Edit: Not sure why I was downvoted. I was Facebook friends with the founders since 2011 or so and saw how "Genius" was intended to be a framework for annotation of more than just lyrics: they were actually trying to gear it towards news, education, and various other things. It wasn't just an internal thing either; back in 2013 they claimed to have been in contact with with Fortune 500 companies about using the platform[0] for what I guess is documentation, and also suggested they might take annotated books and sell them [0].
They were openly discussing their plans to expand "Rap Genius into Everything Genius" after the Andreessen Horowitz investment [1]. This is barring my personal conversations with the founders and even my Facebook message pitch of expanding into education in Australia a few years ago.
[0] http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/power-pitch/29-old-gets-15-million-decipher-song-lyrics-124202754.html http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/power-pitch/29-old-gets-15-mi...
[1] http://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/jul/23/rap-genius-co-founders-interview http://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/jul/23/rap-genius-co-f...