May 17, 2012
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the20000: somanyshrimp: “Here’s what’s brilliant about Rap Genius,” Charnas says. “It realizes that music is more than just text; it realizes that there’s context and subtext. And it puts that context and subtext in hypertext.” … Whitney Houston was only 48 years old when she died, and Michael Jackson barely made 50 before his tragic end. Admittedly both deaths were artificially instigated, but it just goes to show that life is fleeting and, as Questlove says, there are no guarantees we get to live to enjoy ourselves at a ripe old age. -a RapGenius on Childish Gambino’s We Ain’t Them. DMX explaining the composition rate of fecal matter -RapGenius zinger fail on DMX’s Shit Don’t Change. I just want to point out that the guy who runs Rap Genius told me that they hadn’t monetized it and had no way of monetizing it, and also that Elis and rap don’t mix.

the20000:

somanyshrimp:

“Here’s what’s brilliant about Rap Genius,” Charnas says. “It realizes that music is more than just text; it realizes that there’s context and subtext. And it puts that context and subtext in hypertext.”

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Whitney Houston was only 48 years old when she died, and Michael Jackson barely made 50 before his tragic end. Admittedly both deaths were artificially instigated, but it just goes to show that life is fleeting and, as Questlove says, there are no guarantees we get to live to enjoy ourselves at a ripe old age.

-a RapGenius on Childish Gambino’s We Ain’t Them.

DMX explaining the composition rate of fecal matter

-RapGenius zinger fail on DMX’s Shit Don’t Change.

I just want to point out that the guy who runs Rap Genius told me that they hadn’t monetized it and had no way of monetizing it, and also that Elis and rap don’t mix.

(Source: pareene)

  1. wasthursday reblogged this from pareene
  2. nickminichino reblogged this from andyhutchins and added:
    I thought Rap Genius was already monetized. Or does “shitty google trap” not count?
  3. andyhutchins reblogged this from the20000 and added:
    I just want to point out that the guy who runs Rap Genius told me that they hadn’t monetized it and had no way of...
  4. batchsetmeup reblogged this from somanyshrimp and added:
    BREAKING NEWS: PREVIOUSLY UNCOOL IVY LEAGUERS BUILD WEBSITE, NOW COOLER THAN DAME DASH
  5. misterhippity said: Actual quote from this piece: “‘Decoding rap is a very Yale thing to do,’ he says”
  6. yelzebub reblogged this from beerandrap and added:
    people don’t actually use the website regularly, do they?
  7. the20000 reblogged this from somanyshrimp and added:
    Whitney Houston was only 48 years old when she died,...Michael Jackson barely made 50...
  8. beerandrap reblogged this from somanyshrimp and added:
    Rap Genius is for idiots
  9. somanyshrimp reblogged this from pareene and added:
    “Here’s what’s brilliant about Rap Genius,” Charnas says. “It realizes that music is more than just text; it realizes...
  10. hatethefuture said: typo, should say KALE
  11. madeupmemories said: :(
  12. pareene posted this
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