yes this! the twin rise of rapgenius and whosampled and what they represented for tech's encroachment on/vulturization of hip hop would make for a fascinating critical essay
There's an essay to be written in how in an attempt to be cool tech bros adopt hip hop aesthetics even while being anti Black
April 4, 2025 at 2:35 AM
yes this! the twin rise of rapgenius and whosampled and what they represented for tech's encroachment on/vulturization of hip hop would make for a fascinating critical essay
in case you're not clear about why this is way way too on the nose, the three guys in sunglasses here founded this site as "rapgenius" which profits from user-generated context about the meaning of rap lyrics and got rich on the terrible IPO that left their employees with nothing
March 7, 2026 at 6:10 PM
in case you're not clear about why this is way way too on the nose, the three guys in sunglasses here founded this site as "rapgenius" which profits from user-generated context about the meaning of rap lyrics and got rich on the terrible IPO that left their employees with nothing
it's like if you described cultural appropriation to a robot like the kind from an old scifi show that is perfectly logical but incapable of understanding nuance and emotion and it misunderstood and started laying out a business plan in response, it'd be describing rapgenius
March 7, 2026 at 6:15 PM
it's like if you described cultural appropriation to a robot like the kind from an old scifi show that is perfectly logical but incapable of understanding nuance and emotion and it misunderstood and started laying out a business plan in response, it'd be describing rapgenius
For money, I will take a half day off of work and create a RapGenius-style annotation of this marketing copy wolf dressed in the clothing of a vision statement sheep.
If you didn’t happen to see the blog post where Brad Smith discusses the 4 billion dollar push (in cash and AI and cloud technology) into educational and nonprofit spaces, here it is.
For money, I will take a half day off of work and create a RapGenius-style annotation of this marketing copy wolf dressed in the clothing of a vision statement sheep.
had to explain the rapgenius/genius cofounder medium post about stealing whole foods bulk almonds to a writer the other day………. I really thought I’d have cooler war stories when I got older :(
June 6, 2023 at 10:09 PM
had to explain the rapgenius/genius cofounder medium post about stealing whole foods bulk almonds to a writer the other day………. I really thought I’d have cooler war stories when I got older :(
you should never ever give rapgenius or whosampled a single click/pageview. both websites should be scrubbed from the internet and suffer whatever the digital equivalent is of having their fields salted so nothing regrows
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 4:59 PM
you should never ever give rapgenius or whosampled a single click/pageview. both websites should be scrubbed from the internet and suffer whatever the digital equivalent is of having their fields salted so nothing regrows