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by gotrecruit 3244 days ago
how much has rapgenius taken away from you? i know i used to land up in one of many crappy lyrics sites, such as yours, because those seem to be the only places to find them but these days i mostly stick to rapgenius for its clean interface. i imagine rapgenius's rise must have done some damage with their clearly superior technology?
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Genius is killing it. They bring more then just lyrics, and build a community. Something I failed in both.

But its always fun to remind them that Justin Bieber & Ed Sheeran are their top traffic sources.

It's also cool that artists will jump on to elaborate on their own lyrics. Here's Eminem talking about his hook in 'Rap God' https://genius.com/2566991
Do they jump on because of the community, as part of a PR plan, or does Genius pay them?