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by pokpokpok 4576 days ago
except young people like myself use this website every week and know that it's a good idea
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It's really tough for older people to see the value in the service they provide, especially those that missed the 'rap game'. I admit that the funding they are getting is kind of crazy, but they do offer a platform and userbase that is very widespread and potentially important with artist tie-ins.

The email is a bit much, though, targeting great engineers - I get that they are going for talented young engineers that can get the 'vision'... a.k.a. why you comin' at me like that, muh' fuckas should know I'm straight business when you talking business, get on the level

Serious question.

Why? For what exactly? How do you put up with that UI?

Note: I'm not much of a rap fan, but rapgenius has more than rap on it.

>Why? For what exactly?

It's interesting to see what other people think some of your favorite songs mean and you can look at music in different ways. The same reason I'll talk about good albums with friends.

> How do you put up with that UI?

I can read the content and while I'd appreciate a better design I'm not an elitist.

I use a user script to make it's nicer, but the annotations are handy as, and I try and use it for everything now.