The justification used by the recently clueless editors on Rap
Genius, aka
Genius, for deleting a decade's worth of accurate, reader-contributed interpretation of rap lyrics. Somehow, in the minds of recent editors, translating the
quirky, ever-changing, intentionally coded wordplay that's integral to rap being...well, rap, undermines the site's mission to bring understanding and appreciation to the art form.
THEM: "Your
Ludacris annotation has been removed for restating the line."
YOU: "So explaining that 'put the booty of a Swish to the end of a
flame' means lighting up the West Coast equivalent of a
blunt has no informative value?"
THEM: "Such insolence! DELETE, DELETE, DELETE!"