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!"