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RapGenius Lyrics Annotations

Discussions focus on RapGenius (Genius.com) and its emphasis on lyrics annotations versus plain text sites like AZLyrics, alongside debates on AI/LLMs generating or rejecting copyrighted song lyrics.

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mrcactu5 • Sep 4, 2013 • View on HN

Why is RapGenius interested in this ??

cabbeer • Sep 14, 2016 • View on HN

RapGenius (not genius) is more about the annotations than the actual lyrics.

cabbeer • Sep 14, 2016 • View on HN

RapGenius (not genius) is more about the annotations than the actual lyrics.

hydralist • Dec 29, 2013 • View on HN

why is rap genius the best for lyrics? if i want lyrics, i want a simple print out of the lyrics

zmitri • Oct 27, 2015 • View on HN

RapGenius has that, it's called genius.com/beta and it's cool.

ruined • Apr 27, 2022 • View on HN

i fed it some lyrics, and it gave me a bunch of lyrics to a different song, including a source disclaimer with URL, and some lyrics website ui text.

tlrobinson • Dec 23, 2014 • View on HN

Someone should throw it up on RapGenius.

Iolaum • Nov 11, 2025 • View on HN

I m not sure about the problem here, lyrics are public you can search '$songname lyrics' and get the result in a website (or even at the search engine page). What's the issue with an LLM producing those lyrics if you ask?

bensw • Apr 5, 2013 • View on HN

Seems quite similar to rapgenius

sejje • Dec 29, 2013 • View on HN

This is perhaps further argument to use azlyrics.