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Re:Spotify, Nodding to Broader Ambitions, Hires Chief Conten... by traek on Tuesday June 26, 2018 @06:10PM (#17404366)
Yes, but the intention was to expand from there to allow community knowledge curation on anything.

See Ben Horowitz's note: https://a16z.com/2014/07/11/from-rap-genius-to-genius-2/

Marc Andreessen's note: https://genius.com/1102682

Re:Spotify, Nodding to Broader Ambitions, Hires Chief Conten... by dsnuh on Tuesday June 26, 2018 @08:14PM (#17404919)
Yes, I remember they tried to expand, but it didn't catch on.

I think it may be because at it's heart Genius feels to me like a skinned/specialized Wikipedia, and Wikipedia already has other information covered. Lyrics are a good fit, because Genius has a format that suits itself well to annotating lyrics, and it is a reliable source for quality lyric content. So many lyrics sites other than Genius are horrible to look at and usually are riddled with ads and popups.