Hi everyone!

The editorial site is open to community pitches, and is seeking to feature annotations in articles—a huge S/O to everyone who’s been out there writing fantastic annotations! If you are an editor or moderator, checkout the guidelines for pitching articles in this thread and continue reading for specifics on which kinds of annotations work best for the editorial site. Everyone is welcome to post annotations here to get featured, but please keep in mind that this thread is not an alternative to the regular pitching process for editors and moderators.

Check out the last edition of this thread here

Here’s everything you need to know:

How does this work?

The annotations you post here should be annotations that you think will work for an article on Genius, whether that means a new article should be written about them or they should be added to an existing article. I’ll be checking the thread regularly and communicating with the editorial team and with y’all about which annotations work and which ones don’t.

No strings attached for the annotations you post here. They don’t have to be up to editorial standards or even reviewed by an editor or moderator, they just have to be interesting! They don’t have to be yours, either—if you think somebody else wrote a dope annotation that works for the editorial site, feel free to drop it here.

Will I get credit for the article if I submit an annotation?

If you submit the annotation and the editorial team writes the article or integrates it into an existing article, your name won’t appear in the byline but it will appear in the body of the article. (Example)

Format:

Let us know…

· If you want the annotation added to an existing article OR you want the editorial team to write a new article around the tate.
· Why you think this is a good annotation for the editorial site (2-3 sentences explaining what’s interesting about it)
· Which annotation you want featured (link or embed it)

EXAMPLE:

I’d like the editorial team to add an annotation to “Tory Lanez Calls For 21 Savage’s Release From Prison On Free 21 Freestyle.” This annotation explains why Tory Lanez speaks up on behalf of 21 Savage. Tory is from Toronto and subject to the same foreign policy as 21 Savage. Annotation here.

Which types of annotations work best for articles?

· ‘Meme’ information or ‘breaking knowledge’

Genius’ editorial voice is about explaining the deeper meaning behind the music. If a new song drops and you write an interesting annotation, strike while the iron’s hot and drop it in this thread! If the annotation’s quality and the angle is right for the editorial site, it’s an easy flip.

· Explaining a lyric everyone is confused about

If nobody knows what a lyric means and you figure it out, getting it included in an article is the best way to showcase that info to the masses (and stunt on ‘em at the same time).

· Unearthing nuggets of knowledge

The annotations you submit don’t always have to be from new songs—they can be the subject of legacy/anniversary content, too. If you’re on an older song page and discover previously unknown information, that’s something the editorial team wants to know about!

How will my annotation be integrated into the article?

Here are some recent examples of articles that feature annotations:

https://genius.com/a/future-confirms-that-he-ditched-a-woman-at-a-hollywood-hotel-on-wifi-lit

https://genius.com/a/j-cole-s-appearance-on-offset-s-how-did-i-get-here-is-the-north-carolina-mc-s-latest-trap-collaboration

https://genius.com/a/solange-s-playboi-carti-collaboration-almeda-is-a-celebration-of-blackness-houston-culture

https://genius.com/a/kodak-black-reflects-on-cosigns-from-j-cole-master-p-birdman-on-2-chainz-s-i-m-not-crazy-life-is?utm_source=home_recent_stories

https://genius.com/a/nicki-minaj-may-throw-veiled-shot-at-drake-meek-mill-on-barbie-goin-bad-freestyle

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Can I get the leftover pitches pretty please?

The origin of the term “Numb Numb Juice” might be feature-worthy since apparently nobody but the 30 & over crowd from the Bay Area & Memphis know that “num num juice” has been a thing.

Since it was the song title and doesn’t appear in the lyrics ‘til the very end of the song, I made it a Question & Answer rather than an annotation:

https://genius.com/Schoolboy-q-numb-numb-juice-lyrics?question_id=380215#380215

I can add an annotation if that’s a technical requirement for embedding it into the article or anything.

@GaryTheJerk definitely should be an annotation, and i’ll pass it along to editorial, this is dope

@BrianErwin Here ya go:

https://genius.com/16711377

https://genius.com/a/anderson-paak-praises-colin-kaepernick-lebron-james-on-his-new-song-king-james?utm_source=home_featured_stories

I was wondering if my annotation on Kaepernick could be featured in this article. https://genius.com/16718723

@HeadofNoState my bad, editorial had already chosen an embed for that article

@BrianErwin It’s all good. The points made in the article about the track were effective.

https://genius.com/a/anderson-paak-recruits-smokey-robinson-for-his-new-single-make-it-better

I guess now I would ask if any of my tates on “Make It Better” would be worth it in the article about the track since I think it’s interesting how he gives a nod to artists like the Bee Gees/Al Green, Frank Sinatra, and Sugarhill Gang/Pitbull.

I think this gave a particularly interesting twist: https://genius.com/16865598

I get if it’s not seen as pertinent or relevant, though.

that was a dope twist and is now in the article @HeadofNoState