Hey, everyone!

This Month On Genius highlights all the dope stuff that’s happened in the Genius Community over the past month (June + July). It includes stuff like superb annotations, hot new ‘scribes, fresh articles, and those up-and-coming users who might not be on your radar yet!

Knowledge Drops

@DsgJack knocked it out of the park on the new Lil Nas X and outlined a few of his greatest accomplishments in this annotation:

https://genius.com/23453352

@PatrickCash dug deep to figure out who Pusha T was dissing in this line:

https://genius.com/23513491

@vintagewashingmachine went into detail about Lil Wayne’s lean addiction and reminded us that drugs are bad:

https://genius.com/23354700

@glitzy came through with a great contextual ‘tate on Billie Eilish’s “NDA”:

https://genius.com/23458352

@emikael and @slightly_senile joined forces to illuminate Tyler’s film reference:

https://genius.com/23289123

Hot Transcriptions

Migos – Culture III: @OffsetLEAKTHIS @ibmac26 @himynameislotier @veduta @yxng-nate @Maxenn @asheboomin @Jedd12345678 @traceback @VI6 @proxim @FerbChannel @frigid @Jh0n @yessirre @blustery @billy @Chancelorr @99Mikey @HolUp @Pessoa

Pi'erre Bourne – The Life of Pi'erre 5: @R2D2C @showyourrealface @tiredkawhipboi @soicygoth666 @LorenzoMincey @inclined @jvnyboi @davesuxc @Slatt1629 @Herposhima @trynagetdown @proxim @abc1932 @tironslattbaby @Diametric @Anarchist613 @ade412 @Not_Razor @twotwothrees @sossboyyycomeblesstheanotation @unstabilizing @dyed2wice @ChloeConlon

Polo G – Hall of Fame: @benkeller14 @furiousfye @veduta @Maxenn @SlattBoi2900 @Origiginal @yessirre @HolUp @ethan5768 @blustery @Chancelorr @klickin @proxim @emikael

Pop Smoke – Faith: @veduta @Origiginal @Chancelorr @HolUp @billy @Maxenn @proxim @MatthewCrincoli @klickin @easternsteak @JuroesAKAGeniusGod @abc1932 @blustery @benkeller14 @furiousfye @VinylZombie_MCR @Origiginal @revenges @karma999 @SinhaleseSavage @vintagewashingmachine @yessirre

Tyler, The Creator – CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST: @ibmac26 @thiscray @sshwdp @crackar @emikael @tomvyzee @Maxenn @Chancelorr @jackkXP @Merc_K9 @TIKTOKTIKTOK @Daan33

Doja Cat – Planet Her: @HolUp @KaliPorVida @yuck654 @ChloeConlon @plaguedpit @JKOkay @heartstringsz @Maxenn @FerbChannel @wizadry_ @EPSYLON

Billie Eilish – Happier Than Ever: @Maxenn @glitzy @Crackar @emikael @skatex @momotaru @HolUp @AleksandraNowacka @goodkidkevcity @TIKTOKTIKTOK @Polka_DeLaMusic @JKOkay

Dave – We’re All Alone In This Together: @jackba18 @Maxenn @ibmac26 @billy @UnluckyProfessional @BN5 @emikael @yisaaa @HolUp

Vince Staples – Vince Staples: @emikael @foyosorrows @idktheend @saltkin @HolUp @yungdirty @sossigatorjim @weird24 @yessirre @rainelm @hellotanz

Dope Articles

The Genius Community’s 25 Best Albums & Songs of 2021 (So Far) dropped some weeks back—kudos to @eduardo @yxng-nate @javier @lonland @peaker @billy @charityspicer @benkeller14 @siannve @ssaa10dec @MadisonMurray & @Polka_DeLaMusic for the amazing write-ups!

https://genius.com/a/the-genius-community-s-25-best-albums-of-2021-so-far

https://genius.com/a/the-genius-community-s-25-best-songs-of-2021-so-far

One of @EasternSteak’s annotations made its way into this article about Brent Faiyaz and Drake’s R&B collab:

https://genius.com/a/drake-drops-queen-s-gambit-references-on-brent-faiyaz-s-new-neptunes-produced-single-wasting-time

@MadisonMurray wrote an impressive piece about the different characters on Taylor Swift’s folklore; this is a must-read for any pop fan:

https://genius.com/a/a-guide-to-the-characters-of-taylor-swift-s-folklore-betty-james-augustine-inez-rebekah-harkness-dean

Editorial mainstay @shy-ink jotted up two great interviews with producers Haan and Mario Luciano, who have worked with Kid Laroi and J. Cole, respectively. Be sure to give both articles a read and an upvote:

https://genius.com/a/interview-the-kid-laroi-s-producer-haan-talks-about-working-on-justin-bieber-collaboration-stay

https://genius.com/a/interview-how-mario-luciano-went-from-snowboarding-to-producing-for-j-cole

And last but not least, our Community Playlists for June and July dropped:

https://genius.com/a/genius-community-playlist-june-2021

https://genius.com/a/genius-community-playlist-july-2021

Community Projects

@ioana-6 & @masterhype concluded the July Clean-Up Championship and got straight to it for August, dedicating the month to deceased artists. Find some users to work with or compete solo—either way, check out the thread and join in:

https://genius.com/discussions/429499-August-2021-clean-up-championship-deceased-artists

@LGF gave shout outs to all the users who surpassed an IQ Milestone in July:

https://genius.com/discussions/428494-Iq-milestones-july-17th-2021

Our resident pop aficionado @AlexanderJamesM passed an incredible milestone in reaching 1,000,000 IQ! They boast stats all in the thousands, they’re a metadata master, and they’ve helped clean up tons of artists. But above all, AJM is incredibly friendly to anyone that reaches out. Congrats again, and kudos to @masterhype for penning the platinum thread:

https://genius.com/discussions/427471-Iq-milestones-platinum-status-8-alexanderjamesm

@vintagewashingmachine brought back everyone’s favorite community initiative. Be sure to check out some of the latest topics and… Get Involved:

https://genius.com/discussions/421026-Get-involved-vol-6-community-pages-2021

@ssaa10dec and @genius-korea made two pages for their community’s Best Albums & Songs of 2021 (So Far). Shout out @ckr @Hobschiske @siannve @seokyoung @zealotofstockholm @EleventhCassette @crystallized_stars @PlanNine @loveholic @ANC613 @wongkahei @OKRA23 @nosyneko @ab212 @aAOfficial @sa44 @VinylZombie_MCR @minnowli @Hearye @ssaa10dec for the great write-ups! Check out the lists below:

https://genius.com/Genius-korea-genius-korea-communitys-favorite-albums-of-2021-so-far-annotated

https://genius.com/Genius-korea-genius-korea-communitys-favorite-songs-of-2021-so-far-annotated

@kst gave us two changelogs to continuously update us on site-wide changes:

https://genius.com/discussions/429519-New-changelo

Fresh Eds & Mods

We’ve got a bunch of new eds so huge shout out to the mentoring squad! Join us in welcoming @DsgJack @EasternSteak @Baumi187 @zealotofstockholm @Kyotsoo @awarde @PhantomMessiah @laylaaaaa @himynameislotier @vojokyo @sdoublesm to the editor team! Hit up their profile with some upvotes, and spread the love!

Also, @Careblech, our Discord admin and all-around good guy, joined the purple ranks! You’ve likely seen Careblech around making significant contributions to the German community, and taking care of issues in our Help Forums!

If you want to become an editor, tag the mentors squad in the suggestion box of your ‘tates and someone will reach out!

That’s it!

@genius-editorial-board @music

@DsgJack Always nice to see another 914 person appearing on this list—great job.

And congrats to everyone else who was mentioned! It was a pretty crazy month with all these great releases :)

hey merlyn do ur shoulders hurt from carrying genius xDDDDDDDDDD

Thank you so much for the kind words, @xMERLYN! ❤️

Congrats on everyone here mentioned as well!!!

Huge update, thanks Merlyn 🙏 Huge shoutout to all the new editors particularly, especially my mentees @Kyotsoo and @himynameislotier. Shoutout everyone who worked on the Mid-year blurb article too 💯

Big shout out to @xMERLYN amazing write up as always. Glad to see 914 representation as well @vintagewashingmachine. August is our month 👀 😈 💯 💵

the billie eilish gif singlehandedly makes this the best edition of tmog🥰 great job as always!!

genius the communtiy

Wow, I’m honored to be included in this. Thanks!

thanks for the love!

Truly amazing how many times @vintagewashingmachine was mentioned in this.

Also, a new editor was skipped over. My French friend @TheoEZ was promoted on August 1st, I believe.

@AntimonyOrchid this edition covers through July 31st, they should be on next month’s edition!

@VinylZombie_MCR Ah, ok. Thanks for reiterating what I should’ve noticed in the OP.