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Your music taste
is on the record.
Prove it.

Back the albums before they break.

Every call is locked. Every outcome is scored.
Your record compounds.

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Calls lock when the window closes. No edits. No hindsight.

The first public record of cultural foresight.

CRI is the public record of cultural foresight.

Each week, a curated set of new albums drops.
You call which ones will break — and which won't.

No edits. No hedging.
Just your accuracy, compounding over time.

The weekly window The Heat Window
Your prediction Back or Fade
Not reviews
Verified predictions
Not opinions
Public accuracy
Not popularity
Cultural foresight

Most people think they saw it coming.
Almost nobody can prove it — publicly.

Three steps. No hedging.

01 —

See this week's Heat

A curated set of new releases enters the Heat Window. You have 72 hours.

72 hours · one window
02 —

Call Back or Fade

Back means you think it breaks. Fade means you don't. Your call locks the moment you make it.

locked · public
03 —

Earn your record

Outcomes resolve against real cultural signals, and your record builds week after week. Misses count too.

scored · on the record

The scoreboard for cultural foresight.

The Ledger

THE LEDGER IS OPEN

0 ranked members

Rankings publish when the first members clear provisional status.
There is no reset.

Every call is scored, and every score is permanent. You don't get do-overs. Week after week, your accuracy builds into a record no follower count or critic credit can replicate.

The leaderboard is public. Your rank is earned — not claimed.

Your record is your edge.

The music industry runs on instinct — but instinct isn't measurable. CRI changes that.

A public prediction record gives you something no résumé or reputation can.
Proof.

01 —

Record Stores

Stock decisions backed by real predictive signal from your community.

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Tastemakers

Build a verifiable public record that proves your ear — permanently.

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Labels & A&R

Leading-indicator data from engaged tastemakers — weeks before charts reflect reality.

04 —

Festivals

Know which artists are breaking culturally before booking windows close.

Every great record store deserves a public record.

Know what your community believes before the charts do.

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The record of who called it first.

The Founding Class is building that record now. Every call made today is the beginning of something that will compound for years.

The record is already being written.

Open registration · Permanent Founding Class recognition · First entries in the record

Before you make your call.

CRI — the Cultural Relevance Index — is the public record of cultural foresight. You call which albums will break, and every call is locked, scored against real outcomes, and permanently recorded. It is the first public, verifiable record for music taste.

Each week, a curated set of new albums enters the Heat Window. You have 72 hours to make your call — Back or Fade. Your call is locked immediately, scored against real outcomes after the window closes, and permanently recorded on your public record.

Reviews are opinions after the fact. CRI is predictions before it happens — scored against reality. You are not rating an album. You are calling its cultural outcome before the verdict is in. The difference is accountability.

Back means you believe the album will break culturally. Fade means you believe it won't. Calls are binary, locked immediately, and cannot be edited. No hedging, no nuance — just a clear call on the record.

Outcomes are measured against real cultural signals after each Heat Window closes. Your accuracy compounds over time, building a verifiable public record visible on the CRI leaderboard.

The founding members of CRI. Everyone who joins before the Founding Class closes is permanently marked on their public record as part of the first chapter of the system. Registration is open — your record starts with your first call.

FOUNDING CLASS · OPEN

Your record starts now.

Registration is open. Join the Founding Class — the first entries in CRI's permanent record, marked forever as the people who were here before it was everywhere.

OPEN REGISTRATION · PERMANENT FOUNDING CLASS RECOGNITION

The record is already being written.
Join before the Founding Class closes to carry permanent Founding recognition on your record.