This is you on a fixed-gear bike going downhill adjacent to the Pacific Ocean while the waves feel in sync with your motions. Birds fly past your peripheral making random phrases that feel like a language. The breeze holds you in a pocket of happiness as anything that feels like a distraction bounces off. You are fulfilled and taking your time with the abundance that nature is providing thanks to the absolute manifestation of greatness from this song from Raury. Enjoy it. Co-sign: Raury

This is you on a fixed-gear bike going downhill adjacent to the Pacific Ocean while the waves feel in sync with your motions. Birds fly past your peripheral making random phrases that feel like a language. The breeze holds you in a pocket of happiness as anything that feels like a distraction bounces off. You are fulfilled and taking your time with the abundance that nature is providing thanks to the absolute manifestation of greatness from this song from Raury. Enjoy it. Co-sign: Raury

Joony’s Anytime is a fog of words and liquid that mixes into steam like a sauna on your playlist. Racing down the window is the condensation from this track as it permeates the air and feels like it wants to fall to the floor instead of escaping through open creases like normal air. I love how this song sits and kind of waits for you with a level of familiarity normally reserved for the aroma of your mother’s home cooking. The video and song feel easy and settled like putting lavender in a de...

Joony’s Anytime is a fog of words and liquid that mixes into steam like a sauna on your playlist. Racing down the window is the condensation from this track as it permeates the air and feels like it wants to fall to the floor instead of escaping through open creases like normal air. I love how this song sits and kind of waits for you with a level of familiarity normally reserved for the aroma of your mother’s home cooking. The video and song feel easy and settled like putting lavender in a de...

Auguste Rodin’s La Porte de l’Enfer or “The Gates of Hell” took 37 years to complete. It was considered finished only once Rodin died in 1917. The Great Pyramid is believed to have taken twenty years or more. Many of the Gothic Cathedrals took centuries to complete. The Statue of Liberty took over 12 years from raising money to its completion in 1886. ANKHLEJOHN took 15 minutes and 42 seconds to construct a well-thought-out piece of art and efficiently drive home that he will rap your fucking...

Auguste Rodin’s La Porte de l’Enfer or “The Gates of Hell” took 37 years to complete. It was considered finished only once Rodin died in 1917. The Great Pyramid is believed to have taken twenty years or more. Many of the Gothic Cathedrals took centuries to complete. The Statue of Liberty took over 12 years from raising money to its completion in 1886. ANKHLEJOHN took 15 minutes and 42 seconds to construct a well-thought-out piece of art and efficiently drive home that he will rap your fucking...

Jean Dawson’s video feels like the space between AMTRAK trains passing each other going in opposite directions. There is this tight loud almost airless space that feels frantic and unapologetically unforgiving. Almost like if you are caught here it might feel as though shit is about to end for you. In these tight spaces where friction and air are abundant special things probably could happen if you could harness them. Jean harnesses every bit of energy and enthusiasm into a music video that p...

Jean Dawson’s video feels like the space between AMTRAK trains passing each other going in opposite directions. There is this tight loud almost airless space that feels frantic and unapologetically unforgiving. Almost like if you are caught here it might feel as though shit is about to end for you. In these tight spaces where friction and air are abundant special things probably could happen if you could harness them. Jean harnesses every bit of energy and enthusiasm into a music video that p...

Civ flew down from his island faraway and took all the misfit sounds from our world back only to return with this. This track is a playground of sonics that has a child-like excitement to it. Bouncing from verse to verse Civ doesn’t take his time as he hopscotches through this thing so crazy. Escaping to this uptempo getaway is as easy as pressing play, you to can do this. Co-Sign: Civ Pierre For Fans of: Buddy, Doechii, PawPaw Rod, Amine

Civ flew down from his island faraway and took all the misfit sounds from our world back only to return with this. This track is a playground of sonics that has a child-like excitement to it. Bouncing from verse to verse Civ doesn’t take his time as he hopscotches through this thing so crazy. Escaping to this uptempo getaway is as easy as pressing play, you to can do this. Co-Sign: Civ Pierre For Fans of: Buddy, Doechii, PawPaw Rod, Amine

This week, we sat down with Es Famojure to learn more about one of the top curators on Team Phlote. Check her out in our first video pod! A deeper analysis of the music Es has curated on Phlote provides an early indication of who she is musically, by the numbers. The music that Es is bringing is very telling of her background. With Atlanta in the rearview, we see submissions like ForteBowie and Killer Mike. Now living in New York, Es' playlist has a very rap-centric feel - see her Coast ...

This week, we sat down with Es Famojure to learn more about one of the top curators on Team Phlote. Check her out in our first video pod! A deeper analysis of the music Es has curated on Phlote provides an early indication of who she is musically, by the numbers. The music that Es is bringing is very telling of her background. With Atlanta in the rearview, we see submissions like ForteBowie and Killer Mike. Now living in New York, Es' playlist has a very rap-centric feel - see her Coast ...

Co-signing Drake after half the world is dancing to his music isn't as valuable as cosigning him while he was wearing a peacoat on a mixtape cover. So let's dig into some sleeper picks that we're seeing on the index today.Kaelin EllisHis “Swing It” song was curated back on April 19th. SingNasty and Trish saw the vision and jumped on it quick. Kaelin's live shows are very good. His constant experimentation is documented and shipped out to his 55k on IG, 35k on Twitter, and ...

Co-signing Drake after half the world is dancing to his music isn't as valuable as cosigning him while he was wearing a peacoat on a mixtape cover. So let's dig into some sleeper picks that we're seeing on the index today.Kaelin EllisHis “Swing It” song was curated back on April 19th. SingNasty and Trish saw the vision and jumped on it quick. Kaelin's live shows are very good. His constant experimentation is documented and shipped out to his 55k on IG, 35k on Twitter, and ...

Phlote (pronounced "float") is a music label for independent creators. We’ve built technology that allows us to scale our ability to identify, invest in, and amplify talented emerging artists alongside our network of partners. Our process for creating music relies on a passionate community of music makers who collaborative create together using a process that’s open and new. We offer artists a straightforward deal structure that’s available to all, bypasses the power dynamics, politics, and b...

Phlote (pronounced "float") is a music label for independent creators. We’ve built technology that allows us to scale our ability to identify, invest in, and amplify talented emerging artists alongside our network of partners. Our process for creating music relies on a passionate community of music makers who collaborative create together using a process that’s open and new. We offer artists a straightforward deal structure that’s available to all, bypasses the power dynamics, politics, and b...

We DESERVE Open Source Music Copyright law has constrained the music industry. Continuing to focus on rights management and their oversight is a costly vestige of outdated thinking that doesn’t align with the open and collaborative nature of the internet. It’s time to let go of the old model and build a new one. Music is begging to be open sourced. Removing the legal hurdles to sampling, remix, reuse of work will unleash creativity by removing the stigma against “borrowing”. The gaming indust...

We DESERVE Open Source Music Copyright law has constrained the music industry. Continuing to focus on rights management and their oversight is a costly vestige of outdated thinking that doesn’t align with the open and collaborative nature of the internet. It’s time to let go of the old model and build a new one. Music is begging to be open sourced. Removing the legal hurdles to sampling, remix, reuse of work will unleash creativity by removing the stigma against “borrowing”. The gaming indust...

Three months ago, my journey into Web3 started with a DM that said, “Hello”. I was at Coca Cola, working to make ends meet, but I was miserable. I was that guy stocking shelves at your local grocery store. Although I was working to provide for my son, I was far from where I wanted to be.I go by Hallway. For years, I blogged emerging music into mainstream consciousness before having to give it up to make a decent living. Now I’m at a place where I can make sure nobody ever has to turn away fro...

Three months ago, my journey into Web3 started with a DM that said, “Hello”. I was at Coca Cola, working to make ends meet, but I was miserable. I was that guy stocking shelves at your local grocery store. Although I was working to provide for my son, I was far from where I wanted to be.I go by Hallway. For years, I blogged emerging music into mainstream consciousness before having to give it up to make a decent living. Now I’m at a place where I can make sure nobody ever has to turn away fro...

We DESERVE Open Source Music Copyright law has constrained the music industry. The continual focus on the rights management, administration, and oversight doesn’t align with the open and collaborative nature of internet culture. It’s time to let go of an outdated model and build something new. Music is begging to be open sourced. The legal hurdles to sampling, remix, and reuse of music not only limit creativity, but restrict how quickly music can spread as well. Artists who share openly invit...

We DESERVE Open Source Music Copyright law has constrained the music industry. The continual focus on the rights management, administration, and oversight doesn’t align with the open and collaborative nature of internet culture. It’s time to let go of an outdated model and build something new. Music is begging to be open sourced. The legal hurdles to sampling, remix, and reuse of music not only limit creativity, but restrict how quickly music can spread as well. Artists who share openly invit...

Aundrey Guillaume’s “Energy” EP enters the ring with the crowd adjusting their seats the whole time trying to figure out what’s about to happen. The initial song “Combo” is a no-nonsense round where Aundrey bobs and weaves back and forth, dodging the bassline, and catching up to the pace with ease. Followed by two rounds of unbridled flurries of lyrics turning your left and right. As you fight to figure out how to understand what’s happening the crowd is now nodding their heads. It’s easy to ...

Aundrey Guillaume’s “Energy” EP enters the ring with the crowd adjusting their seats the whole time trying to figure out what’s about to happen. The initial song “Combo” is a no-nonsense round where Aundrey bobs and weaves back and forth, dodging the bassline, and catching up to the pace with ease. Followed by two rounds of unbridled flurries of lyrics turning your left and right. As you fight to figure out how to understand what’s happening the crowd is now nodding their heads. It’s easy to ...