Transparent by design
The graph is editorial. The method is explicit.
TIWIH organizes real-world artists through genres, listening cultures, and High Family mood analogies. It is a reproducible discovery system—not a scientific model of music, a listener diagnosis, or a statement about artists.
Current method
editorial-v1
Versioned so future changes can be tested and explained.
The foundation
One artist, three organizing layers
Start
300
Reviewed artists
A deliberately varied launch shelf spanning familiar names, scenes, and listening settings.
Layer 01
14
Genre groups
A stable scoring vocabulary. Each artist's specific genre labels connect to familiar parent groups without creating a page for every microgenre.
Layer 02
12
Listening cultures
Human-facing browse lanes such as Hip-Hop & Rap, Jazz & Instrumental, and Ambient, Lo-Fi & Classical. They make discovery simpler than taxonomy.
Layer 03
6
High Family analogies
Editorial mood families based on musical energy, texture, pacing, and social setting. They borrow names from TIWIH's strain system, not its chemistry.
The 14 scoring groups
Coverage before scale
The launch slate contains 300 artists. Every one of the 12 browse lanes has at least two artists, every broad genre group has multiple representatives, and each High Family has 66 primary matches. Popular cultures receive more depth, but none of the public lanes is decorative or empty.
Reproducible starting points
How genres lean toward each family
Each family begins with a complete percentage distribution across all 14 broad groups. The leading genres below are shorthand, not exclusive rules. Artist records can carry several genres and always receive human editorial review.
Uplifting High
- Pop & Indie 20%
- Funk & Disco 13%
- Electronic 12%
Energetic High
- Electronic 20%
- Pop & Indie 16%
- Rock & Heavy Music 14%
Relaxing High
- Ambient & Downtempo 18%
- Soul & R&B 14%
- Rock & Heavy Music 13%
Balancing High
- Pop & Indie 15%
- Soul & R&B 13%
- Hip-Hop & Rap 11%
Relieving High
- Soul & R&B 15%
- Ambient & Downtempo 15%
- Hip-Hop & Rap 10%
Entourage High
- Pop & Indie 14%
- Soul & R&B 14%
- Hip-Hop & Rap 13%
Your selection, not surveillance
The taste matcher uses only what you choose
Choose one to 5 artists. Each artist contributes 1 unit to their primary family and 0.55 units to their secondary family. The totals are normalized to percentages, and stable family ordering resolves exact ties.
The match is deterministic: the same set produces the same result regardless of selection order. It does not inspect listening history, connect to a provider, create a health profile, or learn from other visitors.
Try the taste matcherArtist to strain
How each artist gets 3 strain picks
Every published artist guide selects two image-backed strains from the artist's primary High Family and one from the secondary family. The candidate pool stays within the 24 most popular eligible strains in each family, then a stable offset based on the artist slug keeps the pages varied and reproducible.
The relationship has two separate layers: strain chemistry determines the strain's High Family, while TIWIH's reviewed music graph determines the artist's editorial family match. The artist does not influence the chemistry classification, and the pairing does not claim use, preference, sponsorship, or endorsement.
Recommendation cards are rebuilt from the first-party strain API during deployment. A page fails its build contract if either family lacks enough real, image-backed strains; it never substitutes a placeholder or silently crosses into another family.
Truth labels
Facts and interpretations stay separate
Verified fact
Stable identity, career, release, chart, award, or membership information supported by an authoritative source.
Sourced cultural context
A documented connection to a scene, movement, era, or cannabis culture, stated with attribution.
TIWIH editorial interpretation
Our reading of sound, mood, pacing, texture, or listening setting.
TIWIH High Family match
A versioned editorial result with a visible rationale—not an artist or medical claim.
Popularity snapshot
Time-bound demand or platform visibility, always attached to an as-of date when used.
Uncertain or disputed
Conflicting or weakly supported material, omitted by default or described with explicit uncertainty.
What this cannot tell you
Taste is personal. The graph is a guide.
- It cannot determine how a person will feel while listening.
- It does not establish that an artist uses or endorses cannabis.
- It does not turn genres, cultures, or artists into fixed stereotypes.
- Its strain picks are editorial starting points, not medical advice or predictions about personal effects.
- It does not replace source review, cultural context, or human editorial judgment.