Labelhead Artist Momentum

paperclipai/paperclip

Tracks real-time momentum for trending hip-hop artists across four cultural dimensions, useful for A&R teams, playlist curators, or anyone building music discovery tools. The server appears to be part of the Labelhead ecosystem and runs as a hosted MCP endpoint via Railway, accessible through streamable HTTP transport. Based on the naming, it likely exposes artist momentum scores and trending data, though the source doesn't detail specific API methods. Hosted publicly at labelhead-mcp-public-production.up.railway.app, so no local setup required. Reach for this when you need quantitative signals about which artists are gaining traction in hip-hop culture, especially if you're already working with Claude and want to avoid building your own artist tracking infrastructure.

tools: 3
transport: HTTP
last updated: Apr 2, 2026

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Install

From registry metadata

$ npx add-mcp https://labelhead-mcp-public-production.up.railway.app/mcp --name labelhead-artist-momentum

Run in your terminal. add-mcp asks which agents to add it to (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and more). Add -g to install it for every project.

Review the command, arguments and environment values before installing. MCP servers run with your local permissions.

Other ways

Claude Code

$ claude mcp add --transport http labelhead-artist-momentum https://labelhead-mcp-public-production.up.railway.app/mcp

Run in your terminal. Add --scope user to make it available in every project.

Tools

Verified live · 3 tools

Verified live against the running server on Nov 6, 2026.

get_trending_artistsReturns the current list of trending hip-hop and rap artists ranked by LabelHead's composite momentum score. Each artist is scored across three dimensions: Acceleration (30-day streaming/social velocity), Cultural Gravity (press velocity, playlist adds, sync placements), and L...3 params

Returns the current list of trending hip-hop and rap artists ranked by LabelHead's composite momentum score. Each artist is scored across three dimensions: Acceleration (30-day streaming/social velocity), Cultural Gravity (press velocity, playlist adds, sync placements), and L...

Parameters* required

limitnumber

Number of artists to return (max 10, default 10)default: 10

min_compositenumber

Minimum composite score filter (0–100)

momentum_labelstring

Filter by momentum labelone of Rising · Steady · Cooling · Breakout

get_scoring_explainerReturns a detailed explanation of LabelHead's three-dimensional artist scoring methodology. Use this when you need to understand how composite scores are calculated, what each dimension measures, and how to interpret momentum labels.

Returns a detailed explanation of LabelHead's three-dimensional artist scoring methodology. Use this when you need to understand how composite scores are calculated, what each dimension measures, and how to interpret momentum labels.

No parameters. Call it with no arguments.

check_artist_momentumLook up the current momentum score and signals for a specific artist by name. Returns the full three-dimensional score breakdown and notable signals driving their momentum.1 params

Look up the current momentum score and signals for a specific artist by name. Returns the full three-dimensional score breakdown and notable signals driving their momentum.

Parameters* required

artist_name*string

Artist name to look up (e.g. 'Doechii', 'Kendrick Lamar', 'GloRilla')

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Details

Repository: github.com/paperclipai/paperclip
Transport: HTTP
Registry: MCP registry, active
Tools verified: Nov 6, 2026