A Tribe Called Quest / Beats, Rhymes and Life

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A Tribe Called Quest · Beats, Rhymes and Life (1996)

-12.0 LUFS
0.1 True peak
1.2 Loudness range
13.8 Dynamic range
-11.1 Short-term max

Genre cohort

Hip-Hop · 1990s louder than 41% of 597 tracks (median -11.5 LUFS)

-26 to -25 LUFS: 1 track-25 to -24 LUFS: 0 tracks-24 to -23 LUFS: 1 track-23 to -22 LUFS: 0 tracks-22 to -21 LUFS: 2 tracks-21 to -20 LUFS: 3 tracks-20 to -19 LUFS: 3 tracks-19 to -18 LUFS: 7 tracks-18 to -17 LUFS: 8 tracks-17 to -16 LUFS: 17 tracks-16 to -15 LUFS: 26 tracks-15 to -14 LUFS: 46 tracks-14 to -13 LUFS: 52 tracks-13 to -12 LUFS: 77 tracks-12 to -11 LUFS: 106 tracks-11 to -10 LUFS: 106 tracks-10 to -9 LUFS: 86 tracks-9 to -8 LUFS: 39 tracks-8 to -7 LUFS: 14 tracks-7 to -6 LUFS: 3 tracks -12.0 -26 LUFS -16 LUFS -6 LUFS

Engineer cohort

Tom Coyne (all tracks) louder than 30% of 134 tracks (median -11.2 LUFS)

Tom Coyne × Hip-Hop louder than 27% of 110 tracks (median -10.9 LUFS)

-22 to -21 LUFS: 1 track-21 to -20 LUFS: 0 tracks-20 to -19 LUFS: 0 tracks-19 to -18 LUFS: 0 tracks-18 to -17 LUFS: 1 track-17 to -16 LUFS: 1 track-16 to -15 LUFS: 2 tracks-15 to -14 LUFS: 4 tracks-14 to -13 LUFS: 13 tracks-13 to -12 LUFS: 18 tracks-12 to -11 LUFS: 30 tracks-11 to -10 LUFS: 31 tracks-10 to -9 LUFS: 22 tracks-9 to -8 LUFS: 11 tracks -12.0 -22 LUFS -15 LUFS -8 LUFS

Studio cohort

Sterling Sound (all tracks) louder than 32% of 194 tracks (median -10.9 LUFS)

8th loudest of 15 on this release

Metadata

Year
1996
Label
Jive Records
Genres
Hip-Hop
Source
CD
Version
WAV (44.1/16bit)
Measured
2026-09-09
Engine
mastering-to@5603b08
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