Beastie Boys / Hello Nasty

The Negotiation Limerick File

Beastie Boys · Hello Nasty (1998)

-9.7 LUFS
-0.6 True peak
5.5 Loudness range
11.7 Dynamic range
-7.8 Short-term max

Genre cohort

Rap · 1990s louder than 84% of 504 tracks (median -11.6 LUFS)

Hip-Hop · 1990s (secondary) louder than 81% of 597 tracks (median -11.5 LUFS)

-22 to -21 LUFS: 1 track-21 to -20 LUFS: 1 track-20 to -19 LUFS: 1 track-19 to -18 LUFS: 6 tracks-18 to -17 LUFS: 9 tracks-17 to -16 LUFS: 16 tracks-16 to -15 LUFS: 31 tracks-15 to -14 LUFS: 43 tracks-14 to -13 LUFS: 44 tracks-13 to -12 LUFS: 63 tracks-12 to -11 LUFS: 90 tracks-11 to -10 LUFS: 91 tracks-10 to -9 LUFS: 68 tracks-9 to -8 LUFS: 25 tracks-8 to -7 LUFS: 12 tracks-7 to -6 LUFS: 3 tracks -9.7 -22 LUFS -14 LUFS -6 LUFS

Engineer cohort

Howie Weinberg (all tracks) louder than 68% of 157 tracks (median -11.6 LUFS)

Howie Weinberg × Rap louder than 95% of 51 tracks (median -15.3 LUFS)

Andy Van Dette (all tracks) louder than 89% of 22 tracks (median -11.4 LUFS)

Andy Van Dette × Rap louder than 89% of 22 tracks (median -11.4 LUFS)

-22 to -21 LUFS: 1 track-21 to -20 LUFS: 1 track-20 to -19 LUFS: 2 tracks-19 to -18 LUFS: 5 tracks-18 to -17 LUFS: 4 tracks-17 to -16 LUFS: 8 tracks-16 to -15 LUFS: 13 tracks-15 to -14 LUFS: 10 tracks-14 to -13 LUFS: 10 tracks-13 to -12 LUFS: 17 tracks-12 to -11 LUFS: 20 tracks-11 to -10 LUFS: 12 tracks-10 to -9 LUFS: 9 tracks-9 to -8 LUFS: 5 tracks-8 to -7 LUFS: 15 tracks-7 to -6 LUFS: 19 tracks-6 to -5 LUFS: 6 tracks -9.7 -22 LUFS -14 LUFS -5 LUFS

Studio cohort

Masterdisk (all tracks) louder than 77% of 280 tracks (median -12.3 LUFS)

3rd loudest of 22 on this release

Metadata

Year
1998
Label
Capitol Records
Genres
Rap, Hip-Hop
Source
CD
Version
WAV (44.1/16bit)
Measured
2026-09-13
Engine
mastering-to@06c3922
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