Beastie Boys / Licensed to Ill

Hold It Now, Hit It

Beastie Boys · Licensed to Ill (1986)

-18.4 LUFS
-2.0 True peak
6.4 Loudness range
18.6 Dynamic range
-15.6 Short-term max

Genre cohort

Rap · 1980s louder than 64% of 37 tracks (median -18.9 LUFS)

Hip-Hop · 1980s (secondary) louder than 64% of 37 tracks (median -18.9 LUFS)

-23 to -22 LUFS: 1 track-22 to -21 LUFS: 2 tracks-21 to -20 LUFS: 3 tracks-20 to -19 LUFS: 9 tracks-19 to -18 LUFS: 10 tracks-18 to -17 LUFS: 6 tracks-17 to -16 LUFS: 4 tracks-16 to -15 LUFS: 0 tracks-15 to -14 LUFS: 2 tracks -18.4 -23 LUFS -19 LUFS -14 LUFS

Engineer cohort

Howie Weinberg (all tracks) louder than 4% of 157 tracks (median -11.6 LUFS)

Howie Weinberg × Rap louder than 13% of 51 tracks (median -15.3 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 -18.4 -22 LUFS -14 LUFS -5 LUFS

Studio cohort

Masterdisk (all tracks) louder than 5% of 280 tracks (median -12.3 LUFS)

9th loudest of 13 on this release

Metadata

Year
1986
Label
Columbia
Genres
Rap, Hip-Hop
Source
CD
Version
WAV (44.1/16bit)
Measured
2026-09-13
Engine
mastering-to@06c3922
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