Das EFX / Straight Up Sewaside

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Das EFX · Straight Up Sewaside (1993)

-13.5 LUFS
0.4 True peak
16.0 Loudness range
16.0 Dynamic range
-10.8 Short-term max

Genre cohort

Hip-Hop · 1990s louder than 24% of 585 tracks (median -11.5 LUFS)

Rap · 1990s (secondary) louder than 26% of 504 tracks (median -11.6 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: 105 tracks-11 to -10 LUFS: 105 tracks-10 to -9 LUFS: 81 tracks-9 to -8 LUFS: 35 tracks-8 to -7 LUFS: 13 tracks-7 to -6 LUFS: 3 tracks -13.5 -26 LUFS -16 LUFS -6 LUFS

Engineer cohort

Tony Dawsey (all tracks) louder than 16% of 79 tracks (median -11.4 LUFS)

Tony Dawsey × Hip-Hop louder than 16% of 79 tracks (median -11.4 LUFS)

-19 to -18 LUFS: 1 track-18 to -17 LUFS: 0 tracks-17 to -16 LUFS: 1 track-16 to -15 LUFS: 2 tracks-15 to -14 LUFS: 4 tracks-14 to -13 LUFS: 10 tracks-13 to -12 LUFS: 14 tracks-12 to -11 LUFS: 13 tracks-11 to -10 LUFS: 9 tracks-10 to -9 LUFS: 16 tracks-9 to -8 LUFS: 7 tracks-8 to -7 LUFS: 2 tracks -13.5 -19 LUFS -13 LUFS -7 LUFS

Studio cohort

Masterdisk (all tracks) louder than 40% of 235 tracks (median -12.7 LUFS)

8th loudest of 14 on this release

Metadata

Year
1993
Label
EastWest Records America
Genres
Hip-Hop, Rap
Catalog
92265-2
UPC
075679226525
Source
MP3
Version
MP3 (transcoded)
Measured
2026-09-26
Engine
mastering-to@06c3922
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