Genres

Hip-Hop

Genre

-11.3 Median integrated LUFS
13.8 Median dynamic range
-25.4 to -6.4 Range
779 Tracks

By decade

1980s
n=37 · median -18.9 LUFS
1990s
n=597 · median -11.5 LUFS
2000s
n=129 · median -9.9 LUFS
2010s
n=15 · median -8.3 LUFS

Releases

Licensed to Ill
Beastie Boys · 1986
median -17.1 LUFS
3 Feet High and Rising
De La Soul · 1989
median -19 LUFS
People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm
A Tribe Called Quest · 1990
median -16.1 LUFS
Cypress Hill
Cypress Hill · 1991
median -16.1 LUFS
Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde
The Pharcyde · 1992
median -12.4 LUFS
The Chronic
Dr. Dre · 1992
median -12.7 LUFS
Black Sunday
Cypress Hill · 1993
median -13.8 LUFS
Doggystyle
Snoop Dogg · 1993
median -10.3 LUFS
Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
Wu-Tang Clan · 1993
median -15.1 LUFS
Midnight Marauders
A Tribe Called Quest · 1993
median -13.3 LUFS
Straight Up Sewaside
Das EFX · 1993
median -13.4 LUFS
6 Feet Deep
Gravediggaz · 1994
median -13.6 LUFS
Illmatic
Nas · 1994
median -13.6 LUFS
Ready to Die
The Notorious B.I.G. · 1994
median -11.7 LUFS
Tical
Method Man · 1994
median -12.8 LUFS
Hold It Down
Das EFX · 1995
median -11.3 LUFS
Labcabincalifornia
The Pharcyde · 1995
median -12.5 LUFS
Liquid Swords
GZA · 1995
median -10.2 LUFS
Livin' Proof
Group Home · 1995
median -12.7 LUFS
Beats, Rhymes and Life
A Tribe Called Quest · 1996
median -12 LUFS
Da Storm
O.G.C. · 1996
median -13.8 LUFS
Dr. Dre Presents the Aftermath
Various Artists · 1996
median -9.4 LUFS
Ironman
Ghostface Killah · 1996
median -10.5 LUFS
Forever
Wu-Tang Clan · 1997
median -10.5 LUFS
Life After Death (CD 1)
The Notorious B.I.G. · 1997
median -12.1 LUFS
Life After Death (CD 2)
The Notorious B.I.G. · 1997
median -11.4 LUFS
Bobby Digital in Stereo
RZA · 1998
median -11.5 LUFS
Hello Nasty
Beastie Boys · 1998
median -11.4 LUFS
Moment of Truth
Gang Starr · 1998
median -9.4 LUFS
2001
Dr. Dre · 1999
median -8.6 LUFS
Blackout!
Redman & Method Man · 1999
median -10.5 LUFS
Born Again
The Notorious B.I.G. · 1999
median -9.4 LUFS
Full Clip: A Decade of Gang Starr (CD 1)
Gang Starr · 1999
median -9.8 LUFS
Full Clip: A Decade of Gang Starr (CD 2)
Gang Starr · 1999
median -10 LUFS
I Want It All
Warren G · 1999
median -9.2 LUFS
Office Space (The Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Various Artists · 1999
median -9.2 LUFS
This or That
Sway and King Tech feat. DJ Revolution · 1999
median -12.6 LUFS
Top Dogg
Snoop Dogg · 1999
median -10.5 LUFS
Regulate... G Funk Era (Remastered)
Warren G · 2000
median -9.6 LUFS
Ventilation Da LP
Phife Dawg · 2000
median -13.9 LUFS
Violator (The Album)
Various Artists · 2000
median -9.6 LUFS
Big Boi and Dre Present OutKast
OutKast · 2001
median -8.9 LUFS
Modern Living
Various Artists · 2001
median -9.4 LUFS
Duck Season Vol. 1
Various Artists · 2002
median -9.7 LUFS
Vibrations
Danny Breaks · 2002
median -7.8 LUFS
Asylum Speakers
Foreign Beggars · 2003
median -10.3 LUFS
Liquid Swords (Instrumentals)
GZA · 2008
median -12.9 LUFS
Strictly Business (25th Anniversary Edition)
EPMD · 2013
median -8.3 LUFS
Close Eyes
DVRST · 2021
median -10.4 LUFS

This database is hand-curated and not exhaustive — treat this as a sample of 779 measured Hip-Hop tracks, not a survey of the genre as a whole.