GZA / Liquid Swords

B.I.B.L.E. (Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth)

GZA · Liquid Swords (1995)

Performed by GZA, Killah Priest

-10.6 LUFS
1.0 True peak
1.7 Loudness range
13.6 Dynamic range
-9.4 Short-term max

Genre cohort

Hip-Hop · 1990s louder than 67% of 585 tracks (median -11.5 LUFS)

Rap · 1990s (secondary) louder than 68% 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 -10.6 -26 LUFS -16 LUFS -6 LUFS

Engineer cohort

Tom Coyne (all tracks) louder than 62% of 134 tracks (median -11.2 LUFS)

Tom Coyne × Hip-Hop louder than 57% 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 -10.6 -22 LUFS -15 LUFS -8 LUFS

Studio cohort

No mastering studio recorded for this track.

11th loudest of 13 on this release

Metadata

Year
1995
Label
Geffen Records
Genres
Hip-Hop, Rap
Catalog
GEFD-24813
UPC
720642481325
Source
AAC
Version
AAC (transcoded)
Measured
2026-09-26
Engine
mastering-to@06c3922
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