Hip-Hop · 1980s

Hip-Hop loudness in the 1980s

-18.9 Median integrated LUFS
-22.1 to -14.1 Range
37 Tracks

Loudness distribution

-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 -23 LUFS -19 LUFS -14 LUFS

Dynamic range distribution

15 to 16 DR: 1 track16 to 17 DR: 2 tracks17 to 18 DR: 5 tracks18 to 19 DR: 13 tracks19 to 20 DR: 10 tracks20 to 21 DR: 3 tracks21 to 22 DR: 3 tracks 15 DR 18 DR 22 DR

Loudest and quietest

Loudest: Fight for Your Right
Beastie Boys
-14.1 LUFS
Quietest: I Can Do Anything (Delacratic)
De La Soul
-22.1 LUFS

Most-represented engineers

Howie Weinberg
n=13 · median -17.1 LUFS

Other decades

Hip-Hop in the 1990s →

This database is hand-curated and not exhaustive — treat this cohort as a sample of 37 measured tracks, not a survey of every Hip-Hop release from the 1980s.