Hip-Hop · 1990s

Hip-Hop loudness in the 1990s

-11.7 Median integrated LUFS
-25.4 to -6.5 Range
271 Tracks

Distribution

-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: 2 tracks-19 to -18 LUFS: 5 tracks-18 to -17 LUFS: 2 tracks-17 to -16 LUFS: 8 tracks-16 to -15 LUFS: 16 tracks-15 to -14 LUFS: 26 tracks-14 to -13 LUFS: 26 tracks-13 to -12 LUFS: 32 tracks-12 to -11 LUFS: 40 tracks-11 to -10 LUFS: 43 tracks-10 to -9 LUFS: 32 tracks-9 to -8 LUFS: 22 tracks-8 to -7 LUFS: 8 tracks-7 to -6 LUFS: 2 tracks -26 LUFS -16 LUFS -6 LUFS

Loudest and quietest

Loudest: Dr. Dre — Let's Get High
-6.5 LUFS
Quietest: The Pharcyde — Pack the Pipe (interlude)
-25.4 LUFS

Most-represented engineers

Brian Gardner
n=71 · median -9.4 LUFS
Tom Coyne
n=56 · median -11.4 LUFS
Bernie Grundman
n=29 · median -12.2 LUFS
Chris Gehringer
n=28 · median -14.4 LUFS
Howie Weinberg / Andy Van Dette
n=22 · median -11.4 LUFS
Tony Dawsey
n=19 · median -10.5 LUFS
Howie Weinberg
n=16 · median -16.1 LUFS
Eric Sarafin
n=16 · median -12.4 LUFS

Other decades

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This database is hand-curated and not exhaustive — treat this cohort as a sample of 271 measured tracks, not a survey of every Hip-Hop release from the 1990s.