Hip-Hop · 1990s

Hip-Hop loudness in the 1990s

-11.5 Median integrated LUFS
-25.4 to -6.5 Range
597 Tracks

Loudness 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: 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: 106 tracks-11 to -10 LUFS: 106 tracks-10 to -9 LUFS: 86 tracks-9 to -8 LUFS: 39 tracks-8 to -7 LUFS: 14 tracks-7 to -6 LUFS: 3 tracks -26 LUFS -16 LUFS -6 LUFS

Dynamic range distribution

8 to 9 DR: 1 track9 to 10 DR: 5 tracks10 to 11 DR: 18 tracks11 to 12 DR: 54 tracks12 to 13 DR: 96 tracks13 to 14 DR: 117 tracks14 to 15 DR: 113 tracks15 to 16 DR: 75 tracks16 to 17 DR: 45 tracks17 to 18 DR: 31 tracks18 to 19 DR: 20 tracks19 to 20 DR: 8 tracks20 to 21 DR: 3 tracks21 to 22 DR: 7 tracks22 to 23 DR: 2 tracks23 to 24 DR: 1 track24 to 25 DR: 0 tracks25 to 26 DR: 0 tracks26 to 27 DR: 1 track 8 DR 17 DR 27 DR

Loudest and quietest

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

Most-represented engineers

Tom Coyne
n=90 · median -11.3 LUFS
Tony Dawsey
n=79 · median -11.4 LUFS
Brian Gardner
n=66 · median -9.1 LUFS
Chris Gehringer
n=47 · median -13.6 LUFS
Howie Weinberg
n=38 · median -13.9 LUFS
Gene Grimaldi
n=32 · median -12.6 LUFS
Bernie Grundman
n=29 · median -12.2 LUFS
Herb Powers Jr.
n=24 · median -11.9 LUFS

Other decades

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This database is hand-curated and not exhaustive — treat this cohort as a sample of 597 measured tracks, not a survey of every Hip-Hop release from the 1990s.