Hip-Hop · 2000s

Hip-Hop loudness in the 2000s

-9.9 Median integrated LUFS
-19.7 to -6.4 Range
129 Tracks

Loudness distribution

-20 to -19 LUFS: 2 tracks-19 to -18 LUFS: 1 track-18 to -17 LUFS: 1 track-17 to -16 LUFS: 2 tracks-16 to -15 LUFS: 3 tracks-15 to -14 LUFS: 8 tracks-14 to -13 LUFS: 3 tracks-13 to -12 LUFS: 7 tracks-12 to -11 LUFS: 7 tracks-11 to -10 LUFS: 29 tracks-10 to -9 LUFS: 34 tracks-9 to -8 LUFS: 21 tracks-8 to -7 LUFS: 8 tracks-7 to -6 LUFS: 3 tracks -20 LUFS -13 LUFS -6 LUFS

Dynamic range distribution

8 to 9 DR: 3 tracks9 to 10 DR: 6 tracks10 to 11 DR: 14 tracks11 to 12 DR: 35 tracks12 to 13 DR: 29 tracks13 to 14 DR: 14 tracks14 to 15 DR: 6 tracks15 to 16 DR: 5 tracks16 to 17 DR: 7 tracks17 to 18 DR: 4 tracks18 to 19 DR: 1 track19 to 20 DR: 4 tracks20 to 21 DR: 0 tracks21 to 22 DR: 0 tracks22 to 23 DR: 0 tracks23 to 24 DR: 1 track 8 DR 16 DR 24 DR

Loudest and quietest

Loudest: The Lost Souls
Danny Breaks
-6.4 LUFS
Quietest: Intro
OutKast
-19.7 LUFS

Most-represented engineers

Naweed Ahmed
n=21 · median -10.3 LUFS
Tom Coyne
n=20 · median -9.6 LUFS
Bernie Grundman
n=16 · median -8.9 LUFS
Joel Zakarzewski
n=13 · median -9.6 LUFS
Julian Lopez
n=12 · median -7.8 LUFS

Other decades

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This database is hand-curated and not exhaustive — treat this cohort as a sample of 129 measured tracks, not a survey of every Hip-Hop release from the 2000s.