Rap · 1990s

Rap loudness in the 1990s

-11.6 Median integrated LUFS
-21.1 to -6.5 Range
504 Tracks

Loudness distribution

-22 to -21 LUFS: 1 track-21 to -20 LUFS: 1 track-20 to -19 LUFS: 1 track-19 to -18 LUFS: 6 tracks-18 to -17 LUFS: 9 tracks-17 to -16 LUFS: 16 tracks-16 to -15 LUFS: 31 tracks-15 to -14 LUFS: 43 tracks-14 to -13 LUFS: 44 tracks-13 to -12 LUFS: 63 tracks-12 to -11 LUFS: 90 tracks-11 to -10 LUFS: 91 tracks-10 to -9 LUFS: 68 tracks-9 to -8 LUFS: 25 tracks-8 to -7 LUFS: 12 tracks-7 to -6 LUFS: 3 tracks -22 LUFS -14 LUFS -6 LUFS

Dynamic range distribution

8 to 9 DR: 1 track9 to 10 DR: 2 tracks10 to 11 DR: 13 tracks11 to 12 DR: 46 tracks12 to 13 DR: 78 tracks13 to 14 DR: 96 tracks14 to 15 DR: 93 tracks15 to 16 DR: 67 tracks16 to 17 DR: 41 tracks17 to 18 DR: 34 tracks18 to 19 DR: 19 tracks19 to 20 DR: 7 tracks20 to 21 DR: 1 track21 to 22 DR: 5 tracks22 to 23 DR: 1 track 8 DR 15 DR 23 DR

Loudest and quietest

Loudest: Let's Get High
Dr. Dre
-6.5 LUFS
Quietest: Midnight Marauders Tour Guide
A Tribe Called Quest
-21.1 LUFS

Most-represented engineers

Tony Dawsey
n=79 · median -11.4 LUFS
Tom Coyne
n=75 · median -11 LUFS
Howie Weinberg
n=38 · median -13.9 LUFS
Gene Grimaldi
n=32 · median -12.6 LUFS
Chris Gehringer
n=31 · median -12.6 LUFS
Bernie Grundman
n=29 · median -12.2 LUFS
Herb Powers Jr.
n=24 · median -11.9 LUFS
Brian Gardner
n=22 · median -8.6 LUFS

Other decades

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This database is hand-curated and not exhaustive — treat this cohort as a sample of 504 measured tracks, not a survey of every Rap release from the 1990s.