Rap · 1990s

Rap loudness in the 1990s

-12.1 Median integrated LUFS
-21.1 to -6.5 Range
190 Tracks

Distribution

-22 to -21 LUFS: 1 track-21 to -20 LUFS: 1 track-20 to -19 LUFS: 0 tracks-19 to -18 LUFS: 4 tracks-18 to -17 LUFS: 3 tracks-17 to -16 LUFS: 7 tracks-16 to -15 LUFS: 21 tracks-15 to -14 LUFS: 23 tracks-14 to -13 LUFS: 18 tracks-13 to -12 LUFS: 18 tracks-12 to -11 LUFS: 25 tracks-11 to -10 LUFS: 29 tracks-10 to -9 LUFS: 19 tracks-9 to -8 LUFS: 12 tracks-8 to -7 LUFS: 7 tracks-7 to -6 LUFS: 2 tracks -22 LUFS -14 LUFS -6 LUFS

Loudest and quietest

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

Most-represented engineers

Tom Coyne
n=41 · median -11.2 LUFS
Bernie Grundman
n=29 · median -12.2 LUFS
Brian Gardner
n=22 · median -8.6 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
Rod Fuller
n=15 · median -15.2 LUFS
Randy Mahon
n=14 · median -13.8 LUFS

Other decades

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This database is hand-curated and not exhaustive — treat this cohort as a sample of 190 measured tracks, not a survey of every Rap release from the 1990s.