Rap loudness in the 2000s

-9.6 Median integrated LUFS
-19.7 to -6.5 Range
61 Tracks

Loudness distribution

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

Dynamic range distribution

8 to 9 DR: 1 track9 to 10 DR: 4 tracks10 to 11 DR: 9 tracks11 to 12 DR: 15 tracks12 to 13 DR: 15 tracks13 to 14 DR: 6 tracks14 to 15 DR: 0 tracks15 to 16 DR: 3 tracks16 to 17 DR: 2 tracks17 to 18 DR: 2 tracks18 to 19 DR: 0 tracks19 to 20 DR: 3 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: B.O.B.
-6.5 LUFS
Quietest: Intro
-19.7 LUFS

Most-represented engineers

Tom Coyne
n=20 · median -9.6 LUFS
Bernie Grundman
n=16 · median -8.9 LUFS
Joel Zakarzewski
n=13 · median -9.6 LUFS

Other decades

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This database is hand-curated and not exhaustive — treat this cohort as a sample of 61 measured tracks, not a survey of every Rap release from the 2000s.