Rap · 2000s

Rap loudness in the 2000s

-9.6 Median integrated LUFS
-14.6 to -8.1 Range
20 Tracks

Distribution

-15 to -14 LUFS: 2 tracks-14 to -13 LUFS: 0 tracks-13 to -12 LUFS: 0 tracks-12 to -11 LUFS: 0 tracks-11 to -10 LUFS: 4 tracks-10 to -9 LUFS: 7 tracks-9 to -8 LUFS: 7 tracks -15 LUFS -12 LUFS -8 LUFS

Loudest and quietest

Loudest: Various Artists — Beatnuts Forever
-8.1 LUFS
Quietest: Various Artists — Intro
-14.6 LUFS

Most-represented engineers

Tom Coyne
n=20 · median -9.6 LUFS

Other decades

← Rap in the 1990s

This database is hand-curated and not exhaustive — treat this cohort as a sample of 20 measured tracks, not a survey of every Rap release from the 2000s.