Nas / Illmatic

Life’s a Bitch

Nas · Illmatic (1994)

Performed by Nas, AZ

-15.1 LUFS
0.4 True peak
1.9 Loudness range
16.7 Dynamic range
-14.0 Short-term max

Genre cohort

Hip-Hop · 1990s louder than 11% of 585 tracks (median -11.5 LUFS)

Rap · 1990s (secondary) louder than 13% of 504 tracks (median -11.6 LUFS)

-26 to -25 LUFS: 1 track-25 to -24 LUFS: 0 tracks-24 to -23 LUFS: 1 track-23 to -22 LUFS: 0 tracks-22 to -21 LUFS: 2 tracks-21 to -20 LUFS: 3 tracks-20 to -19 LUFS: 3 tracks-19 to -18 LUFS: 7 tracks-18 to -17 LUFS: 8 tracks-17 to -16 LUFS: 17 tracks-16 to -15 LUFS: 26 tracks-15 to -14 LUFS: 46 tracks-14 to -13 LUFS: 52 tracks-13 to -12 LUFS: 77 tracks-12 to -11 LUFS: 105 tracks-11 to -10 LUFS: 105 tracks-10 to -9 LUFS: 81 tracks-9 to -8 LUFS: 35 tracks-8 to -7 LUFS: 13 tracks-7 to -6 LUFS: 3 tracks -15.1 -26 LUFS -16 LUFS -6 LUFS

Engineer cohort

No mastering engineer recorded for this track.

Studio cohort

No mastering studio recorded for this track.

10th loudest of 10 on this release

Metadata

Year
1994
Label
Columbia
Genres
Hip-Hop, Rap
Catalog
CK 57684
UPC
074645768427
Source
MP3
Version
MP3 (transcoded)
Measured
2026-09-26
Engine
mastering-to@06c3922
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