The Notorious B.I.G. / Life After Death (CD 1)

Somebody's Gotta Die

The Notorious B.I.G. · Life After Death (CD 1) (1997)

-12.4 LUFS
2.9 True peak
5.4 Loudness range
18.0 Dynamic range
-8.8 Short-term max

Genre cohort

Hip-Hop · 1990s louder than 36% of 585 tracks (median -11.5 LUFS)

Rap · 1990s (secondary) louder than 37% 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 -12.4 -26 LUFS -16 LUFS -6 LUFS

Engineer cohort

Herb Powers Jr. (all tracks) louder than 14% of 39 tracks (median -11.2 LUFS)

Herb Powers Jr. × Hip-Hop louder than 14% of 39 tracks (median -11.2 LUFS)

-15 to -14 LUFS: 2 tracks-14 to -13 LUFS: 0 tracks-13 to -12 LUFS: 8 tracks-12 to -11 LUFS: 11 tracks-11 to -10 LUFS: 4 tracks-10 to -9 LUFS: 2 tracks-9 to -8 LUFS: 7 tracks-8 to -7 LUFS: 5 tracks -12.4 -15 LUFS -11 LUFS -7 LUFS

Studio cohort

Powers House of Sound (all tracks) louder than 23% of 24 tracks (median -11.9 LUFS)

9th loudest of 12 on this release

Metadata

Year
1997
Label
Bad Boy Entertainment
Genres
Hip-Hop, Rap
Catalog
78612-73011-2
UPC
786127301120
Source
AAC
Version
AAC (transcoded)
Measured
2026-09-26
Engine
mastering-to@06c3922
Discogs

Note: Disc 1 of a 2-CD album; disc 2 is listed separately as Life After Death (CD 2).