Various Artists / Violator (The Album)

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Various Artists · Violator (The Album) (2000)

-9.6 LUFS
0.9 True peak
2.5 Loudness range
11.8 Dynamic range
-7.5 Short-term max

Genre cohort

Hip-Hop · 2000s louder than 75% of 54 tracks (median -10.2 LUFS)

Rap · 2000s (secondary) louder than 48% of 20 tracks (median -9.6 LUFS)

-20 to -19 LUFS: 1 track-19 to -18 LUFS: 0 tracks-18 to -17 LUFS: 1 track-17 to -16 LUFS: 0 tracks-16 to -15 LUFS: 1 track-15 to -14 LUFS: 6 tracks-14 to -13 LUFS: 2 tracks-13 to -12 LUFS: 7 tracks-12 to -11 LUFS: 3 tracks-11 to -10 LUFS: 13 tracks-10 to -9 LUFS: 13 tracks-9 to -8 LUFS: 7 tracks -9.6 -20 LUFS -14 LUFS -8 LUFS

Engineer cohort

Tom Coyne (all tracks) louder than 84% of 100 tracks (median -11.3 LUFS)

Tom Coyne × Hip-Hop louder than 79% of 76 tracks (median -10.9 LUFS)

-22 to -21 LUFS: 1 track-21 to -20 LUFS: 0 tracks-20 to -19 LUFS: 0 tracks-19 to -18 LUFS: 0 tracks-18 to -17 LUFS: 1 track-17 to -16 LUFS: 1 track-16 to -15 LUFS: 2 tracks-15 to -14 LUFS: 4 tracks-14 to -13 LUFS: 13 tracks-13 to -12 LUFS: 13 tracks-12 to -11 LUFS: 20 tracks-11 to -10 LUFS: 19 tracks-10 to -9 LUFS: 16 tracks-9 to -8 LUFS: 10 tracks -9.6 -22 LUFS -15 LUFS -8 LUFS

Studio cohort

The Hit Factory, NYC (all tracks) louder than 83% of 62 tracks (median -13.2 LUFS)

10th loudest of 20 on this release

Metadata

Year
2000
Label
Violator / Def Jam 2000
Catalog
314-558-941-2
UPC
7-31455-89412-7
Source
CD
Version
WAV (44.1/16bit)
Measured
2026-09-09
Engine
mastering-to@5603b08
Discogs

Note: Performed by Violator feat. Da Franchise & Ja Rule