Various Artists / Violator (The Album)

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Various Artists · Violator (The Album) (2000)

Performed by LL Cool J

-8.6 LUFS
0.8 True peak
4.2 Loudness range
11.0 Dynamic range
-5.6 Short-term max

Genre cohort

Hip-Hop · 2000s louder than 87% of 129 tracks (median -9.9 LUFS)

Rap · 2000s (secondary) louder than 84% of 61 tracks (median -9.6 LUFS)

-20 to -19 LUFS: 2 tracks-19 to -18 LUFS: 1 track-18 to -17 LUFS: 1 track-17 to -16 LUFS: 2 tracks-16 to -15 LUFS: 3 tracks-15 to -14 LUFS: 8 tracks-14 to -13 LUFS: 3 tracks-13 to -12 LUFS: 7 tracks-12 to -11 LUFS: 7 tracks-11 to -10 LUFS: 29 tracks-10 to -9 LUFS: 34 tracks-9 to -8 LUFS: 21 tracks-8 to -7 LUFS: 8 tracks-7 to -6 LUFS: 3 tracks -8.6 -20 LUFS -13 LUFS -6 LUFS

Engineer cohort

Tom Coyne (all tracks) louder than 96% of 134 tracks (median -11.2 LUFS)

Tom Coyne × Hip-Hop louder than 95% of 110 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: 18 tracks-12 to -11 LUFS: 30 tracks-11 to -10 LUFS: 31 tracks-10 to -9 LUFS: 22 tracks-9 to -8 LUFS: 11 tracks -8.6 -22 LUFS -15 LUFS -8 LUFS

Studio cohort

The Hit Factory, NYC (all tracks) louder than 96% of 81 tracks (median -12.6 LUFS)

4th loudest of 20 on this release

Metadata

Year
2000
Label
Violator / Def Jam 2000
Genres
Hip-Hop, Rap
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
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