50 Cent · Power Of The Dollar

Intro

Intro is in E flat major at 84.5 beats per minute.

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Tempo

85 BPM · Andantemedian of 130 analyses · 84.5–90.4 across the middle eight tenths
Key
E♭ major3 flats · the key most of the analyses agreed on
Agreement
74%share of analyses that agreed
Analyses
130people who ran the extractor
One beat
710.1milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
Tuning
432.2Hz · -31 cents from A 440
Dynamics
12.68dB the level wanders from its average
Loudness
0.912Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
Danceability
1.116Essentia's danceability, 0–3

Source: AcousticBrainz, dump of 2022-06-23 (CC0) · MusicBrainz core data, 2026-09-17 (CC0) · how each number is measured. Measured up to 23.06.2022 — AcousticBrainz stopped collecting in 2022, so nothing released after that date is here.

What the numbers say

130 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. A bare majority of them — 74% — put it in E flat major, a key signature of 3 flats. The tempo printed above is the median of the 130 readings; 85% of them land within 2% of it, and the middle eight tenths of them run from 84.5 to 90.4 BPM.

At 84.5 BPM one beat lasts 710.1 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 177.5 ms and a dotted eighth 532.5 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 42.3 BPM, counted twice as fast 169. A score would mark that Andante, by the ranges this site uses.

The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 432.2 Hz, which is 31 cents below concert A at 440 Hz — the sort of drift a tape machine or a slightly different mastering leaves behind. That is a fact about this transfer of the music, not about how it was played.

The dynamic complexity of the recording measures 12.68 dB: that is how far the level wanders from its own average, so a small number means a loud, flat master and a large one means a recording that still breathes. Its average loudness is 0.912 on Essentia's 0-to-1 scale, which is not decibels and is not comparable to a streaming service's number.

10 other recordings here are in E flat major; the ones listed below are the closest in tempo.

Beats per bar are not in this dataset. AcousticBrainz's analysis reports a tempo, a key and a loudness, and no time signature at all, so this page does not print one — a 4/4 here would be a guess dressed as a measurement.

Keys that fit with E♭ major

Each of these differs from E♭ major by at most one accidental, or shares its tonic. That is the whole of what a mixing wheel encodes; here the relations are named instead of numbered.

Delay times at 85 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note42840.20.35
Half note21420.10.7
Dotted quarter1.51065.10.94
Quarter note (one beat)1710.11.41
Quarter triplet0.667473.42.11
Dotted eighth0.75532.51.88
Eighth note0.53552.82
Eighth triplet0.333236.74.22
Dotted sixteenth0.375266.33.76
Sixteenth note0.25177.55.63
Sixteenth triplet0.167118.38.45
Thirty-second note0.12588.811.27

Half time 42.3 BPM · double time 169 BPM. Every row is one beat (710.1 ms) times the fraction in the second column.

The same title by somebody else

  1. IntroBackstreet BoysG♯ minor172BPM
  2. IntroAerosmithB♭ minor123BPM
  3. Intro2PacB♭ minor162BPM
  4. IntroChromeoF minor133BPM
  5. IntroGorillazF minor134BPM
  6. IntroSigur RósC major129BPM
  7. IntroThe ProdigyC major128BPM

Matched on the title alone, so this list can hold a different song that happens to share a name. Nothing here claims one is a cover of the other.

Closest in key and tempo

  1. De camino a la veredaBuena Vista Social ClubE♭ major85BPM
  2. A Whisper & a ClamorAnberlinE♭ major85BPM
  3. ImpossibleJames ArthurE♭ major85BPM
  4. AngelAerosmithE♭ major86BPM
  5. With YouChris BrownE♭ major86BPM
  6. It’s a Hard LifeQueenE♭ major83BPM
  7. Hold on My HeartGenesisE♭ major86BPM
  8. Only TimeEnyaE♭ major83BPM
  9. FourMiles Davis QuartetE♭ major86BPM
  10. Basket CaseGreen DayE♭ major88BPM

Recordings in E flat major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 85 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.

All songs in E flat majorAll songs at 85 BPME♭ major at 80–89 BPM50 Cent

MusicBrainz collapses 15 recording ids into this one. Recording id 50eb2f6b-e833-4a78-bbc8-17d1af2f73fc.