TempoPeek

Coolio featuring L.V. · Gangsta’s Paradise

Gangsta’s Paradise

Gangsta’s Paradise is in A flat major at 161.5 beats per minute.

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Tempo

162 BPM · Vivacemedian of 507 analyses · 161.5–161.6 across the middle eight tenths
Key
A♭ major4 flats · the key most of the analyses agreed on
Agreement
72%share of analyses that agreed
Analyses
507people who ran the extractor
One beat
371.5milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
Tuning
434.2Hz · -23 cents from A 440
Dynamics
3.05dB the level wanders from its average
Loudness
0.955Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
Danceability
1.688Essentia'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

507 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. A bare majority of them — 72% — put it in A flat major, a key signature of 4 flats. The tempo printed above is the median of the 507 readings; 97% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.

At 161.5 BPM one beat lasts 371.5 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 92.9 ms and a dotted eighth 278.6 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 80.8 BPM, counted twice as fast 323. A score would mark that Vivace, by the ranges this site uses.

The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 434.2 Hz, which is 23 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 3.05 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 0.955 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 A 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 A♭ major

Each of these differs from A♭ 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 162 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note41486.10.67
Half note27431.35
Dotted quarter1.5557.31.79
Quarter note (one beat)1371.52.69
Quarter triplet0.667247.74.04
Dotted eighth0.75278.63.59
Eighth note0.5185.85.38
Eighth triplet0.333123.88.07
Dotted sixteenth0.375139.37.18
Sixteenth note0.2592.910.77
Sixteenth triplet0.16761.916.15
Thirty-second note0.12546.421.53

Half time 80.8 BPM · double time 323 BPM. Every row is one beat (371.5 ms) times the fraction in the second column.

Closest in key and tempo

  1. SurvivorDestiny’s ChildA♭ major162BPM
  2. Never Say NeverThe FrayA♭ major162BPM
  3. Digging in the DirtPeter GabrielA♭ major162BPM
  4. If I Could Turn Back the Hands of TimeR. KellyA♭ major162BPM
  5. Nip It in the BudThe B‐52’sA♭ major163BPM
  6. Wasting My HateMetallicaA♭ major163BPM
  7. The Boys Are Back in TownThin LizzyA♭ major163BPM
  8. A Change Is Gonna ComeOtis ReddingA♭ major164BPM
  9. You’ve Got a FriendCarole KingA♭ major166BPM
  10. Last ChildAerosmithA♭ major166BPM

Recordings in A flat major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 162 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.

All songs in A flat majorAll songs at 162 BPMA♭ major at 160–169 BPM

MusicBrainz collapses 1 recording id into this one. Recording id 2f7a6735-2e09-4ce2-81e4-b148e6c39a55.