Jay‐Z · The Blueprint
Izzo (H.O.V.A.)
Izzo (H.O.V.A.) is in A major at 87 beats per minute.
Tempo
87 BPM · Andantemedian of 194 analyses · 87–87.1 across the middle eight tenths- Key
- A major3 sharps · the key most of the analyses agreed on
- Agreement
- 84%share of analyses that agreed
- Analyses
- 194people who ran the extractor
- One beat
- 689.7milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
- Tuning
- 434.2Hz · -23 cents from A 440
- Dynamics
- 4.86dB the level wanders from its average
- Loudness
- 0.949Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
- Danceability
- 1.357Essentia'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
194 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. Most of them — 84% — put it in A major, a key signature of 3 sharps. The tempo printed above is the median of the 194 readings; 96% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.
At 87 BPM one beat lasts 689.7 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 172.4 ms and a dotted eighth 517.2 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 43.5 BPM, counted twice as fast 174. A score would mark that Andante, 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 4.86 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 0.949 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 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 87 BPM
| Note value | Beats | Milliseconds | Hertz |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whole note | 4 | 2758.6 | 0.36 |
| Half note | 2 | 1379.3 | 0.73 |
| Dotted quarter | 1.5 | 1034.5 | 0.97 |
| Quarter note (one beat) | 1 | 689.7 | 1.45 |
| Quarter triplet | 0.667 | 459.8 | 2.18 |
| Dotted eighth | 0.75 | 517.2 | 1.93 |
| Eighth note | 0.5 | 344.8 | 2.9 |
| Eighth triplet | 0.333 | 229.9 | 4.35 |
| Dotted sixteenth | 0.375 | 258.6 | 3.87 |
| Sixteenth note | 0.25 | 172.4 | 5.8 |
| Sixteenth triplet | 0.167 | 114.9 | 8.7 |
| Thirty-second note | 0.125 | 86.2 | 11.6 |
Half time 43.5 BPM · double time 174 BPM. Every row is one beat (689.7 ms) times the fraction in the second column.
Closest in key and tempo
- A Matter of TimeFoo FightersA major87BPM
- Year of tha BoomerangRage Against the MachineA major87BPM
- Neon BibleArcade FireA major87BPM
- Roll RightRage Against the MachineA major87BPM
- Love Is Stronger Than PrideSadeA major88BPM
- Black SunDeath Cab for CutieA major88BPM
- She Looks to MeRed Hot Chili PeppersA major88BPM
- God Bless America — And All the Beautiful Women in ItLana Del ReyA major88BPM
- Sleep Like a Baby TonightU2A major86BPM
- HurricanesDidoA major88BPM
Recordings in A major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 87 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.
All songs in A majorAll songs at 87 BPMA major at 80–89 BPMJay‐Z
MusicBrainz collapses 18 recording ids into this one. Recording id 64ea3615-a07e-42f6-9ecd-fa6ec6d014b4.