Hip-hop BPM: 80–115 beats per minute
Boom bap is typically 85–95 BPM; West Coast and modern pop rap run faster. Swung sixteenth-note hi-hats are common, which the beat grid handles. Drop a track below to see whether it sits in the usual hip-hop range.
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Hip-hop tempo chart
Each row is a tempo in the typical hip-hop range, with the beat length, eighth and dotted-eighth delay times, bar and 16-bar phrase lengths, and the half- and double-time equivalents a detector might report. The most common tempo, 90 BPM, is in bold.
| BPM | Beat (ms) | 1/8 (ms) | Dotted 1/8 (ms) | 4/4 bar (s) | 16 bars (s) | Half | Double |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 80 | 750.0 | 375.0 | 562.5 | 3.00 | 48.0 | 40 | 160 |
| 82 | 731.7 | 365.9 | 548.8 | 2.93 | 46.8 | 41 | 164 |
| 84 | 714.3 | 357.1 | 535.7 | 2.86 | 45.7 | 42 | 168 |
| 86 | 697.7 | 348.8 | 523.3 | 2.79 | 44.7 | 43 | 172 |
| 88 | 681.8 | 340.9 | 511.4 | 2.73 | 43.6 | 44 | 176 |
| 90 | 666.7 | 333.3 | 500.0 | 2.67 | 42.7 | 45 | 180 |
| 92 | 652.2 | 326.1 | 489.1 | 2.61 | 41.7 | 46 | 184 |
| 94 | 638.3 | 319.1 | 478.7 | 2.55 | 40.9 | 47 | 188 |
| 96 | 625.0 | 312.5 | 468.8 | 2.50 | 40.0 | 48 | 192 |
| 98 | 612.2 | 306.1 | 459.2 | 2.45 | 39.2 | 49 | 196 |
| 100 | 600.0 | 300.0 | 450.0 | 2.40 | 38.4 | 50 | 200 |
| 102 | 588.2 | 294.1 | 441.2 | 2.35 | 37.6 | 51 | 204 |
| 104 | 576.9 | 288.5 | 432.7 | 2.31 | 36.9 | 52 | 208 |
| 106 | 566.0 | 283.0 | 424.5 | 2.26 | 36.2 | 53 | 212 |
| 108 | 555.6 | 277.8 | 416.7 | 2.22 | 35.6 | 54 | 216 |
| 110 | 545.5 | 272.7 | 409.1 | 2.18 | 34.9 | 55 | 220 |
| 112 | 535.7 | 267.9 | 401.8 | 2.14 | 34.3 | 56 | 224 |
| 114 | 526.3 | 263.2 | 394.7 | 2.11 | 33.7 | 57 | 228 |
Mixing hip-hop with neighbouring genres
The pitch change needed to play a typical 90 BPM hip-hop track at the typical tempo of a related genre. Within about ±6 % mixes comfortably on a standard pitch fader; see BPM for DJ mixing.
| Genre | Range | Pitch from 90 | Approach |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lo-fi hip-hop | 70–90 (typ. 80) | -11.1 % | Bridge track or cut |
| Reggaeton | 88–100 (typ. 95) | +5.6 % | Direct mix |
| Trap | 130–170 (typ. 140) | +55.6 % | Bridge track or cut |
| Dancehall | 90–110 (typ. 100) | +11.1 % | Bridge track or cut |
Detected hip-hop at half or double?
If the detector reports 45 or 180 for a hip-hop track, it has locked on to a different level of the beat. Set Tempo range to 80–160 so every result lands in the usual hip-hop range. More in half-time and double-time BPM.
Delay times at 90 BPM
| Note | Straight (ms) | Dotted (ms) | Triplet (ms) | LFO (Hz) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1/2 — Half note | 1333.3 | 2000.0 | 888.9 | 0.75 |
| 1/4 — Quarter note | 666.7 | 1000.0 | 444.4 | 1.50 |
| 1/8 — Eighth note | 333.3 | 500.0 | 222.2 | 3.00 |
| 1/16 — Sixteenth note | 166.7 | 250.0 | 111.1 | 6.00 |
| 1/32 — Thirty-second note | 83.3 | 125.0 | 55.6 | 12.00 |
Full chart: 90 BPM to ms.
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