Boys in the Hood
30s preview
- BPM
- 120
- Open Key
- 9d
- Energy
- 71/100
- Pop
- 0/100
- Length
- 5:33
- Released
- 2009
- Album
- Dance Baby
- Genre
- Tech House
- Loudness
- -10.2 dB
- Dynamics
- 18.0 dB
- ISRC
- DEDH70900026
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Other versions
- Boys in the Hoodoriginal4B · 120
- Boys in the Hood - Gorge Remixremix10B · 124
Boys in the Hood: club-tempo tech house, A♭ major (4B), 120 BPM. Tonally it lands dark and driving. The groove is strong and floor-ready. Its spectrum is centred in the low-mids, warm and bass-forward. The master keeps real dynamic headroom. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 18 dB). A 2009 production that still circulates in sets. More underground than 99% of Solomun's catalogue. For programming, treat it as a floor-filler.
- Low end:
- more treble-tilted than 99% of Solomun's catalogue
- Tempo:
- slower than 94% of Solomun's catalogue
- Groove:
- groovier than 93% of Solomun's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 21%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 35%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 26%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 17%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Boys in the Hood in?
Boys in the Hood by Solomun is in A♭ major, or 4B on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Boys in the Hood?
Boys in the Hood runs at 120 BPM, a club-tempo track.
What mixes well with Boys in the Hood?
From 4B it blends harmonically with 5B, 4A, 3B. Moving to 5B lifts the energy a step.
Is Boys in the Hood good for peak time?
With energy 71 out of 100 at 120 BPM, it works best as a floor-filler.
Mixes harmonically
4B → 3B · 5B · 4AFrom 4B, 5B (E♭ major) lifts the energy a step; 4A (F minor) settles into the relative minor; 3B (D♭ major) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 4B at 120 BPM: 5B (E♭ major) — move to 5B to push the floor harder; 4A (F minor) — switch to 4A for a mood change without losing the groove; 3B (D♭ major) — drop to 3B to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 113-127 BPM — anything in that window beatmatches without sounding stretched.
Key on the fader: without key lock (Master Tempo on CDJs), above roughly +5% it plays a semitone higher, so treat it as 11B rather than 4B; below -5% it reads as 9B. With key lock on, it stays 4B across the whole range.
Programming: a floor-filler.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 120 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
More tech house
More from Solomun
Full profile
Other recommendations
Beyond strict key and genre matches: tracks that still sit in beatmatch range of 120 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.
