TempoPeek

Erykah Badu · Baduizm

Afro (Freestyle skit)

Afro (Freestyle skit) is in E flat major at 132.6 beats per minute.

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Tempo

133 BPM · Allegromedian of 138 analyses · 126.2–132.6 across the middle eight tenths
Key
E♭ major3 flats · the key most of the analyses agreed on
Agreement
84%share of analyses that agreed
Analyses
138people who ran the extractor
One beat
452.5milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
Tuning
435.4Hz · -18 cents from A 440
Dynamics
8.23dB the level wanders from its average
Loudness
0.373Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
Danceability
1.044Essentia'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

138 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. Most of them — 84% — put it in E flat major, a key signature of 3 flats. The tempo printed above is the median of the 138 readings; 87% of them land within 2% of it, and the middle eight tenths of them run from 126.2 to 132.6 BPM.

At 132.6 BPM one beat lasts 452.5 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 113.1 ms and a dotted eighth 339.4 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 66.3 BPM, counted twice as fast 265.2. A score would mark that Allegro, by the ranges this site uses.

The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 435.4 Hz, which is 18 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 8.23 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 0.373 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 133 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note418100.55
Half note29051.11
Dotted quarter1.5678.71.47
Quarter note (one beat)1452.52.21
Quarter triplet0.667301.73.32
Dotted eighth0.75339.42.95
Eighth note0.5226.24.42
Eighth triplet0.333150.86.63
Dotted sixteenth0.375169.75.89
Sixteenth note0.25113.18.84
Sixteenth triplet0.16775.413.26
Thirty-second note0.12556.617.68

Half time 66.3 BPM · double time 265.2 BPM. Every row is one beat (452.5 ms) times the fraction in the second column.

Closest in key and tempo

  1. The Long and Winding RoadThe BeatlesE♭ major133BPM
  2. The Way You Look TonightFrank SinatraE♭ major132BPM
  3. HarmonyElton JohnE♭ major132BPM
  4. Come a Little Bit CloserJay and the AmericansE♭ major133BPM
  5. Marshmallow Attack!Tim DaviesE♭ major133BPM
  6. Don’t Leave Me This WayCommunards with Sarah Jane MorrisE♭ major132BPM
  7. BargainThe WhoE♭ major133BPM
  8. SatisfactionAretha FranklinE♭ major133BPM
  9. Lazing on a Sunday AfternoonQueenE♭ major132BPM
  10. Dirty DianaMichael JacksonE♭ major131BPM

Recordings in E flat major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 133 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.

All songs in E flat majorAll songs at 133 BPME♭ major at 130–139 BPMErykah Badu

MusicBrainz collapses 1 recording id into this one. Recording id bc104fc2-6a2f-40a5-9ae8-dac12ee6785e.