Artist profile
Ludacris is a rapper and actor from Atlanta known for his energetic delivery and comedic approach to hip-hop. He gained prominence in the early 2000s with hit singles and albums that blended rap with pop sensibility, and has also built a significant career in film and television.
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Ludacris is a moderate-energy and a balanced bright/warm production — mostly instrumental artist.
Sits right in the typical Hip-Hop pocket.
Across 16 analysed tracks, Ludacris averages 46% energy — gentler than 60% of individual Hip-Hop tracks.
Measured against 873 Hip-Hop tracks on 11 August 2026.
Most tracks sit between 70–163 BPM with a median of 113 · predominantly major keys (38% minor) · most common key: 3B (D♭ Major) with 3 tracks.
How Ludacris’s production has shifted across their catalog. The radar overlays earlier and recent eras as one shape, the year-by-year chart shows every metric move, and the tempo trend tracks the BPM migration against the typical Hip-Hop tempo.
Across Ludacris's catalog, tempos have climbed from ~104 to ~129 BPM; energy has lifted; drive has intensified.
![CINDERELLA GIRL (WHERE YOU DEY) [feat. Ludacris] album art](https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d0000b2732f368a8f7e8d0fa072772625)
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We scored every transition between Ludacris’s 16 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 10 catalogues clear the bar — a transition counts at 80 chemistry or above, the same number you’ll see on any track page. The 8 with the widest margin over chance are below.
Chance is measured, not assumed: 0.573% of transitions between two randomly drawn tracks by different artists in this catalogue reach 80. Listed alphabetically — the set is reproducible, the order inside it is not.
10 of the 640 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 3.7. They come from 4 different Ludacris tracks.
Hot & Wet - Remix → Vanilla · 8B → 9B · −4 BPM · 86 chemistry
10 of the 336 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 1.9. They come from 4 different Ludacris tracks.
One Minute Man (feat. Ludacris) → WAHALA (feat. Olamide) · 8A → 8A · +3 BPM · 84 chemistry
16 of the 640 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 3.7. They come from 7 different Ludacris tracks.
My Chick Bad → Started From the Bottom · 5A → 5B · +1 BPM · 85 chemistry
10 of the 576 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 3.3. They come from 5 different Ludacris tracks.
12 of the 384 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.2. They come from 7 different Ludacris tracks.
One Minute Man (feat. Ludacris) → One Minute Man (feat. Jay-Z) · 8A → 8A · same BPM · 89 chemistry
13 of the 512 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.9. They come from 8 different Ludacris tracks.
10 of the 448 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.6. They come from 7 different Ludacris tracks.
Hot & Wet - Remix → Can't Feel My Face · 8B → 8A · +4 BPM · 83 chemistry
10 of the 544 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 3.1. They come from 6 different Ludacris tracks.
CINDERELLA GIRL (WHERE YOU DEY) [feat. Ludacris] → Gimme Dat · 7B → 7B · same BPM · 85 chemistry
Chemistry weighs harmonic, rhythmic, energy, groove, mood and vocal compatibility. Tempos are as analysed from the recording — where a genre is habitually detected an octave down, this is how we handle it. Different measurement from the audience-overlap list further down the page.
DJs and producers closest to Ludacris by audience overlap — the artists their listeners also play. It’s a taste signal, not a measured key-and-tempo match: good for shortlisting crates when you’re prepping a set around Ludacris, then check the chemistry on the pair you actually mix. Eligible names link to their own page.
Similarity data from Last.fm. BPM, key and energy on this page are measured from the recordings in our catalog.
Ludacris's tracks in our catalog range from 70 to 163 BPM, with a median of 113 BPM. Across 16 tracks, the most common range falls in the 115–120 BPM bucket.
Ludacris's tracks are mostly in major keys (38% minor across 16 tracks). The most common single key is 3B (D♭ Major) with 3 tracks.
We scored every transition between Ludacris's 16 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 10 catalogues clear the bar by more than chance would give, and Burna Boy, Ckay, Drake are three of them — listed alphabetically, because the set is reproducible and the order inside it is not. A transition counts at 80 chemistry or above, the same number shown on a track page. One measured example: Hot & Wet - Remix into Vanilla, 8B to 9B, 86 chemistry.
Ludacris sits closest to T.I., Nelly, David Banner in our catalog. That ranking is audience overlap — the artists their listeners also play — rather than a measured key-and-tempo match, so treat it as a shortlist worth digging through, not a promise that any two tracks will beatmatch. The full list, with track counts, is in the Related artists section above.
Our catalog has Ludacris releases spanning 2001 to 2026, with the most tracks from the 2000s.
