NBA 2K9 Beats Reviewed

[SBartlett]

Trini Gladiator - thanks for the heads up on Gnarkls Barkley thing I'm fixing that.

There is actually a song on the NBA Live 2004 soundtrack that is in this year's NBA 2k9 by the Brand New Heavies

[xion_one]

LOL @ the guy that called hip-hop "Thug Music." Stop watching what you see on MTV.

This soundtrack is barely hip-hop to begin with. It's a fusion of various genres, and the Pharcyde and UNK songs ar eprobably the only true rap/hip-hop on it. The N.E.R.D. song is also on the Live soundtrack.

[stateprop]

Quote: Originally Posted by fjccommish

It's frustrating that hip hop (thug music) is so associated with sports.

Is this moron serious. somebody tell me this jackass is not serious. You must of lost ur damn mind

[plastict]

No mention of any of the electronic on the soundtrack in the entire article?
Not that it's necessarily my thing or anything, but that's a good portion of the soundtrack. And no mention of the tenth most scrobbled artist of 2008? http://www.last.fm/bestof/2008/artist/10
Man if only that track of her's stopped after the intro.
I also don't think Ludacris is really a good fit, they're aiming for at least under the radar/not overtly mainstream stuff or classics it seems. It's at least refreshing in comparison to your typical sports game soundtrack (not fifa, though 05 was the last one I played). but I think everything could use a little more Murs.

My main problem is that it plays the first song that is checkmarked on the beats list every damn time. That's annoying. It took about 3 days for me to turn off that Cool Kids song. Anyone know how to fix this (without custom soundtracks)?

[xion_one]

I don't think an artist's popularity weighs in. I mean, they had Fabolous in 2K7. That's the inconsistent aspect of it. One year they're totally underground, the next they are underground plus mainstream, one year they're all hip-hop, next they're all oldschool (like last year with the 70's type music) or mixing in various genres. But I guess that's the beauty of not knowing what to expect.

[texbuk84]

i like the soundtrack.

[H to the Oza]

Now in my younger days I used to sport a shag, when I went to school I carried lunch in a bag!

[H to the Oza]

Quote: Originally Posted by fjccommish

It's frustrating that hip hop (thug music) is so associated with sports.

nonsense...

If you wanna go as far as to call hip hop thug music, then that makes basketball a thug spot.
Let me clear a couple of things up for you
Beastie Boys: NOT thug
The Pharcyde: NOT thug
gnarls barkley: NOT thug
the list goes on...

And how can you not base Hip Hop music around basketball?? the two cultures are very closely related