2K's Own Signature Style

[NoTiCe_O]

"I GO HARD IN THE PAINT, NO MATTER WIN OR LOSE!"

Classic.

[qnzballa5]

I hope this doesnt turn into a race thing. Im black but i have friends of all races cuz race doesnt matter to me. Now with all that said i have to be honest..

Of course 2k has to have majority hip hop n to be real theres actually to much rock stuff, n underground artists that are weak. If yall gonna get some good underground hip hop artists then do your research. Get some papoose, cory gunz in there.. For hip hop get some better artist, yall was on the right track with cassidy n drake. Royce n em is good. Get some jadakiss, Jay z tho i know will be hard to get. Eh even lil wayne, more busta rhymes, fabolous, lupe, Jcole most definetly,Big Sean, Lloyd banks,Andre3000, Nas..Mickey Factz.. Underground Loaded lux, Hollow Da Don, Goodz,, Charlie Clipse, Fred da godson..


Im just sayin we dont complain when wwe games, nhl,mlb, driving games have majority poP/Rock. N its understandable.. But when it comes to basketball alot ask y are there hip hop??? Lol its cuz most of the NBA players,Basketball players grew up on that. Just being real so deal with it. Just hate seeing a post saying there should be less hip hop in a basketball game soundtrack.. Pffffft

[VDusen04]

Quote: Originally Posted by qnzballa5

I hope this doesnt turn into a race thing. Im black but i have friends of all races cuz race doesnt matter to me. Now with all that said i have to be honest.. Of course 2k has to have majority hip hop n to be real theres actually to much rock stuff, n underground artists that are weak. If yall gonna get some good underground hip hop artists then do your research. Get some papoose, cory gunz in there.. For hip hop get some better artist, yall was on the right track with cassidy n drake. Royce n em is good. Get some jadakiss, Jay z tho i know will be hard to get. Eh even lil wayne, more busta rhymes, fabolous, lupe, Jcole most definetly,Big Sean, Lloyd banks,Andre3000, Nas..Mickey Factz.. Underground Loaded lux, Hollow Da Don, Goodz,, Charlie Clipse, Fred da godson.. Im just sayin we dont complain when wwe games, nhl,mlb, driving games have majority poP/Rock. N its understandable.. But when it comes to basketball alot ask y are there hip hop??? Lol its cuz most of the NBA players,Basketball players grew up on that. Just being real so deal with it. Just hate seeing a post saying there should be less hip hop in a basketball game soundtrack.. Pffffft

I respect your opinion, but one of the things I've appreciated about 2K is their willingness to offer music outside of the mainstream. If the soundtrack were loaded with all the artists mentioned, I feel it'd be overwhelmed with too much of the same popular stuff we've all already heard ad nauseum. That was one of the primary issues I had with Madden Football soundtracks of the early 2000's.

The truth is, obviously, we're all going to disagree on what music should be included, because we all have varied tastes. For instance, you say you think 2K's underground artists are weak. I say, I like a lot of them I've come across. If Cory Gunz were on the soundtrack, I personally wouldn't be thrilled with such a selection. I'd deal with it, but I wouldn't say it's a foregone conclusion that he'd be deemed a better underground choice from anyone else. For whatever it's worth, I hadn't heard of Lupe Fiasco until he found his way onto NBA 2K7. It was a solid discovery that may have never happened were 2K to just fill out their track list with established icons.

I'd actually prefer if all sports games created soundtracks like NBA2K does. I don't think NBA games should be exclusively rap just like I don't think MLB games should be exclusively summer pop rock (I'm talking to you MVP Baseball 2005). For years it's seemed like a foregone conclusion for others to say, "Well, let's be honest, most of the people who like basketball are people who love hip-hop." I'd dispute that claim. There's a lot more musical diversity out there amongst basketball fans than one would initially be led to believe.

With 2K's musical diversity, they provide the listener with choices. If the soundtrack were 95% current hard-core rap, and a listener happened to not be a fan of that genre, they're screwed. As it stands now, I can weed out the tracks I don't like (Ron Artest's "Champion", Kanye West's "Amazing") and still have plenty of other choices to hold my interest.

[triangleoffense]

Thanks to NBA2K, I've discovered the Souls of Mischief/Hieroglyphics...

[VDusen04]

Quote: Originally Posted by triangleoffense

Thanks to NBA2K, I've discovered the Souls of Mischief/Hieroglyphics...

I'd discovered that crew a few years prior, largely in part due to the Deltron release in 2000. Them being featured in 2K5 was the pinnacle of awesomeness for me. Does anyone remember how they had an officialy Hiero court and custom Hiero team, with Del rocking the bandana? Good times. . .

[rockchisler]

Quote: Originally Posted by eaterofworlds888

Honestly the soundtrack on 2k11 was my favorite I loved Fail Safe. If 2k wants to be more diverse they should have less rap and hip-hop. Just my opinion.

But you have to think That Hip Hop and Basketball go together, It would not fly if they had Dire Straits or Billy Squier playing in the background..Just like I don't want to hear Kanye or Jay Z while playing NHL 12.....Look I'm all for Diversity I just hate that the first game EVERYBODY talks about that needs diverse music is Basketball..But people mad quiet on NHL needing diversity. If You don't like Hip Hop Fine, but You cannot deny the IMPACT it has on hoops......

[Slava Medvadenko]

I've consistently liked roughly 1/2 of 2k's tracks every year, which is a much better ratio than any sports game I've played. That being said, if I have to listen to "Rock Hood" again... thankfully, we can turn off individual songs.

I would like custom menu music next year. Even if I like certain songs on the menu, I don't like them so much after the thousandth time I hear them, and I end up eventually turning off the menu music.

[rockchisler]

I think the 2k Soundtrack as far as hot music has fallen off a lil, There are some really good songs there but not like when it was on ps2 with really good underground music but the best was the nba2k6 soundtrack with Little Brother, The Roots, Redman, Jean Grae That was absolutely the best they have had.