2K Sports Announces Jay-Z as NBA 2K13 Executive Producer, 24 Song Soundtrack Included

[raiderphantom]

Well, it's interesting. I love the soundtrack. He put some nice classics on there but it is slightly disappointing.

[Ehud_Hapoel]

THAT'S IT?! why should we care???

[IWWROCKS]

I think it's all about hype and using the right level. If they had just said "We have an announcement to make in a couple of weeks time, we think you'll like it" ...this thread would probably be filled with people praising 2k, saying it's really cool and they love it.

Because they used "Biggest announcement in history of 2k" they set themselves up. If your going to use that phrase you have to be CERTAIN it's going to be seen as a massive announcment to the majority. And for something non-gameplay and as subjective as music (I mean everyone has their own taste and not everyones will be this) there is no way they could of been sure of that.

I for one think this is great. It is a Big announcement. But if 2k had underhyped this one, and not overhyped, this thread would be the complete opposite of how it is now.

[niharjhatn]

Are you effin serious... I already PLAY my own music while playing nba 2k... geeze talk about disappointed.

And Jay-z... damn he loves the sound of his own voice. He's a decent rapper who made a lot of money, but as someone who has never been able to top Reasonable Doubt I'm gonna be muting the music in 2k13 as well.

[JerzeyReign]

Wait, y'all are really mad about this? I mess with Hov -- I wouldn't call it the biggest moment in 2k history but it is big in a sense. I won't go making excuses for them but I like Hov being a part of this.

Hip hop and basketball go hand and hand. I'm pretty sure 70-80% of the fans of basketball like hip hop. I'm glad we have someone like Jay on deck -- it beats the heck out of whatever this year's soundtrack. Most of the music on this year's game is corny IMO.

Edit: And this soundtrack looks TOUGH! I can finally listen to the menu music, lol.

[fearwhatnow]

Quote: Originally Posted by JerzeyReign

Wait, y'all are really mad about this? I mess with Hov -- I wouldn't call it the biggest moment in 2k history but it is big in a sense. I won't go making excuses for them but I like Hov being a part of this. Hip hop and basketball go hand and hand. I'm pretty sure 70-80% of the fans of basketball like hip hop. I'm glad we have someone like Jay on deck -- it beats the heck out of whatever this year's soundtrack. Most of the music on this year's game is corny IMO. Edit: And this soundtrack looks TOUGH! I can finally listen to the menu music, lol.

Ok then.It's time for a poll because your statement is arbitrary.How are you pretty sure that 70%-80% of bball fans listen to hip hop?Nobody of my friends that love real basketball and videogame basketball listen to this music.Don't get me wrong though.Jay Z is good but having every year a 80% hip hop soundtrack is a bad decision imo.

[JerzeyReign]

Quote: Originally Posted by fearwhatnow

Ok then.It's time for a poll because your statement is arbitrary.How are you pretty sure that 70%-80% of bball fans listen to hip hop?Nobody of my friends that love real basketball and videogame basketball listen to this music.Don't get me wrong though.Jay Z is good but having every year a 80% hip hop soundtrack is a bad decision imo.

Asking OS won't prove anything when it comes to who enjoys hip hop and basketball. Well, we can but I'm sure if we head to another board the scales will tip for hip hop. Something like that is community based -- OS doesn't seem like it has a strong hip hop community following. We have a good grip but its not like other boards where their entire music section is nothing but hip hop news. Then you have to think about all the people who don't visit forums -- Twitter is going crazy over this announcment -- I don't see many saying this is a bad move. The only people upset are the guys on the forum and we all know that we are the small percentage of 2k gamers.

Hip hop and basketball go together like peanut butter and jelly. If you take 1 million basketball fans, I'll stand by my numbers, I will say 700,000 people listen to hip hop -- even if its casual listening. But thats just my personal opinion.

[AirJordanFan93]

Wow their biggest announcement was the soundtrack to the game well that sucks. I think 2K just annoyed a lot of people with this one.