Artists Revealed For NBA 2K22 Soundtrack, Updated Every New Season

[Steve_OS]

2K has announced some of the artists featured in the NBA 2K22 soundtrack, including Freddie Gibbs,...

Written By: Steve Noah

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[tymmie21]

I really enjoy the soundtrack in 2k almost every year, I like a lot of the announced artists, and to add more songs throughout the year is a win for everyone, however....Come on this is basically your first in-depth feature announcement for the year and it's the music.

[AIRJ23]

Just fix the defense and color palette.

[Yallasama]

Good lord…no old school stuff? Muting it is.

[VDusen04]

Seems par for the course for modern 2K games. Used to love when their soundtracks had underground appeal but I guess that's the price you pay for success.

I say this half-jokingly, but I swear Gran Turismo 4 had a classical music playlist that was turned off by default but if you knew well enough, you could toggle it on and listen to that instead. At this point... I don't think I'd mind that as an option in 2K. Above all else, I miss being able to use my own music in the menus like you could in the 360 days.

[Yallasama]

Quote: Originally Posted by VDusen04

Seems par for the course for modern 2K games. Used to love when their soundtracks had underground appeal but I guess that's the price you pay for success. I say this half-jokingly, but I swear Gran Turismo 4 had a classical music playlist that was turned off by default but if you knew well enough, you could toggle it on and listen to that instead. At this point... I don't think I'd mind that as an option in 2K. Above all else, I miss being able to use my own music in the menus like you could in the 360 days.

Exactly. This whole basketball = black / urban culture = hiphop like music is played out, time for something fresh. It's kind of racist and silly that all these soundtracks are just limited to basically hiphop.

[J_Posse]

Quote: Originally Posted by Yallasama

Exactly. This whole basketball = black / urban culture = hiphop like music is played out, time for something fresh. It's kind of racist and silly that all these soundtracks are just limited to basically hiphop.

That definitely isn't racist at all, like V said just a changing of the times and 2K's target audience.

I agree that more musical diversity would be nice, but market trends and other factors (public reception) says otherwise.

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[3304Life]

I don’t think it’s a race thing but basketball and hip hop are intrinsically linked, the soundtrack will always be predominantly hip hop.

Now saying hip hop = black culture is a little different. It’s mostly black but it’s denigrating to black culture to say hip hop is the one defining genre considering soul, disco, R&B and funk are all dominated by black artists. They just don’t affiliate with basketball all that much.

You can guess some of the songs just from the artists and they’re songs I like so I don’t have any problem with it. It’s literally background music between games so I don’t care too much.


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