Earlier this month, 2K Sports announced that the soundtrack for NBA 2K16 would be the most expansive in the history of the video game franchise. The company signed three genre-defining collaborators to assist: legendary hip-hop producer DJ Premier, renowned producer DJ Khaled and super-producer DJ Mustard. Now the entire tracklist has been revealed, and it's comprised of 50 songs broken up into six in-game playlists.
The soundtrack spans a wide range of genres, including hip-hop, electronic, pop, rock and alternative, from throwback tracks from the ‘70s through today’s Top 40. Gamers will also have the opportunity to listen to all-new instrumental tracks created by each producer, which will be available in-game at various points during the MyCareer and MyGM experiences.
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A special playlist has been created on Spotify , which features 44 of the 50 tracks that will be featured on the upcoming game.
DJ Premier Playlist
Custom Track: Papoose Prod. By DJ Premier, “Hold the City Down”
Gang Starr (feat. NYGz, H. Stax), “Same Team, No Games”
Nas, “Made You Look”
Living Colour, “Cult of Personality”
Jeru The Damaja, “You Can't Stop The Prophet”
Custom Track (Instrumental): DJ Premier, “Bum Bum Bum”
Ramones, “Blitzrieg Bop”
NYGz, “Policy”
DJ Premier & Bumpy Knuckles, “More Levels”
PRhyme, “U Looz”
DJ Khaled Playlist
Custom Track: DJ Khaled (feat. Ace Hood, Vado, Kent Jones), “365”
DJ Khaled (feat. Akon, T.I., Rick Ross, Fat Joe, Baby, Lil' Wayne), “We Takin' Over”
Ace Hood, “Hustle Hard”
Rick Ross (feat. T Pain), “The Boss”
Jay Z, “Where I'm From”
Custom Track (Instrumental): DJ Khaled, “Black Rims”
Wiz Khalifa, “We Dem Boyz”
Ace Hood (feat. Future & Rick Ross), “Bugatti”
Nas, “Represent”
DJ Khaled (feat. T-Pain, Ludacris, Snoop Dogg, Rick Ross), “All I Do Is Win”
DJ Mustard Playlist
Custom Track: DJ Mustard (feat. RJ), “You Don't Want It”
J Cole, “Rise and Shine”
Fergie, “L.A. Love (la la)”
Imagine Dragons, “I'm So Sorry”
M.I.A., “Y.A.L.A.”
Custom Track (Instrumental): DJ Mustard, “Ball at Night”
MGK, “Till I Die” (Cavs Version)
Drake, “0 To 100”
Iamsu!, “I Love My Squad”
Santigold, “Disparate Youth”
Around The World
Rael, “Vejo Depois”
Calvin Harris (feat. John Newman), “Blame”
Zedd (feat. Selena Gomez), “I Want You To Know”
Emicida & FeFe, “Bonjour”
Ana Tijoux, “Vengo”
Major Lazer (feat. MO & DJ Snake), “Lean On”
Club Dogo (feat. Arisa), “Fragili”
AM444, “Lies” (Jay. Soul Truth Remix)
Bag Raiders, “Shooting Stars”
Dynamic Duo & DJ Premier, “Aeao”
2K Classics Mixtape
Gnarls Barkley, “Going On”
Friendly Fires, “Skeleton Boy”
LCD Soundsystem, “Time to Get Away”
Santigold (feat. Spank Rock), “Shove It”
OneRepublic, “Everyone Loves Me”
RJD2, “Clean Living”
ZION I, “Ride”
The Flaming Lips, “The W.A.N.D. (The Will Always Negates Defeat)”
Hogni, “Bow Down (To No Man)”
The Chicharones, “Little By Little”
NBA 2K16 is set to release on September 29, but those who pre-order the game will get it four days earlier . The game's MyCareer Mode is written and directed by Spike Lee, and the three covers for the game feature Stephen Curry, James Harden, and Anthony Davis . An $80 special edition with Michael Jordan on the cover and bonus content has also been announced. Considerable feature news has been leaked about the game, including what appears to be the return of college basketball with some licensed universities involved .
Bryan Wiedey posts sports gaming news and analysis daily at Pastapadre.com, has co-founded the new site HitThePass.com, is a regular participant in the Press Row Podcast, and can be reached on Twitter @Pastapadre.