One Kid's Journey to Get on NBA 2K12's Soundtrack

[2slik]

Quote: Originally Posted by VDusen04

I'm thankful 2K basketball has done the same.

Too bad it's change for the worse and not for the better.

[Tengo Juego]

Excellent, quality, effort. Not crazy about the song, but good luck to Star Mike.

[madden316]

I thought it was ok, I like the new artists 2k have each year rather then the mainstream songs you hear 12x a day on the radio.

[..GameOver..]

Not bad. I think he should get a spot on the soundtrack for sure. Why not?

[KingCarella]

this song goes hard

[ghm125]

liked it! loved the stats in begining too!

[moe_42]

Quote: Originally Posted by rockchisler

I hear ya but lets see that fly with NHL Hockey.. Love to here Atmosphere or Royce da 5'9, Never gonna happen. Hip Hop and basketball is a culture together and to not have at least 80 % hip hop and 20 % other is irresponsible, Dont get me wrong I understand why they did it but I'm not feeling it.

Slug talks about hockey quite a bit. It's the whole Minnesota thing.

Quote: Originally Posted by VDusen04

It's a funny topic of course, because there's no way a game's musical selection will please everyone. I suppose I'm just saying that I disagree that hip-hop has to be the culture of basketball. It's different for everyone. It's actually one of the things I used to love about the Tony Hawk soundtrack: System of a Down, Audio Two, Johnny Cash, Aesop Rock, Public Enemy, Nas, Sublime, Atmosphere, Anthrax. . .it didn't allow itself to be pigeonholed into what the masses perceived skate culture to be. I'm thankful 2K basketball has done the same.

I don't know if you've played any of the Amped snowboarding games, but they have massive playlists, with every genre imaginable. I'd rather 2k went that route and let us prune them down to what we like.

[VDusen04]

Quote: Originally Posted by moe_42

Slug talks about hockey quite a bit. It's the whole Minnesota thing. I don't know if you've played any of the Amped snowboarding games, but they have massive playlists, with every genre imaginable. I'd rather 2k went that route and let us prune them down to what we like.

I've never played Amped before, but the playlist sounds intriguing.

And I think you make a good point. Offering a wide and eclectic range of music on a lengthy soundtrack does provide the opportunity to appeal to a lot of different musical interests. From there, it's up to the user to remove the songs from the playlist as they see fit. That doesn't guarantee we'll all be happy of course. I could roll with a custom 2K10 soundtrack for the duration of the year, while I wasn't quite as satisfied with 2K11's choices. But the idea is right.

That's why I approve of a mix of music. If it was all pop rap, a very large portion of the playing community would be screwed. If it was all modern rock, or independent stuff, same deal. I've much preferred 2K's take on soundtracks to EA's. . .well, EA's of the mid and early 2000's. I haven't messed with much EA lately so it could have changed.