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

[LakersForLife]

Damn that's a great selection, the winner is Hov! lol.

And smdh at everybody bitching & crying, no that's not the big announcement, MJ is gonna announce the big news. This is why we can never have good things, that soundtrack sounds like the best since Live 03/04.

According to the other mod, he locked the forum and said the Jay Z thing was the big announcement, sorry to burst your bubbles.

[NealN42]

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Eh...while I don't mind the soundtrack list, this is a really negative start for 2k. The soundtrack for a sports game shouldn't be one of their big announcements, especially when 99% of the songs have been out for quite a while (meaning most people already have them anyway). 2k HAS to start giving their hardcore game audience more love with a sharper focus on gameplay improvements and directly listening to, and fixing, the issues noticed by players who spend real time with the game.

[Dirk504]

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I agree 100% its not like this is the only feature that will be ever announced 2K has always hyped stuff up early then came with the features in the dev diarys closer to release. I for one think it will be awesome to have authentic music integrated into the ingame imo.

And lets be honest crew returning and numerous gameplay improvements can still be lurking but on a social level Jay Z moves the needle and lets people know 2K13 is coming heavy this year.

Who cares if its coming if its the same crapfest from last year? I'm still mad that I paid full price for last years garbage and lost interest after a few weeks. Id rather play 2k11.

[King_B_Mack]

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They will always be disappointed if they arent a fan of rap. The soundtracks are always mostly rap.

Its completely worth an announcement. Its ridiculous that you don't think a partnership with perhaps one of the most famous musicians in the world isnt worth an announcement.

Ehhhh I don't think he's saying it's not worth an announcement because it is, clearly. However it's not worth the hype tag they put on the front of it and dragging MJ into it with the Facebook picture and what not.

For me personally I say again, I'm disappointed because if Argent didn't say this was the biggest announcement in NBA2K and 2K Sports history, this announcement is met with the respect it deserves. Obviously you'd have that crowd of dudes that bitch at everything that comes out that isn't specifically gameplay related but the overall reception of this is positive without that line.

[Epiffani]

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This is suppose to be arguably the biggest announcement ever in 2k sports history? I'm sorry, but I've about had it with 2K writing checks that they can't cash (the checks are bouncing at this point). 2K is on strike two with me (I'm not even including the various gameplay problems that I have).

1st strike- the art modification that was touted as a back of the box feature, which it never fully materialized as they described. This is of course strike 2. Not to mention the little community thing that they have going on that seems like nothing more than a who's who, aimed at creating more hype and fooling people on twitter into thinking that they have a legit shot at being chosen. I'm really starting to see more flash than substance from this company (reminds you of anyone?). I understand what's considered a big announcement is subjective and dependent on the individual person, but Jay-Z executive producing 2K13 is the big reveal? Just stop it.

[JerseySuave4]

Eh...while I don't mind the soundtrack list, this is a really negative start for 2k. The soundtrack for a sports game shouldn't be one of their big announcements, especially when 99% of the songs have been out for quite a while (meaning most people already have them anyway). 2k HAS to start giving their hardcore game audience more love with a sharper focus on gameplay improvements and directly listening to, and fixing, the issues noticed by players who spend real time with the game.

How is it a negative start to announce having one of the most famous and recognized rappers, as well as a partial owner of an NBA franchise, partner up up with you?

You guys that were looking for some major gameplay change need to understand this is the beginning of the hype train. Having Jay Z signed on is going to generate publicity and interest. The gameplay announces will come but to a casual person those aren't what's going to generate buzz.

[jersez]

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They will always be disappointed if they arent a fan of rap. The soundtracks are always mostly rap.

Its completely worth an announcement. Its ridiculous that you don't think a partnership with perhaps one of the most famous musicians in the world isnt worth an announcement.

I'm not arguing that the soundtrack is mostly rap. I said I liked it, Yes he is worthy of an announcement but I think most of us would think real time physics, something that has to do with revolutionizing the gameplay should be announced. Most of the casual people don't even care for jay-z, most of them are kids.

[NBASLAM2001]

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So I am guessing the Nets will be extremely overrated this year considering Jay-Z is executive producer?

[J_Posse]

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Again, I will clarify it's more than simply a soundtrack. We'll be detailing more in the future.

Sadly, people are going to hate on this announcement. I'm not disappointed at all because I understand that from a business and cultural standpoint this is HUGE. Props, 2K..................

[Retropyro]

If your going to make an announcement and have your marketing shill hype it up, then make the full announcement.
Only announcing something that is pretty weak (if this was EA, my lord I can't even begin to imagine the bashing they would take for this!) and then saying "but there is more to come" when people criticize it, is just lame.

[kjjnesb]

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Who cares if its coming if its the same crapfest from last year? I'm still mad that I paid full price for last years garbage and lost interest after a few weeks. Id rather play 2k11.

Who said it will be the same? We haven't seen a current build or feature list of the game or even a screenshot yet I aslo doubt Jay Z picking a few songs took significant time from the developers actually fixing what they could from 2K12.

[jtownboy15]

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This is a big announcement, no other game has ever done what 2k has done. This takes presentation to another level.

[gator3guy]

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If Meek Mill isn't sitting courtside at Sixers' games I will be disappointed.

[aholbert32]

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I'm not arguing that the soundtrack is mostly rap. I said I liked it, Yes he is worthy of an announcement but I think most of us would think real time physics, something that has to do with revolutionizing the gameplay should be announced. Most of the casual people don't even care for jay-z, most of them are kids.

Here is what I dont get: What is the ****ing rush? We have 7 weeks before the game comes out and 2k has only released one piece of gameplay info related to the game. We all know more info is coming so why all the posts about how people are done with the game and how disappointed people are?

If in 7 weeks, 2k disappoints with the info they have provided or if the game looks like crap in videos...people should feel free to complain about the game and talk about how they arent going to save their money. But why do people feel the need to count out the game when we are 7 weeks away from release.

[youvalss]

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It IS actually related to college. We got schooled by 2K...again. Well done, 2k, well done.