While there is no one in that position with “NBA 2K18,” the soundtrack offers a wide variety of current-day hits and blasts from the past that goes 50 songs deep.
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Among the artists featured are Kendrick Lamar, Future, Drake, Pitbull, OutKast, Naughty by Nature, Def Leppard, Nas and even Trail Blazers star point guard Damian Lillard, who raps under the name Dame D.O.L.L.A. He actually has two songs in the game, with one of them hidden away to be unlocked through the game’s MyPlayer career mode.
A playlist has been put together on Spotify which features 48 of the 50 songs.
Feel So Good — Ma$e Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now) — C + C Music Factory Hip Hop Hooray — Naughty By Nature I Can’t Drive 55 — Sammy Hagar Jungle — X Ambassadors feat. Jamie N Commons Pour Some Sugar on Me — Def Leppard Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See — Busta Rhymes Shook Ones Pt. II — Mobb Deep Sirius — The Alan Parsons Project So Fresh, So Clean — OutKast The Walker — Fitz & The Tantrums The Zoo — Scorpions They Reminisce Over You — Pete Rock & CL Smooth Victory — Puff Daddy feat. Notorious B.I.G. & Busta Rhymes 93’ Til Infinity — Souls Of Mischief All Of Me — Big Gigantic feat. Logic & ROZES Am I Wrong — Anderson .Paak feat. ScHoolboy Q Birdwatching — The Shelters Can’t Have — Pitbull feat. Steven A. Clark & Ape Drums Comin Out Strong — Future feat. The Weeknd Conrad Tokyo — A Tribe Called Quest Deep End (Tarro Remix) — THEY. Do What I Want — Lil Uzi Vert Don’t Threaten Me With A Good Time — Panic! At The Disco HTP — Vintage Lee Humble — Kendrick Lamar Know The Ledge — Eric B. & Rakim Let It Fly — Johnny Stephene Living Like Khaled — Cousin Stizz Nas Is Like — Nas No Lie — Sean Paul feat. Dua Lipa Portland — Drake ft. Quavo & Travis Scott Shock Horror — Shy Luv Slam — Onyx Stand Back — PnB Rock / A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie Victory — Joey Bad Wasatch Front — Dame D.O.L.L.A. Wrote My Way Out — Nas, Dave East, Lin-Manuel Miranda & Aloe Blacc Hush — Linda Lind Aurora — RL Grime 1984 — Salmo 4 Vérités — Take A Mic Chantaje — Shakira feat. Maluma CULT — Emiskilla Feel It — GTA & What So Not feat. Tunji Ige Fever — Roosevelt Human (Rudimental Remix) — Rag’n’Bone Man feat. Rudimental Tokyo Drift — Woodie Smalls Última Jugada — Carlos Jean & Arkano U Don’t — Double K
“NBA 2K18” will release on Sept. 15 to those who pre-order. Shaquille O’Neal is featured on the two pricey special editions of the game, which will be sold for $150 and $100, and Kyrie Irving is on the cover of the standard edition. With less than two months until release, nothing has been seen from “NBA 2K18,” nor have any features or improvements been revealed. One reason for the lack of media may be the new Nike uniforms that the league will want to fully reveal before they are seen in footage and screenshots of the video game.
Bryan Wiedey posts sports gaming news and analysis daily at Pastapadre.com, is co-founder of the sports gaming site HitThePass.com, hosts the “Press Row Podcast” and be reached on Twitter @Pastapadre.
