The NBA 2K soundtrack is an underrated, but crucial element of the basketball season. That soundtrack decides what tracks we’ll all have stuck in our heads for the entire year.
This year, the good folks at 2K are giving us more variety than usual. The game will feature 50 tracks divided into five in-game playlists. DJ Khaled, DJ Premier and DJ Mustard curated three of the playlists and each of them created two tracks specifically for the game. There’s also a 2K classics playlist and an around the world playlist for the ever expanding global NBA fanbase.
Here’s the entire tracklist, and you can also listen to it on Spotify:
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”
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”
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”
(Via Operation Sports)
