Sports and music have gone hand in hand on a more consistent basis recently, with more and more sports games showcasing catalogs from a who’s who of artists over the last few years. The tradition continues with NBA2K16 which arrives in stores in September. 2K partnered with DJ Mustard, DJ Khaled, and DJ Premier to curate a very expansive catalog of music for NBA 2K16. Here is the tracklisting as well the Spotify playlist link for you to check out the full soundtrack for yourselves.
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, “Blitzkrieg 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”
The NBA 2K16 soundtrack is now available on Spotify – you can listen and post the playlist in its entirety here:
https://2kgam.es/