@Ganonmaster: Around the same time an idiot named himself "Ganonmaster".

jackal888

@XRFlip05: Listen to their music. =/ Nothing on the Level of Soulja Boy.

Rika Aiuchi is SeXXXy

@TheBassKicks: Actually not. Their latest EP actually delivered. Better than the rest of the shit on the radio that passes off as "hip-hop" these days.

Rika Aiuchi is SeXXXy

@Ganonmaster: A Group that's trying to revive Hip-Hop.

Rika Aiuchi is SeXXXy

@XRFlip05:

You mean turning over in his bed in cuba ;)

R1ZE

Tupac must be turning over in his grave.

I'm glad that neither Soulja Boy or Lil Wayne didn't make the list.

XRFlip05

These guys get much respect from the under as well as indies. Some of you guys would not know if MF Doom bit you in the ass.

Get off the stereotype, not all hip hop is garbage post post '98.

PsycheE

lmao, a bunch of ringtone rappers as always. This news kills the chances of me buying this game by a million percent.

naota20

@Ganonmaster: Your statement is equivalent to "I love guitars, but who the fuck is Led Zeppelin?"

PsycheE

Marvelously uninteresting dudes...these dudes are all hype. 100%.

TheBassKicks

Alright, the guy on the right looks like hes stuck in the 80s, but what can you guys say about the one on the left? I don't see anything that deserves nerdrage.

R1ZE

If those clowns are representing the new "cool", then wow... being cool must suck.

Saliu

Let's try and keep the hate for hip-hop at a minimum, guys.

R1ZE

@Ganonmaster: Dammit, you beat me to it.

Saliu

...sigh@Ganonmaster:

sigh.

R1ZE

Sorry for asking, but when did idiots like them become "the cool kids"? (I am guessing when the stupid epidemic began)

Ganonmaster

@PsycheE: I agree.

Not a fan of NBA games, but this soundtrack is pretty solid. Classic Pharcyde, Blockhead, dangerdoom.... that alone makes it great.

baxterpunch

Awesome! The Cool Kids rip.

Kiros

Looks ok to me. Hell, if the NBA had control over 2K9's soundtrack it would be awful. Have you watched the halftime show at the last few All Star games? *shudder*

J-Fro

@PsycheE: Air by Dabrye + MF Doom = awesome. Theres tons of great hip-hop left.

lunarcore

The Cool Kids? Gotta love 2K. Hell, Take Two has great taste in music period. The soundtracks to the GTA games have all been pretty amazing.

Poisonous Taoist

Being from Chicago and a fan of the Cool Kids, its a bit hard for me to stay quiet. The Bake Sale is far from ringtone rap. Yes they're obsessed with street fighter, mopeds, and limited edition sneakers. But every show where they or their affiliates have played have always been a pretty diverse selection of people. They're miles above lyrically any of the crap coming out molded for a singular demographic. But again, I'm from Chicago. That being said... I hate sports games. Wake me up when they do the soundtrack for the next gen version of the Charles Barkley RPG.

entro

I didn't realise Kris Kross were back.

sits

Big up the Defkline and Red Polo :D

tossrStu

@Ganonmaster: You're out of your element, Donny!

baxterpunch

wow! why all the hate?

anyways, pretty cool there will be a new Cool Kids track.

Spank Rock & Benny Blanco - Loose (inst.) = bad-ass!!!
this track is sick! not surprised they are using the instrumental track though, the vocals are pretty raw. great track though.

for people hating on the Cool Kids, you either have no idea what you're talking about (e.g judging them by their picture) or don't like that type of music.

The Cool Kids, Dangerdoom, Gnarls Barkley, N.E.R.D., Santogold, Money Mark and Spank Rock & Benny Blanco are all artists that i thoroughly enjoy. i wouldn't consider all of them hip-hop, however, what they all DO have in common is turning their respective genre on it ear. all of these artists have managed to make original and refreshing music.

sinister6000

I might be more interested in sports games if half of their marketing wasn't based on wretched soundtracks.

adocious

Too bad its just the inst. for Spank Rock's Loose. It'd be nice to see Hollywood Holt and Flosstradamus in there. Anyway, the soundtrack line up looks good.

Also, listen to their music before you hate. And if that hate persists, good for you.

HoxtonHero

@Ganonmaster: Around the same time an id- Oh dang it, Jack888 beat me to it.

Onegai

@naota20: I.......you know what,I'am not going to waste my time,when its much easier just calling you a conformist idiot. you would not know good music if came and kicked you square in the nuts.

konohaJounin

@Saliu: A great man once said:
"'Cause inside-out is wikkity wickkity wickkity whack..."

VakeroRokero

@PsycheE: ROFL,you beat me to that one.

konohaJounin

Cool Kids? DANGERDOOM? Oh my goodness, that's uberwin.

But I refuse to buy it merely because it's soundtrack kicks ass. NHL 09's soundtrack can't hold a candle to NHL2k9's, but it blows that game out of the water in every other aspect.

P.S. "The Mask" might have been a better choice if you wanted DANGERDOOM on your track. It has Ghostface Killah and Sofa King is a little too laid back for a sports game.

P.P.S. My fellow kotaku hip-hop heads, unto you I say, "Let the haters hate and just watch the money pile up." I doubt that naota20 has even heard a track by Cool Kids, or that he ever will, lest he lose his undeserved smug sense of superiority.

Redface

Hyuk hyuk hyuk... He said chaps...
0.O

Real Serious Assassin

Nice lineup for a 2K game soundtrack.

Br00klyn-Grenade

That's some soundtrack.

But the Dangerdoom's track "Sofa King" is going to be in the soundtrack six times? Gnarls Barkley six times as well? Going to get awful repetitive...

(yes, I realise that Stewart hit paste a few times, I'm just teasing.)

Psicosis

You can play the entire songs from the site... and they flow one to the next. I gotta tell you, it's pretty good.

Jump and move and jump and move and stop.

Yonderboy

how could you possibly hate on this?
The Cool Kids, Gnarls Barkley, Santogold, The Heavy, Danger Doom, Pharcyde... I'm surprised there's no Madlib on this.

benevolentelephant

The Cool Kids are amazing, so's Spank Rock. this is a pretty great soundtrack for a francises that often taps into hip-hop. alternative hip-hop is pretty strong these days.

ultra_balexbot

@Redface: well said.

sinister6000

@benevolentelephant: Anything by Lord Quasimoto or Madvillain would make my head asplode

KillfaceJenkins

@entro: Also being from Chicago and being a fan of the Cool Kids, I would have to agree, except for one thing; lyrically, Mikey and Chuck (mostly Chuck) are garbage. The only reason why people don't notice is because the beats are so dope that the words don't get noticed. "Black Mags" and "I (Mikey) Rock" are the only two lyrically good Cool Kids songs.

KillfaceJenkins

@HoxtonHero: Seeing a little Kid Sister would be pretty dope too

KillfaceJenkins

@Ganonmaster: Ditto.

ez054098

and you would not know good music if it came up to you and gave you a hand job. blow off douche bag.

naota20

@Redface: The Cool Kids & DangerDoom: Madlib, Jay-Dilla etc.

Finally someone who has good taste in hip-hop. And REAL hip-hop and not that T-Pain etc. BS on the radio.

TheFamous1

This soundtrack is leaps and bounds wayyyy better than last year. and I LOOOOOVE the Cool Kids.

RocketSauceJosh

@naota20: You shouldn't hate on them, they're really really good.

RocketSauceJosh

@Saliu: They're actually really Cool lol. They're music is a fusion of 80's hip hop and the simple 808 sounds of the now. They're hip hop purists

RocketSauceJosh

@sinister6000:

You should definitely look up the group "Just.Live"

They have a cool genre bending approach to mid-80's Hip-Hop.

FACT.50

@baxterpunch:

Yeah I saw Pharcyde and was sold. I'm surprised no Lupe Fiasco, or The Roots though. I see N.E.R.D.

FACT.50

@KillfaceJenkins: I'd have to agree, although i'm definitely not from Chicago(I'm out in the Bay Area)the Cool Kids are a beat-producing force to be reckonded with. They have simple, catchy lyrics but nothing godly or parallel to the likes of Ghostface or for that matter Jay Electronica. The Cool Kids are awesome, that's no joke. Like I heard once, theyre N.E.R.D with less production value(beat-wise, because lyrically, pharell...damn.).

veidtsucks

Jesus some people are dumb as fuck...Anyways...Nice seeing that this game will be packed full of dope hip hop

Nastrodoomus

Yeah, Sofa King, I can't see in an NBA Game. Now Crosshairs? Or better yet, Old School. Those are songs that belong in a game. And good god, stop all the hate.
You know who I really hate? The Foo Fighters. Yeah, see I can indiscriminately be biased against music too. Everybody's doing it!

slyfer911

If blockhead is in the mix then it is a good soundtrack.

flamespec