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DJ Premier, DJ Khaled, And DJ Mustard Reveal Their NBA 2K16 Playlists
Over recent years the NBA 2K series has embraced the art of curation for its soundtracks, handing the job over to artists such as Jay Z and Pharrell Williams. This year, three famed producers get to play songs of their choosing over highlight reel crossovers, dunks, and threes. Today 2K Sports revealed the playlists procured by DJ Premier, DJ Khaled, and DJ Mustard.
Here is the full soundtrack:
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”
You don't have to wait until NBA 2K16 releases on September 29 to listen to theses playlists. Head over to Spotify right now to check them out.
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