Some sports games aren’t defined by just their gameplay. Sometimes it is the culture they sell. A good example of this is Jay-Z’s curated soundtrack in NBA 2K13, which featured Mobb Deep’s “Shook Ones” and Pheonix’s “1901,” making the game much more enjoyable for music-loving basketball fans. Now it is time for them to judge the quality of NBA 2K21’s soundtrack.
In total, there are 52 confirmed songs coming to NBA 2K21. So far, we know of 49 tracks, with the other three confirmed to be unreleased Damian Lillard songs.
- “Blinding Lights” – The Weeknd
- “Whats Poppin” – Jack Harlow
- “God’s Eyes” – Roddy Ricch
- “Let Me Know (I Wonder Why Freestyle)” – Juice WRLD
- “No Threat” – Anonymuz and Denzel Curry
- “Sum 2 Prove” – Lil Baby
- “Bronze” – Stormzy
- “Gatti” – Jackboys, Pop Smoke, and Travis Scott
- “Go Stupid” – Polo G, Stunna 4 Vegas, NLE Choppa and Mike WiLL Made-It
- “Value” – A$AP Ferg
- “Venom” – Little Simz
- “Bad Decisions” – The Strokes
- “Dior” – Pop Smoke
- “Ruthless” – Lil Tjay and Jay Critch
- “Fight for Your Right” – J Hus
- “Crown” – Chika
- “Season Ticket Holder” – Rick Ross, D. Wade, Raphael Saadiq and UD
- “Red Eye” – Young Boy Never Broke Again
- “My Block” – Che Lingo
- “Broke in a Minute” – Tory Lanez
- “Evisu” – Lauren Declasse
- “Breathin'” – Ocean Wisdom and P. Money
- “Dream the Dare” – Pure Bathing Culture
- “Swish” – Chris Patrick
- “Cameras” – Jay Critch, Nick Mira, and jetsonmade
- “Routine” – Wale, Meek Mill and Rick Ross
- “Balling” – Cardi B and Simba.Got.It
- “Same Team” – Jerreau
- “Don’t I?” – Tarik
- “I Want All the Bags” – Red Cafe
- “Cold” – Boy in Space
- “Racks” – Abderly
- “Any Other Way” – Stix
- “$ and Problems” – Samwyse
- “Balmain Belt” – Chaz Marcus
- “Theykno Freestyle” – Rae Khalil
- “How It Is” – Malz Monday
- “Alarm” – ELO
- “3 Pointer” – Sage English
- “Game Time” – Black$tar and Tyson Meshaq
- “Work” – Irie Da Brat
- “Photograph” – ill Nicky, Jared Anthony, BangerOfheDay, and Cheeba Hawk
- “Ball” – Zebbo
- “Wave” – Avidince
- “A Dub” – Ro$$ Mac
- “Mayday” – Jared Anthony
- “Hoop Dreams” – Fight Gang Drae and Glenn
- “The Next” – Kap Peezy
- “Savage” – Erick Lottary and Eleazar Shafer
Without a doubt, the soundtrack looks to be the most hip-pop heavy of all games in the series. We do know that the next-generation edition of 2K21 will receive additional songs, but it’s unclear if the same can be said for the current-gen edition.
Players will be able to hear the unreleased Damian Lilliard songs when the latest installment releases on September 4 for Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Google Stadia, Nintendo Switch, and PC.
