Two of North Carolina’s finest working together? Dopeness. Two of North Carolina’s finest working together on an obsolete basketball game? Not so much.
Electronic Arts Inc. announced today that Grammy Award Winning Producer and DJ, 9th Wonder, and Roc Nation star MC, J. Cole, have created the soundtrack for EA SPORTS™ NBA ELITE 11. The game will include a full soundtrack designed by 9th Wonder and title track “The Plan” by J. Cole. This is the first EA SPORTS NBA title to have a custom soundtrack that has been created solely by two artists.
Read more down bottom. They couldn’t do this for Madden, though? Their soundtrack is so bad I just only leave those NFL-licensed jazz tunes on each and every year. And I’m still pissed at how they’re jerking us to get NBA Jam also.
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A force in the music industry, 9th Wonder has worked with some of the biggest names in hip hop. His first major label placement occurred on Jay-Z’s critically acclaimed “Black Album,” and his work with Mary J. Blige on her album, “The BreakThrough” earned him a GRAMMY. 9th has also worked with Destiny’s Child, Erykah Badu and Ludacris among other recording artists. He is currently in the recording studio with rap superstar David Banner working on their much anticipated album “Death of a Pop Star,” which is slated for release in November.
“Being the first artist to throw down the full soundtrack for NBA ELITE 11 was pretty amazing,” says 9th Wonder. “I was able to mesh together the two things that I love in life, basketball and music.”
J. Cole, the first MC to be signed onto JAY-Z’s Roc Nation label, is on a path to becoming the next big name in the Hip Hop industry. Embarking on his passion for music at age 12, J. Cole draws inspiration from some of the biggest names in Hip Hop to create his own signature style. Currently recording and producing his first album under the Roc Nation label, the critically acclaimed Cole has already appeared on JAY-Z’s “The Blueprint 3” on the song fittingly titled “A Star is Born”.
“As a big sports video game fan, it’s an honor to be a part of EA Sports NBA Elite 2011. I thank EA for trusting in me to create the game’s main song. I truly enjoyed the experience.”
Using the design principles from some of EA SPORTS top rated franchises, NBA ELITE 11 introduces several significant gameplay changes that center on user control. The new ‘Hands-On Control’ scheme allows for one-to-one responsiveness of a player’s movement and actions on the court, while a new physics system in the game allows each player on the court to move independently of one another, removing the two-man interactions that have long taken the user control out of basketball simulation videogames. Combine all of the above with a new skill based shooting system, the EA SPORTS Basketball Association, as well as three free modes of NBA JAM included in all new copies of NBA ELITE 11, and it’s easy to see why NBA ELITE 11 is poised to revolutionize the basketball videogame experience.
uh oh
AONN said this on September 20th, 2010 at 2:44 pm
Got 2K11 on preorder, I’ll pass. Will get the soundtrack, though.
AD said this on September 20th, 2010 at 2:47 pm
i wonder if they lettin 9th sample. if not then it will be awful
1 said this on September 20th, 2010 at 2:51 pm
DAMN! I was actually excited for these two to work together…. but for a video game????? get that shit out of here…
Justice said this on September 20th, 2010 at 2:54 pm
NBA Elite?!! Seriously!!!!!???? Who still plays that!???
EA Sport is tryin its hardest to resurrect NBA Live!
But its still a good look!
VR said this on September 20th, 2010 at 3:00 pm
Nice, so I’ll DL the J. Cole/9th Wonder and use it as my soundtrack for 2K11 aha
ThEReaL19 said this on September 20th, 2010 at 3:01 pm
The ONLY reason to buy Elite is to get NBA Jam honestly. I gotta keep it real. But this is pretty dope news, tho. Good shit.
J.S. said this on September 20th, 2010 at 3:03 pm
great, now we’ll gonna read some fcked up nerd-comments under every j.cole song, like on joe buddens ‘walk with me’
hardy said this on September 20th, 2010 at 3:03 pm
NBA 2K 4 Life Fuck EA Live/Elite diff name same game=that bullshit
J.West said this on September 20th, 2010 at 3:19 pm
EA Has Madden Already and Fifa, they dont need anything more. Maybe Tennis and I’ll be happy lol. 2K is king of Basketball end o story
Sage said this on September 20th, 2010 at 3:27 pm
yo what up wit’ dude? He’s heading to Shyne level cornyness
jojoba said this on September 20th, 2010 at 3:34 pm
^^ Never that.
Stephanie said this on September 20th, 2010 at 3:40 pm
I feel bad for anyone who buys a basketball game other than 2K.
red said this on September 20th, 2010 at 4:01 pm
nba elite looks good. always played live over 2k. 2k too simple.
The Zissou said this on September 20th, 2010 at 6:00 pm
NBA Jam is where it’s at
JuGo said this on September 20th, 2010 at 6:34 pm
yo Zissou is a fag. DLn this for my 2k soundtrack when it comes out lol
haithere said this on September 20th, 2010 at 7:26 pm
Where’s Just Blaze?
J_EaRLy said this on September 20th, 2010 at 9:36 pm
Good look for j.cole
Dman said this on September 20th, 2010 at 10:20 pm
Nba Elite 11 is garbage Just got done playin the demo and it is total ass. I was surprised at first to hear J Cole and thought it sounded dope, but since it is the only song on the demo that is all that plays. After awhile you get tired of it and want it to just shutup. But yeah definetely get 2k and i was actually hoping Live/Elite would come through this year with a good game
JD said this on September 21st, 2010 at 9:54 pm
LIVE is the ultimate NBA basketball game. 2k is for niccas that r under the age of 25…
dolobeats said this on September 23rd, 2010 at 4:32 pm
You guys should update this because they cancled the game so who knows what is going to happen to the music thet made.
Nito said this on November 5th, 2010 at 12:26 pm