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8/16/2004 7:56:17 PM
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ESPN has announced some of the artists that will be featured on the soundtrack for the upcoming ESPN NBA 2K5. The basketballer will include the work of 22 hip-hop groups when it is released this fall for Xbox and PlayStation 2.
The soundtrack, which featured more than three dozen songs, will be packaged into a CD that will ship with the game. While most of the soundtrack will be licensed tracks, several groups, including Truck & Mack, will provide original material for the soundtrack. The artists announced so far are as follows:
- Aceyalone & Madlib
- Aesop Rock
- Del the Funky Homosapien
- Hazen Street
- Hieroglyphics faturing Goapele
- Holla Point that
- KillRadio
- People Under the Stairs
- The Roots
- Skillz
- Truck & Mack
In addition, ESPN is planning a 45-date tour that will feature some of the acts from the soundtrack; footage of the tour will be released on DVD next year. The Champion Sound tour will begin October 13 at the University of California: Santa Barbara and will end November 14 in San Francisco. ESPN will provide a full list of dates, as well as the entire soundtrack, as the game nears completion.
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