True Crime Gets Tracked
A soundtrack so extensive, it’s criminal!
Published: November 4, 2005
Let’s say someone asks you to describe the sounds of New York. What comes to mind? The cacophony of midday traffic? Muddles of music from car stereos that have been cranked up to ungodly levels? Italian guys standing on stoops telling you to “forgettaboutit?” Yeah, we figured, ignoramus. Activision has a different idea in mind, though, which might explain why they’ve assembled a massive line-up of 80+ that best depict The City That Never Sleeps and have included them in the soundtrack for True Crime: New York City. The featured artists are either NYC-bred or transplanted, with truly no discrimination in genre or era. Hell, we’re talking Bob Dylan and the Ramones to A Tribe Called Quest and The Velvet Underground. The Big Apple suddenly sounds a lot crisper, doesn’t it?
“When we moved the True Crime franchise to the one and only New York City we compiled a soundtrack to match the look and feel of the game,” explains Tim Riley, worldwide executive of music at Activision. “Many of the artists on the soundtrack helped define the city’s music scene including Jay-Z, Fat Joe, A Tribe Called Quest, New York Dolls, The Velvet Underground, My Chemical Romance, The Bravery and Iggy and the Stooges, among others, making this soundtrack the ultimate New York experience.”
The line-up of licensed track is as follows:
Redman – “Rush the Security”
Cam'Ron featuring Jay-Z – “Welcome to NYC”
Run D.M.C. – “Sucker MC's”
Kool Moe Dee – “Wild Wild West”
The Sugarhill Gang – “Rapper's Delight”
Public Enemy – “Bring The Noise (Chuck D Mix)”
DMX – “Where The Hood At”
Busta Rhymes – “Put Your Hands Where my Eyes Can See”
Agnostic Front – “Police State”
Bad Brains – “I Against I”
Bob Dylan – “Knockin' On Heaven's Door”
Danzig - “Mother”
The Ramones - “Beat on The Brat”
Interpol – “Slow hands”
Wu-Tang Clan – “Protect Ya Neck”
Jungle Brothers – “Straight Out The Jungle”
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five – “New York New York”
Hatebreed – “Another Day, Another Vendetta”
Misfits – “Last Caress”
Blondie – “Hangin by the Telephone”
Sonic Youth – “Kool Thing”
Skarhead – “New York Crime”
Dope – “The Life”
Kool G Rap and DJ Polo – “Streets of New York”
Biz Markie – “I'm The Biz”
Big Daddy Kane – “Ain't No Half Steppin'”
24-7 Spyz – “Yeah X 3”
Suicide – “Ghostrider”
Iggy & The Stooges – “Search and Destroy”
New York Dolls – “Subway Train”
Bloodsimple – “Blood In Blood Out”
Biohazard – “Shades of Grey”
Gang Starr - “Full Clip”
Big Punisher – “Twinz (Deep Cover)”
Vision of Disorder – “Imprint”
Mandrill – “Echoes In My Mind”
The Damned – “Neat Neat Neat”
The Velvet Underground – “I'm Waiting For the Man”
Helmet – “Unsung”
The Rapture – “The Killing”
Black Star – “Definition”
NaS – “N.Y. State Of Mind”
Slick Rick – “Children's Story”
Youth Of Today – “Break Down The Walls”
Cramps – “Wrong Way Ticket”
The Casualties – “Sounds from the streets (Death Toll)”
White Zombie – “Thunder Kiss 65”
Unsane – “D train”
A Tribe Called Quest – “Scenario”
Mark Ronson – “Bout To Get Ugly”
X-ecutioners – “Let Me Rock”
Black Rob – “Woah!”
Madball – “Pride (Times are Changing)”
Richard Hell And The Voidoids – “Blank Generation”
The Walkmen – “The Rat”
Kurtis Blow – “The Breaks”
Black Sheep – “The Choice Is Yours (Revisited)”
De La Soul – “Thru Ya City”
Gorilla Biscuits – “New Direction”
Eric B & Rakim – “Paid in Full”
Afrika Bambaataa & Soul Force – “Planet Rock”
Sam Scarfo – “Homicide”
Bobby Womack – “Across 110th Street”
Marley Marl – “The Symphony”
My Chemical Romance – “I Never Told You What I Did For A Living”
Mobb Deep – “Shook Ones Pt. II”
Quicksand – “East 3rd Street”
Vordul Mega – “Neva Again”
Black Moon – “Who Got The Props?”
Jeru the Damaja – “D. Original”
Leaders Of The New School – “Case of the P.T.A.”
LL Cool J – “I Can't Live With Out My Radio”
Sick of It All – “Potential For A Fall”
The A.K.A.'s – “Shout Out Loud”
Blue Oyster Cult – “Don't Fear the Reaper”
Digable Planets – “Rebirth Of Slick (Cool Like dat)”
Murphy's Law – “Crucial Bar-B-Que”
Yeah Yeah Yeah's – “Black Tongue”
Harley's War – “Criminal (4 Life)”
The Bravery – “Honest Mistake”
Television – “See No Evil”
We Are Scientists – “Callbacks”
In addition, the Doc himself, Redman, has laid down two original tracks for the game, “True Crime” and a bonus version of the song. The featured soundtrack can be tailored to your liking, thanks to the in-game customizable play list. Hey, something’s got to get you in the mood to take down the perps.
Marcus Reed will be flashing his pretty badge at your local game store clerk come November 16. Give our preview a read-through in the meantime, won’t you?
“When we moved the True Crime franchise to the one and only New York City we compiled a soundtrack to match the look and feel of the game,” explains Tim Riley, worldwide executive of music at Activision. “Many of the artists on the soundtrack helped define the city’s music scene including Jay-Z, Fat Joe, A Tribe Called Quest, New York Dolls, The Velvet Underground, My Chemical Romance, The Bravery and Iggy and the Stooges, among others, making this soundtrack the ultimate New York experience.”
The line-up of licensed track is as follows:
Redman – “Rush the Security”
Cam'Ron featuring Jay-Z – “Welcome to NYC”
Run D.M.C. – “Sucker MC's”
Kool Moe Dee – “Wild Wild West”
The Sugarhill Gang – “Rapper's Delight”
Public Enemy – “Bring The Noise (Chuck D Mix)”
DMX – “Where The Hood At”
Busta Rhymes – “Put Your Hands Where my Eyes Can See”
Agnostic Front – “Police State”
Bad Brains – “I Against I”
Bob Dylan – “Knockin' On Heaven's Door”
Danzig - “Mother”
The Ramones - “Beat on The Brat”
Interpol – “Slow hands”
Wu-Tang Clan – “Protect Ya Neck”
Jungle Brothers – “Straight Out The Jungle”
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five – “New York New York”
Hatebreed – “Another Day, Another Vendetta”
Misfits – “Last Caress”
Blondie – “Hangin by the Telephone”
Sonic Youth – “Kool Thing”
Skarhead – “New York Crime”
Dope – “The Life”
Kool G Rap and DJ Polo – “Streets of New York”
Biz Markie – “I'm The Biz”
Big Daddy Kane – “Ain't No Half Steppin'”
24-7 Spyz – “Yeah X 3”
Suicide – “Ghostrider”
Iggy & The Stooges – “Search and Destroy”
New York Dolls – “Subway Train”
Bloodsimple – “Blood In Blood Out”
Biohazard – “Shades of Grey”
Gang Starr - “Full Clip”
Big Punisher – “Twinz (Deep Cover)”
Vision of Disorder – “Imprint”
Mandrill – “Echoes In My Mind”
The Damned – “Neat Neat Neat”
The Velvet Underground – “I'm Waiting For the Man”
Helmet – “Unsung”
The Rapture – “The Killing”
Black Star – “Definition”
NaS – “N.Y. State Of Mind”
Slick Rick – “Children's Story”
Youth Of Today – “Break Down The Walls”
Cramps – “Wrong Way Ticket”
The Casualties – “Sounds from the streets (Death Toll)”
White Zombie – “Thunder Kiss 65”
Unsane – “D train”
A Tribe Called Quest – “Scenario”
Mark Ronson – “Bout To Get Ugly”
X-ecutioners – “Let Me Rock”
Black Rob – “Woah!”
Madball – “Pride (Times are Changing)”
Richard Hell And The Voidoids – “Blank Generation”
The Walkmen – “The Rat”
Kurtis Blow – “The Breaks”
Black Sheep – “The Choice Is Yours (Revisited)”
De La Soul – “Thru Ya City”
Gorilla Biscuits – “New Direction”
Eric B & Rakim – “Paid in Full”
Afrika Bambaataa & Soul Force – “Planet Rock”
Sam Scarfo – “Homicide”
Bobby Womack – “Across 110th Street”
Marley Marl – “The Symphony”
My Chemical Romance – “I Never Told You What I Did For A Living”
Mobb Deep – “Shook Ones Pt. II”
Quicksand – “East 3rd Street”
Vordul Mega – “Neva Again”
Black Moon – “Who Got The Props?”
Jeru the Damaja – “D. Original”
Leaders Of The New School – “Case of the P.T.A.”
LL Cool J – “I Can't Live With Out My Radio”
Sick of It All – “Potential For A Fall”
The A.K.A.'s – “Shout Out Loud”
Blue Oyster Cult – “Don't Fear the Reaper”
Digable Planets – “Rebirth Of Slick (Cool Like dat)”
Murphy's Law – “Crucial Bar-B-Que”
Yeah Yeah Yeah's – “Black Tongue”
Harley's War – “Criminal (4 Life)”
The Bravery – “Honest Mistake”
Television – “See No Evil”
We Are Scientists – “Callbacks”
In addition, the Doc himself, Redman, has laid down two original tracks for the game, “True Crime” and a bonus version of the song. The featured soundtrack can be tailored to your liking, thanks to the in-game customizable play list. Hey, something’s got to get you in the mood to take down the perps.
Marcus Reed will be flashing his pretty badge at your local game store clerk come November 16. Give our preview a read-through in the meantime, won’t you?
