EA Preps an Iconic Soundtrack
Look, we know it's a lame headline, but c'mon, it's Friday.
Published: February 2, 2007
With EA shifting gears, dropping former series developer AKI and adopting a bear hug approach to the hip-hop lifestyle with their latest rapper-fueled brawler, Def Jam: Icon a soundtrack fueled by rap and hip-hop was inevitable. In fact, given that the game uses music from the actual artists in the game as a catalyst for the action (see [ps3preview=5727]our preview for more info[/ps3preview), it was a certainty.
And now, finally we have that soundtrack list. Not surprisingly, it's peppered with multiple tracks from characters like Redman, Ludacris, The Game and Lil Jon, and folks from EA and Def Jam alike are high on the addition of all the new tracks. No, seriously, just listen to 'em:
Steve Schnur, Worldwide Executive of Music and Music Marketing at EA started the love-in off with a bang, “Def Jam: Icon is the pinnacle of interactive music entertainment. For years, we have been leading the way in game soundtracks and this year we take it to an all new level with the fully interactive Def Jam: Icon soundtrack. It is a real breakthrough that will forever change the relationship between music and gameplay.”
“The Def Jam Interactive/EA partnership continues to be one centered around innovation. For the first time in any video game, the music is completely interactive. Def Jam: Icon allows players to use these songs, as opposed to playing them in the background. And not only is there an incomparable soundtrack of today and tomorrow’s hottest music, but now we guarantee the player with an authentic hip-hop lifestyle experience”, finished Def Jam Enterprises VP of Marketing, Lauren Wirtzer.
Curious about the lineup? Kay, here ya go:
Artist -- Song Title
Big Boi (i.e., Purple Ribbon All-Stars feat. Big Boi) -- Kryptonite
E-40 -- Tell Me When To Go
E-40 -- Go Hard or Go Home
Fat Joe -- Make It Rain
Ghostface -- The Champ (Remix)
Jim Jonesp.b] -- Crunk Muzik
[b]Jim Jones -- We Fly High
Konkrete feat. Big Boi -- What's that Smell
Lil Jon -- Get Crunk
Lil Jon (and the Eastside Boys) -- Get Low
Ludacris -- Get Back
M.O.P. -- Ante Up
Method Man & Redman -- Da Rockwilder
Mike Jones -- Back Then
Mike Jones -- Got it Sewed Up - Remix
Nas -- Hate Me Now
Paul Wall -- Sittin' Sidewayz
Paul Wall -- Trill
Redman -- Rush Da Security
Redman -- Let's Go
Sean Paul -- Head in the Zone
Sean Paul -- All Out
T.I. -- What You Know
T.I. -- Top Back
The Game -- One Blood
The Gamep -- Scream on ‘Em
Young Jeezy -- I Do This
Young Jeezy -- Soul Survivor
Young Joc -- It’s Going Down
Like we said, it's hip-hop-a-licious. Now bear in mind that -- at least in the 360 version (and we're praying it happens with the PS3 one as well), you'll be able to load up your own custom tracks and use those as your musical weapon, so even if you hate hip-hop with the red-hot fury of a thousand suns, you can rock out to your own tunes and still but a hurtin' on some rappers. Win-win!
And now, finally we have that soundtrack list. Not surprisingly, it's peppered with multiple tracks from characters like Redman, Ludacris, The Game and Lil Jon, and folks from EA and Def Jam alike are high on the addition of all the new tracks. No, seriously, just listen to 'em:
Steve Schnur, Worldwide Executive of Music and Music Marketing at EA started the love-in off with a bang, “Def Jam: Icon is the pinnacle of interactive music entertainment. For years, we have been leading the way in game soundtracks and this year we take it to an all new level with the fully interactive Def Jam: Icon soundtrack. It is a real breakthrough that will forever change the relationship between music and gameplay.”
“The Def Jam Interactive/EA partnership continues to be one centered around innovation. For the first time in any video game, the music is completely interactive. Def Jam: Icon allows players to use these songs, as opposed to playing them in the background. And not only is there an incomparable soundtrack of today and tomorrow’s hottest music, but now we guarantee the player with an authentic hip-hop lifestyle experience”, finished Def Jam Enterprises VP of Marketing, Lauren Wirtzer.
Curious about the lineup? Kay, here ya go:
Artist -- Song Title
Big Boi (i.e., Purple Ribbon All-Stars feat. Big Boi) -- Kryptonite
E-40 -- Tell Me When To Go
E-40 -- Go Hard or Go Home
Fat Joe -- Make It Rain
Ghostface -- The Champ (Remix)
Jim Jonesp.b] -- Crunk Muzik
[b]Jim Jones -- We Fly High
Konkrete feat. Big Boi -- What's that Smell
Lil Jon -- Get Crunk
Lil Jon (and the Eastside Boys) -- Get Low
Ludacris -- Get Back
M.O.P. -- Ante Up
Method Man & Redman -- Da Rockwilder
Mike Jones -- Back Then
Mike Jones -- Got it Sewed Up - Remix
Nas -- Hate Me Now
Paul Wall -- Sittin' Sidewayz
Paul Wall -- Trill
Redman -- Rush Da Security
Redman -- Let's Go
Sean Paul -- Head in the Zone
Sean Paul -- All Out
T.I. -- What You Know
T.I. -- Top Back
The Game -- One Blood
The Gamep -- Scream on ‘Em
Young Jeezy -- I Do This
Young Jeezy -- Soul Survivor
Young Joc -- It’s Going Down
Like we said, it's hip-hop-a-licious. Now bear in mind that -- at least in the 360 version (and we're praying it happens with the PS3 one as well), you'll be able to load up your own custom tracks and use those as your musical weapon, so even if you hate hip-hop with the red-hot fury of a thousand suns, you can rock out to your own tunes and still but a hurtin' on some rappers. Win-win!