As if you needed more reasons to load up NBA 2K24? How about the fact hitmakers 88rising are coming through with a full-fledged 1999 WRITE THE FUTURE studio album for the masses in the video game ahead of its global release on the streaming giants?

88rising and NBA 2K24 are serving up

It’s way deeper than basketball and hard beats for the powerhouses. 88rising has hit the green light on teaming with NBA 2K24 to deliver their project to the gaming world ahead of Friday’s big drop.

2K today announced that 88rising’s new, unreleased project from 1999 WRITE THE FUTURE is available in NBA® 2K24 ahead of the official album release on February 9, 2024. NBA 2K24 players have been the first to hear the new genre-blurring tracks from the upcoming album titled hella (˃̣̣̥╭╮˂̣̣̥) ✧ ♡ ‧º·˚  for over two weeks before launching on global streaming platforms.  

“We’re thrilled to be introducing unreleased music from 88rising to our players before anyone else gets to experience these tracks,” said David Kelley, Director of Partnerships and Licensing at 2K. “The NBA 2K soundtrack has evolved into a platform of discovery for new songs and new artists, with some of the world’s most famous musicians, along with the next rising stars, choosing to debut their latest tracks in-game before releasing it anywhere else.”

Players in the NBA 2K24 community have been balling to these 13 songs from 1999 WRITE THE FUTURE’s new album in addition to two exclusive, unreleased tracks:

• “rUN tHE FaDE” by 1999 WRITE THE FUTURE, Eyedress

• “SPIKY BOiz” by 1999 WRITE THE FUTURE, Ghostface Killah, Rich Brian, Smino, Surprise Chef

• “STeAKFACe**” by 1999 WRITE THE FUTURE, Phum Viphurit, Masiwei

• “silence STArEs me down” by 1999 WRITE THE FUTURE, Cuco, Rich Brian

• “L'Eggo MY EGO” by 1999 WRITE THE FUTURE, Rook Monroe

• “VOoDOo BOogie” by 1999 WRITE THE FUTURE, Tiger JK, yoonmirae

• “LiGhT rAiLs” by 1999 WRITE THE FUTURE, Rick Ross, Rich Brian

• “LONG in the tOOth” by 1999 WRITE THE FUTURE, De La Soul, Warren Hue (feat. Pos of De La Soul)

• “MiNt cHoCoLaTe” by 1999 WRITE THE FUTURE, BADBADNOTGOOD, Westside Gunn (feat. Conway the Machine)

• “a LEAp in tIME” by 1999 WRITE THE FUTURE, Dan The Automator,

• Del The Funky Homosapien

• “SLOPES” by 1999 WRITE THE FUTURE, Offset, Warren Hue

• “WOWoW!” by 1999 WRITE THE FUTURE, MILLI, Warren Hue

• “COuGhDrOPs” by 1999 WRITE THE FUTURE, Cuco, Warren Hue

• “FIJI” by 1999 WRITE THE FUTURE, Warren Hue

• “WAITING ON YoU” by 1999 WRITE THE FUTURE, SF4AM, Rook Monroe

Listen to the full NBA 2K24 Soundtrack playlist on Spotify. NBA 2K24 is currently available for PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC platforms. For more information, please visit the game’s official website. Developed by Visual Concepts, NBA 2K24 is rated E for Everyone from the ESRB.

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