NBA Ballers: Chosen One gets Chuck D, Just Blaze

by Jason Dobson { Feb 4th 2008 at 2:55PM }

It's been some time since Midway's announcement of the Xbox 360 and PS3 arcade basketball sequel NBA Ballers: Chosen One, something we had since written off as a delusion brought on by eating way too much holiday turkey. Today, however, the studio snapped us back to reality, confirming the title's existence by revealing that the game will include Public Enemy frontman Carlton Ridenhour (Codename: Chuck D) and hip hop music producer Justin Smith (Codename: Just Blaze) in "prominent roles." As an aside, the Joystiq staff really needs to put that order in for our codenames as well.

Chosen One, shipping this spring, will feature Chuck D as the game's announcer, while Just Blaze will produce the game's soundtrack, which interestingly will not include the typical mishmash of existing tracks. Instead, the game will include an instrumental track that will "interact with the gameplay, much like a cinematic score." While we doubt this means that we'll be takin' it to the hoop to melodies that push into a climactic epic crescendo, it's gratifying to see the game try to separate itself from the mire that was NBA Ballers: Phenom.

Tags: chosen one, ChosenOne, chuck d, ChuckD, hip hop, HipHop, just blaze, JustBlaze, midway, nba ballers, NbaBallers

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

FrankTheCrank @ Feb 4th 2008 3:09PM

Don't believe the hype!

FOXHOUND @ Feb 4th 2008 3:31PM

LoL Nice reference. +1

But thankfully, they're getting TALENTED musical artists to work on the game instead of some of the radio/MTV overplayed crap. Hopefully the game turns out decent. I haven't played fun-fantasy NBA game since NBA STREET VOLUME2. Of course, that soundtrack was pretty good too.