


Not really a basketball song per se, but the verse about the Sixers is awesome. How can you hear this and not think of basketball? Brother Bones And His Shadows “Sweet Georgia Brown” Fabolous “It’s In The Game (NBA Live 2003 Theme)”įabolous is a huge basketball fan and had this song as the NBA Live 2003 theme.ġ3. Not your normal upbeat and uplifting basketball track…ġ2. The Game “Can’t Stop Me” featuring Fredwreck Lupe Fiasco “Catch Me I’m Ballin’” featuring EvidenceĪ cracking hip-hop trackthat featured on NBA2K7.ġ0. The original of the Lil Bow Wow track – the track is still cool but the video is scary!ĩ. This time it’s a song from NBA Live 2003 that name checks a bunch of NBA stuff. Kurtis Blow actually had bigger selling records, but 'Basketball' took off in ways no previous recording of his ever did.
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Written for the movie and worth checking out for the video alone. The first of video game tracks on this list! Originally featured in the movie Like Mike, but it’s a remake of Kurtis Blow’s 1984 song – and the one more people recognize. Powerful song of basketball on the streets and how it doesn’t always play out the way you want. This is about as pure as it get’s for a basketball song – capturing hanging with your mates shooting hoops perfectly.Ī classic track – so smoooooth – in the basketball metaphor category. As always, let me know if there are any others you like that I’ve missed.ġ. Sure, hip-hop and rap dominate, but there are some great tracks from great artists here – whether it’s pure basketball or using basketball as a metaphor. When I first started hunting down basketball songs I had a couple in mind that I really loved, but the further I went I discovered several songs that I recognized but had never really thought of as songs about basketball.
