NBA Street Vol. 2 delivers over-the-top arcade basketball action where flashy dunks, ankle-breaking crossovers, and impossible trick shots rule the court. With its stylized visuals, catchy soundtrack, and the chance to play as NBA legends, the game oozes personality. The core gameplay is fast-paced and satisfying, and the "Be A Legend" mode offers a surprisingly compelling campaign. While it lacks true simulation depth, NBA Street Vol. 2 is a pure blast for those craving a flamboyant basketball experience.

Brightly lit beams from the CRT fills the room back in 03, his introduction then follows to the companies and the urban aesthetics that'll soon become his introductory grounds for basketball. Moving beyond the street art and the wall-mounted copyright, it's here where he learns of what'll soon become his favored and championed genre of music: Hip-Hop, through the words of the Mecca and the production flips courtesy of the #1 Soul Brother.

What follows is a school of soft knocks across the pavement in an alley. The dunks, the passes, the alley-oops, the norms. Soon though comes the arcade twists, following special twists and slamming showstoppers, fakeouts that serve to mock the oppositions, and gratifying taunts and tricks to show you're the chief rocker that's not meant to be fronted. It takes a while to get the flow of, but the kinetics and rhythms soon take shape, something needed for the singleplayer modes since the AI can barely muster the brainpower to handle the 3-on-3 match of athletic prowess. Such is the way of an early 2000s sports title, I suppose, he's rarely dabbled with this before nor since.

More gabs and trades of samples soon come through the speaker. The eclectic showstopper on the first power with the second power being a blaring warning that shit's finally comin down for the other team. MC Lyte, a female rapper from the 80s showing off more gusto than he would've expected. Long Island influencer Erick Sermon from that same decade alongside Redman, one of the funkiest New Jersian to have graced the mic. Benzino. Nelly and Memphis Bleak who he's still only vaguely familiar with. Couple of others that he's since realized have been a part of him since the beginning and, albeit in strange ways on occasion, middle of his life. All connected with the beats of secret movement pusher Just Blaze. Could've used some soul of De Las or mischief from 93' til infinity though.

Suddenly, the slots snug into place. Focus on the aggression in order to bite back. Don't front or hesitate else that's how they'll get the upper hand. Always dribble unless you risk a travel penalty. Give it to the guy/gal/enby that's open to do the plays instead of relying on everything to you. As cool as dunking is it isn't wholly reliable. You always pick the person with the better looking stats cause that's wha- actually wait no scratch that, that's stupid. It's how he, me, and others got up and just started to get invigorated. I'm far from mastering this game, not helping cause of how I come back to this very infrequently, but I always plop it in either physically or on PCSX2 just for the hell of it, who's gonna stop me?

I don't try and keep tabs on the current NBA leagues, but I am someone that likes to play the sport whenever possible and at least try to learn what's going on within that world of sport. I have friends and other methods viable to learn about newly made albums from artists modern, old, or those in between.

They were the things that helped me to learn that I'll always have methods of expressing myself.

Not only one of the greatest arcade basketball games ever made, but one of the best sports games ever created!

This game perfected the "Street" format. Gameplay is silky smooth, hype as hell (especially when you achieve a Gamebreaker) and a whole lotta fun. The announcer kills it, and the game's soundtrack and its overall style are legendary.

A perfect game for any NBA fan.