Jay-Z will be in NBA Live 07 (still no game fixes)

Posted Oct 8, 2006 at 8:23PM by QJ Staff Listed in: PS3, Xbox 360 Tags: Electronic Arts, NBA
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Jay-Z on NBA lIve 07... well, it could be worse.We don't think this was what the fans were expecting when they were clamoring for improvements to the game. Jay-Z will be an unlockable character for EA's NBA Live 07 on the Xbox 360 and PS3. To get him, however, you have to go grab yourself a new pair of shoes.

Unlocking him requires you to buy some rubber shoes. Specifically, you have to pick up Reebok's S. Carter Basketball IV. Doing so will net you a code you can input in the game to receive your prize. The code not only unlocks Jay-Z, but gets you two other perks: the basketball team known as the S. Carter All-Stars, and the Reebok/S. Carter Arena.

No offense meant to Jay-Z, because he's great and all, but someone's not going to be pleased with this development after the NBA Live community's letter to Electronic Arts. That, and getting an all-star team and arena named after you in a basketball game is a lot of product placement for a video game archetype that carries a ton of product placement as-is. Keep checking our blog to see if EA does something remotely close to a gameplay fix.

One last thing before we go, though. When he said "H to the izzo" and "V to the izzay," what was he talking about?

Buy: [NBA Live 07 for the Xbox 360]

 
 
 

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by ... - 2006-10-08 15:17
» haha

it won't matter. one person will take one for the team and plaster that sucker all over the internet.

by Spud - 2006-10-08 15:29
» !!!!!!

The beginning of the word HOVA in ebonics: H to the izz O - V to the izzA



NUB!

by Jay-Hova - 2006-10-08 16:28
» H to the izzo

It spells out H-O-V-A, as in Hova, as in one of the Jiggamans, many, many, many, many names.

by Roy - 2006-10-08 16:38
» WTHECK?

"as in EBONICS"? who the hell are you? but yeah its HOVA... as in Jay HOVA.... and if your not dumb you know that one of Gods many names is Jahova... which means Dis *****a tryna be God and tell you= the audience to call him God... please don't do so... lol being one of the best Rappers of this generation does not classify you as my God... somebody needs to shut him up... Nas too... "come deal wit da God" lol funny people...

by Victor B. - 2006-10-08 17:58
» To Roy

Strangely enough, the Jehova explanation makes a lot of sense. I never saw it that way.



I'm a DMX person myself, so meh.



By the way, does Jay-Z play a ton of basketball?

by datnizzle - 2006-10-08 18:43
» hova

It's cause he called himself the god mc for a while.

So he's not saying he's god but god of the mc's.

"wit the god mc, he jay-hova"- beanie sigel

BUt now lots of people refer to themselves as "da god", it's all over rap.

"your arms to short to box wit the god"- sean price

by dafergman - 2006-10-09 01:46
» mis qoute datnizzle

nas said "your arms to short to box wit the god" first get it right

by Pope - 2006-10-09 11:24
» always 2nd best

Nas will always be 2nd best in NYC, he made it a hot line, Hov made it a hot song

by ***** jayz - 2006-10-09 13:12
» hes a *****got

***** jayz that *****got ass *****. ***** sucking mother*****er. westside for life, ***** tha eastcoast and nas. tupac ***** biggie, nas, and that *****ggot jayz. ***** ass queer ***** sucking ***** headed ***** eating *****. ***** newyork *****gots like him. its westside for life!

by p - 2006-10-10 06:39
» pro black

Hova dumb ass qj peeps. JK I love the site but damn get some cultural knowledge

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