1. Madden NFL 2004
Certified Bangers: “Action,” by blink-182, “Back in the Mud,” Bubba Sparxxx, “Akshon (Yeah!) (Madden Remix),” by Killer Mike and “Church,” by OutKast
Other Phat Tracks: “The Leaving Song Pt. II,” by AFI, “These Days,” by Alien Ant Farm, “Never Scared (Madden Remix),” by Bone Crusher, “Give Up the Grudge,” by GOB, “Pump It Up,” by Joe Budden, “Rock You (Madden Remix),” by The Roots and “Way Away,” by Yellowcard
Damn, Son. Where’d You Find This?: “Mayhem (Madden Remix),” by The Federation
The Madden NFL 2004 soundtrack was STACKED. With Michael Vick as it’s cover boy, the game fittingly featured a catalog full of dirty south ditties by Bubba Sparxxx, Killer Mike and OutKast.
The game also featured a brand new track from pop-punk icons blink-182 called “Action” off of their upcoming self titled album. However, when the song was dropped as a single in October of 2003, it was renamed “Feeling This,” which is how it appeared on the eventual album release.
EA Sports also took popular releases from Bone Crusher and the Legendary Roots Crew and reworked them into football themed “Madden Mixes” with “Never Scared” and “Rock You”
I’m a football player noooooowwwwwww!!!!! Finally, the 2004 edition featured perhaps the most iconic song in the franchise’s history with The Federation’s “Mayhem (Madden Remix).” The song that boasts “If I was on offense I would be a Packer, but I’m on defense so I am a tackler” elicited WTF reactions from gamers upon the first time hearing the track and truly left football fans asking, “Damn, son. Where’d you find this?”
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