NBA 2K13 features a soundtrack hand-picked by Shawn Carter, better known as Jay Z. The full track listing is shown below:
| Artist: | Title: | |
| The Hours | Ali in the Jungle | |
| Too Short | Blow the Whistle (Main) | |
| Eric B. and Rakim | I Ain't No Joke | |
| Phoenix | 1901 | |
| JAY Z | Pump it Up (Freestyle) | |
| Puff Daddy and the Family | Victory (feat. Notorious B.I.G. & Busta Rhymes) | |
| Daft Punk | Around The World (Radio Edit) | |
| Santigold | Shove It (feat. Spank Rock) | |
| Kanye West | Amazing | |
| JAY Z | Run This Town | |
| The Dirty Projectors | Stillness is the Move | |
| Nas | The World is Yours | |
| Coldplay | Viva La Vida | |
| Roy Ayers | We Live in Brooklyn, Baby | |
| Justice | Stress | |
| JAY Z | The Bounce | |
| Kanye West | We Major (feat. Nas & Really Doe) | |
| Mobb Deep | Shook Ones, Pt. II | |
| Meek Mill | Ima Boss - Instrumental | |
| Kanye West | Mercy (feat. Big Sean, Pusha T, and 2 Chainz) | |
| U2 | Elevation | |
| JAY Z | On To The Next One | |
| JAY Z | Public Service Announcement | |
| JAY Z | H.A.M. (Instrumental) |
