Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2 Had the Best Video Game Soundtrack of All Time and It's Not Even Close

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There are a lot of video game franchises with great soundtracks but none of them come close to the absolute run Tony Hawk Pro Skater went on in the early 2000s. The pinnacle of that series was Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2. Coming out of the gate HOT with "OUT WITH THE OLD IN WITH THE NEW, MOM SAID KEEP IT CLEAN. DO THIS!" (Barstool Confession, I just looked up the lyrics and learned A this song is censored, B I didn't know the lyrics. I refuse to believe this is correct and will continue to sing it wrong).

Going through the game on their random shuffle of songs, there was never a moment when you felt the urge to skip a song. Every single one of them was a banger.

The only bad thing about it was the songs were nearly impossible to find. The only way to listen to them was in the game because the radio wasn't playing Lagwagon or Powerman 5000. On top of that, this was pre shazam days. Hell this was pre lyrics websites. I had no idea what any of the song titles were or any of their actual lyrics. I remember waiting through the end credits, writing down ever song on a sheet of paper, and then going to the local library to try to figure out which song matched the lyrics. The satisfaction I got when I finally figured out May 16th by Lagwagon was a sense of achievement I'll never experience again in my life. 

Join me tonight and relive the best soundtrack of all time (assuming xbox didn't ruin it when it was remastered). Leave a comment on the video if you think there's a game with a better soundtrack and we'll cue that up next week.

PS Shoutout to this game for my first ever introduction to Flava Flav. Made me love him even more when Flava of Love took over the world. Shoutout Hoopz.