The Hip Hop Dance Experience

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The Hip Hop Dance Experience
The Hip Hop Dance Experience cover.jpg
North American Wii box art
Developer(s) iNiS (Xbox 360/Wii)
Land Ho! (Wii)
Publisher(s) Ubisoft
Engine Unreal Engine 3 (Xbox 360)
Platform(s) Wii, Xbox 360
ReleaseNovember 13, 2012
Genre(s) Dance

The Hip Hop Dance Experience is a dance game for the Wii and Xbox 360 (with Kinect) published by Ubisoft. It is a continuation of The Experience franchise, a spin-off of the Just Dance series.

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Gameplay

The game includes features such as adjustable difficulty levels (Newbie, Mack Skills and Go Hard, with the Wii version using one pre-selected difficulty out of the three), player avatars with over 100 accessories, as well as many game modes, including Dance Party, Dance Battle, Dance Marathon, Power-Skooling, and other single-player or multiplayer challenges. Dance Party gives the player an option of forty songs to choose from, Dance Battle has two or more players perform dance moves to boost their own scores while attempting to take away points from others, Dance Marathon is an endless stream of songs that tests the player's stamina, and Power-Skooling allows the player to perfect iconic dance moves step by step. The choreographers in this game are Laurieann Gibson, Dave Scott and Kid David.

Songs

The setlist consists of 40 songs. Note that the following are from the Xbox 360 version.

SongArtistYear
"1 Thing" Amerie 2005
"1, 2 Step" Ciara feat. Missy Elliott 2005
"Airplanes" B.o.B feat. Hayley Williams 2010
"Bad Girls" [lower-alpha 1] M.I.A. 2012
"Blow the Whistle" [lower-alpha 1] Too Short 2006
"B.O.B" [lower-alpha 1] Outkast 2000
"Creep" TLC 1994
"Danger (Been So Long)" Mystikal feat. Nivea 2000
"Day 'n' Nite" Kid Cudi 2008
"Down" Jay Sean feat. Lil Wayne 2009
"Drop It Like It's Hot" Snoop Dogg feat. Pharrell Williams 2004
"Funkdafied" Da Brat 1994
"Got Your Money" [lower-alpha 1] Ol' Dirty Bastard feat. Kelis 1999
"Hard" Rihanna feat. Jeezy 2009
"Hip Hop Hooray" Naughty by Nature 1993
"Hot in Herre" Nelly 2002
"If It Isn't Love" New Edition 1988
"Ignition (Remix)" R. Kelly 2003
"International Love" Pitbull feat. Chris Brown 2011
"It Takes Two" [lower-alpha 1] Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock 1988
"It's Tricky" [lower-alpha 1] Run–D.M.C. 1987
"Lean Back" Terror Squad feat. Fat Joe and Remy Ma 2004
"Lollipop" Lil Wayne feat. Static Major 2008
"Look at Me Now" Chris Brown feat. Busta Rhymes and Lil Wayne 2011
"Me and U" [lower-alpha 1] Cassie 2006
"Moment 4 Life" Nicki Minaj feat. Drake 2010
"Over" Drake 2010
"Rapper's Delight" [lower-alpha 1] The Sugarhill Gang 1979
"Replay" Iyaz 2009
"Return of the Mack" Mark Morrison 1996
"Run It!" Chris Brown feat. Juelz Santana 2005
"Say Aah" Trey Songz feat. Fabolous 2010
"Sexy and I Know It" LMFAO 2011
"She Wants to Move" N.E.R.D. 2004
"So Good" B.o.B 2012
"Tipsy" [lower-alpha 1] J-Kwon 2003
"Vivrant Thing" Q-Tip 1999
"Wild Ones" Flo Rida feat. Sia 2011
"Work Hard, Play Hard" [lower-alpha 1] Wiz Khalifa 2012
"You're a Jerk" New Boyz 2009
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Only available on the Xbox 360 version.

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