Def Jam Rapstar

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Guitar Hero handed you a plastic guitar and Rock Band added a drum kit, but Def Jam Rapstar asked a different question: can you actually keep up with Biggie? This 2010 rhythm game, developed by 4mm Games and published in North America by Konami, turned the living room into a recording booth, with the Def Jam name attached and a tracklist spanning hip-hop's biggest eras.

The setlist is the star. Old-school classics like Run-D.M.C.'s "Run's House", Salt-N-Pepa's "Push It", Slick Rick's "Children's Story" and Public Enemy's "Fight the Power" share space with golden-age staples like A Tribe Called Quest's "Scenario", Wu-Tang Clan's "C.R.E.A.M.", Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg's "Nuthin' But a 'G' Thang" and the Notorious B.I.G.'s "Juicy". The 2000s get their due too, from Kanye West's "Stronger" and Lil Wayne's "A Milli" to Drake's "Best I Ever Had", with everything from Ice Cube's "Today Was a Good Day" to LL Cool J's "Mama Said Knock You Out" in between.

Instead of matching a melody, the game scores your flow, tracking your timing and rhythm against the original verses. Lyrics scroll across the screen, and nailing a tricky stretch of Busta Rhymes feels like a real accomplishment. Freestyle mode hands you beats from noted hip-hop producers and lets you rap whatever you want, career-style progression gives solo play some structure, and multiplayer turns it into a party game for friends passing the mic. The game was designed around a microphone and was built around online features for sharing recorded performances, though its community site shut down in 2011.

Rapstar was one of the very few music games devoted entirely to hip-hop, which gives it a unique spot in the plastic-instrument boom of its era. Played today, it is a time capsule of 2010's music-game moment and a karaoke night waiting to happen for anyone who knows every word to "It Takes Two".

Fast factsgame data via IGDB
Released
2010
Publisher
Konami
Developer
4mm Games
Players
Single player, Multiplayer, Co-op, Split screen
About the game

Def Jam Rapstar is a rapping game developed by 4mm Games. The game was released on October 5, 2010 in the United States of America (U.S.), and released on November 26, 2010 in Europe. An official launch event was held at New York's Hudson hotel on October 6, 2010 to celebrate the game's U.S. release. As of October 5, 2011, the community site has been shut down with no official word on when or if it will be reopened, causing major features of the game to be inaccessible.

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Watch gameplayDef Jam Rapstar on PlayStation 3
Video: Def Jam Rapstar

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