Def Jam Rapstar

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 Konami has announced a partnership with Autumn Games to publish Def Jam Rapstar, a hip hop music game with a social twist currently under development at 4mm Games. The title is due out this Fall for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Nintendo Wii. Over 40 hip hop songs will be included at release, including tunes by the likes of Lil' Wayne, Kanye West and 50 Cent. One of the game's main selling points is a feature where players can record their own freestyle videos they star in and then upload those to share on the web.

The songs announced so far are:

2 Pac -- I Get Around
50 Cent -- I Get Money
Dr. Dre featuring Snoop Dogg == Nuthin' But a "G" Thang
Kanye West featuring Jamie Foxx --Gold Digger
Lil' Wayne -- A Milli
Notorius B.I.G. -- Juicy
Slick Rick -- Children's Story
T.I. featuring Rihanna -- Live Your Life
Wu Tang Clan -- C.R.E.A.M.
Young Jeezy featuring Kanye West -- Put On

"Hip Hop is a global phenomenon that has permeated pop culture to become the most important youth movement of our generation. We are proud to deliver the first authentic Hip Hop music experience to gamers that will undoubtedly change the way music games are played," stated Kevin Liles, President and CEO of Def Jam Enterprises. "It is an incredible opportunity to work with 4mm Games and Terminal Reality in developing Def Jam Rapstar, and by partnering with Konami we ensure that everyone around the world will have an opportunity to compete with the best of the best. So show us what you got!"

[GamerMan316]

The top 3 songs are from none Def Jam artists, great start 

[GamerMan316]

How to play Def Jam Rapstar without saying the N-word
Avoid awkward lyrical situations without compromising your flow



Def Jam Rapstar is the first game absolutely dedicated to hip hop, and will feature over 40 songs, proprietary voice recognition, and a community video sharing feature (like YouTube, only for amateur rappers... or, like YouTube). We don't doubt that it'll be a hit, and we're actually pretty excited to give it a play. There's just one thing...

You know... that word. It's censored in the game as "N---," leaving it up to the player to decide what to say (you can be silent without penalty). If you're like me, as in, require sunscreen when sitting next to an energy-saving light bulb, there's no way you can drop the N-bomb without looking like a complete ass. It just isn't worth it.



But if you spend every other beat contemplating centuries of racial tension, your spitting will be far from dope, which is why awkward white kids everywhere should prepare in advance. Here are a couple tips to help said awkward white kids avoid any embarrassment when they upload their pale selves to defjamrapstar.com.

A. No matter what you say, never pronounce the last syllable. Rookie mistake.

B. If you're amongst potentially sensitive friends, you should avoid saying the word at all. Lucky for you, rappers use words that rhyme with a lot of words, and nyuuughhpggffm is no exception. It's easy: trigger, figure, digger, rigor, vigor, bigger, H.R. Giger.

We've made this excerpt from 50 Cent's "I Get Money" racial sensitivity free. We highlighted our change in case you don't catch it:



See? It's as easy as that. Let's try another. This time, we'll just rhyme the word-in-question with what came before it, which is pretty easy to do in Kanye's "Gold Digger":



Sure it's redundant, but at least you avoided that sinking feeling in the pit of your stomach, and you won't stumble while competing against your friends in Battle Mode.

You can also go the route of GamePro's AJ Glasser and just replace every non-PC word with a word that's just funny to say, as she has in this excerpt from "Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang":



Who knew Dr. Dre was such a big Battlestar and Mork & Mindy/Tribes fan?

Def Jam Rapstar is coming this fall (it was previously scheduled for winter) to the 360, PS3, and Wii.

Also, censorship is dumb 

[nCogNeato]

How to play Def Jam Rapstar without saying the N-word

lmao!

[GamerMan316]

Def Jam Rapstar dropping exclusive tracks on Europe

It's only fitting that Def Jam Rapstar will include exclusive tracks for Europe -- the birthplace  of rap. Wait -- what? You heard that right, but before we explain, let's go over the exclusive tracks by region:

    * UK -- Tinie Tempah's "Pass Out" and Dizzee Rascal's "Fix Up, Look Sharp"
    * France -- NTM featuring Lord Ko's "Ma Benz" and Sefyu's "Molotov 4"
    * Germany -- Sido's "Mein Block (Beathoavenz remix)" and Kool Savas's "Futurama"

So, about that rap origin story: Modern rap actually originated during the mid-70s in a suburb of Munich, Germany known as Freising. The heavy beats and lyrical dexterity of the genre were perfected in a small parking lot near the Brennergasse by a group of former tuba players who'd practice weekly after hitting the Weihenstephaner a bit too hard. True story..... 

[GamerMan316]

Red & Meth to blow up the mic at E3



Method Man and Redman are teaming up to make E3 feel 'dis, with the rap duo set to make an appearance at the show on behalf of Def Jam Rapstar. They'll be doing some of their hits live for conference goers at the Konami booth on Wednesday, June 16 at 4 p.m. PDT. Frankly, we can't imagine a better way to go through E3 than hearing "Cereal Killer" blast throughout the convention center.

Def Jam Rapstar busts a funky rhyme on October 5.

[nCogNeato]

Red & Meth to blow up the mic at E3

Rapping to the energy of a room full of industry nerds.  That's going to be painful.  I hope they don't televise it.

[GamerMan316]

Red & Meth to blow up the mic at E3

Rapping to the energy of a room full of industry nerds.  That's going to be painful.  I hope they don't televise it.

I hope they do 

[Failed]

It'll be like Tom Cruise in Tropic Thunder where he gets his chubby groove on at the end classic scene #289

[GamerMan316]

Public Enemy, Nas, Wiley in Def Jam

Tracks from Public Enemy, Nas and Wiley will be in upcoming Hip Hop game Def Jam Rapstar, Konami has announced.

Public Enemy's Fight The Power, Nas' Hate Me Now and Wiley's 50/50 have all made the cut.

They join Nelly's Hot In Here, Method Man's You're All I Need/I'll Be There For You and Diddy's It's All About The Benjamins in the game's track list.

Konami's also announced that Danja and Nitti Beats have joined the project as producers, providing exclusive instrumental beats for Def Jam's Freestyle Mode.

Freestyle Mode lets you deliver your own rhymes over never before heard tracks.

Def Jam, due out 5th November on the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Wii, will include more than 40 songs at launch.

[GamerMan316]

New Def Jam Rapstar artists announced
Lil' Jon, Just Blaze and more

A handful of new artists and producers have been confirmed for 4mm Games' Def Jam Rapstar.

American producer Bangladesh has signed up to provide a number of instrumental beats for the freestyle mode in Def Jam Rapstar, alongside him will be DJ Premier and prolific New Jersey based producer Just Blaze.

UK grime artist Bashy's latest track, 'Black Boys' and Giant by Devlin will be available as a UK exclusives.

Other newly announced tracks include Busta Rhymes' Put Your Hand's Where My Eyes Can See, Ruff Ryder's Anthem by DMX, Fat Joe's Lean Back featuring Terror Squad, Always on Time by Ja Rule featuring Ashanti and Get Low by Lil' Jon.

Def Jam Rapstar will be available on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Wii on November 5th.

Def Jam Enterprises' James Waller recently told CVG that Def Jam Rapstar 'can be bigger than Guitar Hero'.

[GamerMan316]

Eurogamer hands-on

[DFUSIONITE]

This game may yet tempt me, i certainly fancy it more than dj hero. Shame there won't be any vanilla ice though 

[GamerMan316]

This game may yet tempt me, i certainly fancy it more than dj hero. Shame there won't be any vanilla ice though 

Thank bloody god theres no Vanilla Ice 

Ice Ice Baby is on one of the Lips games though.

[DFUSIONITE]

This game may yet tempt me, i certainly fancy it more than dj hero. Shame there won't be any vanilla ice though 

Thank bloody god theres no Vanilla Ice 

Ice Ice Baby is on one of the Lips games though.

How dare you call the best white rapper there has ever been!! Yeah that's right, i said it! What ya gonna do 'bout it tough guy, huh? Yeah, thought so, nothing!