2003

Def Jam: Vendetta

FROM: Electronic Arts

BEHIND THE MUSIC: Rap's premier record label unleashes its roster of living characters (Ludacris, DMX, Ghostface Killah) on unsuspecting haters in a WWE main event-type scrapper that goes heavy on the urban machismo. Hip-hop and you don't stop ... smashing rival MCs' faces in with uppercuts, roundhouses and occasional shots to the groin, that is.

WHY IT ROCKS: Gave some of hip-hop's big-name artists' the perfect outlet to showcase their exuberance, and outsize personalities.

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