The atmosphere and over-the-top story mode is the best part about Def Jam: Icon. Called "build a label," this mode opens with your created character as a nobody. You defend Carver, a hotshot record ...

Since Def Jam: Vendetta hit consoles several years ago, there has been no better series in which to wage hand-to-hand combat as a real-life hip-hop superstar fighting other real-life superstars. Okay, ...