![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Records was investigated for money laundering and many of the artists Def Jam had launched in the 1990s were losing some of their luster entering the aughts-Def Jam was still one of the biggest names in music. While it wasn’t all positive-the tumultuous years surrounding Def Jam: Fight for NY’s release saw the record label embroiled in controversy when distribution partner Murder Inc. Back then, mainstream wrestling games like AKI Corporation’s own WWF No Mercy were actually pretty good, and the Def Jam Recordings label was beginning a new era in its decades-long period of influence on the music industry. The gaming and music landscapes looked very different 15 years ago. Def Jam was a crossover the likes of which we don’t see in video games anymore, an artifact of a moment in games and music that would finally, definitively end with 2009's 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand. Developed by EA Canada in cooperation with Japanese studio AKI Corporation, it combined the world of body slams and piledrivers with the hip-hop stylings of era-defining artists like Snoop Dogg, Ludacris, and Xzibit into a mashup of truly ridiculous proportions. Def Jam: Fight for NY arrived in 2004 on PlayStation 2, GameCube, and Xbox. ![]()
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