Def Jam Rapstar captures the essence of what Hip Hop is all about:  the music, the battles and of course...the swagger.

The ultimate emcee experience for video game consoles, Def Jam Rapstar is the only music game that focuses exclusively on Hip Hop. With more than 40 of the greatest Hip Hop songs available at release, including region specific music for the UK and Europe, Def Jam Rapstar allows you to be the star: by rhyming, using your console camera, and uploading your video to the fully integrated Def Jam Rapstar community at the official website. Def Jam Rapstar also offers you the ability to freestyle over tracks by some of the hottest hip hop producers and upload your freestyle performances for the world to decide how good you really are.

HMV will be offering Bashy’s “Kidulthood 2 Adulthood” free as exclusive DLC for Def Jam Rapstar to those who pre-order the game between now and November 25, 2010 for the Xbox 360, and PS3. The track will also be available for purchase upon release.

The only music game that focuses exclusively on Hip Hop, you and your social networks, Def Jam Rapstar will feature more than 40 of the greatest Hip Hop songs available at release, and by utilizing your console camera, makes YOU the star by allowing you to create, edit and upload your own custom video to the fully integrated Def Jam Rapstar community at www.defjamrapstar.com.

HMV customers can receive the download code for the track below by either pre-ordering Def Jam Rapstar for PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360 online or picking up a voucher from HMV when bought in store (whilst stocks last).

• “Kidulthood 2 Adulthood” by Bashy

25 year old contemporary, British lyricist and bourgeoning actor Bashy aka Ashley Thomas also features in HMV’s coveted My Inspiration campaign, which invites icons and new artists to share with fans a music-related or other inspiration, highlighted in-store and print advertising. Bashy said: “As technology moves forward, you can become a massive star from MySpace, Facebook and Twitter. The natural progression is Def Jam Rapstar where a real rapstar is discovered from the game – that’s really cool.”

Tracklist:

• Beastie Boys - Brass Monkey
• Kanye West - Stronger
• Lil’ Kim - Crush On You
• N-Dubz - I Need You (UK Exclusive)
• Notorious B.I.G. - Big Poppa
• Rob Base - It Takes Two
• Roots Manuva - Witness The Fitness (UK Exclusive)
• Snoop Dogg Gin and Juice
• So Solid Crew - 21 Seconds (UK Exclusive)
• Soulja Boy Tell’em - Turn My Swag On
• Diddy (Featuring The Notorious B.I.G., Lil’ Kim & The Lox - It’s All About The Benjamins (Remix)
• Method Man (Featuring Mary J. Blige) - You’re All I Need/I’ll Be There For You
• Nas (Featuring Diddy) - Hate Me Now
• Nelly - Hot In Herre
• Public Enemy - Fight The Power
• Wiley - 50/50
• Bashy - Black Boys (UK exclusive)
• Busta Rhymes - Put Your Hand’s Where My Eyes Can See
• Devlin - Giant (UK exclusive)
• DMX - Ruff Ryder’s Anthem
• Fat Joe featuring Terror Squad - Lean Back
• Ja Rule featuring Ashanti - Always on Time
• Lil’ Jon - Get Low
• Public Enemy - Can't Truss It
• Twista featuring Kanye West and Jamie Foxx - Slow Jamz
• A Tribe Called Quest - Scenario 
• Jim Jones - We Fly High
• LL Cool J - Mama Said Knock You Out
• Ludacris - Stand Up
• Onyx - Slam
• RUN DMC - Run’s House
• 2 Pac: I Get Around
• 50 Cent: I Get Money
• Dizzee Rascal: Fix Up, Look Sharp (UK exclusive)
• Dr. Dre featuring Snoop Dogg: Nuthin’ But a “G” Thang
• Kanye West featuring Jamie Foxx: Gold Digger
• Kool Savas: Futurama (German exclusive)
• Lil’ Wayne: A Milli
• Notorious B.I.G: Juicy
• NTM featuring Lord Ko: Ma Benz (French exclusive)
• Sefyu: Molotov 4 (French exclusive)
• Sido: Mein Block (Beathoavenz remix) (German exclusive)
• Slick Rick: Children’s Story
• T.I. featuring Rihanna: Live Your Life
• Tinie Tempah: Pass Out (UK exclusive)
• Wu Tang Clan: C.R.E.A.M.
• Young Jeezy featuring Kanye West: Put On
• Freestyle Mode Producers and Tracks Confirmed
  • DJ Premier: JJ's Beat
  • Just Blaze: On the One
  • Cool & Dre - Epidemic
  • DJ Khalil - The Good Doctor
  • Danja - Nars
  • Nitti Beats - Hand’s Up
  • Bangladesh - Gutter
  • DJ Premier - Go Back
  • Just Blaze - 8 Bit
  • 9th Wonder - Hand’s Up
  • 9th Wonder - Jamla
  • Bangladesh - Patron
  • Boi-1da - Dance
  • Cool & Dre - Public Enemy
  • DJ Khalil - LAX
• Biz Markie: Just A Friend
• Drake: Best I Ever Had
• Ice Cube: It Was A Good Day
• Outkast: So Fresh, So Clean
• Pete Rock and CL Smooth: They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)
• Redman and Method Man: Da Rockwilder
• Salt-N-Pepa: Push It

Key Features:

• Def Jam Rapstar is the first music game fully dedicated to Hip Hop
• With over 40 songs spanning the history of Hip Hop, Def Jam Rapstar offers a diverse track list with some of the biggest songs in Hip Hop from all music labels
• Unlike most other microphone-based games, Def Jam Rapstar features custom, proprietary voice recognition technology that judge’s lyrical accuracy. In addition to lyrical accuracy, Def Jam Rapstar also measures players pitch and timing to provide your complete score in real time
• Utilizing the Xbox Live Vision camera or PlayStation Eye, Def Jam Rapstar allows you to create a video of the performance starring yourself, edit, and then upload to www.defjamrapstar.com, a fully integrated online community where players can share their videos with the world to gain global recognition and become a bona fide rapstar!
• Freestyle mode allows MC’s in the making to kick your own lyrics over well-known producer’s beats, offering a chance to show and prove that you have what it takes
• Battle Mode allows you to compete locally head-to-head for the highest score, and Duet mode, where both players sing and rap together to achieve the highest combined score on any given song
• Compatible with all 3rd party microphones on the market

The Def Jam Rapstar bundle will include software and one wired microphone and will retail in North America for $69.99 for the Xbox 360 and PS3 and for $59.99 on Wii. Details on European pricing and bundle information will be forthcoming.