Def Jam: Icon is a 3D fighting video game developed by EA Chicago and published by Electronic Arts.

Gameplay is similar to EA Chicago's Fight Night: Round 3, featuring a focus on up-close brawling,[3] mixing up blocks, throws, parries, and using the right analog stick to deliver stronger attacks.

[10] The developers have added more damage to a fighter's punches and kicks if they occur "to the beat" or making a rapper stronger if one of their songs is playing.

By listening to the beat of the song and then timing a throw, the player can toss the opponent into an environmental hazard just as it goes off.

Funkmaster Flex, Russell Simmons, Kevin Liles, Mayra Verónica, Christine Dolce and Melyssa Ford appear as non playable characters.

The game's story mode, called "Build a Label", starts when the player is obligated to create his own "suspect" on an FBI computer.

After creating a character, the story starts in a sequence where DJ Funkmaster Flex can be heard speaking to his audience on the radio with the instrumental of "I Do This" by Young Jeezy playing in the background.

By the time Funkmaster Flex is done talking, the camera shows a child, Kevin, walking down the street with his friend Jake while bouncing a basketball.

Club gave it a B− and said that "Even if you don't own every Ludacris album, watching the rich environments rattle to the music is reason enough to give this a play.