4/15/2009

GTA IV - The Beat 102.7

Genre: Contemporary hip hop
DJs: DJ Mister Cee a.k.a. "The Finisher" and DJ Green Lantern a.k.a. "The Evil Genius"
The Lost and Damned" DLC DJs: Funkmaster Flex and Statik Selektah

Grand Theft Auto soundtrack listing for The Beat 102.7:

Busta Rhymes - Where's My Money
Fat Joe featuring Lil Wayne - Crackhouse
Ghostface Killah featuring Kid Capri - We Celebrate
Joell Ortiz featuring Jadakiss & Saigon - Hip Hop (Remix)
Johnny Polygon - Price On Your Head
Kanye West featuring Dwele - Flashing Lights
Maino - Getaway Driver
Mobb Deep - Dirty New Yorker
Nas - War Is Necessary
Papoose - Stylin'
Qadir - Nickname
Red Café - Stick'm
Styles P - What's The Problem
Styles P featuring Sheek Louch & Jadakiss - Blow Your Mind (Remix)
Swizz Beatz - Top Down
Tru Life - Wet 'Em Up
Uncle Murda - Anybody Can Get It

Songs added to the soundtrack with the "The Lost and Damned" DLC:

The Statik Selektah show:

Consequence - I Hear Footsteps
Freeway - Car Jack
Saigon - Spit
Skyzoo - The Chase Is On
Talib Kweli - My Favorite Song
Termanology - Here In Liberty City

The Funkmaster Flex show:

Busta Rhymes feat. Ron Browz - Arab Money
Busta Rhymes feat. Young Jeezy & Jadakiss - Conglomerate
DJ Khaled feat. Kanye West & T-Pain - Go Hard
John Legend feat. Andre 3000 - Green Light
Kanye West - Love Lockdown
Kardinal Offishall feat. Akon & Sean Paul - Dangerous (remix)
Ron Browz - Jumping Out The Window
T.I. feat. Swizz Beatz - Swing Ya Rag

Bonus track:

B.o.B. - Auto-Tune

About The Beat 102.7:

The Beat 102.7 is this Grand Theft Auto soundtrack's contemporary hip hop radio station broadcasting from the home of hip hop: Liberty City. The station is hosted by the DJ duo Mister Cee a.k.a. "The Finisher" (voiced by himself, Calvin Laburn) and DJ Green Lantern a.k.a. "The Evil Genius" (voiced by himself, James D'Agostino).

With the "The Lost and Damned" DLC two new shows are added to this radio station's soundtrack: Funkmaster Flex's show adds a number of club tracks while Statik Selektah's show adds a mix of underground tracks.

The two additional DJs are Funkmaster Flex (voiced by himself, Aston Taylor Jr.) and Statik Selektah (voiced by himself, Patrick Baril).

Mister Cee

DJ Mister Cee, whose real name is Calvin Laburn, is an American hip hop DJ, record producer and a radio show host on New York hip hop and R&B radio station "Hot 97" (WQHT). Some believe that Rockstar Games were inspired by Hot 97 when they created The Beat 102.7, bringing Mister Cee on as DJ.

DJ Green Lantern

DJ Green Lantern (James D'Agostino) is an American DJ and hip hop artist, who used to be signed by Eminem's record label Shady Records.

Funkmaster Flex

DJ Funkmaster Flex (Aston Taylor Jr.) is another American hip hop DJ on the radio station "Hot 97" in New York, where he runs a mix show. He has released a number of mixtape albums since 1995.

Statik Selektah

DJ Statik Selektah (Patrick Baril) is an American hip hop DJ and producer. He has a long history of releasing mixtape albums and working as a DJ on various radio stations.

Additional track info:

The track "The Crackhouse" by Fat Joe feat. Lil Wayne appears on Fat Joe's 2008 album "The Elephant In The Room".

"We Celebrate" by Ghostface Killah feat. Kid Capri appears on Ghostface Killah's 2007 album "The Big Doe Rehab" and has also been released as a single.

"Hip Hop (Remix)" by Joell Ortiz feat. Jadakiss & Saigon is a remixed version of the song appearing on Joell Ortiz's 2007 debut album "The Brick: Bodega Chronicles".

"Flashing Lights" by Kanye West feat. Dwele appears on Kanye West's 2007 album Graduation and was later released as a single the same year.

Similar radio stations:

The Classics (GTA IV)
Fresh 105 FM (GTA: Vice City Stories)
Game Radio FM (GTA III)
The Liberty Jam (GTA: Liberty City Stories)
Radio Los Santos (GTA: San Andreas)
Playback FM (GTA: San Andreas)
San Juan Sounds (GTA IV)
Wildstyle (GTA: Vice City)


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