Life's a Beach

"Yeah? Well, fuck this gig, man. I'm putting together a listening party for my album, but first I need a sound system..."

- OG Loc

Life's a Beach is a mission in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, given to protagonist Carl Johnson by fellow Grove Street Families affiliate and aspiring rapper OG Loc, from the Burger Shot he works at in the Marina district of Los Santos, San Andreas.


 * Note: This mission can only be started between 22:00 and 6:00.

Mission
Carl recently helped OG Loc by taking out a Vagos gang member who sexually abused him in prison. Now working a menial cleaning job at Burger Shot, OG Loc is planning a house party to gain recognition, but requires a sound system to amplify his tunes. A beach party is occurring at the nearby Santa Maria Beach, and it so happens that they have a sound system in the back of a Pony van.

Carl goes to the party, talks with the DJ, and attempts to gain access to the sound system. He is challenged to a dance battle, scoring a minimum of 2500 points to pass. Once Carl has successfully passed the challenge, the DJ invites Carl into her van, which she refers to as her "office". Given the opportunity, Carl steals the van, throwing the DJ out and prompting two party-goers to pursue the van in their cars. In the ensuing chaos, Carl manages to take the van to a garage in Commerce, completing the mission.

Mission Objectives
In order to complete the mission the player must:
 * Go to the beach party.
 * Get a score of 2500 or greater to gain access to the sound van.
 * Steal the sound van.
 * Get the van back to the garage.

Rewards
The reward for completing this mission is an increase in respect. The mission Madd Dogg's Rhymes is unlocked.

Although it is stated in walkthroughs for the game that the Dancing Minigame inside nightclubs is unlocked after completing this mission, it is in fact unlocked from the beginning of the game if Carl enters the Alhambra club.

Trivia

 * The mission's name is a reference to the saying "life's a bitch".
 * The name of this mission also appears on signs advertising Little Haiti in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, where the "EA" in "BEACH" has been written over with "IT" by a vandal, making it read "LIFE'S A BITCH".
 * The song playing during Carl's dance is "" by, which can also be heard on Bounce FM.
 * The song "" by always plays at the party when not doing the dance activity. This song can also be heard on Radio X.
 * Deleted dialogue reveals that the garage used to store the sound van is owned by LB.
 * This is one of the four missions that cannot be completed if the player has used an excessive amount of cheats. The other three are Burning Desire, Photo Opportunity, and Madd Dogg.
 * Most of the dancers are carrying MP5s. If the player fails the mission or kills them after the DJ bails out of the sounds van, the dancers will drop their weapons once they are killed.
 * There is a cheat code with the same name of the mission.
 * During the cutscene, Loc says that the sound van is heading to Seville's beach. However, the party is occurring in Santa Maria Beach. It is possible that in the beta version the party occurred in Playa del Seville.
 * In the original PS2 version of the game, the player needed 4000 points to gain access to the van. In later versions, the target is reduced to 2500 points.
 * A part of this mission can be seen in a video clip about the beach party from the game's official website. However, the video shows the appearance of Quads, which are not present in the actual mission process. It is possible they once existed in the beta version, but ended up being replaced for unknown reasons.
 * If the player chooses to quit dancing after reaching the target score, it will also result in a mission failure.

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