“
The world's smallest giant, Johnny Parkinson, takes you on a musical, spiritual and sexual journey with a sound track of nonstop classics. The giants of soul, rare groove and just a little classic funk, hosted by the giant himself. Remember, height is not a number.
”
— GTA San Andreas Website
Master Sounds 98.3 is a rare groove radio station in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, hosted by Johnny "The Love Giant" Parkinson (voiced by Ricky Harris). The songs that are played on the station are sampled by many hip-hop artists with tracks featured on Playback FM and Radio Los Santos. This is the one of the stations that the Los Santos Vagos listen to. This is also Wu Zi Mu's and Eddie Pulaski's favorite station.
Playlist
- Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band - Express Yourself (1970)*
- Maceo & The Macks - Cross The Track (We Better Go Back) (1975)
- Harlem Underground Band - Smokin' Cheeba Cheeba (1976)
- The Chakachas - Jungle Fever (1972)
- Bob James - Nautilus (1974)
- Booker T. & the MG's - Green Onions (1962)
- The Blackbyrds - Rock Creek Park (1975)*
- Bobby Byrd - Hot Pants (1971)
- James Brown - Funky President (1974)*
- Lyn Collins - Rock Me Again And Again (1974)
- Maceo & The Macks - Soul Power' 74 (1973)
- Bobby Byrd - I Know You Got Soul (1971)
- James Brown - The Payback (1974)*
- Lyn Collins - Think (About It) (1972)
- The JB's - The Grunt (1972)*
- War - Low Rider (1975)
- Gloria Jones - Tainted Love (1965)
- Sir Joe Quarterman & Free Soul - So Much Trouble In My Mind (1972)
Songs marked with * don't appear in the Re-Released versions of the game.
Trivia
- The station shares its frequency with Emotion 98.3 from Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and Vice City Stories.
- In the mobile version, oddly enough, despite being removed from the playlist, "Funky President" by James Brown can still occasionally be heard inside casinos.
- The song "Express Yourself" by Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band was sampled in N.W.A.'s "Express Yourself", which can be heard on Radio Los Santos.
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See Also
- Bounce FM, a radio station in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas which plays funk music.
- Fever 105, a radio station on Grand Theft Auto: Vice City which plays soul music.
- VCFL, a radio station on Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories which plays soul music.
- IF99 - International Funk, a radio station in Grand Theft Auto IV which plays another song by War.
- The Vibe 98.8, a radio station in Grand Theft Auto IV which plays soul music.
- Lowdown FM, a radio station in Grand Theft Auto V which plays soul music, as well as two other songs by War.
- Space 103.2, a radio station in Grand Theft Auto V which plays funk music.
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