“The home of hip hop in the home of the hip hop: Liberty City. New and exclusive joints mixed by your hosts - The Finisher, DJ Mister Cee and The Evil Genius, DJ Green Lantern.”
— GTA IV website“Liberty City's home for hip-hop rounds out the original mixshows from Green Lantern and Mister Cee with two all new radio shows mixed by DJs Funkmaster Flex and Statik Selektah. The original Big Dog Pit Bull and Car Show Kingpin, Funkmaster Flex presents star-studded club bangers while the boom-bap ambassador, Statik Selektah presents a mix of truly exclusive original songs from the underground's elite.”
— The Lost and Damned websiteThe Beat 102.7 is a radio station in Grand Theft Auto IV and Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City that plays contemporary hip-hop and R&B.
Description
The station is hosted by DJ Mister Cee and DJ Green Lantern in GTA IV, and by Funkmaster Flex and Statik Selektah in EFLC. It is based on New York City's hip-hop and R&B radio station, Hot 97. The playlists heavily emphasises the New York City hip-hop scene, with the vast majority of artists coming from that area, though some artists from the South and Midwest are also featured. A portion of the tracklist is exclusive to each stand-alone game, but downloading The Lost and Damned for GTA IV updates the station to include all songs. The Beat 102.7 Studios are located in Star Junction, Algonquin.
It is Armando Torres's, Brucie Kibbutz's, Dwayne Forge's, and Yusuf Amir's favorite radio station. It is also liked by Patrick McReary, Trey Stewart, Bobby Jefferson, and Malc.
Tracklist
Grand Theft Auto IV
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DJ Green Lantern
DJ Mister Cee
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Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City
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Interlude
Statik Selektah
DJ Funkmaster Flex
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Deleted Songs
- DJ Green Lantern (feat. Akon, Fabolous & Fat Joe) - "I'm So Fly" (2008)
- Fat Joe - "Shit Is Real Pt. III" (2002)
Appearances
Radio Station
- This station plays in Playboy X's Penthouse and the Governor Greg Johnson Projects.
- In TLAD, this station is heard playing inside the Bahama Mamas.
Individual Tracks
- Busta Rhymes' "Arab Money" was used for Yusuf Amir's character trailer. Yusuf also dancing to this song during Sexy Time and Caught with Your Pants Down mission cutscenes.
- Wet 'Em Up, by Tru Life was used in the introductory character trailer for Playboy X.
Gallery
The Beat 102.7 is the most advertised station in the city, with nine billboards[1] (some of which are double-sided) and posters[2].
Posters on Uranium Street in East Holland.
Trivia
- The Beat 102.7 is called "Beat 95" in the game files. This was likely the beta name of the station.
- At the end of Statik Selektah's mix, he says that Mr. Cee is up next. However if it's heard while playing Episodes From Liberty City, it goes to Funkmaster Flex's mix.
- Swizz Beatz's "Top Down" is altered in GTA IV compared to the album version.
- Nas' song "War is Neccessary" was recorded exclusively for GTA IV.
- In EFLC, Funk Flex mentions a man by the name of Ernesto Asaltacunas, saying he looks ridiculous and "What do you mean how old?". This is a reference to an infamous R. Kelly interview on BET that happened around the time of the game's release.
See Also
- N-CT FM - a hip hop radio in GTA.
- KREZ - a hip hop radio in GTA 2.
- Game Radio - an east coast hip hop radio in GTA III.
- Wildstyle - a hip hop and electro radio in GTA Vice City.
- Playback FM - a classic east coast hip hop radio in GTA San Andreas.
- Radio Los Santos - a contemporary hip hop radio in GTA San Andreas and GTA V.
- The Liberty Jam - an east coast hip hop radio in GTA Liberty City Stories that plays other songs by The L.O.X. (which Jadakiss and Styles P. are members of), as well as songs featuring Fat Joe and Styles P. as solo artists, and songs from Method Man & Raekwon (who are members of Wu-Tang Clan with Ghostface Killah).
- Fresh FM - a hip hop and electro radio in GTA Vice City Stories.
- The Classics 104.1 - a classic hip hop radio in GTA IV that plays another song by Nas.
- Electro-Choc - a radio in GTA IV and GTA Episodes From Liberty City that plays another song by Kardinal Offishall.
- Alchemist - a hip hop instrumentals radio in GTA Chinatown Wars.
- DJ Khalil - a hip hop instrumentals radio in enhanced versions of GTA Chinatown Wars.
- FlyLo FM - an alternative hip-hop and dance radio station in GTA V that plays another song by André 3000 with Outkast.
- West Coast Classics - a classic west coast hip hop radio in GTA V that plays another song by Nas.
- The Lab - a hip hop and mixed genre radio in enhanced versions of GTA V.
- iFruit Radio - a hip hop radio station in enhanced version of GTA V.
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