The Liberty Jam is a radio station in Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories, hosted by DJ Clue. The station plays East-Coast hip-hop, East Coast gangsta rap, hardcore hip-hop and Mafioso rap, all which were very popular during the mid-and late '90s especially when it was on the rise again (thanks to rappers Nas, Lil' Kim, Jay Z and the late Notorious B.I.G., Big Pun and DMX) after West Coast hip hop was dominating during the early and mid '90s.
Name[]
The exact name of the radio station is inconsistent. The DJ, in all but one radio imaging, simply refer to the station as "Liberty Jam" with only "FM" or "101.3" augmented into the name; in addition, neither of the two versions of the radio station's logos (from the website or the audio options) use the article.
On the other hand, the manual of the game, as well as the game's audio options, refers to the station as "The Liberty Jam", with the aforementioned single radio imaging following suit.
Description[]
Liberty Jam's airtime is primarily occupied by "The Desert Storm Show", which DJ Clue hosts. Often times, DJ Clue will announce multiple shoutouts to various individuals (including 8-Ball) between songs, and occasionally insert his own voice-overs into tracks in the same fashion as MC Codebreaker at MSX FM/98, albeit in a lower frequency. Certain tracks are also bridged by transitions.
The station replaces Game FM as the sole hip-hop station in GTA Liberty City Stories, circa 1998, and is implied to be the chronological predecessor to Game FM. It is also the Diablos' and the Yakuza's favorite radio station.
Tracklist[]
| Song: | Preview: | Notes: |
|---|---|---|
| "All I Need" by Method Man (1994) | This is the album version without R&B singer Mary J. Blige | |
| "Twinz (Deep Cover '98)" by Big Pun feat. Fat Joe (1998) | ||
| "Ruff Ryders' Anthem" by DMX feat. DJ Clue, Drag-On, Jadakiss, Styles P and Eve (1998) | ||
| "Get at Me Dog" by DMX feat. Sheek Louch (1998) | ||
| "Beware" by Big Pun (1998) | ||
| "Do What Ya Feel" by Redman feat. Method Man (1996) | ||
| "Chain Gang Freestyle" by The L.O.X. feat. Black Rob (1998) | This song is missing from the mobile versions. | |
| "N.O.R.E." by Noreaga (1998) | ||
| "Shook Ones Pt.II" by Mobb Deep (1995) | ||
| "Chest2Chest Freestyle" by The L.O.X. feat. DJ Clue (1998) | This song is missing from the mobile versions. | |
| "Shut 'em Down (Remix)" by Onyx feat. Big Pun and Noreaga (1998) | ||
| "Incarcerated Scarfaces" by Raekwon (1995) |
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- The song "Twinz (Deep Cover '98)", by Big Pun and Fat Joe, is a cover of and samples Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg's "Deep Cover", which was featured in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, in Radio Los Santos. The video even featured a cameo appearance from Snoop Dogg.
- "Shook Ones (Pt.II)" by Mobb Deep is featured in the second GTA Liberty City Stories trailer.
See Also[]
- N-CT FM - a hip hop radio in Grand Theft Auto.
- KREZ - a hip hop radio in Grand Theft Auto 2.
- Game Radio - an east coast hip hop radio in GTA III that plays a song by Black Rob.
- 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.
- Fresh FM - a hip hop and electro radio in GTA Vice City Stories.
- The Beat 102.7 - a contemporary hip hop radio in GTA IV and Episodes from Liberty City which also plays songs by Fat Joe, Mobb Deep, Jadakiss and Styles P. as solo artists and a song by Ghostface Killah (who's a member of Wu-Tang Clan with Method Man & Raekwon).
- The Classics 104.1 - a classic hip hop radio in GTA IV.
- Alchemist - a hip hop instrumentals radio in GTA Chinatown Wars.
- DJ Khalil - a hip hop instrumentals radio in enhanced version of GTA Chinatown Wars.
- West Coast Classics - a classic west coast hip hop radio in GTA V.
- The Lab - a hip hop and mixed genre radio in enhanced version of GTA V.
- iFruit Radio - a hip hop radio in enhanced version of GTA V.
- Media Player - a radio station in enhanced version of GTA Online that plays a song by Mobb Deep.