Radio Los Santos is a radio station in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Grand Theft Auto V, and Grand Theft Auto Online. In both games, the station plays contemporary hip-hop. However, while GTA San Andreas focuses exclusively on West Coast artists, GTA V features rappers from all regions of the United States. The player can buy stocks from the radio station on the Lcn-exchange.com website in GTA V.
Description[]
The station, evidently, broadcasts from Los Santos. As revealed through its BAWSAQ description in GTA V, it started broadcasting in 1988 in the HD Universe.
According to its callers and station idents, Radio Los Santos is the more popular of the two hip hop stations in GTA San Andreas. Its playlist predominantly features early-1990s rap from West Coast acts, in contrast to Playback FM's playlist which features late-1980s rap from East Coast acts. The two stations were released together in the 8-CD Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas: Official Soundtrack Box Set.
The radio station's DJ in 1992 is Julio G. In contrast to the music he plays, Julio presents a "straight man" attitude, advocating for peace in Los Santos' neighborhoods, encouraging listeners to do something useful for the community, criticizing violence, drug use, and those who confuse rappers and gangsters, and disapproving of the looting during the riots in the final stages of the game. He is one of the few characters in the whole GTA series to encourage good practices.
The station also includes references to "carjacking [being] on the rise", Los Santos gang violence, and the Los Santos crack epidemic, activities that encompass a large part of the gameplay and the story. Rapper B-Real from Cypress Hill makes an appearance on the station, as does Madd Dogg, who is voiced by Ice-T. Other appearances on the radio station include OG Loc and Big Smoke once the player has completed the first act of the game (the missions in Los Santos).
If Carl ignores Denise Robinson, she will get the station to do a shout-out to Carl on air to come and visit her.
This is the favourite radio station of the Grove Street Families and Ryder.
The station reappears in Grand Theft Auto V, this time hosted by Big Boy - host of Big Boy's Neighborhood in Los Angeles and voice of Big Bear in GTA San Andreas.
This is one of the preferred stations of Franklin Clinton, Lamar Davis, the Families, and the Ballas.
Tracklist[]
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas[]
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Grand Theft Auto Online (Enhanced versions)[]
In The Contract update, the station received an update exclusive to GTA Online.
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Prominent Appearances in the Storyline[]
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas[]
Radio Station
- Radio Los Santos plays in generic barbershops (i.e. all except Reece's Hair & Facial Studio and Macisla's in eastern Los Santos).
Individual Songs
- 2Pac's "I Don't Give a Fuck" was featured in the third trailer of the game.
- Dr.Dre's "Nuthin' But A 'G' Thang" is one of the three songs that play in the dancing minigame at Nightclubs.
- "It Was a Good Day" and "Hood Took Me Under" play inside Jizzy's Pleasure Domes and the lapdance rooms of Big Smoke's Crack Palace.
Grand Theft Auto V[]
Radio Station
- Inside Hayes Autos.
- Inside Clinton's Residence
- Inside 3671 Whispymound Drive
- Inside Los Santos Customs
Individual Songs
- In the Enhanced and Expanded & Enhanced editions of the game, whenever the player starts the mission Franklin and Lamar and chooses to repossess either the 9F or the Rapid GT, the radio is tuned in automatically to Radio Los Santos and the song Bad News by Danny Brown & Action Bronson will always play.
- This is different to the original version of the game for PS3 & Xbox 360, where the radio is tuned to West Coast Classics and plays "Appetite for Destruction" by N.W.A. instead.
- Jay Rock's song "Hood Gone Love It" is used in Franklin Clinton's trailer. It is also played in the Stretch that Jimmy and Michael are driven to the Oriental Theater in during the mission "Meltdown."
Grand Theft Auto Online[]
Individual Songs
- Hunnid Stax by AB Soul feat. Schoolboy Q plays in the finale of the Humane Labs Raid in the Enhanced Version.
- "Gospel" by Dr. Dre feat. Eminem plays during the mission Nightlife Leak.
- "Black Privilege" by Dr. Dre plays during the missions South Central Leak and Studio Time.
- "The Scenic Route" by Dr. Dre feat. Rick Ross & Anderson.Paak plays during the mission Studio Time.
- "ETA" by Dr. Dre feat. Anderson.Paak, Snoop Dogg & Busta Rhymes plays during the mission Studio Time in the GTA Online: The Contract announcement trailer. It is also the theme song of the Title Update.
- "Falling Up" by Dr. Dre feat. THURZ & Cocoa Sarai plays during the mission Don't Fuck With Dre.
- "Let’s Get It" by Schoolboy Q plays during the mission Short Trip - Seed Capital.
Deleted Songs[]
Grand Theft Auto V[]
GTA V's trackID.gxt2 database, found on the PS3 and Xbox 360, reveals more songs were planned to appear on the station but were not included in the final version.
- A$AP Rocky feat. Drake, 2 Chainz & Kendrick Lamar – Fuckin' Problems (2012)[1]
- Buddy - Awesome Awesome (2012)[2]
- French Montana feat. Rick Ross, Drake & Lil Wayne - Pop That (2012)[3]
- Glasses Malone feat. Jay Rock – No Sympathy (2011)[4]
- Tyga – Rack City (2011)[5]
- T.I. feat. Trae tha Truth – What It Do (2014)[6]
- Waka Flocka Flame – Rooster in My Rari (2012)[7]
- Danny Brown & Action Bronson – Bad News (2013)[8][9]
Alongside the trackID.gxt2 database, more songs were found in a early build of GTA V on a dev PlayStation 3.[10]
- 2 Chainz – I'm Different (2012)
- 2 Chainz feat. Drake – No Lie (2012)
- 100s – Brick $ell Phone (2012)
- Clams Casino – Cold War (2011)
- WC feat. Young Maylay & Ice Cube – You Know Me (2011)
- E-40 feat. Slim Thug & Bun B – That Candy Paint (2011)
- Jay Rock – Boomerang (2011)
- Juicy J feat. Lil Wayne & 2 Chainz – Bandz a Make Her Dance (2012)
- Kanye West feat. Big Sean, Pusha T & 2 Chainz – Mercy (2012)[11]
- Machine Gun Kelly feat. Waka Flocka Flame – Wild Boy (2011)
- Meek Mill feat. Rick Ross – Believe It (2012)
- Miguel - Adorn (2012)
- Wiz Khalifa feat. Lola Monroe & Amber Rose – Initiation (2012)
- Wiz Khalifa - Work Hard, Play Hard (2012)
- Young Jeezy feat. Freddie Gibbs – Rough (2011) / Young Jeezy feat. Freddie Gibbs - Do It for You (2011)[12]
Additionally, an introduction for a song by Mac Miller was found. Nothing else is known about it.
Grand Theft Auto Online[]
Found in the 2023 GTA V source code leak[13] was a log output of all the files found in the RPF archive of an early GTA Online: The Contract build, with a list of songs that did not appear on either the final versions of Radio Los Santos, MOTOMAMI Los Santos, or West Coast Classics[14][15]. Only the file names are known; it is not known which artists performed the song or to which station the songs belonged, but some approximation based on the song names alone is possible:
- Chief Keef feat. A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie – Glory Bridge (2017)
- Chief Keef - It Ain't My Fault (2012)
- Fenix Flexin feat. D-Block Europe – From The Block (2021)
- Flipp Denero – Leave Me Alone (2018)
- Freddie Gibbs feat. Big Sean & Hit-Boy – 4 Thangs (2020)
Additionally, an unidentified song that was most likely part of Radio Los Santos was found:
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Trivia[]
General[]
- Radio Los Santos may be based on real-life Los Angeles-based radio stations 93.5 KDAY and KPWR 105.9 (Power 106):
- Radio Los Santos is one of three radio stations to appear in multiple universes, the others being Head Radio and West Coast Talk Radio.
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas[]
- The station features songs by MC Eiht (as a member of Compton's Most Wanted) and Kid Frost who voiced Ryder and T-Bone Mendez respectively.
- Radio Los Santos is the default radio station in the Greenwood. However, Sweet's personal Greenwood plays Bounce FM when entered.
- When "I Don't Give a Fuck" plays, Julio G sometimes mentions that he is scared of playing the song due to its heavy use of profanity, as well as political lyrical content, and claims he may get fined for playing it. Despite this, most of the songs played on the radio station in 1992 contain explicit content.
- In one of the listener's phone calls to the station, a drum instrumental of N.W.A.'s "Dopeman" can be heard, a song not featured in the game. N.W.A.'s "Express Yourself" samples the song "Dopeman" on this station. Dopeman samples Ohio Players' "Funky Worm", a song featured on Bounce FM.
- Sometimes, Julio G may give a shoutout to various Rockstar Games staff members, including:
- "Les in the North", a nod to Leslie Benzies, president of Rockstar North at the time.
- "The audio boys Allan, Craig and Will" from Scotland on vacation, which are nods to Allan Walker, Craig Conner and Will Morton, who worked as sound producers at Rockstar North, which is based in Edinburgh, Scotland.
- "Sam and the boys from Liberty City", a nod to Sam Houser, the president of Rockstar Games, whose main offices are located in New York City, one of the inspirations for Liberty City.
- "Check Yo Self" is sampled from Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five's "The Message", which can be heard on Wildstyle in GTA Vice City.
- Ice Cube's "It Was a Good Day" is sampled from The Isley Brothers' "Footsteps in the Dark" which can be heard on The Vibe 98.8 in GTA IV.
- The beat in Kid Frost's "La Raza" is sampled from El Chicano's "Viva Tirado", which can be heard on The Lowdown 91.1 in GTA V.
- "Deep Cover" was sampled and covered by Big Pun in "Twinz (Deep Cover 98)", which appears on The Liberty Jam in GTA Liberty City Stories.
Grand Theft Auto V[]
- Occasionally there is a glitch where the song "Hold Up" by Marion Band$ feat. Nipsey Hussle may be heard on Los Santos Rock Radio. (tested on the PS3 and PS4).
- While listening to the song "A.D.H.D" by Kendrick Lamar, the word "PlayStation" which is featured in the song has been purposely distorted.
- "How It Was" by DJ Esco featuring Future is incorrectly credited solely to Future in-game.
- In GTA V, the host mentions that there was recently a new design for the $100 bill, a reference to the new design of the United States $100 bill at the time.
- A portion of the songs added to the station in The Contract update used to be featured as their censored variants. This was most likely a mistake and has since been corrected.
Enhanced versions[]
- The song Bad News by Danny Brown & Action Bronson is also featured in the Welcome to Los Santos album by The Alchemist and Oh No, in which all of the songs except for this one can be heard in The Lab. This song was also cut from previous-gen releases as seen in the trackID.gxt2 files.
- Despite 2 Chainz being credited in "Upper Echelon", the GTA edit ends the song after T.I.'s verse, before 2 Chainz' verse even begins.
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.
- Wildstyle - a hip hop and electro radio in GTA Vice City.
- Playback FM - a classic east coast hip hop radio in GTA San Andreas.
- The Liberty Jam - an east coast hip hop radio in GTA Liberty City Stories.
- Fresh FM - a hip hop and electro radio in GTA Vice City Stories.
- The Beat 102.7 - a contemporary hip hop radio GTA IV and Episodes from Liberty City.
- The Classics 104.1 - a classic hip hop radio in GTA IV.
- Alchemist - a hip hop instrumentals radio in GTA Chinatown Wars with only tracks by Gangrene.
- 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 that plays other songs by 2Pac, Compton's Most Wanted, Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, N.W.A., Too $hort, Eazy E, MC Eiht and Snoop Dogg.
- FlyLo FM - a radio station in GTA V that plays another song by Tyler, the Creator, Freddie Gibbs and Anderson .Paak.
- WorldWide FM - a radio station in GTA V that plays another song by Vince Staples.
- The Lab - a hip hop and mixed genre radio in enhanced versions of GTA V that plays other songs by Gangrene, Ab-Soul, A$AP Ferg, Freddie Gibbs, Kokane as solo artist and MC Eiht, and hosted by The Alchemist.
- blonded Los Santos 97.8 FM - a contemporary R&B and mixed genre radio in enhanced versions of GTA V that plays other songs by Future, ScHoolboy Q and Migos.
- iFruit Radio - a hip-hop radio station in enhanced versions of GTA V that plays other songs by Danny Brown, Freddie Gibbs, ScHoolboy Q, Travis Scott, Young Thug and is also hosted by Danny Brown.
- Media Player - a radio station in enhanced version of GTA Online that plays another song by Nipsey Hussle.
- MOTOMAMI Los Santos - a radio station in the enhanced version of GTA Online that plays another song by The Weeknd.
References[]
- ↑ TrackID.gxt2:
1250A = A$AP ROCKY 1250S = Fuckin' Problems
- ↑ TrackID.gxt2:
1251A = BUDDY 1251S = Awesome Awesome
- ↑ TrackID.gxt2:
1252A = FRENCH MONTANA 1252S = Pop That (ft Drake, Rick Ross, Lil Wayne)
- ↑ TrackID.gxt2:
1294A = GLASSES MALONE FEAT. JAY ROCK 1294S = No Sympathy
- ↑ TrackID.gxt2:
1344A = TYGA 1344S = Rack City
- ↑ TrackID.gxt2:
1390A = T.I. FEAT. TRAE THA TRUTH 1390S = What It Do
- ↑ TrackID.gxt2:
1253A = WAKA FLOCKA FLAME 1253S = Rooster In My Rari
- ↑ Danny Brown & Action Bronson - Bad News (2013): This is featured in the enhanced version, but was intended to be released in the original version.
- ↑ TrackID.gxt2:
1384A = DANNY BROWN & ACTION BRONSON 1384S = Bad News
- ↑ GTA Forums: http://gtaforums.com/topic/678397-the-gta-v-beta-hunt/?p=1070099238
- ↑ The Royality Network Archive: https://www.roynet.com/placements
- ↑ Young Jeezy feat. Freddie Gibbs: The host mentions a collaborative song from Freddie Gibbs and Young Jeezy. Since there are only two collaborative songs from Freddie and Jeezy, either Young Jeezy feat. Freddie Gibbs - Rough or Young Jeezy feat. Freddie Gibbs - Do It for You was cut.
- ↑ GTA V Source Code Reportedly Leaked Online Alongside GTA 6 Python Code, and Bully 2 Files; Rockstar Games Cancelled 8 DLCs for GTA 5 - IGN
- ↑ \tools_ng\script\util\BuildDept\CS_SensitiveKeywordSearch\results\dlc\mpsecurity_dlcrpfs_x64_resourcelist.txt: Lines 881-1090
- ↑ GTAForums: https://gtaforums.com/topic/678397-the-gta-v-beta-hunt/page/324/#comment-1072348305