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GTAIV To Feature Artist-Specific Radio Stations [Update]

Psicosis — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 19:17:05 MDT

@Fyren: Lantern is associated with Jay-Z - he lost his job with Aftermath (and supposedly 50 was the reason he lost his job).

As long as there's a little bit of Chatterbox, I'll be happy.

Psicosis

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Fyren — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 17:50:40 MDT

Lantern runs around cock-a-doodling with fiddy.

Nevertheles, a fitting voice for GTA.

Much better then the heap of douchery DJ Atomica; a la Burnout.

Fyren

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kingofallcosmos — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:49:00 MDT

I can understand people wanting custom soundtracks, but my favorite part about the last three GTAs that I played (Vice City, San Andreas, Vice City Stories) was the music. I remember spending a half hour just flying off the map listening to K-Rose in San Andreas. This is no slight to the mission variety and the crazy stunts, but without the music, it is an entirely different game.

kingofallcosmos

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Truepatriot — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:14:56 MDT

@FanDam:
he makes me wanna punch stuff.

nice update.thats even better now!entire shows for stations O_O
so 18 stations and each has seperate shows man im gonna love just parking on a roof(ill figure out a way!)and listen to music XD

Truepatriot

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joelface — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:40:56 MDT

can't say im into that type of music, to be honest, but thats cool that rockstar is trying new stuff even though they have so much pressure on them to make the game perfect.

im glad its not a whole station and just a "show" on the station though.

i hope there is a techno station, and an opera station (like gta3)

joelface

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nevergod — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 14:53:34 MDT

if madden can give us real time espn update why can't gta it stream real radio shows too? that would be awesome. i would think with updates couldn't they add radio stations if they got more rappers or other people to create a new set, or mixtape? im sure more people would be down to work on this.

nevergod

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jfx316 — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 14:41:16 MDT

i just want to say that i'm glad to see so many people on here are in to real hip hop, and not mainstream, 50 cent bullshit. MF Doom, del, stones throw, etc. you guys have (almost) restored my faith in humanity.

ps: kool keiths' matthew is the best hip hop record in the last 10 years. a rapper that has a record about how much he hates rappers and rap in general; amazing....

jfx316

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Sweet Tooth — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 14:40:35 MDT

great, more hip-hop. I already had enough of that in SA.

Sweet Tooth

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FanDam — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 14:36:48 MDT

Hey guys, at least it's not DJ Clue!

FanDam

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DaiMacculate — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:44:39 MDT

@Truepatriot: Yeah, I won't agree that Del is better than MF Doom/Madvillain/Viktor Vaugn/etc, I like both but like the rest of your "circle" I'll take the Stones Throw crew first ;)

I just got B-Ball Zombie War, great CD!

DaiMacculate

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Truepatriot — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:11:22 MDT

@DrunkenNinja12:
eminem didnt get all shitty till his third cd.you gotta give credit where its due and his first cd is near perfect.
id take del over mfdoom too, i just dont think hes that great[mfdoom]and i seem to be the only one in my circle with that opinion

typical cats need to bee in gta too!also how have talib kweli and mos def not been in more games the main stream seems to know them and the underground loves them so why are they not in more games?!

Truepatriot

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DrunkenNinja12 — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:05:18 MDT

@DaiMacculate: I'm with you on the MF Doom!

Perhaps some Del the Funky Homosapien is in order as well!

Anyways, I'm glad they've gottan a somewhat well-known DJ for this.

Although this could be a big break for an underground DJ... and the music would probably be better.

DJ Green Lantern is probably most known for his mixtapes with 50 Cent (yuck) and Eminem (I will shoot myself in the face if I hear a single Eminem song on GTAIV!)

DrunkenNinja12

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DaiMacculate — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 12:42:42 MDT

@BTS.WRKNG: Hey, is it anybody's fault here that most Hip-Hop/House/etc now sucks? The late 90s/early 00s were a great time musically.

@fuchikoma: Its definitely both. This was also in KING magazine, not known for its high standards of journalistic excellence ;)

Its too bad that 2k8 has all the stones throw stuff apparently wrapped up, I would kill for a MF Doom/Madlib/etc station in GTA4.

DaiMacculate

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Truepatriot — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 12:41:52 MDT

sorry bout double post
@kiigan:
yes they always have been.but your thinking more along the lines of a guy who just plays musics.these kinds of djs mix and blend music to create something new.think beyond the radio sir.

Truepatriot

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Truepatriot — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 12:40:13 MDT

@Vidril:
woah slow down buddy,im a huge hip hop head!your never alone on kotaku.

<3 me some dj lantern.

Truepatriot

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kiigan — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 12:36:18 MDT

So are disc-jockey's "artists" now?

kiigan

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King Geedorah — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 12:23:43 MDT

GREEN LANTERN FTW!

King Geedorah

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BTS.WRKNG — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 12:03:46 MDT

DJ Krush? Ninja Tune?? The late 90s called; they want their currently relevant artists and labels back.

BTS.WRKNG

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mind in rewind — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 11:39:40 MDT

Will there be an Aerosmith station that no one will listen to? To go with the Aerosmith Guitar Hero that no one will buy?

mind in rewind

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fuchikoma — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 11:30:15 MDT

Hey Lazlow fans.
You know what? If you search for the "Lazlow Show" he has a real show every month. More profane, but with saner callers than GTA.

fuchikoma

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PaulMorel — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 11:18:05 MDT

*sigh*

Never been done before? Oh please. First of all, Trent Reznor wrote an album for Quake so many years ago that I can't even be bothered to look it up.

Second, I just wrote this suite for AudioSurf

So either this guy has a massive ego, or he's just massively uninformed. ... or both?

PaulMorel

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DoubleOh187 — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 11:03:17 MDT

Rockstar's approach to detail in their games, notably Grand Theft Auto, is the industry standard, as far as I'm concerned. Here they are contacting published talent solely for what many would consider an in-game novelty (although I've found the radio stations to be a powerful story telling tool).

One question I do have - there's been mention of custom soundtracks in the comments here, how does that work? I have a 360, but have not tried the media player during games. Will GTAIV have a special station that interfaces with your media collection, like the PC versions of San Andreas and Vice City implemented (in-game controls changed songs, so no jumping out of the game to change a tune)?

DoubleOh187

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quen — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 10:41:15 MDT

@LongDarkBlues: Heh - personally I only know Green Lantern (I mean, heard of him, but beyond that) from the one Immortal Technique record. I doubt they'll include that one (lyrics) in the game? Would be cool though.

quen

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maxx77 — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 10:36:06 MDT

@TheRunningboard7: This may get double posted, first time I typed this it didn't show up...

There actually is a portable music player in GTAIV from the previews I've read. You eventually acquire it, but you don't start out with it. Not sure if it plays specific songs or just the radio stations. There's a few other things they're "borrowing" from Saint's Row, which is a good thing. They're not using SR's aiming system though unfortunately.

maxx77

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maxx77 — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 10:33:38 MDT

@TheRunningboard7

Actually, from the previews I've read, there is a portable music device you can acquire in GTAIV, ie, the mp3 player from Saint's Row. There's a number of other things they're "borrowing" from SR as well, which is a good thing as far I'm concerned. They didn't take SR's aiming system though unfortunately.

maxx77

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MightyHealthy — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 10:29:16 MDT

Yeah, I don't get what the negative hubbub is about, it's just proof that there may be more than one rap station, and that Green Lantern is going to have a channel all to himself...

He's probably did a track or tape for your favorite rapper, definitely is respectable on the boards, and there's no doubt we'll be hearing from his friends.

So technically it won't be a station for just one artist, as I'm definitely sure that he'll be using his ties in the industry to have a few known emcees on his beats...

MightyHealthy

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TheRunningboard7 — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 10:13:26 MDT

I preferred the Saints Row mp3 player.

TheRunningboard7

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Espiox — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 09:51:22 MDT

There's at least two stations in the previous games that had just one artist. I think GTA III had a station that was just the Scarface soundtrack, in fact.

Espiox

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tehFluffz — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 09:50:50 MDT

Make it have a user customized station (i.e. my own files) and I'll be forever happy.

tehFluffz

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maxx77 — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 09:49:48 MDT

GTA3 also had a station that played nothing but songs from the Scarface soundtrack, which was done entirely by Giorgio Moroder. GTA3 Liberty City Stories, likewise, had a station with nothing but Giorgio's music. I'm hoping they continue the trend with the new game, since it's also set in Liberty City.

maxx77

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Collapse The Control — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 09:35:52 MDT

@jackal888: Yeah, it depends tho. If the game lets you incorporate your music into or if it is a overlay. But either way, it is a free roaming open world game, I can and will find out what is going on.

Collapse The Control

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BenignMuffin — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 09:29:35 MDT

@heretrix:
mos definitely, Herbaliser would be awesome drive-by music :P
Though, considering the game's russian theme, DJ Vadim is a must-have

BenignMuffin

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Frank — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 09:17:07 MDT

@Evi1Weevi1: And Flashback FM was all about Giorgio Moroder.

I'd like to hear a real 80s channel there though. More like Flash than Flashback.

Frank

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LongDarkBlues — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 09:08:02 MDT

Awesome - I love Green Lantern. I hope this means we'll also get a bit of his work with Immortal Technique.

LongDarkBlues

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coconutdelight — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 09:06:34 MDT

Green Bumhole more like...
I agree, would love to see/hear some Ninja Tune or DJ Krush, much better idea.
Oh and to whoever said underground, Dj Green Lantern is about as underground as clouds..

coconutdelight

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Livid — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 09:01:16 MDT

Ninja Tune rules. And that Scientist album (Scientist Rids The World...) is wicked as well.

Livid

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Evi1Weevi1 — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 08:46:47 MDT

Not true... KJAH on GTA III featured only one artist, The Scientist.

Evi1Weevi1

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goldwings — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 08:45:38 MDT

Does this mean that there will still be other Radio Shows on GTA 4? because a few of my most enjoyable experiences with the GTA games were those funny talk show hosts and guests.

KChat was a personal fav.

goldwings

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Evi1Weevi1 — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 08:45:09 MDT

Hmmm.... not true. KJAH on GTA III featured only one artist, The Scientist. Hell, it was only one album; The Scientist Rids the World of the Evil Curse of the Vampires.

Evi1Weevi1

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BtownDesignGuy — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 08:45:07 MDT

Meh. Real radio stations are generally forbidden from playing more than three songs by the same artist in a on hour block of programming. GTA has always tried to push the envelope of simulating reality in a videogame. This seems like a step backward.

To be fair, they don't have a very deep simulation of reality. They instead have very many shallow simulations of very many pieces of reality. So maybe it's not that big a deal. That's just my first impression.

BtownDesignGuy

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jackal888 — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 08:41:16 MDT

@Collapse The Control: I think custom soundtracks can take you out of the game.In GTA San Andreas If you completed a mission the radio station may have a news break and mention what you just did and sometimes it wraps up the story. If custom soundtracks could have commercials from the game and news breaks I would use them.

jackal888

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Skaffa — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 08:41:08 MDT

@jackal888:

seconded

Skaffa

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Sunjammer — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 08:33:31 MDT

Lies! Games have never had soundtracks by a single composer before!

Sunjammer

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IIGrayFoxII — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 08:33:09 MDT

GTA games all have had phenomenal sound tracks that cater to pretty much everyones tastes. Also the humor you find on them with the talk shows and advertisements are hilarious and brilliantly written. Its kinda upsetting to hear everyone just listens to custom soundtracks. This is only one artist, if he doesnt suit your taste, I bet there will be one.

IIGrayFoxII

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MJDeviant — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 08:30:21 MDT

@jfx316: New York State of Mind is fantastic.

MJDeviant

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jackal888 — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 08:26:37 MDT

I am happy to hear DJ Green Lantern in game.Rockstar has roots in hip hop. If you go to their site you will see "The Beaterator", "The Rhymerator" there is that documentary "The Sunday Driver", The "Upload" has a DJ contest. They are one of the few developers that has legit underground hip-hop in their products.

@Vidril: Not alone indeed.WE are kind of anonymous on this site but you should know. Hip-Hop is universal.

jackal888

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Collapse The Control — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 08:25:56 MDT

THANK GOD for the 360 CUSTOM SOUNDTRACKS!

I'll make my own Playlists with my own songs and name them my own radio stations, either on my iPod or my external drives.

Collapse The Control

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KaneRobot — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 08:22:35 MDT

They can put as much time as they want into these stations...custom soundtracks are all I care about.

That said, how long before we see in-game streamable XM or Sirius in a game like this? Bundle the game with a discounted subscription price, and away we go.

KaneRobot

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AbyssUK — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 08:22:21 MDT

Guns don't kill people rappers do.

AbyssUK

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GeekyChic — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 08:20:33 MDT

@peAr_nectAr: So true. A month and a half away and it feels like forever.

And Green Lantern has been a hip-hop mixtape DJ for quite some time. Don't know why they chose him over DJ Envy or WhooKid ... or someone like Funkmaster Flex. Maybe they just charged too much.

I wonder what other random DJ's they'll have in there.

GeekyChic

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Dauragon C. Mikado — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 08:07:57 MDT

@Vidril: you arent alone brother! *fistpound*

Dauragon C. Mikado

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Vidril — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 08:03:47 MDT

Wow. :o Maybe I'll like him *probably the ONLY kotakuite who listens to Rap*

Vidril

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heretrix — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 08:03:25 MDT

@BenignMuffin:
Radio Ninja Tune would be AWESOME. Or at least The Herbalizer Radio.

Ah, well custom soundtracks for the win..Although I've always enjoyed GTA's radio stations. Even the talk radio ones. It's one of my favorite things about the game.

heretrix

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Jesse Mrozowski — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 08:00:43 MDT

I've never even heard of Green Lantern... except the comic book anyway.

What would be cool would be not only if I could stream internet radio, but since Sirius lets me listen over the web if I could login and actually listen to sirius while playing the game. That'd be awesome.

Jesse Mrozowski

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Naif — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 07:59:06 MDT

having a one guy station seems like a horibble idea to me...
if theres vocals in there anyway.
it'll be a compelte eff up

Naif

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randomizer9 — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 07:57:55 MDT

I could care less what else is on the radio, but a GTA without Lazlow just wouldn't be quite the same.

randomizer9

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cordsie — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 07:56:08 MDT

There's only one radio station available in game.

And it's 24-Hour DJ ATOMICA!

cordsie

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HamThePharoah — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 07:55:16 MDT

Lazlo and user soundtracks for me...

HamThePharoah

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BryanGuitarDude — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 07:52:53 MDT

Hopefully they will try to do this with other music genres aswell.

BryanGuitarDude

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Hawko — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 07:51:28 MDT

@BenignMuffin: Apart from Luke's wish about DJ Krush, that most be the best idea I've heard today.

Too bad it won't happen.

Hawko

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jfx316 — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 07:51:06 MDT

@BenignMuffin: whoa. someone else knows about ninja tune? sweet deal! i've got the 10 year box set on my hard drive.

as for green latern, he's done some cool stuff. the beastie boy mixtape, a new york state of mind, is the best piece of hip hop that's come out in years next to kool keith, mos def and the macho man randy savage.

[en.wikipedia.org]) the greatest album ever.

"if you ain't into the macho man, you ain't into music" - 50 cent on randy savage's album.

jfx316

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cheeses — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 07:45:15 MDT

"you're going to be able to hear a whole Green Lantern radio show filled with nothing but exclusive music I produced for the game."

Um yeah, no thanks. I'd rather listen to Michael Jackson's Billie Jean...on a loop.

cheeses

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WreckTheLaw — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 07:45:15 MDT

So dope. So excited. I'm totally fanboying over this ish, it's crazy.

I have so much faith in the presentation of GTA games that I'm anticipating updates to their website the way every cat I know what anticipating new characters being shown over on the smash dojo.

WreckTheLaw

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Heliophage — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 07:35:22 MDT

@peAr_nectAr:

I'd rather listen to what they put together in-game; using my harddrive music spoils me. There's absolutely no reason to play Gone Guru in every scenario, but given the freedom to, I certainly will.

Heliophage

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BenignMuffin — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 07:33:40 MDT

How bout radio Ninja Tune? :P

BenignMuffin

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Aimless — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 07:31:50 MDT

Stuff that, get some Nujabes cranking on it.

Aimless

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HurricaneDave — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 07:31:33 MDT

I like a lot of Green Latern's mixes, but they could have gotten DJ Cannon and DJ Drama. Gangta Grizzills

HurricaneDave

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DaiMacculate — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 07:30:28 MDT

@peAr_nectAr: IIRC Green Lantern was Eminem's Concert DJ for awhile, associated with Dre, G-Unit, etc.

DaiMacculate

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fresh1 — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 07:29:41 MDT

lol dj khush how about dj honda? or if were just staying 80's and not japan specific Mister Magic or Red Alert, Chuck Chillout. No problem with Green Lantern atleast he is an actual Dj not soe kid playng songs off a CD or an Ipod which is the trend now a days.

fresh1

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DaiMacculate — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 07:29:30 MDT

I'm curious if that means he gets a whole station, or if there is a show on one of the stations that is just him. I'd love it if they work the whole realtime angle into the radio, where if you listen at one time of day its one thing (morning rush hour=stupid talk, for example), and then later on that station is playing something else. Not that the old GTA radio stations weren't cool, but I could see that adding a ton of variety.

Also, I'll probably resort to my own music after a few weeks either way, like I always do ;)

DaiMacculate

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peAr nectAr — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 07:27:48 MDT

@njhardcoreguy: You could just put music on your hard drive (if you have a 360, not sure about the PS3).

peAr nectAr

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peAr nectAr — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 07:27:07 MDT

Every time I hear something about this game, it makes April 29 just seem that much further away.

Great idea with the radio station, though I've never heard of Green Lantern before. I guess it doesn't matter. I'll probably be listening to the talk radio stations for most of the time I'm in a car. Lazlo ftw.

peAr nectAr

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njhardcoreguy — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 07:26:29 MDT

I'd love to see the ability to stream online radio. After 40+ hours in a GTA game, you've heard all the music and talk radio, so the realtime variety would be sweet.

njhardcoreguy