A list of Plot-hole locational songs/Artists on the Radio in GTA's

[sefus]

• Compton's Most Wanted - Hood Took Me Under (Ganton/Davis)
• Kool & The Gang - Hollywood Swingin (Vinewood)
• Statler Brothers - New York City" (Liberty City)
• Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band - Hollywood Nights (Vinewood)
• X - Los Angeles (Los Santos)

[CynicalMexican]

- Ace Frehley - New York Groove (Liberty City)

- Nas - War is Necessary (Times Square/Star Junction)

[Ivan1997GTA]

- Kim Wilde - Kids in America (New York/Liberty City, California/San Andreas)

[[Ambient]]

"California Soul" by Marlena Shaw (San Andreas)

"California" by E-40 feat. Dam-Funk & Ariel Pink (San Andreas)

[H-G]

20 hours ago, sefus said:

• Compton's Most Wanted - Hood Took Me Under (Ganton/Davis)
• Kool & The Gang - Hollywood Swingin (Vinewood)
• Statler Brothers - New York City" (Liberty City)
• Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band - Hollywood Nights (Vinewood)
• X - Los Angeles (Los Santos)

Yeah, I've always despised that thing, it's so immersion-breaking.

Edited August 24, 2021 by H-G

[Ivan1997GTA]

4 minutes ago, H-G said:

Yeah, I've always despised that thing, it's so immersion-breaking. Also, there's one more song:

 

- Kool & The Gang - Hollywood Swingin' (Vinewood)

That's already listed.

[H-G]

1 minute ago, Ivan1997GTA said:

That's already listed.

WTF, I'm dumb. Fixed.

[Guest]

- Mobb Depp - Dirty New Yorker (Liberty City)
- Foreigner - Dirty White Boy (Hollywood/Vinewood)
- Don Cheto - El Tatuado (Los Angeles/Los Santos)

Artist name (mentioned by the DJ):
- Frankie Goes To Hollywood (Vinewood)

Does this count?
- Da Shootaz - Grand Theft Auto (NYPD/LCPD, LAPD/LSPD, although NY also means North Yankton)

Edit: Yeah, it's not North Yankton, song also mentions Brooklyn.

Some more:
- 2Pac - I Don't Give A f*ck (San Francisco/San Fierro)
- Compton's Most Wanted - Hood Took Me Under (Compton/Ganton)
- Dr. Dre - Nuthin' But A G Thang (Compton/Ganton)
- N.W.A. - Alwayz Into Somethin' (Compton/Ganton)
- N.W.A. - Appetite For Destruction (Compton/Davis)
- Snoop Dogg - Gin and Juice (Compton/Davis)
- Compton's Most Wanted - Late Night Hype (Compton/Davis)
...

Ahh, I give up.

Edited October 5, 2021 by Guest

[[Ambient]]

11 hours ago, idontcareanymore said:

although NY also means North Yankton

 

When GTA 1 was in development, I'm 100% certain no one thought about North Yankton.

[Panzermann11]

Ronnie Hudson - West Coast Poplock (San Andreas, Los Santos, Ganton) "California, city of Compton" "In the city of LA"

Oliver Cheatham - Get Down Saturday Night (Liberty City, Los Santos) "In New York, in Detroit... London, Chicago and LA"

Danny Brown - Kush Coma (Las Venturas) "'Cause inside my head's like a firework show in the 4th July in Las Vegas"

Jeru the Damaja - D. Original (Broker, Liberty City) "Live in the land of crooks, yes, Brooklyn's the borough "Homicide central, East New York"

Conor and Jay - Vegas Road (Las Venturas)

The Dragon Brain commercial in GTA IV (San Andreas) "I'm only a humble blacksmith with a Californian accent!"

Edited 11 hours ago by Panzermann11

[billiejoearmstrong8]

On 8/24/2021 at 6:28 PM, H-G said:

Yeah, I've always despised that thing, it's so immersion-breaking.

 

It's the opposite for me. GTA cities/locations are a mix of accurate recreations of the real life places and fictional stuff. So to me it makes sense that the same is true for the songs/dialogue on the radio - real life bands/songs, real life locations mentioned in songs, real life celebrities playing themselves as DJs, but also some fictional DJs, fictional news, ads and discussion, and occasionally "fictional" songs created for the game or with references to in-game locations. I think they work together fine.

 

And I don't even think of it as a plot hole. That's like saying the GTA V version of the Griffith Observatory is a plothole because it looks exactly the same as the real life one, or GTA IV's Little Italy is a plothole because it has the same name as the real New York location. GTA is supposed to include real life stuff as well as fictional.

Edited October 26, 2021 by billiejoearmstrong8

[kobeni]

Asap Rocky - R-Cali

Shark - California Girls

Ace Hood - Bugatti

Dru Hill - Sleeping In My Bed (So So Def Remix) (The rap features mention LA)

Mobb Deep - Dirty New Yorker

Duke Ellington - Take The A Train (a direct reference to the train that goes to Harlem)

Stetsasonic - Go Stetsa (Brooklyn mentioned a bunch of times)

Dillinger - Cokane In My Brain (New York mentioned)

Edited October 26, 2021 by sabitsuki

[CynicalMexican]

14 hours ago, billiejoearmstrong8 said:

 

It's the opposite for me. GTA cities/locations are a mix of accurate recreations of the real life places and fictional stuff. So to me it makes sense that the same is true for the songs/dialogue on the radio - real life bands/songs, real life locations mentioned in songs, real life celebrities playing themselves as DJs, but also some fictional DJs, fictional news, ads and discussion, and occasionally "fictional" songs created for the game or with references to in-game locations. I think they work together fine.

 

And I don't even think of it as a plot hole. That's like saying the GTA V version of the Griffith Observatory is a plothole because it looks exactly the same as the real life one, or GTA IV's Little Italy is a plothole because it has the same name as the real New York location. GTA is supposed to include real life stuff as well as fictional.

 

Even real-life historical events and figures are frequently mentioned to be canonical with the GTA Universe.

 

Random question, but I do wonder when the real and GTA universes "split".

Edited October 27, 2021 by CynicalMexican