Old School Radio – Memories of Los Santos

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Of all the games that shaped my childhood, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas stands out like no other. Not just for the action or the missions, but for the music. It was the first time a video game made me feel like I was really driving — flipping through radio stations, windows down, fully immersed. And those stations… they pulsed with the sounds of 90s and early 2000s hip-hop: Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, Cypress Hill, Slick Rick — legends, all of them.

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It wasn’t just a game. It was a musical awakening — a gateway to a whole era I hadn’t lived through, but came to understand and love through the fictional streets of Los Santos.

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The title of this playlist takes its name from one of the game’s most iconic missions. OG Loc, a character as ambitious as he is clueless, dreams of making it big in the rap game. But there’s one problem — he’s got no talent. So what does he do? He steals Madd Dogg’s rhyme book — Madd Dogg being a real up-and-coming rapper in the game’s universe. It's a hilarious, yet memorable moment that captures the time when rhymes were gold.

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This playlist is a tribute — to that era, to those artists, and to those memories.