The Blue Ark is a radio station featured in Grand Theft Auto V and Grand Theft Auto Online that plays reggae, dancehall and dub.

Description

The station is hosted by the late Jamaican music producer Lee "Scratch" Perry. If the player is listening to Blaine County Radio and loses the signal, the radio will automatically retune to this station.

This is the preferred station of Hippies and Omega, as it plays inside his trailer. It also plays at the Pacific Bluffs Country Club, Nut Buster, and the West Vinewood branch of Haute.

The station is part of the "reggae" default radio set for vehicles in Grand Theft Auto V and Online, and is the only station in this set.

Tracklist

Deleted Songs

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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.

• Bramma feat. Elephant Man - Duh Weh Mi Waah (2011)^[1]
• Dennis Brown - Westbound Train (1975)^[2]
• Gregory Isaacs - Slum (1978)^[3]
• Junior Murvin - Police and Thieves (1976)^[4]
• Lee "Scratch" Perry & The Upsetters - Jungle Lion (1973)^[5]
• Leo Graham - Want a Wine (1972)^[6]
• Linval Thompson - Jah Jah the Conquerer (1975)^[7]
• Sean Paul - Temperature (2005)^[8]
• Sizzla - Living Up (2002)^[9]
• Danny Hensworth - Mr. Money Man (1978)^[10][11]
• Busy Signal feat. Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley - Kingston Town (Remix) (2012)^[12][13]

Alongside the trackID.gxt2 database, more songs were found in a early build of GTA V on a dev PlayStation 3.^[14]

• Mikey Dread - Dread At the Controls (1979)
• UB40 - Red Red Wine^[15] (1983)

Additionally, introductions for six unknown songs, one by Bounty Killer, two by Mikey Dread, one credited to Curtis Mayfield^[16], one by Brentford All Stars and one by Burning Spear were discovered. Nothing outside of the artists performing the songs is known.

The following song was requested and approved to be in the game; however, it was replaced by the Gregory Isaacs version:

• Romain Virgo - Night Nurse (2011)^[17]

Trivia

• The station's name is derived from The Black Ark, a recording studio built in 1973 by Lee "Scratch" Perry, the DJ for Blue Ark.
• On the radio wheel, Vybz Kartel is incorrectly credited as "Vybz Cartel", and Protoje is credited as "Proteje".
• "Disco Devil" by Lee Perry & The Upsetters samples "I Chase the Devil" by Max Romeo & The Upsetters, which was featured on K-Jah West in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
• "Grumblin' Dub" by The Upsetters plays in the background between songs.

See Also

• Bush Sounds - an early reggae station in Grand Theft Auto: London 1969 and Grand Theft Auto: London 1961 that plays more songs from The Upsetters.
• Heavy Heavy Monster Sound - an early reggae and ska station in GTA London 1969 and GTA London 1961.
• K-JAH - a reggae, dub and dancehall station in GTA III and GTA Liberty City Stories.
• K-JAH West - a reggae, dub and dancehall station in GTA San Andreas that plays more songs from Dennis Brown and The Upsetters.
• Tuff Gong Radio - a classic reggae and dub radio station in GTA IV that plays another song from Damian Marley.
• Massive B Soundsystem 96.9 - a contemporary dancehall radio station in GTA IV.
• RamJam FM - a dancehall radio station in Episodes from Liberty City that plays another song from Damian Marley.
• Ticklah - a dub and reggae instrumentals station in GTA Chinatown Wars.
• The Lab - a hip hop and mixed genre station in enhanced versions of GTA V that plays more songs from Vybz Kartel and Popcaan.
• MOTOMAMI Los Santos - a radio station in GTA Online which plays another song by Popcaan.

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