The camera finally settles behind CJs shoulders.
Samuel L. Jackson cackles as his police car drives off,leaving you in a rivalhood.
What did your CJ look like?
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Enter areas like spooky Back O Beyond and the quaint Tierra Robada.
It seems crazy in retrospect, Vermeij says.
A lot of those pictures ended up being textures in the game.
Many of these voices, though, were brought together by one common denominator the legendaryL.A.
When and how exactly Pooh first crossed paths with Rockstar isnt exactly clear.
But everyone I spoke to was adamant about his pivotal role and requisite cred that made the game roar.
Eiht says it was an easy decision to voice turncoat character Ryder in the game.
So he flew me to New York and put me in a studio.
Hey cuz, you know how to playvideo games?
Faizon Love, begins, doing a patented imitation of Pooh.
By Thursday, Love was on a flight to New York City to record his lines.
Maylays sessions, meanwhile, were pretty intensive.
I had to do the regular lines, plus the lines as a big dude, Maylay says.
He even rapped on a few Pooh and Kam tracks under the name Solo.
Its not exactly clear to Fonteno how Pooh connected with Rockstar, either.
I remember Pooh telling us he met these video game creator dudes, Fonteno begins.
I wasnt taking it serious… but it was theGrand Theft Autoseries.
He was their connection to the streets, he adds.
I owe Rockstar all of this for me, man, he says.
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Others, like Faizon Love, didnt even initially playSan Andreasat release.
Everyone was happy when that game came out.
I didnt start playing video games until that.
[But] we could all relate to that.
