If that’s a life you can’t fathom, then feel free to put in a copy of Rockstar Game’s newest installment of their Grand Theft Auto series in Grand Theft Auto IV into your XBOX 360 or Play Station 3 and play the Niko Bellic character for as long as your heart is content. When the game was released back in April of this year, it sold more than 3.6 Million copies at $59.99 a pop, which equaled out to be over 500 Million dollars in sales.

These days you can’t just have simple videogame, because that would be too easy. You need a promotional extravaganza to help bring it to the masses. As for Grand Theft Auto IV, breaking all sales records wasn’t enough to go along with a game that plays out like a movie—and just like all good movies, a soundtrack is never too far behind.

DJ Green Lantern was assigned to gather up songs that would reflect on the game, and he did so by securing some of the most street credible rappers to perform all original music while you have your eyes glued to the screen dragging people out of their cars for your own amusement. The Evil Genius himself produced the majority of the songs, and artists like Uncle Murda, Styles P, Maino, Clipse, Jim Jones, Juelz Santana, Red Café, Heltah Skeltah, Joel Ortiz, Fat Joe, Tru Life, and Fabolous all partake in Green Lantern’s creation.

Styles P starts things off with ‘What’s The Problem,’ and the hardest out backs up that statement with lines like, “I told you I cut class/you from ya ear to ya mustache/f*ck around n*gga, you’ll be swallowing crush glass” over a piano loop that sounds like someone violently mashing down on the keys. Free agent Joel Ortiz, vents out his frustrations on ‘Alone’ with the same descriptive flow that first sparked everyone’s attention “Born alone, die alone I feel I’m alone/it’s sad/even in the booth, I rhyme alone/ain’t got no partners, I’m a solo artist/but without the studio, I’d be a popo target.”

‘Bustin’ Shots’ features Jim Jones and Juelz Santana. The two Diplomat compadres show that there’s still crew love regardless of what’s going on with that other guy that helped form the group. The man that’s been generous to the haters all summer decides to become a ‘Getaway Driver.’ Maino proves he’s more than capable of doing things besides waving to people who don’t him, as he talks about planning a hit and speeding off into the night, “You shoot ‘em up, I’m the getaway driver/speedin’ up the one way, holdin’ the 4-5 up.”

The over-the-top and sadistic lyrics on ‘Anybody Can Get It’ featuring East New York’s own Uncle Murda do have a slight comical overtone to them, thanks funny adlibs that accompany the track in the background, “Anybody can get, and I don’t have a problem takin’ care of the witness/money, power, and respect/for that money, I’ll pop whoever in the neck/anybody can get, and I don’t have a problem takin’ care of the witness (OH YOU SAW WHAT HAPPENED?!)/I’ll take ya car, music pumpin’ like what/I don’t know how to drive, I’m a crash ya whip up (I CAN’T DRIVE!!!).”

One of the best-produced songs on the soundtrack is ‘Stickm’ featuring Red Café. The only bad thing about the song is when you start to get into it; it ends abruptly at the 1:56 mark. Immortal Technique shines some positive light on the darken soundtrack with ‘Parole.’ Using his aggressive flow to get his point across, he shares his jail experience, “I’m outta jail, and I’m never goin’ back again/never sellin’ heroin, never sellin’ crack again.”

In all, DJ Green Lantern did a decent job at producing and choosing the right pieces for the project, while capturing the essence of what the game is fully about; killing, extorting, plundering, etc. The soundtrack won’t break the sales records that the actual game did, but if you’re looking for the perfect rider music to accomplish the endless amount of tasks that will make your videogame console overheat, then this is it.