Funk 98.4
Classic and rare funk station hosted by Elly Moon. The playlist is built almost entirely from late-60s and 70s singles, most of them on the Soul Cal and Now-Again labels.
Overview
Funk 98.4 is Saints Row 2's classic funk station. The format is rare-groove oriented rather than chart funk, with most of the playlist drawn from the late 60s and 70s and a heavy lean on records reissued through the Now-Again label (a Stones Throw subsidiary). The station sits at the deeper end of the SR2 radio dial: the cuts are obscure, the mixes are often lo-fi, and there is no attempt to chase commercial recognition.
DJ Elly Moon
Elly Moon hosts the station. Her segments lean into the rare-groove framing, introducing tracks with their original release year and label. The character plays it straight rather than going for the comedic angle some of the other SR2 DJs use.
Tracklist
There are 13 licensed songs in the bank. Highlights include Amnesty's Love Fades, Pure Essence's two-part Wake Up, the Ebony Rhythm Band's anti-drug PSA Drugs Ain't Cool, and the Luther Davis Group's You Can Be A Star. With the exception of Put A Smile On Time (which appeared on the Rhythm Machine's self-titled album), every track was originally released as a 7-inch single between 1968 and 1979.
Trivia
These are the oldest licensed songs in the entire Saints Row series, by some margin. Klassic FM has older works but those sit in the public domain.
Tracklist
Trivia
- Funk 98.4 contains the oldest licensed songs in the entire Saints Row series, with the bulk of the catalogue drawn from 1968 to 1979.
- Several tracks were re-released in the 2000s and 2010s through Now-Again Records compilations *Cold Heat: Heavy Funk Rarities 1968-1974* and *Soul Cal: Disco & Modern Soul Masterpieces 1971-1982*.
- Every song on the station is a single, with the sole exception of *Put A Smile On Time* by The Rhythm Machine, which came from their self-titled album.