{"id":344293,"uri":"https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/344293/?format=json","airdate":"2019-06-21T09:06:00-07:00","show":5736,"show_uri":"https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/5736/?format=json","image_uri":"","thumbnail_uri":"","song":"The Message","track_id":"0d4ffadd-916f-3ff0-bdd6-643c7f029f3c","recording_id":null,"artist":"Grandmaster Flash","artist_ids":["7db590cd-d7e6-4b36-b4e7-e8209426b02d"],"album":"The Message","release_id":"195f74bb-1af7-4ef1-893a-e9d652f6b0c1","release_group_id":null,"labels":["Sakkaris Records"],"label_ids":[],"release_date":"1950-01-01","rotation_status":"Library","is_local":false,"is_request":false,"is_live":false,"comment":"\"The Message\" was the first prominent hip hop song to provide a social commentary rather than the self-congratulatory boasting or party chants of earlier hip hop. The song's lyrics describe the stress of inner city poverty. Still, it has a good beat and you can dance to it; I give it a 93 (AB baby!). Track length: 7:10","location":1,"location_name":"Default","play_type":"trackplay"}