{"id":3574548,"uri":"https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3574548/?format=json","airdate":"2025-11-06T02:19:38-08:00","show":65034,"show_uri":"https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65034/?format=json","image_uri":"https://coverartarchive.org/release/2c200a25-dedc-412c-9347-034e43733e14/42893397169-500.jpg","thumbnail_uri":"https://coverartarchive.org/release/2c200a25-dedc-412c-9347-034e43733e14/42893397169-250.jpg","song":"Ghetto Rock","track_id":null,"recording_id":"10456fa9-a5e6-443c-be95-edf368954452","artist":"Mos Def","artist_ids":["f5c4c27e-5902-4fc0-adfb-7775da3d5363"],"album":"The New Danger","release_id":null,"release_group_id":"4d0fd091-18c3-3c0d-8161-017296db71e9","labels":["Geffen Records"],"label_ids":["0fadc2ce-f7de-4e27-bbe6-612b317e716b"],"release_date":"2004-10-12","rotation_status":null,"is_local":false,"is_request":false,"is_live":false,"comment":"Understated in Mos’ extensive catalog, “Ghetto Rock” is a great example of his many talents crammed into a three-and-a-half-minute song. \n\nAlbumism wrote that Mos’ lyrics “Speak language come straight from the gutter / observe the terms that we trade with one and other like - what's good, what's popping, what's cracking / what it is, how you living, what's happening / work songs that the slaves sang back then / the playground chants, with little girls clapping” speak to the soul of his artistry, as Minnesota transitions the beat into a hand-clapping call-and-response indicative of young black children that help bring life to deprived neighborhoods across the U.S..\n\nWatch the official music video here: https://youtu.be/lhvd4jPboyQ","location":1,"location_name":"Default","play_type":"trackplay"}