{"id":3584289,"uri":"https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3584289/?format=json","airdate":"2025-11-28T22:40:09-08:00","show":65235,"show_uri":"https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65235/?format=json","image_uri":"","thumbnail_uri":"","song":"Bonita Applebum","track_id":null,"recording_id":"89267c1f-e888-42f0-bf32-40f56c4c002c","artist":"A Tribe Called Quest","artist_ids":["9689aa5a-4471-4fb4-9721-07cecda0fa9f"],"album":"People’s Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm","release_id":null,"release_group_id":"02adb8a7-496c-3a9a-a324-662df73fdba5","labels":[],"label_ids":[],"release_date":"1990-03-12","rotation_status":null,"is_local":false,"is_request":false,"is_live":false,"comment":"Sampled by P.M. Dawn for \"Set Adrift on Memory Bliss\", \"Bonita Applebum\" in turn sampled Cannonball Adderley's \"Soul Virgo\" and Rotary Connection's \"Memory Band.\"\n\nInitially, Q-Tip used a conventional rap delivery, but inspired after reading a Miles Davis interview about \"space\" (rests), he decided to adopt the technique by changing the beat and using a more conversational delivery. \n--\nWatch them perform \"Bonita Applebum\" live: https://youtu.be/jJ3Ffu-2cNY","location":1,"location_name":"Default","play_type":"trackplay"}