{"id":3586971,"uri":"https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3586971/?format=json","airdate":"2025-12-05T03:09:43-08:00","show":65291,"show_uri":"https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65291/?format=json","image_uri":"","thumbnail_uri":"","song":"The Corner","track_id":null,"recording_id":"4f44325b-a863-4f23-86d8-06ec3d29a005","artist":"Common feat. The Last Poets","artist_ids":["c0a1179b-b14a-4d68-a3c1-1fdab16ed602","9457a08d-a2d0-4f2d-9876-b8870612d54f"],"album":"Be","release_id":null,"release_group_id":"93b891c9-4fc4-3085-960e-5da4c7fe8113","labels":["Geffen Records"],"label_ids":["0fadc2ce-f7de-4e27-bbe6-612b317e716b"],"release_date":"2005-05-23","rotation_status":null,"is_local":false,"is_request":false,"is_live":false,"comment":"3AM TIME MACHINE!\n----\n\nCommon gave his reasons for featuring spoken word artists, the Last Poets, on the album's first official single, \"The Corner\": \n\n\"They gifted at writing. They voices is incredible. They took my song to a higher level. And that's what hip-hop was about to me. It would have a message. It would take you to the next place. It was fresh as people say -- something new. They brought newness to what \"The Corner\" was and they also brought some nostalgia, too. Just them being from the '70s and being used in hip-hop and their spirit brought something pure to it. They gave me a better understanding of the corner after that. I knew those who had been listening to hip-hop would know who the Last Poets were and if they didn't they would feel it in their souls sooner or later. And I also felt good about introducing some of the youth to the Last Poets.\"\n\nhttps://www.thinkcommon.com/\nhttps://www.thelastpoets.com/","location":1,"location_name":"Default","play_type":"trackplay"}