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    "airdate": "2025-12-29T09:23:26-08:00",
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    "artist": "N.W.A",
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    "album": "Straight Outta Compton",
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    "comment": "The song's lyrics focus on the concept of free expression and the constraints placed on rappers by radio censorship. The song is notable for including lines criticising other rappers for not swearing in order to get radio airplay despite the song itself containing no profanity, being based on a pop music sample with a clearly 'radio friendly' tone.\n\nIn May 1990, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's music radio station Triple J notably stunted by playing \"Express Yourself\" on a loop. The station's staff had gone on strike over the suspension of Triple J's news director, Nick Franklin, after he had played a portion of fellow N.W.A. song \"Fuck tha Police\" in a segment discussing the song's subject matter.\n\nThe station had, notably, been playing the song without incident for several months, but ABC's radio head had requested that the song be given a \"rest.\" The song was played 82 times in a row until the employee was reinstated.\n\nTriple J paid tribute to the event in April 2014, when the launch of its new service Double J (which replaced ABC Dig Music) was preceded with another loop of \"Express Yourself\", including the original recording and covers performed by Australian musicians, such as Darren Hanlon and The Audreys. https://tinyurl.com/2nwtvwcd",
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