Play Public Instance
Information about plays
list: List of plays
retrieve: Information about a specific play by ID
GET /v2/plays/3605111/?format=api
{ "id": 3605111, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3605111/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-01-16T13:51:01-08:00", "show": 65666, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65666/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://ia802305.us.archive.org/31/items/mbid-98eabba7-ca5f-4cd2-866f-22ef9228558d/mbid-98eabba7-ca5f-4cd2-866f-22ef9228558d-12196637981_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://ia902305.us.archive.org/31/items/mbid-98eabba7-ca5f-4cd2-866f-22ef9228558d/mbid-98eabba7-ca5f-4cd2-866f-22ef9228558d-12196637981_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Different Strokes", "track_id": "5e5ecc8c-7fd2-44dd-be26-64d63d7c7fd6", "recording_id": "76b0f677-3f84-4869-8ada-a61f2de50046", "artist": "Syl Johnson", "artist_ids": [ "2e8cbd3d-44c0-4725-89e0-7db8010aa832" ], "album": "Complete Mythology", "release_id": "f3fe7152-b8e1-4e48-bb87-acabbb24b358", "release_group_id": "1fafadbb-4805-4e1c-b65f-9e5a13b4fcbd", "labels": [ "Numero Group" ], "label_ids": [ "48cdb429-5d99-4ae5-8bc1-7bc7b68098b4" ], "release_date": "2016-12-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "The late Syl Johnson's \"Different Strokes' became one of the most sampled songs in hip-hop history. The song would eventually be sampled by Public Enemy (“Fight the Power”), Wu-Tang Clan (“Shame on a N***a”) Eric B. & Rakim (“I Know You Got Soul”), Jay-Z and Kanye West (“The Joy” [ft. Curtis Mayfield]), De La Soul (“The Magic Number”), among others. WhoSampled cites over 300 songs that use portions of Johnson’s cut.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }