Play Public Instance
Information about plays
list: List of plays
retrieve: Information about a specific play by ID
GET /v2/plays/3619524/?format=api
{ "id": 3619524, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3619524/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-02-19T13:35:23-08:00", "show": 65975, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65975/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "La Di‐Da‐Di", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "48502ea4-6d3d-4957-bb43-e15359a1161b", "artist": "Doug E. Fresh and M.C. Ricky D", "artist_ids": [ "029c683d-4e0f-4264-a563-ca7743b33b07", "02637538-a5ae-44c9-9af4-c703a17b21ec" ], "album": "The Show / La‐Di‐Da‐Di", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "ecb12b57-527b-3dac-b3e3-eb5c93db309b", "labels": [ "Reality Records" ], "label_ids": [ "44ec3c71-83a2-4701-bbe1-ab5abd4010da" ], "release_date": "1985-01-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "'La Di Da Di' was originally recorded in one take for the cost of $500, intended to be just a B-side for the duo's 1985 single 'The Show.' However, this B-side proved to far outshine its A-side, and several lines from Slick Rick's verses would go on to become widely sampled and rephrased throughout mainstream rap and pop music.\n--\nCurrently, this song has been sampled 1287 times.: https://www.whosampled.com/Doug-E.-Fresh/La-Di-Da-Di/ Count Bass D sampled the vocals for \"Antemeridian.\"\n--\nHere's a live performance of \"La Di-Da-Di\": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nCYSBffm98", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }