Play Public Instance
Information about plays
list: List of plays
retrieve: Information about a specific play by ID
GET /v2/plays/3621911/?format=api
{ "id": 3621911, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3621911/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-02-25T01:04:06-08:00", "show": 66024, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66024/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn721508.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-c53be6c2-1a17-4a4a-97e3-d40f61630236/mbid-c53be6c2-1a17-4a4a-97e3-d40f61630236-22927827729_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn721508.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-c53be6c2-1a17-4a4a-97e3-d40f61630236/mbid-c53be6c2-1a17-4a4a-97e3-d40f61630236-22927827729_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Hip Hop", "track_id": "ba45b213-91e9-4a39-97c5-a5a22f3b1f6e", "recording_id": "6161d124-b844-4853-b489-411fda560f21", "artist": "Mos Def", "artist_ids": [ "9f4551c6-1324-4ac5-b3fe-a5c5cfacd54d" ], "album": "Black On Both Sides", "release_id": "c53be6c2-1a17-4a4a-97e3-d40f61630236", "release_group_id": "d6658b47-463a-390e-9417-99c818aea004", "labels": [ "Rawkus Records" ], "label_ids": [ "21a9343c-4a03-4768-8186-569dc03f850c" ], "release_date": "1999-01-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Here's an interview with Diamond D, who co-produced this song with Yasiin Bey.: https://www.okayplayer.com/behind-the-beat-how-mos-def-diamond-d-created-hip-hop-the-epicenter-of-black-on-both-sides/484452\n--\nThere are lots of samples in this song. \n\"Hip Hop\" contains samples of \"The Warnings (Part II)\" by David Axelrod, \"Slow Dance\" by Stanley Clarke, \"Time's Up\" by O.C., \"Paid in Full\" by Eric B. & Rakim, \"Spoonin Rap (A Drive Down the Street I Was Spanking and Freaking)\" by Spoonie Gee, \"Fear Not for Man\" by Fela Kuti, \"C.R.E.A.M.\" by Wu-Tang Clan, \"The New Style\" by Beastie Boys, \"One Two Sh**\" by A Tribe Called Quest feat. Busta Rhymes,\"The Bridge\" by MC Shan, and others.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }