{"id":3623006,"uri":"https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3623006/?format=json","airdate":"2026-02-27T13:24:43-08:00","show":66044,"show_uri":"https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66044/?format=json","image_uri":"","thumbnail_uri":"","song":"Still Ray","track_id":null,"recording_id":"9f3a237c-db4f-4287-92c3-c5b39cf29270","artist":"Raphael Saadiq","artist_ids":["a2eb319d-a45e-43c3-bb14-d0ffb577222c"],"album":"Instant Vintage","release_id":null,"release_group_id":"5b79dafe-512e-3898-85d2-45a7d77f903b","labels":["Universal Records"],"label_ids":["590538e9-b183-4163-ab5a-171fb021ed12"],"release_date":"2002-06-11","rotation_status":null,"is_local":false,"is_request":false,"is_live":false,"comment":"Slowing things down a bit to show off his vulnerable side (with a side of tongue-in-cheek humor), Saadiq buoys his love pangs with a staccato Dr. Dre piano sample and unlikely tuba accompaniment. The musical experimentation on “Still Ray” is as successful sonically as it is poignant.\n\nWatch a live performance of the song in Orlando from early 2020:\nhttps://youtu.be/H1KPjDwG6Iw","location":1,"location_name":"Default","play_type":"trackplay"}