{"id":3632500,"uri":"https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3632500/?format=json","airdate":"2026-03-22T20:31:20-07:00","show":66253,"show_uri":"https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66253/?format=json","image_uri":"https://coverartarchive.org/release/67966060-1cf8-4a61-8fde-5012f517e1d2/23916719086-500.jpg","thumbnail_uri":"https://coverartarchive.org/release/67966060-1cf8-4a61-8fde-5012f517e1d2/23916719086-250.jpg","song":"It’s Like That","track_id":null,"recording_id":"17ff99d4-3400-4cf0-932e-7759f6a555b5","artist":"GQ","artist_ids":["a5f87ed6-f0f2-485f-a1c7-7ff64c899724"],"album":"Two","release_id":null,"release_group_id":"f1a4645f-4bde-4b7a-b60b-8ad7ee5e0f4c","labels":["Arista"],"label_ids":["c62e3985-6370-446a-bfb8-f1f6122e9c33"],"release_date":"1980-03-05","rotation_status":null,"is_local":false,"is_request":false,"is_live":false,"comment":"The Rhythm Makers renamed themselves to GQ around 1978.\n\nGQ released \"It's Like That\" with Arista in 1980 on the album Two, the group's second studio album.\nGQ was first formed in 1968 as a quartet called Sabu & the Survivors, with \"Sabu\" being a moniker of member Keith Crier. The group then evolved in the 1970s as The Rhythm Makers, playing primarily funk music and were Five Percenters.\n\nThe Rhythm Makers were composed of Emanuel Rahiem LeBlanc (lead vocals and rhythm guitar), Keith \"Sabu\" Crier (bass, vocals, and uncle of Keith Sweat), Herb Lane (keyboards and vocals) and Kenny Banks (drums and vocals). The group released one album, Soul on Your Side in 1976 on the De-Lite Records subsidiary Vigor Records, from which the group had one major international dancefloor hit, \"Zone\". At the time that Kenny Banks was replaced by Paul Service in 1978, the group's manager suggested that the group name be changed to \"GQ\", which stood for \"good quality.\" The group then signed with Arista Records.","location":1,"location_name":"Default","play_type":"trackplay"}