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{
    "id": 3638293,
    "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3638293/?format=api",
    "airdate": "2026-04-05T17:51:19-07:00",
    "show": 66375,
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    "song": "Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)",
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    "artist": "Digable Planets",
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    "album": "Reachin’ (A New Refutation of Time and Space)",
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    "labels": [
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    "release_date": "1993-01-01",
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    "comment": "In “Rebirth of Slick”, the primary sample is that of Art Blakely and the Jazz Messengers' “Stretching”; “Rebirth” samples both the bassline and the horn motifs from “Stretching.”\n\n\nRead an Excerpt from Larry Mizell, Jr.'s Liner Notes for Digable Planets' Reachin’ (A New Refutation of Time and Space): https://www.kexp.org/read/2018/2/20/read-excerpt-larry-mizell-jrs-liner-notes-digable-planets-emreachin-new-refutation-time-and-spaceem/",
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