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GET /v2/plays/3638651/?format=api
HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, HEAD, OPTIONS
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Vary: Accept

{
    "id": 3638651,
    "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3638651/?format=api",
    "airdate": "2026-04-06T14:29:11-07:00",
    "show": 66384,
    "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66384/?format=api",
    "image_uri": "https://dn710805.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-38780dbf-f05b-4444-a011-08ebac4175d6/mbid-38780dbf-f05b-4444-a011-08ebac4175d6-8514612350_thumb500.jpg",
    "thumbnail_uri": "https://ia600702.us.archive.org/29/items/mbid-38780dbf-f05b-4444-a011-08ebac4175d6/mbid-38780dbf-f05b-4444-a011-08ebac4175d6-8514612350_thumb250.jpg",
    "song": "Sometimes I Rhyme Slow",
    "track_id": "d0f37398-c500-31d0-aac7-d907924b7b5b",
    "recording_id": "953770a3-7e7a-425b-8a5d-d72b7168c60a",
    "artist": "Nice & Smooth",
    "artist_ids": [
        "e0af5e8b-403c-4059-bd83-5ae037b391b7"
    ],
    "album": "Ain’t a Damn Thing Changed",
    "release_id": "6b3b1c16-b809-4876-9bb8-585e566a81ab",
    "release_group_id": "29da9c45-a168-37d7-9454-49a5fef314fa",
    "labels": [
        "Rush Associated Labels"
    ],
    "label_ids": [
        "e54cf1d2-645d-49ea-b552-5b73f9c31d41"
    ],
    "release_date": "1991-01-01",
    "rotation_status": null,
    "is_local": false,
    "is_request": false,
    "is_live": false,
    "comment": "Out to Eduardo!\n\n1991 sophomore release from NYC hip-hop duo Nice & Smooth, who released four albums between 1989-1997. Check out a 30th album-versary tribute to 'Ain't A Damn Thing's Changed': https://bit.ly/2OzF1ly\n\nThe album's third single, \"Sometimes I Rhyme Slow\" borrows from Tracy Chapman's 1988 classic \"Fast Car\" - check out the video!\nhttps://youtu.be/dkl_Vq1SWKg",
    "location": 1,
    "location_name": "Default",
    "play_type": "trackplay"
}