{"id":3657464,"uri":"https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3657464/?format=json","airdate":"2026-05-21T01:42:39-07:00","show":66772,"show_uri":"https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66772/?format=json","image_uri":"https://coverartarchive.org/release/bea082e9-f79d-31d6-8497-f280defb6775/5678958512-500.jpg","thumbnail_uri":"https://coverartarchive.org/release/bea082e9-f79d-31d6-8497-f280defb6775/5678958512-250.jpg","song":"The Rockafeller Skank","track_id":null,"recording_id":"4e5f16e7-330e-4459-aa30-71a7aabac392","artist":"Fatboy Slim","artist_ids":["34c63966-445c-4613-afe1-4f0e1e53ae9a"],"album":"You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby","release_id":null,"release_group_id":"435fe38e-404c-3887-8300-cc94420a121c","labels":["Astralwerks"],"label_ids":["60f3af98-d6ca-4995-a9b5-b93924e2405f"],"release_date":"1998-10-12","rotation_status":null,"is_local":false,"is_request":false,"is_live":false,"comment":"The \"Rockafeller\" in the title comes from the distorted vocal that repeats something like \"Ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-rockafella-rockafella.\"\n\nThis may or may not be a Jay-Z sample, possibly from his 1997 song \"Who You Wit,\" where at the beginning he says, \"Roc-A-Fella, y'all,\"  a reference to his record label, Roc-A-Fella Records. \n--\nFatboy Slim (Norman Cook) had to forfeit 100% of the royalties for \"The Rockafeller Skank\" due to extensive sampling.  Dive deep, deep, deep into this song and its many samples.: https://www.musicology.blog/a-funk-soul-brother-the-undying-appeal-of-fatboy-slims-the-rockafeller-skank/ http://fatboyslim.net/","location":1,"location_name":"Default","play_type":"trackplay"}