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"https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65700/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Master Blaster (Jammin’)", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "586ccaaa-b45c-4f2d-8c60-85050a049593", "artist": "Stevie Wonder", "artist_ids": [ "1ee18fb3-18a6-4c7f-8ba0-bc41cdd0462e" ], "album": "Natural Wonder", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "2d0bc802-6c19-3cc2-8dd8-89ff2d27c893", "labels": [ "Motown" ], "label_ids": [ "8e479e57-ef44-490c-b75d-cd28df89bf1b" ], "release_date": "1995-11-21", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "https://www.discogs.com/release/20230345-Stevie-Wonder-Natural-Wonder?srsltid=AfmBOooKZ3GXnsSdEsk5lue66QF5XnUuAc-Q5AI1kRYrHGHPwQfz0k4Y", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3606403, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3606403/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-01-19T14:23:04-08:00", "show": 65700, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65700/?format=api", 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The one-take music video, directed by Japanese-American filmmaker Hiro Murai, generated so much attention that TIME magazine even released an article analyzing the different strands of symbolism found over the short four minutes.: https://time.com/5267890/childish-gambino-this-is-america-meaning/\n---\nHere's an in-depth look at his powerful song: https://www.stereogum.com/2295810/the-number-ones-childish-gambinos-this-is-america/columns/the-number-ones/\n==\n--\nDon't miss the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYOjWnS4cMY", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3606399, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3606399/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-01-19T14:04:59-08:00", "show": 65700, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65700/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "I'm a African", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "7da7aa6a-8e3a-4f9a-a481-93cd37360dce", "artist": "dead prez", "artist_ids": [ "3b02795b-bd2c-4aac-8f6c-e581514cc2d8" ], "album": "Let’s Get Free", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "c46a8433-c8d7-3d20-bb7c-df48ef2eeaf9", "labels": [ "Loud Records" ], "label_ids": [ "32f6ca53-2be0-4dcd-8c08-e46eb6a018aa" ], "release_date": "1999-11-30", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "This powerful ode to Pan-Africanism is the first full song on the group’s debut album \"Let’s Get Free.\"\n--\n\"No, I wasn't born in Ghana, but Africa is my momma\nAnd I did not end up here from bad karma\nOr for b-ball, selling mad crack, or rapping\nPeter Tosh tried to tell us what happened\nHe was saying if you black, then you African\nSo they had to kill him\nAnd make him a villain ‘cause he was teaching the children\nI feel him, then was trying to drop us a real gem\nThat's why we bucking holes in the ceiling when we hearing...\" Here are the lyrics: https://genius.com/Dead-prez-im-a-african-lyrics", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3606398, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3606398/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-01-19T14:00:48-08:00", "show": 65700, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65700/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/e589336f-d393-46d7-8a24-232fe7437cb3/19147983425-500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/e589336f-d393-46d7-8a24-232fe7437cb3/19147983425-250.jpg", "song": "Dreams and Nightmares", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "01861174-8951-4aa0-8629-39ca7d9eb529", "artist": "Meek Mill", "artist_ids": [ "31bcadcc-e1da-4cad-bec8-2f4f1d41b095" ], "album": "Dreams and Nightmares", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "32677e4d-58af-4c78-ba0e-deb360ae32bc", "labels": [ "Warner Bros. 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