Play Public List
Information about plays
list: List of plays
retrieve: Information about a specific play by ID
GET /v2/plays/?format=api&offset=32500&ordering=-airdate
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The rhythm however, is sampled from The Vibrette’s “Humpty Dump” and gated to stylistically remove all of the reverb on the drums in the original sample.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3613571, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3613571/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-02-05T14:48:07-08:00", "show": 65847, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65847/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/8b2c41c1-b96b-3392-bce5-9dc0d1275737/5803388927-500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/8b2c41c1-b96b-3392-bce5-9dc0d1275737/5803388927-250.jpg", "song": "Giant Steps", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "fcb5244a-192d-447d-86c6-22025d267111", "artist": "Joe Pass", "artist_ids": [ "2f43e416-f1bf-4f04-8853-a0019aa12441" ], "album": "Virtuoso #2", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "e99fd21a-a777-3dde-97b4-58139c53146d", "labels": [ "Pablo" ], "label_ids": [ "d828e118-efa4-466e-bbd9-d38754251359" ], "release_date": "1977-01-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Born Joseph Anthony Passalaqua, Joe Pass was a legendary jazz guitarist considered gifted as a soloist and as accompanist to such stellar singers as Frank Sinatra, Sarah Vaughan and Ella Fitzgerald.\n--\nThis is a cover of John Coltrane's \"Giant Steps.\"", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3613570, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3613570/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-02-05T14:46:02-08:00", "show": 65847, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65847/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://ia800604.us.archive.org/25/items/mbid-e3655e9f-3db1-434d-bb4b-3529d09b2989/mbid-e3655e9f-3db1-434d-bb4b-3529d09b2989-1373313355_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://ia800604.us.archive.org/25/items/mbid-e3655e9f-3db1-434d-bb4b-3529d09b2989/mbid-e3655e9f-3db1-434d-bb4b-3529d09b2989-1373313355_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Lightworks", "track_id": "ffd532bd-38bb-3c46-b10b-e60eecd7a838", "recording_id": "f676f984-b560-47d0-918f-9a2ff5ac2dbe", "artist": "J Dilla", "artist_ids": [ "cbcbb22c-3a8d-46af-b4ba-09c98f0d7931" ], "album": "Donuts", "release_id": "e3655e9f-3db1-434d-bb4b-3529d09b2989", "release_group_id": "6b78c33a-64c4-3472-99e9-be45a392acb4", "labels": [ "Stones Throw Records" ], "label_ids": [ "f1b83107-23e5-41a3-ab1b-2a36965cf77b" ], "release_date": "2006-02-07", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "\"Lightworks\" contains samples of \"Lightworks\" by Raymond Scott, \"King of the Beats\" by Mantronix, \"Bendix the Tomorrow People\" by Raymond Scott, \"Six Figures\" by Skillz and Ras Kass and \"Cyclic Bit #1\" by Raymond Scott.\n--\nJ Dilla's mother Maureen \"Ma Dukes\" Yancey described 'Lightworks' as \"one of the special ones\" from the album Donuts (2006), in that its blend of both commercial and underground genres with \"way out there\" classical music was \"so different\" to the rest of his discography.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3613569, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3613569/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-02-05T14:45:01-08:00", "show": 65847, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65847/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/5044e769-b559-4fad-b967-7389437efeea/22587513744-500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/5044e769-b559-4fad-b967-7389437efeea/22587513744-250.jpg", "song": "Lightworks", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "b5148737-e914-4d6a-8e8c-0ccc4541b16e", "artist": "Raymond Scott, Dorothy Collins", "artist_ids": [], "album": "Manhattan Research, Inc.", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "70470a5d-d131-37e6-a81e-a32bcd997483", "labels": [ "Basta" ], "label_ids": [ "31212709-9d0a-4c72-9086-e05d41ff0d02" ], "release_date": "2000-01-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "The vocals in this song were from Canadian-American singer and actress Dorothy Collins. \n--\nManhattan Research, Inc. is a two-CD compilation of electronic music created by the musician, composer and inventor, Raymond Scott and his company, \"Manhattan Research Inc.\" The synthesizers, sequencers, and drum-machines used were designed and constructed by Raymond Scott.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3613568, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3613568/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-02-05T14:39:46-08:00", "show": 65847, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65847/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/f11028aa-c440-4594-8585-c9f8faffbe07/11177202758-500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/f11028aa-c440-4594-8585-c9f8faffbe07/11177202758-250.jpg", "song": "Untitled/Fantastic", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "23f3cd9d-3528-4120-94f9-13c277b736e1", "artist": "Slum Village", "artist_ids": [ "c0c1183e-6940-48ca-8f96-98250fcb3ef1" ], "album": "Fantastic, Volume 2", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "b0c9b8ff-81b4-3507-a3af-844191a9c724", "labels": [ "Barak Records" ], "label_ids": [ "463d4e85-3afc-41c8-8c00-fc4443590561" ], "release_date": "2000-05-15", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "T3, Baatin, and J Dilla co-wrote this song. J Dilla, of course, produced it.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3613567, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3613567/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-02-05T14:32:08-08:00", "show": 65847, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65847/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://ia601304.us.archive.org/10/items/mbid-ac08220a-ca91-3c93-b31b-b231270773af/mbid-ac08220a-ca91-3c93-b31b-b231270773af-11622727078_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://ia601304.us.archive.org/10/items/mbid-ac08220a-ca91-3c93-b31b-b231270773af/mbid-ac08220a-ca91-3c93-b31b-b231270773af-11622727078_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Refractions in the Plastic Pulse", "track_id": "90365a9f-2965-31f5-9b81-42d0542c7750", "recording_id": "4b5eef7d-b400-4ce5-ac6b-9a8c7850b4e6", "artist": "Stereolab", "artist_ids": [ "f1df0431-9250-4ec8-95d8-f19ce7cf7fb6" ], "album": "Dots and Loops", "release_id": "ac08220a-ca91-3c93-b31b-b231270773af", "release_group_id": "dcc1e5d0-c35f-3e4a-b0d2-b53b23eb906f", "labels": [ "Elektra" ], "label_ids": [ "873f9f75-af68-4872-98e2-431058e4c9a9" ], "release_date": "1997-09-23", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Slum Village sampled multiple elements of this tune for 2000's \"Untitled/Fantastic.\" \n--\nHere's the video for all 17:34 of this Sterolab song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMoRUjJjB9w", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3613566, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3613566/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-02-05T14:27:58-08:00", "show": 65847, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65847/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/07ec8adf-f2aa-422e-a057-63f67171ba81/31309292519-500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/07ec8adf-f2aa-422e-a057-63f67171ba81/31309292519-250.jpg", "song": "Think Twice", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "a94ed4c9-2028-4abf-96d4-f942a3c88978", "artist": "J Dilla", "artist_ids": [], "album": "Welcome 2 Detroit", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "d11d327b-e5b7-3f50-b21c-620c2351fa3e", "labels": [ "BBE" ], "label_ids": [ "d85e09a6-2401-42aa-943f-50ff940d6583" ], "release_date": "2001-02-27", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "This is J Dilla's cover of the 1975 song by jazz trumpeter Donald Byrd, produced by the Mizell Brothers. J Dilla is on vocals.. Dwele plays the keys and the trumpet.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3613565, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3613565/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-02-05T14:24:31-08:00", "show": 65847, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65847/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://ia801803.us.archive.org/3/items/mbid-167c97f2-eaba-4952-9de3-87dae22be760/mbid-167c97f2-eaba-4952-9de3-87dae22be760-29453858339_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn721603.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-167c97f2-eaba-4952-9de3-87dae22be760/mbid-167c97f2-eaba-4952-9de3-87dae22be760-29453858339_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Think Twice (Mizell Brothers 2005 Remix)", "track_id": "e9b3c0f8-d118-398a-9d9a-378c17b948f9", "recording_id": "2d33aadc-007f-43a7-95bc-a92cb06e2c07", "artist": "Donald Byrd", "artist_ids": [ "69f95e5c-4b34-4c8b-b8fe-c59f9296195a" ], "album": "The Mizell Brothers at Blue Note", "release_id": "376b4905-f0c2-475c-8bf4-d1fc1146da4f", "release_group_id": "02bcea37-c956-31bb-b8b8-c74992f939ff", "labels": [ "Blue Note" ], "label_ids": [ "713c4a95-6616-442b-9cf6-14e1ddfd5946" ], "release_date": "2005-09-13", "rotation_status": "Library", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "This song, produced and co-written by Larry Mizell, featured Kay Haith on vocals. That's Larry's uncle, Fonce Mizell, on background vocals.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3613564, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3613564/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-02-05T14:15:19-08:00", "show": 65847, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65847/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://ia601406.us.archive.org/26/items/mbid-9cd3c077-7d33-3b1f-ab23-717de4f2185f/mbid-9cd3c077-7d33-3b1f-ab23-717de4f2185f-30058763114_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://ia601406.us.archive.org/26/items/mbid-9cd3c077-7d33-3b1f-ab23-717de4f2185f/mbid-9cd3c077-7d33-3b1f-ab23-717de4f2185f-30058763114_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Drop", "track_id": "e2be5da3-0027-464d-8587-4f94850baef6", "recording_id": "9de4c2b1-94ef-48fa-ae6a-b36a27260ec7", "artist": "The Pharcyde", "artist_ids": [ "d7134426-a937-43bf-bc54-f10ad8102ed9" ], "album": "Labcabincalifornia", "release_id": "161567d7-e1bc-40f7-8d49-c9d8ea997e0d", "release_group_id": "d0dc0be5-53ec-3810-8683-ba1dfac644f8", "labels": [ "Delicious Vinyl" ], "label_ids": [ "fa21d4fc-2f5b-48df-9f70-066f0d8cfc3e" ], "release_date": "1995-01-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "J. Dilla sampled \"The New Style\" by Beastie Boys and used the same reverse sample technique that they had accidently come across with Rick Rubin. The song uses Ad-Rock’s iconic \"mmm. . . .drop\" as a hook.\n--\nThe song alos contains a reversed sample of Dorothy Ashby's recording of \"Django\" and the hook from Wes Montgomery's \"Round Midnight.\"\n--\n\"Drop\" also had an innovative, Spike Jonze-directed music video―featuring the Pharcyde and appearances from Ad-Rock and Mike D. https://youtu.be/wqVsfGQ_1SU", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3613563, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3613563/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-02-05T14:13:02-08:00", "show": 65847, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65847/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/aef4368a-15de-4a47-8654-10b08fc777d3/35976235337-500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/aef4368a-15de-4a47-8654-10b08fc777d3/35976235337-250.jpg", "song": "’Round Midnight", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "ff1981d8-ed71-494b-9b8e-f1305577f030", "artist": "Wes Montgomery Trio", "artist_ids": [ "739d421f-1f7a-4dd8-b56e-fb4fb7634aee" ], "album": "A Dynamic New Sound: Guitar/Organ/Drums", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "89db6d14-c815-3521-ab86-47ed49777e54", "labels": [ "Riverside" ], "label_ids": [ "fd9ac552-7dae-42e4-98bf-d3a634bded8a" ], "release_date": "1959-01-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "This is Wes Montgomery's beautiful cover of the Thelonius Monk composition. The hook in this song was sampled by The Pharcyde in \"Drop.\"", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3613562, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3613562/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-02-05T14:06:34-08:00", "show": 65847, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65847/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://ia803105.us.archive.org/7/items/mbid-3d393154-0fc9-3182-b081-79c4f30d37e4/mbid-3d393154-0fc9-3182-b081-79c4f30d37e4-15223438954_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://ia803105.us.archive.org/7/items/mbid-3d393154-0fc9-3182-b081-79c4f30d37e4/mbid-3d393154-0fc9-3182-b081-79c4f30d37e4-15223438954_thumb250.jpg", "song": "The New Style", "track_id": "d157fdb5-aceb-3c98-83d6-4850eb4e0c05", "recording_id": "f14de46f-7973-4f7c-81f9-6081d4f38f32", "artist": "Beastie Boys", "artist_ids": [ "9beb62b2-88db-4cea-801e-162cd344ee53" ], "album": "Licensed to Ill", "release_id": "2b1ddfeb-e20f-3cab-a47c-802c5d77be96", "release_group_id": "57f5e7c8-2a6e-34a0-b4cd-0e77695bc36f", "labels": [ "Def Jam Recordings" ], "label_ids": [ "a92d1684-4edb-48aa-b913-30e9da213004" ], "release_date": "2000-04-03", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "This is the second single — and Track #2 — from Beastie Boys' debut full-length album, Licensed To Ill.\n--\nThis song included five samples, including \"Drop the Bomb\" from Trouble Funk. It has been sampled more than 400 times!!", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3613561, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3613561/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-02-05T14:03:32-08:00", "show": 65847, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65847/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://ia800604.us.archive.org/25/items/mbid-e3655e9f-3db1-434d-bb4b-3529d09b2989/mbid-e3655e9f-3db1-434d-bb4b-3529d09b2989-1373313355_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://ia600604.us.archive.org/25/items/mbid-e3655e9f-3db1-434d-bb4b-3529d09b2989/mbid-e3655e9f-3db1-434d-bb4b-3529d09b2989-1373313355_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Workinonit", "track_id": "36dfa354-2ed9-3181-94d4-3bb3a0872824", "recording_id": "119850b9-540d-4209-92a6-12cf078a3ca7", "artist": "J Dilla", "artist_ids": [ "cbcbb22c-3a8d-46af-b4ba-09c98f0d7931" ], "album": "Donuts", "release_id": "e3655e9f-3db1-434d-bb4b-3529d09b2989", "release_group_id": "6b78c33a-64c4-3472-99e9-be45a392acb4", "labels": [ "Stones Throw Records" ], "label_ids": [ "f1b83107-23e5-41a3-ab1b-2a36965cf77b" ], "release_date": "2006-02-07", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "The 10cc \"Worst Band in the World\" sample is one of 10 samples that J Dilla used on this song. : https://www.whosampled.com/J-Dilla/Workinonit/", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3613560, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3613560/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-02-05T14:00:57-08:00", "show": 65847, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65847/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/353ec08d-487b-40ea-a8cd-bfb2c82be3f2/9926097032-500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/353ec08d-487b-40ea-a8cd-bfb2c82be3f2/9926097032-250.jpg", "song": "The Worst Band in the World", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "12b78129-5c01-4ec1-8b3b-2933e623c71d", "artist": "10cc", "artist_ids": [ "f37c537b-3557-4031-bfd6-ab63ced32854" ], "album": "Sheet Music", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "909e7c30-838a-32ac-bf8b-c65a7e101fec", "labels": [ "Mercury Records" ], "label_ids": [ "995428e7-81b6-41dd-bd38-5a7a0ece8ad6" ], "release_date": "1974-05-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "J Dilla sampled multiple elements of this song in 2006 for his \"Workinonit.\" Did you know that Madlib also sampled it in 2010 for \"I Must Love You (OJ Simpson Remix)\"?", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3613559, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3613559/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-02-05T13:56:06-08:00", "show": 65847, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65847/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/ea6c654c-950d-427f-b2da-d1c618297982/43595366838-500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/ea6c654c-950d-427f-b2da-d1c618297982/43595366838-250.jpg", "song": "Breathe and Stop", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "a045f118-0958-4cfa-ae04-300fe46cb0de", "artist": "Q-Tip", "artist_ids": [], "album": "Amplified", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "3c6c1577-e00a-3eb3-bfad-041b3ebb6aa4", "labels": [ "Arista" ], "label_ids": [ "c62e3985-6370-446a-bfb8-f1f6122e9c33" ], "release_date": "1999-11-30", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "\"Breathe and Stop\" contains samples of \"N.T.\" by Kool & the Gang, \"Gypsy\" by Emmett Chapman and \"Darkness and Newborn Light\" by Urszula Dudziak and Adam Makowicz.\n--\nSee the official video for this song:: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8omE8XPeYE", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3613558, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3613558/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-02-05T13:52:52-08:00", "show": 65847, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65847/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/7623902b-337f-4996-a282-dc167b270126/15107984458-500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/7623902b-337f-4996-a282-dc167b270126/15107984458-250.jpg", "song": "N.T.", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "964b83a2-3f3b-44ba-897f-a54a1421aafa", "artist": "Kool Gang", "artist_ids": [], "album": "Live at P.J.’s", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "8d8057e9-eb68-3db5-bbbd-a253138a279a", "labels": [ "PolyGram" ], "label_ids": [ "1fc9f71a-8d08-4c02-ab13-fa752750ae44" ], "release_date": "1971-10-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "The second live album by the funk band Kool and the Gang, Live at P.J.’s, was released on the New York-based De-Lite label in 1971. 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A keen jazz guitarist with an eye for innovation, Chapman already played a custom long-scale 9-string guitar, which included a gear shift lever for a “wild string”, allowing him to access various different intervals on demand.\" Learn more about this pioneering musician, who died in 2021 at age 85: https://www.guitarworld.com/news/emmett-chapman-stick", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3613554, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3613554/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-02-05T13:43:48-08:00", "show": 65847, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65847/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://ia803202.us.archive.org/28/items/mbid-0eaf3a43-f00e-4416-8ea3-759d1841e3c9/mbid-0eaf3a43-f00e-4416-8ea3-759d1841e3c9-4402657853_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://ia903202.us.archive.org/28/items/mbid-0eaf3a43-f00e-4416-8ea3-759d1841e3c9/mbid-0eaf3a43-f00e-4416-8ea3-759d1841e3c9-4402657853_thumb250.jpg", "song": "The Light", "track_id": "3b7d9ae6-c951-4b3a-9579-d5e0134435d7", "recording_id": "e1c49145-d038-4b7f-ae90-99489a81f460", "artist": "Common", "artist_ids": [ "c0a1179b-b14a-4d68-a3c1-1fdab16ed602" ], "album": "Like Water For Chocolate (Clean Version)", "release_id": "d774c3e5-3416-492e-9ae3-87e6eb289a43", "release_group_id": "cb275cb8-1619-48ba-8b4c-30d63b7035e9", "labels": [ "MCA Records, Inc." ], "label_ids": [ "1dd678a1-5904-4280-bafc-162224ed3405" ], "release_date": "2000-03-28", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "\"The Light\" contains samples of \"Open Your Eyes\" by Bobby Caldwell, \"You're Getting a Little Too Smart\" by Detroit Emeralds and \"Track 3 (Another Batch)\" by J Dilla.\n--\n\"The Light\" was written as a love song to Common's girlfriend at the time, fellow Soulquarian, Erykah Badu.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3613553, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3613553/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-02-05T13:40:08-08:00", "show": 65847, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65847/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/e64084af-988c-4cc8-b052-c4f2c84f431d/22412454064-500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/e64084af-988c-4cc8-b052-c4f2c84f431d/22412454064-250.jpg", "song": "Open Your Eyes", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "054b3382-44dd-4c52-bc1a-ea4dcdaa4977", "artist": "Bobby Caldwell", "artist_ids": [ "139a00a8-6b21-47c3-9315-60ac5ab2c715" ], "album": "Cat in the Hat", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "e2621bbb-0645-357b-9da8-90bf6b892aa2", "labels": [ "Polydor" ], "label_ids": [ "ce24ab18-1bd6-4293-a486-546d13d6a5e2" ], "release_date": "1980-01-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "R.I.P., \"blue-eyed soul\" singer Bobby Caldwell, who died in 2023 at age 71: https://www.npr.org/2023/03/16/1163833615/bobby-caldwell-singer-of-what-you-wont-do-for-love-dies-at-71\n--\n\"Dilla took his phenomenal hands, flipped this sample, and turned out a true classic to this day, with Common on the track, “The Light”.: http://www.authorityhop.com/home/who-flipped-this-bobby-caldwell-sample-better/", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3613552, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3613552/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-02-05T13:35:58-08:00", "show": 65847, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65847/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://ia802907.us.archive.org/35/items/mbid-a9dc398c-89aa-34f9-a3be-25f6d704011c/mbid-a9dc398c-89aa-34f9-a3be-25f6d704011c-3394185815_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://ia802907.us.archive.org/35/items/mbid-a9dc398c-89aa-34f9-a3be-25f6d704011c/mbid-a9dc398c-89aa-34f9-a3be-25f6d704011c-3394185815_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Didn't Cha Know", "track_id": "587b7d61-11bc-31a9-bf3f-fa158e9610e0", "recording_id": "305625e9-c521-4fe6-9a1e-297be2be66b1", "artist": "Erykah Badu", "artist_ids": [ "321531fc-db73-4ffa-a959-61a61a2908c1" ], "album": "Mama's Gun", "release_id": "a9dc398c-89aa-34f9-a3be-25f6d704011c", "release_group_id": "25bdfd28-72ca-3d1f-88fc-dcf67df91720", "labels": [ "Motown" ], "label_ids": [ "8e479e57-ef44-490c-b75d-cd28df89bf1b" ], "release_date": "2000-11-27", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Erykah Badu wrote this song, which was produced by J Dilla. 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