I Got a Story to Tell

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"I Got a Story to Tell" is a narrative-driven hip hop track by The Notorious B.I.G. known for its vivid storytelling about a tense encounter involving a romantic affair and an NBA player.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
I Got a Story to Tell canonical 4
"I Got a Story to Tell" 1

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Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf hip hop song ⓘ
narrative song ⓘ
song ⓘ
album Life After Death ⓘ
artist The Notorious B.I.G. ⓘ
associatedWith 1990s hip hop ⓘ
Bad Boy Records ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
creditedTo The Notorious B.I.G. ⓘ
featuresElement dialogue in lyrics ⓘ
first-person narration ⓘ
humor ⓘ
suspense ⓘ
genre East Coast hip hop ⓘ
hip hop ⓘ
hasArtist The Notorious B.I.G. ⓘ
hasForm verse-chorus structure ⓘ
hasNarrator The Notorious B.I.G. persona ⓘ
hasSubject home invasion scenario ⓘ
professional basketball player character ⓘ
romantic relationship ⓘ
hasTitle I Got a Story to Tell self-link ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricTheme crime ⓘ
infidelity ⓘ
storytelling ⓘ
violence ⓘ
medium audio recording ⓘ
musicGenre rap ⓘ
narrativeFocus encounter with an NBA player ⓘ
romantic affair ⓘ
notableFor detailed narrative structure ⓘ
twist ending in lyrics ⓘ
vivid storytelling ⓘ
originallyReleasedOn Life After Death ⓘ
partOf Life After Death ⓘ
performer The Notorious B.I.G. ⓘ
recordingArtist The Notorious B.I.G. ⓘ
releaseType album track ⓘ
style storytelling rap ⓘ
subjectOf discussions about fictional vs. real events in rap lyrics ⓘ
tempo mid-tempo ⓘ
vocalist The Notorious B.I.G. ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Life After Death → containsTrack → I Got a Story to Tell ⓘ
Hypnotize → Bside → I Got a Story to Tell ⓘ
Niggas Bleed → precedes → I Got a Story to Tell ⓘ
I Got a Story to Tell → hasTitle → I Got a Story to Tell self-link ⓘ
Buckwild → notableProductionFor → I Got a Story to Tell ⓘ
this entity surface form: "I Got a Story to Tell"