Warning

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"Warning" is a 1994 storytelling-driven hip-hop track by The Notorious B.I.G. that showcases his vivid narrative style and gritty depiction of street life.

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“Warning” 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf single
song
album Ready to Die
artist The Notorious B.I.G.
associatedMovement 1990s East Coast hip hop resurgence
chronologyInArtistSingles Ready to Die singles chronology
containsElement internal monologue
threat of home invasion
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
criticalReception acclaimed for storytelling
featuresPhoneConversation true
followsInChronology Juicy
genre East Coast hip hop
hardcore hip hop
hip hop
hasMusicVideo true
hasNarrativeDevice dialogue between protagonist and associate
includedInAlbum Ready to Die
labelFounder P. Diddy
surface form: Sean Combs
labelImprint Bad Boy Records
surface form: Bad Boy Entertainment
language English
lyricalTheme betrayal
drug dealing
paranoia
street life
violence
musicVideoDirector Hype Williams
narrativeForm first-person narrative
narrativeStyle storytelling
partOf The Notorious B.I.G. discography
performer The Notorious B.I.G.
precedesInChronology Big Poppa
producer Easy Mo Bee
recordedIn 1993
recordLabel Arista Records
Bad Boy Records
releaseYear 1994
sampledArtist Isaac Hayes
sampledWork Walk On By
setting Brooklyn
side album track
tempo mid-tempo
trackType non-single album track initially
vocalist The Notorious B.I.G.
vocalStyle laid-back
writer Christopher George Latore Wallace
surface form: Christopher Wallace

Isaac Hayes
Osten Harvey Jr.

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Ready to Die hasPart Warning
this entity surface form: “Warning”
Ready to Die notableSingle Warning