Warning

E22479
single song

"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

Statements (48)

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 ⓘ