Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos
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"Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos" is a politically charged hip hop track by Public Enemy that tells a dramatic prison-break narrative while critiquing systemic racism and the U.S. military draft.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4207906 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos Context triple: [Public Enemy, notableWork, Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos]
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A.
Breaker of Chains
"Breaker of Chains" is an instrumental track composed by Ramin Djawadi for the Game of Thrones Season 4 soundtrack, thematically associated with Daenerys Targaryen’s liberation of slaves.
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B.
The Black Reckoning
The Black Reckoning is a fantasy novel by John Stephens, the third book in his middle-grade series The Books of Beginning, which follows three siblings wielding powerful magical artifacts to confront an ancient evil.
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C.
From the Fires
From the Fires is a 2017 double EP by American rock band Greta Van Fleet that helped launch them to mainstream attention with its retro, Led Zeppelin-inspired sound.
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D.
Iron Will
Iron Will is a 1994 Disney adventure film about a young man racing his sled dogs across the wilderness to save his family’s farm.
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E.
Cold Blue Steel and Sweet Fire
"Cold Blue Steel and Sweet Fire" is a jazz-inflected folk song by Joni Mitchell that explores themes of addiction and urban despair.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos Target entity description: "Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos" is a politically charged hip hop track by Public Enemy that tells a dramatic prison-break narrative while critiquing systemic racism and the U.S. military draft.
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A.
Breaker of Chains
"Breaker of Chains" is an instrumental track composed by Ramin Djawadi for the Game of Thrones Season 4 soundtrack, thematically associated with Daenerys Targaryen’s liberation of slaves.
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B.
The Black Reckoning
The Black Reckoning is a fantasy novel by John Stephens, the third book in his middle-grade series The Books of Beginning, which follows three siblings wielding powerful magical artifacts to confront an ancient evil.
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C.
From the Fires
From the Fires is a 2017 double EP by American rock band Greta Van Fleet that helped launch them to mainstream attention with its retro, Led Zeppelin-inspired sound.
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D.
Iron Will
Iron Will is a 1994 Disney adventure film about a young man racing his sled dogs across the wilderness to save his family’s farm.
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E.
Cold Blue Steel and Sweet Fire
"Cold Blue Steel and Sweet Fire" is a jazz-inflected folk song by Joni Mitchell that explores themes of addiction and urban despair.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| album | It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back ⓘ |
| artist | Public Enemy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedAct | The Bomb Squad ⓘ |
| associatedMovement |
Black Power movement
ⓘ
surface form:
Black Power
|
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| criticalReception | acclaimed ⓘ |
| featuresArtist | Flavor Flav NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
conscious hip hop
ⓘ
hip hop ⓘ political hip hop ⓘ |
| hasCoverVersion |
Tricky
ⓘ
surface form:
Tricky - Black Steel
|
| hasMusicVideo | true ⓘ |
| hasRemix | Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos (UK remixes) ⓘ |
| includedOn | various Public Enemy compilation albums ⓘ |
| influencedGenre | political hip hop ⓘ |
| instrumentation | sample-based production ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricalSubject |
Black liberation
ⓘ
critique of the U.S. government ⓘ opposition to military service ⓘ |
| musicVideoDirector | Adam Bernstein ⓘ |
| narrativeTheme |
U.S. military draft resistance
ⓘ
mass incarceration ⓘ prison break ⓘ systemic racism ⓘ |
| notableFor |
critique of systemic racism
ⓘ
critique of the U.S. military draft ⓘ dramatic prison-break narrative ⓘ politically charged lyrics ⓘ |
| openingLine | I got a letter from the government the other day ⓘ |
| partOfAlbum | It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back ⓘ |
| performer | Public Enemy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalOrientation |
anti-establishment
ⓘ
anti-war ⓘ |
| producer | The Bomb Squad ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Columbia Records
ⓘ
Def Jam Recordings ⓘ |
| releasedAsSingle | true ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1988 ⓘ |
| tempo | mid-tempo ⓘ |
| usesSampling |
Isaac Hayes
ⓘ
surface form:
Isaac Hayes - Hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymistic
|
| vocalist |
Chuck D
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Flavor Flav NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writer |
Chuck D
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Eric Sadler ⓘ Hank Shocklee ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos Description of subject: "Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos" is a politically charged hip hop track by Public Enemy that tells a dramatic prison-break narrative while critiquing systemic racism and the U.S. military draft.
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