Song Cry
E421457
"Song Cry" is a reflective, emotionally charged hip-hop track by Jay-Z in which he grapples with heartbreak and vulnerability over a soulful, sample-driven beat.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Song Cry canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4208286 — 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: Song Cry Context triple: [The Blueprint, notableTrack, Song Cry]
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A.
The Voice of One Crying
The Voice of One Crying is the English title of John Gower’s Latin poem *Vox Clamantis*, a medieval work best known for its moral and political commentary on 14th-century English society and events like the Peasants’ Revolt.
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B.
The Cry
The Cry is a British television drama series adapted from Helen FitzGerald's novel, focusing on the psychological unravelling of a couple after their baby goes missing.
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C.
Cryin'
"Cryin'" is a 1993 power ballad by American rock band Aerosmith, known for its blend of hard rock and emotional lyrics and its iconic music video featuring Alicia Silverstone.
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D.
Who's Crying Now
"Who's Crying Now" is a popular rock ballad by the American band Journey, featured on their 1981 album "Escape" and known for its emotive vocals and memorable guitar solo.
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E.
The Sky Is Crying
"The Sky Is Crying" is a posthumously released blues album by Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble, showcasing his powerful guitar work and emotional interpretations of classic and original material.
- 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: Song Cry Target entity description: "Song Cry" is a reflective, emotionally charged hip-hop track by Jay-Z in which he grapples with heartbreak and vulnerability over a soulful, sample-driven beat.
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A.
The Voice of One Crying
The Voice of One Crying is the English title of John Gower’s Latin poem *Vox Clamantis*, a medieval work best known for its moral and political commentary on 14th-century English society and events like the Peasants’ Revolt.
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B.
The Cry
The Cry is a British television drama series adapted from Helen FitzGerald's novel, focusing on the psychological unravelling of a couple after their baby goes missing.
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C.
Cryin'
"Cryin'" is a 1993 power ballad by American rock band Aerosmith, known for its blend of hard rock and emotional lyrics and its iconic music video featuring Alicia Silverstone.
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D.
Who's Crying Now
"Who's Crying Now" is a popular rock ballad by the American band Journey, featured on their 1981 album "Escape" and known for its emotive vocals and memorable guitar solo.
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E.
The Sky Is Crying
"The Sky Is Crying" is a posthumously released blues album by Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble, showcasing his powerful guitar work and emotional interpretations of classic and original material.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| album | The Blueprint ⓘ |
| artist | Jay-Z ⓘ |
| associatedWithArtistPersona | introspective side of Jay-Z ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| featuresSampleFrom | Sounds Like a Love Song ⓘ |
| genre |
East Coast hip hop
ⓘ
conscious hip hop ⓘ hip hop ⓘ |
| hasChorusType | sung hook ⓘ |
| hasCriticalReception | widely praised for emotional depth ⓘ |
| hasCulturalImpact | highlighted as one of Jay-Z's most emotional songs ⓘ |
| hasEra | early 2000s hip hop ⓘ |
| hasFormat |
CD single
ⓘ
digital download ⓘ vinyl single ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation |
drums
ⓘ
keyboards ⓘ soul sample ⓘ |
| hasMood |
melancholic
ⓘ
reflective ⓘ |
| hasMusicalStyle |
sample-based production
ⓘ
soulful production ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
failed relationship
ⓘ
loss ⓘ personal accountability ⓘ |
| hasTempo | slow to mid-tempo ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricalTheme |
emotional pain
ⓘ
heartbreak ⓘ regret ⓘ romantic relationships ⓘ vulnerability ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first person ⓘ |
| notableFor | portrayal of male vulnerability in hip hop ⓘ |
| partOf | Jay-Z discography ⓘ |
| performedIn | Jay-Z live concerts ⓘ |
| performer | Jay-Z ⓘ |
| producer | Just Blaze ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Def Jam Recordings
ⓘ
Roc-A-Fella Records ⓘ |
| sampleSourceArtist | Bobby Glenn ⓘ |
| vocalStyle | rap ⓘ |
| writer |
Bobby Glenn
ⓘ
Just Blaze ⓘ Jay-Z ⓘ
surface form:
Shawn Carter
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Song Cry Description of subject: "Song Cry" is a reflective, emotionally charged hip-hop track by Jay-Z in which he grapples with heartbreak and vulnerability over a soulful, sample-driven beat.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
The Blueprint