Digable Planets
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Digable Planets is an American hip hop trio known for its jazz-influenced sound and socially conscious lyrics, most famous for their 1993 hit "Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Digable Planets canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5595070 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Digable Planets Context triple: [Butterfly, memberOf, Digable Planets]
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A.
Playaz Circle
Playaz Circle is an American hip hop duo from College Park, Georgia, best known for their hit single "Duffle Bag Boy" featuring Lil Wayne.
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B.
Gang Starr Foundation
Gang Starr Foundation is a loose collective of hip-hop artists and affiliates centered around the legendary duo Gang Starr, known for its influential contributions to East Coast rap in the 1990s.
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C.
Big Tymers
Big Tymers were an American hip hop duo from New Orleans, best known for their flashy, bounce-influenced Southern rap and early-2000s hits like "Still Fly" and "Get Your Roll On."
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D.
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five were a pioneering hip hop group from the South Bronx known for their innovative DJ techniques and socially conscious tracks like "The Message."
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E.
Dub Narcotic Sound System
Dub Narcotic Sound System is an American indie-funk and lo-fi dub band led by producer Calvin Johnson, known for its experimental, groove-driven sound and association with the Olympia, Washington DIY scene.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Digable Planets Target entity description: Digable Planets is an American hip hop trio known for its jazz-influenced sound and socially conscious lyrics, most famous for their 1993 hit "Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)."
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A.
Playaz Circle
Playaz Circle is an American hip hop duo from College Park, Georgia, best known for their hit single "Duffle Bag Boy" featuring Lil Wayne.
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B.
Gang Starr Foundation
Gang Starr Foundation is a loose collective of hip-hop artists and affiliates centered around the legendary duo Gang Starr, known for its influential contributions to East Coast rap in the 1990s.
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C.
Big Tymers
Big Tymers were an American hip hop duo from New Orleans, best known for their flashy, bounce-influenced Southern rap and early-2000s hits like "Still Fly" and "Get Your Roll On."
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D.
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five were a pioneering hip hop group from the South Bronx known for their innovative DJ techniques and socially conscious tracks like "The Message."
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E.
Dub Narcotic Sound System
Dub Narcotic Sound System is an American indie-funk and lo-fi dub band led by producer Calvin Johnson, known for its experimental, groove-driven sound and association with the Olympia, Washington DIY scene.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
hip hop group
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song ⓘ studio album ⓘ |
| activeStart | early 1990s ⓘ |
| album | Reachin' (A New Refutation of Time and Space) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedAct | Shabazz Palaces NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardYear | 1994 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| genre |
alternative hip hop
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hip hop ⓘ jazz rap ⓘ |
| hasInfluence |
Afrocentric themes
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jazz ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Craig Irving
NERFINISHED
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Ishmael Butler NERFINISHED ⓘ Mary Ann Vieira NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
Afrofuturism
NERFINISHED
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Black consciousness NERFINISHED ⓘ social justice ⓘ |
| label |
Elektra Records
NERFINISHED
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Pendulum Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfLyrics | English ⓘ |
| lyricCharacteristic | socially conscious lyrics ⓘ |
| memberOf | Digable Planets NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Blowout Comb
NERFINISHED
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Reachin' (A New Refutation of Time and Space) NERFINISHED ⓘ Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| origin | Brooklyn, New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer | Digable Planets NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear |
1992
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1993 ⓘ 1994 ⓘ |
| soundCharacteristic | jazz-influenced sound ⓘ |
| stageName |
Butterfly
NERFINISHED
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Doodlebug NERFINISHED ⓘ Ladybug Mecca NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Digable Planets Description of subject: Digable Planets is an American hip hop trio known for its jazz-influenced sound and socially conscious lyrics, most famous for their 1993 hit "Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Butterfly