Soul II Soul
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Soul II Soul is a British musical collective best known for its influential late-1980s and early-1990s blend of R&B, soul, and dance music, including the hit "Back to Life (However Do You Want Me)."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Soul II Soul canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6298054 — 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: Soul II Soul Context triple: [Nellee Hooper, associatedAct, Soul II Soul]
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A.
Society of Soul
Society of Soul is a hip hop collective and production group associated with Atlanta’s Dungeon Family, known for their soulful, experimental Southern rap sound.
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B.
Art of Noise
Art of Noise is a pioneering British avant-garde synth-pop group known for its innovative use of sampling and experimental electronic production in the 1980s.
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C.
C+C Music Factory
C+C Music Factory was a popular early-1990s American dance and hip hop music group best known for chart-topping club hits like "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)."
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D.
The Style Council
The Style Council was an English sophisti-pop and soul-influenced band formed in the early 1980s by Paul Weller after The Jam, known for its jazzy, politically conscious pop songs.
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E.
The Human League
The Human League is a pioneering British synth-pop band formed in the late 1970s, best known for their influential electronic sound and hits like "Don't You Want Me."
- 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: Soul II Soul Target entity description: Soul II Soul is a British musical collective best known for its influential late-1980s and early-1990s blend of R&B, soul, and dance music, including the hit "Back to Life (However Do You Want Me)."
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A.
Society of Soul
Society of Soul is a hip hop collective and production group associated with Atlanta’s Dungeon Family, known for their soulful, experimental Southern rap sound.
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B.
Art of Noise
Art of Noise is a pioneering British avant-garde synth-pop group known for its innovative use of sampling and experimental electronic production in the 1980s.
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C.
C+C Music Factory
C+C Music Factory was a popular early-1990s American dance and hip hop music group best known for chart-topping club hits like "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)."
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D.
The Style Council
The Style Council was an English sophisti-pop and soul-influenced band formed in the early 1980s by Paul Weller after The Jam, known for its jazzy, politically conscious pop songs.
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E.
The Human League
The Human League is a pioneering British synth-pop band formed in the late 1970s, best known for their influential electronic sound and hits like "Don't You Want Me."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
band
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musical collective ⓘ |
| activeFrom | late 1980s ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
BRIT Award
NERFINISHED
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Grammy Award ⓘ |
| basedIn | London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfFormation | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| founder | Jazzie B NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
R&B
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club music ⓘ dance music ⓘ funk ⓘ hip hop ⓘ house ⓘ neo soul ⓘ soul ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Caron Wheeler
NERFINISHED
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Doreen Waddell NERFINISHED ⓘ Jazzie B NERFINISHED ⓘ Kym Mazelle NERFINISHED ⓘ Melissa Bell NERFINISHED ⓘ Nellee Hooper NERFINISHED ⓘ Penny Ford NERFINISHED ⓘ Philip D. Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ Rose Windross NERFINISHED ⓘ Simon Law NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
British R&B
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UK soul ⓘ acid jazz ⓘ neo soul artists ⓘ |
| locationOfFormation | London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableSong |
A Dream's a Dream
NERFINISHED
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Back to Life (However Do You Want Me) NERFINISHED ⓘ Get a Life NERFINISHED ⓘ Joy NERFINISHED ⓘ Keep On Movin' NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Back to Life (However Do You Want Me)
NERFINISHED
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Club Classics Vol. One NERFINISHED ⓘ Keep On Movin' NERFINISHED ⓘ Vol. II: 1990 – A New Decade NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| peakPeriod |
early 1990s
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late 1980s ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
10 Records
NERFINISHED
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Funki Dreds Records NERFINISHED ⓘ Virgin Records ⓘ |
| style | blend of R&B, soul, and dance music ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Soul II Soul Description of subject: Soul II Soul is a British musical collective best known for its influential late-1980s and early-1990s blend of R&B, soul, and dance music, including the hit "Back to Life (However Do You Want Me)."
Referenced by (1)
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