Sabotage (Beastie Boys music video)
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"Sabotage" is a 1994 Beastie Boys music video styled as a parody of 1970s American cop shows, noted for its frenetic action, comedic tone, and influential visual style.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sabotage (Beastie Boys music video) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9394470 — 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)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sabotage (Beastie Boys music video) Context triple: [Spike Jonze, directed, Sabotage (Beastie Boys music video)]
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C.R.E.A.M.
C.R.E.A.M. is a seminal Wu-Tang Clan track that explores the struggles of poverty and the pursuit of money, widely regarded as one of the most influential hip-hop songs of the 1990s.
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B.
Gangsta’s Paradise
"Gangsta’s Paradise" is a 1995 hip-hop song by Coolio featuring L.V., best known for its introspective lyrics on urban struggle and its prominent use of a Stevie Wonder sample.
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C.
Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
"Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out" is a soulful, horn-driven rock song by Bruce Springsteen that tells the story of the formation of the E Street Band.
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D.
Fight the Power
"Fight the Power" is a politically charged hip-hop anthem by Public Enemy that became an iconic protest song and cultural touchstone, especially through its prominent use in Spike Lee’s film *Do the Right Thing*.
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E.
Beastie
Beastie is the iconic cartoon daemon mascot associated with the FreeBSD operating system and the broader BSD Unix community.
- 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: Sabotage (Beastie Boys music video) Target entity description: "Sabotage" is a 1994 Beastie Boys music video styled as a parody of 1970s American cop shows, noted for its frenetic action, comedic tone, and influential visual style.
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A.
C.R.E.A.M.
C.R.E.A.M. is a seminal Wu-Tang Clan track that explores the struggles of poverty and the pursuit of money, widely regarded as one of the most influential hip-hop songs of the 1990s.
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B.
Gangsta’s Paradise
"Gangsta’s Paradise" is a 1995 hip-hop song by Coolio featuring L.V., best known for its introspective lyrics on urban struggle and its prominent use of a Stevie Wonder sample.
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C.
Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
"Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out" is a soulful, horn-driven rock song by Bruce Springsteen that tells the story of the formation of the E Street Band.
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D.
Fight the Power
"Fight the Power" is a politically charged hip-hop anthem by Public Enemy that became an iconic protest song and cultural touchstone, especially through its prominent use in Spike Lee’s film *Do the Right Thing*.
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E.
Beastie
Beastie is the iconic cartoon daemon mascot associated with the FreeBSD operating system and the broader BSD Unix community.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
music video
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short film ⓘ |
| artist | Beastie Boys NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedAlbum | Ill Communication NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnSong | Sabotage (Beastie Boys song) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cameraStyle |
crash zooms
ⓘ
handheld ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Spike Jonze NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributionFormat |
home video compilations
ⓘ
online streaming ⓘ television broadcast ⓘ |
| editingStyle | fast-paced ⓘ |
| featuresBandMembersAs | fictional 1970s-style TV cops ⓘ |
| featuresPerformer |
Adam Horovitz
NERFINISHED
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Adam Yauch NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Diamond NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresProp |
1970s-style police cars
ⓘ
aviator sunglasses ⓘ fake mustaches ⓘ trench coats ⓘ |
| genre |
action
ⓘ
comedy ⓘ |
| hasCultStatus | true ⓘ |
| hasSetting | Los Angeles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTone |
irreverent
ⓘ
satirical ⓘ |
| influenced |
1990s and 2000s MTV visual style
ⓘ
later parody action music videos ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| nominatedFor |
MTV Video Music Award for Best Direction
NERFINISHED
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MTV Video Music Award for Best Editing NERFINISHED ⓘ MTV Video Music Award for Breakthrough Video NERFINISHED ⓘ MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
comedic tone
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frenetic action sequences ⓘ influential visual style ⓘ |
| originalNetworkOrChannel | MTV NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parodies | 1970s American police procedural television series ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Propaganda Films NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recognizedBy |
Rolling Stone lists of greatest music videos
NERFINISHED
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VH1 lists of greatest music videos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1994 ⓘ |
| style | parody of 1970s American cop shows ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted | 1970s ⓘ |
| title | Sabotage NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesAesthetic |
fake opening credits
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grainy film look ⓘ over-the-top stunt sequences ⓘ |
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