But You Caint Use My Phone
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"But You Caint Use My Phone" is a 2015 mixtape by Erykah Badu that blends neo-soul, R&B, and hip hop with a conceptual focus on modern communication and phone culture.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| But You Caint Use My Phone canonical | 7 |
| Caint Use My Phone (Suite) | 2 |
| Whats Yo Phone Number / Telephone (Ghost of Screw Mix) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1256706 — 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: But You Caint Use My Phone Context triple: [Erykah Badu, notableWork, But You Caint Use My Phone]
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A.
I Only Came to Use the Phone
"I Only Came to Use the Phone" is a surreal short story by Gabriel García Márquez about a woman who, after a roadside mishap, is mistakenly confined to a mental institution when she only wants to make a phone call.
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B.
Call You Tonight
"Call You Tonight" is a song by Whitney Houston from her 2009 comeback album "I Look to You."
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C.
How Come You Don't Call Me
"How Come You Don't Call Me" is a soulful R&B song by Alicia Keys, featured on her debut album "Songs in A Minor" and noted for its emotive vocals and blues-inflected piano.
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D.
They Say
"They Say" is a song title that has been used by multiple artists across genres, typically exploring themes of external judgment and personal identity.
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E.
Call Me Up (The Phone is in the Cradle)
"Call Me Up (The Phone is in the Cradle)" is a song featured on the Broadway cast recording of the musical Gideon.
- 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: But You Caint Use My Phone Target entity description: "But You Caint Use My Phone" is a 2015 mixtape by Erykah Badu that blends neo-soul, R&B, and hip hop with a conceptual focus on modern communication and phone culture.
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A.
I Only Came to Use the Phone
"I Only Came to Use the Phone" is a surreal short story by Gabriel García Márquez about a woman who, after a roadside mishap, is mistakenly confined to a mental institution when she only wants to make a phone call.
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B.
Call You Tonight
"Call You Tonight" is a song by Whitney Houston from her 2009 comeback album "I Look to You."
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C.
How Come You Don't Call Me
"How Come You Don't Call Me" is a soulful R&B song by Alicia Keys, featured on her debut album "Songs in A Minor" and noted for its emotive vocals and blues-inflected piano.
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D.
They Say
"They Say" is a song title that has been used by multiple artists across genres, typically exploring themes of external judgment and personal identity.
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E.
Call Me Up (The Phone is in the Cradle)
"Call Me Up (The Phone is in the Cradle)" is a song featured on the Broadway cast recording of the musical Gideon.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
mixtape
ⓘ
music release ⓘ |
| artisticDirectionBy | Erykah Badu ⓘ |
| basedOn | Hotline Bling ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| creator | Erykah Badu ⓘ |
| describedAs | conceptual mixtape about phone culture ⓘ |
| featuresArtist |
Andre 3000
ⓘ
linked to:
André 3000
Drake ⓘ |
| follows | New Amerykah Part Two (Return of the Ankh) ⓘ |
| format |
digital download
ⓘ
streaming release ⓘ |
| genre |
contemporary R&B
ⓘ
hip hop ⓘ neo soul ⓘ |
| hasInfluence |
electronic music
ⓘ
trap music ⓘ |
| hasMotive | commentary on technology and relationships ⓘ |
| hasNarrativeElement | skits and interludes related to phone calls ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Caint Use My Phone (Suite)
ⓘ
linked to:
But You Caint Use My Phone
Cel U Lar Device ⓘ Dial’Afreaq ⓘ Hello ⓘ Hi ⓘ I’ll Call U Back ⓘ Mr. Telephone Man ⓘ Phone Down ⓘ U Don’t Have to Call ⓘ U Use to Call Me ⓘ Whats Yo Phone Number / Telephone (Ghost of Screw Mix) ⓘ
linked to:
But You Caint Use My Phone
|
| hasType | concept album ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
modern communication
ⓘ
phone culture ⓘ |
| notableTrack |
Caint Use My Phone (Suite)
ⓘ
linked to:
But You Caint Use My Phone
Hello ⓘ Phone Down ⓘ |
| partOf |
Erykah Badu discography
ⓘ
linked to:
Erykah Badu
|
| performer | Erykah Badu ⓘ |
| producer |
Erykah Badu
ⓘ
Zach Witness ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2015 ⓘ |
| recordedBy | Erykah Badu ⓘ |
| style | experimental R&B ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: But You Caint Use My Phone Description of subject: "But You Caint Use My Phone" is a 2015 mixtape by Erykah Badu that blends neo-soul, R&B, and hip hop with a conceptual focus on modern communication and phone culture.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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