Time Travelin' (A Tribute to Fela)
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Time Travelin' (A Tribute to Fela) is a hip-hop track by Common that pays homage to Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti through its rhythmic production and socially conscious themes.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Time Travelin' (A Tribute to Fela) canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3996245 — 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: Time Travelin' (A Tribute to Fela) Context triple: [Like Water for Chocolate, hasPart, Time Travelin' (A Tribute to Fela)]
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A.
7 Days of Funk
7 Days of Funk is a collaborative funk and hip-hop album by Snoop Dogg (as Snoopzilla) and producer Dâm-Funk, known for its retro G-funk sound and laid-back grooves.
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B.
Nigeria, We Hail Thee
"Nigeria, We Hail Thee" is the former national anthem of Nigeria, used from independence in 1960 until it was replaced in 1978.
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C.
Samba Pa Ti
"Samba Pa Ti" is an instrumental Latin rock ballad by guitarist Carlos Santana, renowned for its expressive, melodic guitar work and enduring popularity since its release in 1970.
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D.
Goapele
Goapele is an American soul and R&B singer-songwriter known for her socially conscious lyrics and smooth, jazz-inflected vocal style.
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E.
Mama Africa
"Mama Africa" is a socially conscious Afropop/R&B song by Akon that celebrates and pays tribute to the African continent and its people.
- 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: Time Travelin' (A Tribute to Fela) Target entity description: Time Travelin' (A Tribute to Fela) is a hip-hop track by Common that pays homage to Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti through its rhythmic production and socially conscious themes.
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A.
7 Days of Funk
7 Days of Funk is a collaborative funk and hip-hop album by Snoop Dogg (as Snoopzilla) and producer Dâm-Funk, known for its retro G-funk sound and laid-back grooves.
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B.
Nigeria, We Hail Thee
"Nigeria, We Hail Thee" is the former national anthem of Nigeria, used from independence in 1960 until it was replaced in 1978.
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C.
Samba Pa Ti
"Samba Pa Ti" is an instrumental Latin rock ballad by guitarist Carlos Santana, renowned for its expressive, melodic guitar work and enduring popularity since its release in 1970.
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D.
Goapele
Goapele is an American soul and R&B singer-songwriter known for her socially conscious lyrics and smooth, jazz-inflected vocal style.
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E.
Mama Africa
"Mama Africa" is a roots reggae album by Jamaican musician Peter Tosh that blends socially conscious lyrics with traditional and contemporary reggae sounds.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| artist | Common ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| genre |
conscious hip hop
ⓘ
hip hop ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation |
bass
ⓘ
drums ⓘ horn samples ⓘ keyboards ⓘ |
| hasMusicalStyle | Afrobeat-influenced production ⓘ |
| hasRhythmicElements | Afrobeat-inspired rhythms ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
Black identity
ⓘ
legacy of Fela Kuti ⓘ resistance to oppression ⓘ |
| hasVocalStyle | rap ⓘ |
| homageTo | Afrobeat ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Fela Kuti ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricTheme |
African musical heritage
ⓘ
political awareness ⓘ social consciousness ⓘ |
| paysHomageTo |
Fela Kuti's Afrobeat sound
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linked to:
Afrobeat
|
| performer | Common ⓘ |
| tributeTo | Fela Kuti ⓘ |
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: Time Travelin' (A Tribute to Fela) Description of subject: Time Travelin' (A Tribute to Fela) is a hip-hop track by Common that pays homage to Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti through its rhythmic production and socially conscious themes.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Common album "Like Water for Chocolate"
subject linked to:
Like Water for Chocolate (Common) – production and drums