Eric B. Is President

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single song

"Eric B. Is President" is a landmark 1986 hip-hop single by Eric B. & Rakim, widely credited with revolutionizing rap lyricism and DJ production.

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Label	Occurrences
Eric B. Is President canonical	11

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6368061 — 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: Eric B. Is President
Context triple: [Rakim, influentialWork, Eric B. Is President]

A. Bobby V
Bobby V is an American R&B singer and songwriter known for mid-2000s hits like "Slow Down" and collaborations with artists on the Disturbing tha Peace label.
B. Joey Bada$$
Joey Bada$$ is an American rapper and actor from Brooklyn known for his 1990s-inspired boom-bap sound, lyrical complexity, and role in the hip-hop collective Pro Era.
C. Chaka Fattah
Chaka Fattah is an American politician who represented Pennsylvania’s 2nd congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives for over two decades.
D. Erik "E Smooth" Hicks
Erik "E Smooth" Hicks is a music producer best known for his work on Beyoncé’s debut solo album "Dangerously in Love."
E. Erick Sermon
Erick Sermon is an American rapper and record producer best known as one half of the influential hip hop duo EPMD and for his extensive work shaping the sound of 1990s East Coast rap.
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: Eric B. Is President
Target entity description: "Eric B. Is President" is a landmark 1986 hip-hop single by Eric B. & Rakim, widely credited with revolutionizing rap lyricism and DJ production.

A. Bobby V
Bobby V is an American R&B singer and songwriter known for mid-2000s hits like "Slow Down" and collaborations with artists on the Disturbing tha Peace label.
B. Joey Bada$$
Joey Bada$$ is an American rapper and actor from Brooklyn known for his 1990s-inspired boom-bap sound, lyrical complexity, and role in the hip-hop collective Pro Era.
C. Chaka Fattah
Chaka Fattah is an American politician who represented Pennsylvania’s 2nd congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives for over two decades.
D. Erik "E Smooth" Hicks
Erik "E Smooth" Hicks is a music producer best known for his work on Beyoncé’s debut solo album "Dangerously in Love."
E. Erick Sermon
Erick Sermon is an American rapper and record producer best known as one half of the influential hip hop duo EPMD and for his extensive work shaping the sound of 1990s East Coast rap.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	single ⓘ song ⓘ
A-sideOrB-side	A-side ⓘ
album	Paid in Full ⓘ linked to: Paid in Full (album)
artist	Eric B. & Rakim ⓘ
B-side	My Melody ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
criticalReputation	classic rap recording ⓘ landmark hip hop single ⓘ
distributionFormat	12-inch single ⓘ
DJ	Eric B. ⓘ linked to: Eric B. & Rakim
era	1980s hip hop ⓘ
firstSingleOf	Eric B. & Rakim ⓘ
followedBy	I Ain't No Joke ⓘ linked to: I Ain’t No Joke
genre	golden age hip hop ⓘ hip hop ⓘ
hasInfluenced	East Coast hip hop ⓘ golden age hip hop artists ⓘ
hasMusicalFeature	bass-heavy production ⓘ looped drum breaks ⓘ prominent scratching ⓘ
hasRecognition	widely cited as one of the greatest hip hop songs ⓘ
includedInAlbum	Paid in Full ⓘ linked to: Paid in Full (album)
language	English ⓘ
lyricalStyle	boastful ⓘ complex rhyme patterns ⓘ
lyricalTheme	DJ and MC prowess ⓘ self-assertion ⓘ
notableFor	complex internal rhyme schemes ⓘ influential sampling techniques ⓘ innovative DJ production ⓘ revolutionizing rap lyricism ⓘ
performer	Eric B. & Rakim ⓘ
precededBy	none (debut single) ⓘ
producer	Eric B. ⓘ linked to: Eric B. & Rakim Marley Marl ⓘ
recordedIn	1986 ⓘ
recordLabel	4th & B'way Records ⓘ Zakia Records ⓘ
releaseDate	1986-07-07 ⓘ
releaseYear	1986 ⓘ
scene	New York hip hop ⓘ
tempo	mid-tempo ⓘ
usesSampleFrom	Funky President (People It's Bad) ⓘ Impeach the President ⓘ Long Red ⓘ
vocalist	Rakim ⓘ
writer	Eric B. ⓘ linked to: Eric B. & Rakim Rakim ⓘ

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Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rakim → influentialWork → Eric B. Is President ⓘ

Eric B. & Rakim → notableSong → Eric B. Is President ⓘ

Paid in Full → notableWork → Eric B. Is President ⓘ

William Michael Griffin Jr. → notableWork → Eric B. Is President ⓘ

Paid in Full (album) → hasPart → Eric B. Is President ⓘ

Paid in Full (album) → hasSingle → Eric B. Is President ⓘ

20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Eric B. & Rakim → includesWork → Eric B. Is President ⓘ

subject linked to: Eric B. & Rakim compilation "20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Eric B. & Rakim"

The Best of Eric B. & Rakim: Gold Series → includesHitSong → Eric B. Is President ⓘ

subject linked to: Eric B. & Rakim compilation "The Best of Eric B. & Rakim: Gold Series"

The Best of Eric B. & Rakim: Classic Hits → containsWork → Eric B. Is President ⓘ

subject linked to: Eric B. & Rakim compilation "The Best of Eric B. & Rakim: Classic Hits"

The Best of Eric B. & Rakim: Greatest Hits → containsTrack → Eric B. Is President ⓘ

subject linked to: Eric B. & Rakim compilation "The Best of Eric B. & Rakim: Greatest Hits"

I Know You Got Soul → hasNotableSampleUseIn → Eric B. Is President ⓘ

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