White Lines (Don’t Don’t Do It)
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"White Lines (Don’t Don’t Do It)" is an influential early hip hop track by Melle Mel that critiques cocaine use and its social consequences.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| White Lines (Don’t Don’t Do It) canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13028139 — 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: White Lines (Don’t Don’t Do It) Context triple: [Melle Mel, notableWork, White Lines (Don’t Don’t Do It)]
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A.
Honey Don’t
"Honey Don’t" is a rockabilly song written and first recorded by Carl Perkins that became a rock and roll standard, later famously covered by The Beatles.
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B.
Doin' It
"Doin' It" is a mid-1990s hip hop single by LL Cool J known for its smooth, sensual vibe and catchy chorus.
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C.
Ain’t No Way
"Ain’t No Way" is a soulful ballad made famous by Aretha Franklin, showcasing her powerful vocals and emotional depth.
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D.
Ain’t No Way
"Ain’t No Way" is a track from DMX’s 1998 album *Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood*, showcasing his gritty delivery and dark, introspective lyricism.
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E.
Ain't No Way
"Ain't No Way" is a hip hop track by DMX featured on his 2006 album "Year of the Dog... Again."
- 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: White Lines (Don’t Don’t Do It) Target entity description: "White Lines (Don’t Don’t Do It)" is an influential early hip hop track by Melle Mel that critiques cocaine use and its social consequences.
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A.
Honey Don’t
"Honey Don’t" is a rockabilly song written and first recorded by Carl Perkins that became a rock and roll standard, later famously covered by The Beatles.
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B.
Doin' It
"Doin' It" is a mid-1990s hip hop single by LL Cool J known for its smooth, sensual vibe and catchy chorus.
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C.
Ain’t No Way
"Ain’t No Way" is a track from DMX’s 1998 album *Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood*, showcasing his gritty delivery and dark, introspective lyricism.
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D.
Ain’t No Way
"Ain’t No Way" is a soulful ballad made famous by Aretha Franklin, showcasing her powerful vocals and emotional depth.
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E.
Ain't No Way
"Ain't No Way" is a hip hop track by DMX featured on his 2006 album "Year of the Dog... Again."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| addresses |
economic impact of drug trade
ⓘ
psychological impact of cocaine use ⓘ |
| artist |
Grandmaster Melle Mel
ⓘ
linked to:
Melle Mel
|
| contains | spoken-word style rapping ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| criticizes |
drug-fueled excess in nightlife culture
ⓘ
glamorization of cocaine ⓘ |
| culturalStatus | classic hip hop track ⓘ |
| era | early 1980s ⓘ |
| genre |
hip hop
ⓘ
old-school hip hop ⓘ |
| hasCallAndResponse | yes ⓘ |
| hasChorus | “White lines, blow away” ⓘ |
| hasHook | “Don’t do it” ⓘ |
| hasMusicVideo | yes ⓘ |
| hasTitle | White Lines (Don’t Don’t Do It) ⓘ |
| influencedGenre |
hip hop
ⓘ
rap ⓘ |
| isConsidered | influential early hip hop track ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Melle Mel ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
cocaine use
ⓘ
drug abuse ⓘ social consequences of drug use ⓘ |
| message | anti-drug ⓘ |
| musicVideoDirector | Spike Lee ⓘ |
| notableFor |
critique of cocaine culture
ⓘ
early hip hop social commentary ⓘ |
| oftenClassifiedAs | conscious rap ⓘ |
| performer |
Grandmaster Flash and Melle Mel
ⓘ
linked to:
Grandmaster Flash
Grandmaster Melle Mel ⓘ
linked to:
Melle Mel
|
| producer |
Melle Mel
ⓘ
Sylvia Robinson ⓘ |
| recordedIn | 1983 ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Sugar Hill Records ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1983 ⓘ |
| rhythmicStyle | funk-influenced ⓘ |
| shortTitle | White Lines ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
addiction
ⓘ
drug dealing ⓘ urban life ⓘ |
| tempo | mid-tempo ⓘ |
| warningAgainst |
cocaine
ⓘ
drug lifestyle ⓘ |
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: White Lines (Don’t Don’t Do It) Description of subject: "White Lines (Don’t Don’t Do It)" is an influential early hip hop track by Melle Mel that critiques cocaine use and its social consequences.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.