Super Fly
E290793
"Super Fly" is a landmark 1972 soul and funk soundtrack album by Curtis Mayfield, acclaimed for its socially conscious lyrics and influential role in shaping the sound of 1970s blaxploitation cinema.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Super Fly canonical | 5 |
| Super Fly (Curtis Mayfield album cover) | 1 |
| Super Fly (soundtrack) | 1 |
| Superfly | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2701383 — 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: Super Fly Context triple: [Curtis Mayfield, notableWork, Super Fly]
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A.
Trouble Man
Trouble Man is a 1972 blaxploitation crime film featuring Robert Hooks as a cool, streetwise private investigator navigating danger and corruption in Los Angeles.
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B.
Straight Time
"Straight Time" is a somber, narrative-driven song by Bruce Springsteen that reflects on the struggles of an ex-convict trying to rebuild his life after prison.
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C.
Blow Out
Blow Out is a 1981 neo-noir political thriller film directed by Brian De Palma, known for its suspenseful blend of conspiracy, sound design, and psychological tension.
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D.
Dope
"Dope" is a hip-hop single by rapper Legend, showcasing his style and lyrical approach within the genre.
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E.
Dope
Dope is a 2015 coming-of-age comedy-drama film that follows a geeky teenager navigating life in a tough Los Angeles neighborhood after a chance encounter with the underground drug world.
- 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: Super Fly Target entity description: "Super Fly" is a landmark 1972 soul and funk soundtrack album by Curtis Mayfield, acclaimed for its socially conscious lyrics and influential role in shaping the sound of 1970s blaxploitation cinema.
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A.
Trouble Man
Trouble Man is a 1972 blaxploitation crime film featuring Robert Hooks as a cool, streetwise private investigator navigating danger and corruption in Los Angeles.
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B.
Straight Time
"Straight Time" is a somber, narrative-driven song by Bruce Springsteen that reflects on the struggles of an ex-convict trying to rebuild his life after prison.
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C.
Blow Out
Blow Out is a 1981 neo-noir political thriller film directed by Brian De Palma, known for its suspenseful blend of conspiracy, sound design, and psychological tension.
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D.
Dope
"Dope" is a hip-hop single by rapper Legend, showcasing his style and lyrical approach within the genre.
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E.
Dope
Dope is a 2015 coming-of-age comedy-drama film that follows a geeky teenager navigating life in a tough Los Angeles neighborhood after a chance encounter with the underground drug world.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
soundtrack album
ⓘ
studio album ⓘ |
| artist | Curtis Mayfield ⓘ |
| associatedFilm | Super Fly (1972 film) ⓘ |
| chartSuccess |
US Billboard 200 top 10 album
ⓘ
US R&B albums chart number-one album ⓘ |
| composer | Curtis Mayfield ⓘ |
| containsSingle |
Freddie’s Dead
ⓘ
Pusherman ⓘ Super Fly self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Superfly
|
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| criticalReception | acclaimed ⓘ |
| culturalImpact | helped define the sound of 1970s blaxploitation cinema ⓘ |
| followedBy | Back to the World ⓘ |
| genre |
blaxploitation film soundtrack
ⓘ
funk ⓘ soul ⓘ |
| hasCoverArt |
Super Fly
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Super Fly (Curtis Mayfield album cover)
|
| hasTheme |
critique of drug dealing
ⓘ
social commentary on African-American life ⓘ |
| hasTrack |
Eddie You Should Know Better
ⓘ
Freddie’s Dead ⓘ Give Me Your Love (Love Song) ⓘ Junkie Chase ⓘ Little Child Runnin’ Wild ⓘ No Thing on Me (Cocaine Song) ⓘ Pusherman ⓘ Super Fly (1972 film) ⓘ
surface form:
Superfly
Think ⓘ |
| includedInList |
lists of greatest albums of the 1970s
ⓘ
lists of greatest soul albums ⓘ |
| influenced |
1970s funk music
ⓘ
1970s soul music ⓘ sound of blaxploitation soundtracks ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Curtis Mayfield ⓘ |
| mediaType |
audio album
ⓘ
vinyl record ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of urban poverty and drug culture
ⓘ
socially conscious lyrics ⓘ |
| partOf | blaxploitation cinema ⓘ |
| performer | Curtis Mayfield ⓘ |
| precededBy | Curtis/Live! ⓘ |
| producer | Curtis Mayfield ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1972 ⓘ |
| recordedIn | 1972 ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Curtom Records ⓘ |
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: Super Fly Description of subject: "Super Fly" is a landmark 1972 soul and funk soundtrack album by Curtis Mayfield, acclaimed for its socially conscious lyrics and influential role in shaping the sound of 1970s blaxploitation cinema.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Curtis Mayfield
this entity surface form:
Superfly
this entity surface form:
Super Fly (Curtis Mayfield album cover)
this entity surface form:
Super Fly (soundtrack)