The Way I Are
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"The Way I Are" is a 2007 electro-pop and hip hop hit by producer-rapper Timbaland featuring Keri Hilson that became one of his most commercially successful and recognizable singles.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Way I Are canonical | 6 |
| The Way I Are (Dance with Somebody) | 2 |
| The Way I Are (remix featuring D.O.E. and Sebastian) | 1 |
| song "The Way I Are" | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6166699 — 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: The Way I Are Context triple: [Timbaland, notableSong, The Way I Are]
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A.
That's the Way Love Goes
"That's the Way Love Goes" is a 1993 Grammy-winning R&B single by Janet Jackson, known for its smooth, laid-back groove and influential role in shaping 1990s pop and R&B music.
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B.
Ain't No Other Man
"Ain't No Other Man" is a 2006 funk- and soul-influenced pop single by Christina Aguilera that served as the lead track from her album "Back to Basics" and earned her a Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.
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C.
The Way You Move
"The Way You Move" is a hit hip hop and R&B single by Big Boi of OutKast, known for its smooth groove, catchy horn-driven production, and widespread commercial success in the early 2000s.
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D.
All the Way Up
"All the Way Up" is a 2016 hip hop single by Fat Joe and Remy Ma featuring French Montana that became a major club hit and Grammy-nominated anthem.
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E.
Livin' It Up
"Livin' It Up" is a 2001 hip hop single by Ja Rule featuring Case, known for its upbeat party vibe and prominent sampling of Stevie Wonder's "Do I Do."
- 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: The Way I Are Target entity description: "The Way I Are" is a 2007 electro-pop and hip hop hit by producer-rapper Timbaland featuring Keri Hilson that became one of his most commercially successful and recognizable singles.
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A.
That's the Way Love Goes
"That's the Way Love Goes" is a 1993 Grammy-winning R&B single by Janet Jackson, known for its smooth, laid-back groove and influential role in shaping 1990s pop and R&B music.
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B.
Ain't No Other Man
"Ain't No Other Man" is a 2006 funk- and soul-influenced pop single by Christina Aguilera that served as the lead track from her album "Back to Basics" and earned her a Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.
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C.
The Way You Move
"The Way You Move" is a hit hip hop and R&B single by Big Boi of OutKast, known for its smooth groove, catchy horn-driven production, and widespread commercial success in the early 2000s.
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D.
All the Way Up
"All the Way Up" is a 2016 hip hop single by Fat Joe and Remy Ma featuring French Montana that became a major club hit and Grammy-nominated anthem.
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E.
Livin' It Up
"Livin' It Up" is a 2001 hip hop single by Ja Rule featuring Case, known for its upbeat party vibe and prominent sampling of Stevie Wonder's "Do I Do."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| album | Shock Value ⓘ |
| artist | Timbaland ⓘ |
| certification |
multi-platinum in the United States
ⓘ
platinum in Australia ⓘ platinum in Canada ⓘ platinum in the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| chartPosition |
Australian Singles Chart number 1
ⓘ
Canadian Hot 100 number 1 ⓘ Irish Singles Chart number 1 ⓘ New Zealand Singles Chart number 1 ⓘ UK Singles Chart number 1 ⓘ US Billboard Hot 100 number 3 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| featuredArtist | Keri Hilson ⓘ |
| featuredArtistNationality | American ⓘ |
| follows | Give It to Me ⓘ |
| genre |
R&B
ⓘ
electropop ⓘ hip hop ⓘ |
| hasFormat |
CD single
ⓘ
digital download ⓘ |
| hasHookVocal | Keri Hilson ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation |
drum machine
ⓘ
synthesizer ⓘ |
| hasMusicVideo | true ⓘ |
| hasRemix |
The Way I Are (remix featuring D.O.E. and Sebastian)
ⓘ
linked to:
The Way I Are
|
| includedIn | various 2000s pop compilation albums ⓘ |
| label |
Interscope Records
ⓘ
Mosley Music Group ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainArtistNationality | American ⓘ |
| musicVideoDirector | Dave Meyers ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of Timbaland's signature songs
ⓘ
commercial success ⓘ heavy radio airplay ⓘ |
| partOf | Shock Value ⓘ |
| performer |
Keri Hilson
ⓘ
Timbaland ⓘ |
| precedes | Apologize (remix) ⓘ |
| producer | Timbaland ⓘ |
| recorded | 2006 ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 2007 ⓘ |
| tempo | mid-tempo ⓘ |
| writer |
Danja
ⓘ
Keri Hilson ⓘ The Clutch ⓘ Timbaland ⓘ |
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: The Way I Are Description of subject: "The Way I Are" is a 2007 electro-pop and hip hop hit by producer-rapper Timbaland featuring Keri Hilson that became one of his most commercially successful and recognizable singles.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Timothy
linked to: The Way I Are
linked to: The Way I Are
subject linked to:
All Your Fault: Pt. 2 (EP)
linked to: The Way I Are
subject linked to:
All Your Fault: Pt. 2 (EP)
linked to: The Way I Are