Follow the Leader (album)
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"Follow the Leader" is a landmark 1988 hip-hop album by the duo Eric B. & Rakim, celebrated for its complex lyricism, innovative production, and major influence on the evolution of rap music.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Follow the Leader | 14 |
| Follow the Leader (album) canonical | 5 |
| Follow the Leader (song) | 2 |
| Follow the Leader (1998) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6368038 — 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)
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Target entity: Follow the Leader (album) Context triple: [Rakim, notableWork, Follow the Leader (album)]
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A.
Following the Leader
"Following the Leader" is a playful marching song from Disney's animated film *Peter Pan*, sung by the Lost Boys as they trail after Peter on an adventure.
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B.
Wasn’t Born to Follow
"Wasn’t Born to Follow" is a 1960s pop song written by Gerry Goffin (with Carole King) that became known through its recording by The Byrds and its inclusion in the film Easy Rider.
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C.
the Follower
The Follower is the Arabic star name traditionally associated with SAO 94027, reflecting its role and position within its constellation.
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D.
Where You Lead
"Where You Lead" is a song by Carole King, best known from her 1971 album Tapestry and later as the theme for the television series Gilmore Girls.
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E.
Follow Through
"Follow Through" is a pop-rock ballad by American singer-songwriter Gavin DeGraw, best known as one of the standout tracks from his debut album "Chariot."
- 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: Follow the Leader (album) Target entity description: "Follow the Leader" is a landmark 1988 hip-hop album by the duo Eric B. & Rakim, celebrated for its complex lyricism, innovative production, and major influence on the evolution of rap music.
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A.
Following the Leader
"Following the Leader" is a playful marching song from Disney's animated film *Peter Pan*, sung by the Lost Boys as they trail after Peter on an adventure.
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B.
Wasn’t Born to Follow
"Wasn’t Born to Follow" is a 1960s pop song written by Gerry Goffin (with Carole King) that became known through its recording by The Byrds and its inclusion in the film Easy Rider.
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C.
the Follower
The Follower is the Arabic star name traditionally associated with SAO 94027, reflecting its role and position within its constellation.
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D.
Where You Lead
"Where You Lead" is a song by Carole King, best known from her 1971 album Tapestry and later as the theme for the television series Gilmore Girls.
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E.
Follow Through
"Follow Through" is a pop-rock ballad by American singer-songwriter Gavin DeGraw, best known as one of the standout tracks from his debut album "Chariot."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
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: Follow the Leader (album) Description of subject: "Follow the Leader" is a landmark 1988 hip-hop album by the duo Eric B. & Rakim, celebrated for its complex lyricism, innovative production, and major influence on the evolution of rap music.
Referenced by (22)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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“Microphone Fiend”
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Let the Rhythm Hit ’Em (album)
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Let the Rhythm Hit ’Em (album)
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Eric B. & Rakim compilation "Classic Eric B. & Rakim"
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Eric B. & Rakim compilation "Classic Eric B. & Rakim"
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20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Eric B. & Rakim
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Follow the Leader
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subject linked to:
Eric B. & Rakim compilation "20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Eric B. & Rakim"
linked to: Follow the Leader (album)
20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Eric B. & Rakim
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subject linked to:
Eric B. & Rakim compilation "20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Eric B. & Rakim"
linked to: Follow the Leader (album)
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Eric B. & Rakim compilation "Paid in Full / Follow the Leader"
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Eric B. & Rakim compilation "The Best of Eric B. & Rakim: Gold Series"
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subject linked to:
Eric B. & Rakim compilation "The Best of Eric B. & Rakim: Gold Series"
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subject linked to:
Eric B. & Rakim compilation "The Best of Eric B. & Rakim: Classic Hits"
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subject linked to:
Eric B. & Rakim compilation "The Best of Eric B. & Rakim: Classic Hits"
linked to: Follow the Leader (album)
subject linked to:
Eric B. & Rakim compilation "The Best of Eric B. & Rakim: Greatest Hits"
linked to: Follow the Leader (album)
subject linked to:
Eric B. & Rakim compilation "The Best of Eric B. & Rakim: Greatest Hits"
linked to: Follow the Leader (album)
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