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Back on the Block

1989 studio album by Quincy Jones
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Back on the Block

Summary

Back on the Block is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (568 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Back on the Block's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • Back on the Block's genre is hip-hop[4].
  • Among the performers on Back on the Block was Quincy Jones[5].
  • Back on the Block's record label is recorded as Qwest Records[6].
  • Back on the Block is part of Quincy Jones' albums in chronological order[7].
  • Back on the Block was distributed by music streaming[8].
  • Back on the Block was released on August 8, 1989[9].
  • Back on the Block's form of creative work is recorded as studio album[10].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Album[11]

  • First release date: 1989-08-11[12]

  • Genre(s): contemporary r&b, crossover jazz, hip hop, jazz, new jack swing, r&b[13]

  • Community tags: contemporary r&b, crossover jazz, grammy winner, hip hop, jazz, new jack swing, r&b[14]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 1ad5316f-a6b7-31d0-ba33-a5bc767ae3dd[15]

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Authorship and Creation

Back on the Block was performed by Quincy Jones[5].

Publication

Back on the Block was published on August 8, 1989[9]. Its genre is hip-hop[4]. It is part of Quincy Jones' albums in chronological order[7]. It was distributed by music streaming[8].

Why It Matters

Back on the Block ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (568 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16]

Related Entities

Quincy Jones

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [11] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [14] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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