Be

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Be

Summary

Be is an album[1]. Be ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (746 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Be's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • Be's genre is alternative hip-hop[4].
  • Be's genre is jazz rap[5].
  • Be's genre is quiet storm[6].
  • Be followed Electric Circus[7].
  • Be was followed by Finding Forever[8].
  • Be was produced by Kanye West[9].
  • Be was produced by J Dilla[10].
  • Be was performed by Common[11].
  • Be's record label is recorded as GOOD Music[12].
  • Be's record label is recorded as Geffen Records[13].
  • Be was distributed by compact disc[14].
  • Be was distributed by music streaming[15].
  • Be was published on May 23, 2005[16].
  • Be's tracklist is recorded as Be (Intro)[17].
  • Be's tracklist is recorded as The Corner[18].
  • Be's tracklist is recorded as Go![19].
  • Be's tracklist is recorded as Faithful[20].
  • Be's tracklist is recorded as Testify[21].
  • Be's tracklist is recorded as Love is...[22].
  • Be's tracklist is recorded as Chi-City[23].
  • Be's tracklist is recorded as The Food[24].
  • Be's tracklist is recorded as Real People[25].
  • Be's tracklist is recorded as They Say[26].
  • Be's tracklist is recorded as It's Your World[27].

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[28]

  • First release date: 2005-05-23[29]

  • Genre(s): conscious hip hop, hip hop, instrumental[30]

  • Community tags: conscious, conscious hip hop, hip hop, hip hop rap, hip-hop/rap, instrumental[31]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 93b891c9-4fc4-3085-960e-5da4c7fe8113[32]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Be was Common[11]. Producers include Kanye West[9] and J Dilla[10].

Publication

Be was released on May 23, 2005[16]. Genres include alternative hip-hop[4], jazz rap[5], and quiet storm[6]. Recorded distribution format include compact disc[14] and music streaming[15].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Be followed Electric Circus[7]. Be was followed by Finding Forever[8].

Why It Matters

Be ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (746 views/month).[2] Be has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . allmusic.com. allmusic.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . allmusic.com. allmusic.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [30] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [31] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [32] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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