Politics of the Business (Explicit Version) (2003)

Artist: Prince Paul
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Label: Razor And Tie Records
UPC: 00793018288828
Release Date: 5/6/2003
Buy.com Sku: 60597543
Item#: MVYYXN
Format:  CD

Song Listing

Disc 1
Song TitleSample
1. Day In The Life, A - (featuring Dave Chappelle) ~ Prince Paul
2. Popmaster Intro - (featuring Popmaster) ~ Prince Paul
3. Make Room - (featuring Mally G/Erick Sermon/Sy Scott) ~ Prince Paul
4. Drive By, The ~ Prince Paul
5. So What - (featuring Kokane/Masta Ace/Pretty Ugly) ~ Prince Paul
6. Drama Queen - (featuring Dave (De La Soul)/Truth Enola) ~ Prince Paul
7. Not Tryin' To Hear That - (featuring Guru/Planet Asia) ~ Prince Paul
8. Politics Of The Business - (featuring Chuck D/Ice-T) ~ Prince Paul
9. Original Crhyme Pays - (featuring Tash/The Beatnuts/Tony Touch) ~ Prince Paul
10. What I Need - (featuring Kardinal Offishall/Sly Boogie) ~ Prince Paul
11. Princepaulonline.com ~ Prince Paul
12. Controversial Headlines - (Champion Sound Pt. 1, featuring Horror City) ~ Prince Paul
13. Beautiful Absurd - (featuring W Ellington Felto/K' Alyn) ~ Prince Paul
14. Controversial Headlines - (Champion Sound Pt. 2, featuring Horror City/Jean Grae) ~ Prince Paul
15. Chubb Rock Can You Please Pay Paul The $2200 You Owe Him - (People, Places And Things, featuring Chubb Rock/Wordsworth/MF Doom) ~ Prince Paul
16. Life In The Day, A - (featuring Dave Chappelle) ~ Prince Paul



 
Album Notes and Credits

Notes & Personnel Info
This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files.
Personnel includes: Prince Paul, Prince Paul Jr., Dave Chappelle, Biz Markie, Popmaster, Mally G, Erick Sermon, Sy Scott, Kokane, Masta Ace, Pretty Ugly, Dave, Truth Enota, Guru, Planet Asia, Chuck D, Ice-T, Tash, The Beatnuts, Tony Touch, Kardinal Offishall, Sly Boogie, Horror City, W. Ellington Felton, K'Alyn, Jean Grae, Chubb Rock, Wordsworth, MF Doom.
This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files.
After a four-year hiatus, POLITICS OF THE BUSINESS finds Prince Paul biting the musical hand that's fed him with a string of parody skits mercilessly skewering the symbiotic relationship between hip-hop and the music industry. An all-star roster of guests from the worlds of music and comedy helps the Amityville, NY native achieve his vision. Right out of the gate, comedian Dave Chappelle takes on the persona of a two-faced record exec on "A Day in the Life," going from unconditional support of an album project to scorn in the span of a year, reflecting a true-life scenario from Paul's experiences.
Other notable names kicking it include Chuck D. and Ice T, delivering spoken-word diatribes about music business realities on the title cut. Chris Rock serves as a huckster announcer on the faux commercial "Princepaulonline.com," and Gang Starr's DJ Premier offers hope for hip-hop's future on "The Word." Prince Paul packs plenty of grooves on this outing, from Horror City using "Controversial Headlines (Champion Sound)" to skewer the likes of Ray-J, Lil' Kim, and Destiny's Child, to Guru doing the same to labels that don't support their artists on "Not Trying to Hear That."

Producer: Prince Paul

Engineer: Prince Paul

Musical Guests
Ice-T
Biz Markie
The Beatnuts
Chubb Rock
Dave Chappelle
Popmaster
Erick Sermon
Mally G
Sy Scott
Kokane
Masta Ace
Pretty Ugly
Dave (De La Soul)
Truth Enola
Guru
Planet Asia
Chuck D
Tash
Tony Tony Touch
Kardinal Offishall
Sly Boogie
Hor

 
Artist Overview
Producer/DJ Prince Paul debuted at the age of 17 with Brooklyn-based hip-hop band Stetsasonic. The inventor of the album skit, Paul produced De La Soul's first three LPs and his influence is strongly felt--from the diverse sample sources to the playful, story-telling approach. Prince Paul went on to produce for a wide range of artists from the world of hip-hop and beyond--3rd Bass, Big Daddy Kane, Vernon Reid, Princess Superstar, and Chris Rock are but a few--and famously collaborate with the RZA (Gravediggaz) and Dan the Automator (Handsome Boy Modelling School). His off-kilter solo debut, PSYCHOANALYSIS: WHAT IS IT? (1997), explores Paul's experiences with therapy while 1999's A PRINCE AMONG THIEVES is a singular opus--a hip-hop opera with MCs as character actors.

Artist Influences
Afrika Bambaataa | Frank Zappa | George Clinton (Funk) | Grandmaster Flash | Jazzy Jay | Marley Marl

Artist Contemporaries
3rd Bass | Biz Markie | Dan The Automator | DJ Premier | Easy Mo Bee | Erick Sermon | Large Professor | Pete Rock | RZA

Artist Followers
Danger Mouse | Kid Koala | Madlib | MC Paul Barman | MF Doom


 
Compilation Appearances
Paulleluyah
Orchestral Files

 
Technical Info
Release Date : 05/06/2003
Original Release Date : 2003
Catalog ID : 82888
Label : Razor & Tie Music
Number of Discs : 1
Studio/Live : Studio
Mono/Stereo : Stereo
SPAR Code : n/a
UPC : 00793018288828

 
Professional Reviews
Rolling Stone (5/29/03, p.60)
- 3 stars out of 5 - "...As Dave Chappelle, Erick Sermon and others serve up cheap laughs and good rhymes, Paul updates his signature sound for the new millennium..."

Uncut (6/03, p.111)
- 5 stars out of 5 - "...It all works....The unknown collaborators are great....Even the skits are funny. All that is good in hip hop is here..."

The Wire (6/03, p.69)
- "...Years of adversity and disillusionment with the biz haven't extinguished Prince Paul's sense of mischief or his creative itch..."

The Source (6/03, p.140)
- "...While it's some of his most accessible work, it's also his downright funkiest to date....Paul's collection spews vitriol for the industry atop beats anyone would be silly not to embrace..."

  


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