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''. The concept for this album, however, is the concept of following-up a concept album that did not sell too well (that album being ''A Prince Among Thieves''). The album features guest appearances from Ice-T, DJ Jazzy Jeff, MF Doom, Biz Markie,

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, and more. In October 2017, Paul released an updated version of ''Politics of the Business'' titled ''The Redux'' for free on

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and

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. Among the new featured guests on ''The Redux'' are

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, and

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Track listing

Personnel

References

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