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What Had Happened Was

The Politics of the Business

What Had Happened Was

Talkhouse

Music Interviews, Music

5.01.6K Ratings

🗓️ 26 August 2020

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

In 2003 after the mishandling of ‘A Prince Among Thieves’, Paul found himself in a dark space and made an album reflective of his negative feelings about the music industry. Devoid of his signature skits and melodic samples, Politics of the Business is Prince Paul at his most cynical. He tells the story of putting the album together, its critical/fan reception and how he feels about it now. (album features Dave Chappelle, Ice-T, Chuck D, Jean Grae, MF DOOM and more) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

How you doing Paul?

0:01.0

I'm doing good open mic eagle.

0:03.0

You said my whole name like I was in trouble.

0:05.0

I mean do you like to be dressed as such on stage?

0:12.0

Like what do you like people to say I don't know I guess I don't even think about it like eagle mic

0:16.8

open oh that would be strange if they set it out of order I don't I wouldn't know how to accept that at all.

0:24.0

Greetings ladies and gentlemen this is open my gigo recording live from the internet.

0:29.0

Y'all know me though y'all heard my voice for a long, long time.

0:35.0

So this time I'm coming back at you, but I'm not coming along.

0:38.0

The Black Prince?

0:40.0

Could I be right?

0:41.0

I brought the legendary Prince Pupa!

0:44.0

Is that world famous, this joc,

0:46.0

and venture of this getting hip-hop and d'an we want a Grammy with Chris Rock

0:50.4

Yeah.

0:51.4

I was my mother-fucking yacht, selling down the mother fucking harbor right

0:54.0

I interviewed the man from here in computer land. I'm asking them questions on behalf of the superfans

1:01.0

Yeah, because I'm one and the answers are for everybody he got

1:06.8

story so I ask for one we having fun and laughs because he has a ton yeah and like

1:12.1

that a podcast begun because he has a ton, yeah. And like that a podcast begun,

1:13.9

because he answered, well, what had happened was. Ladies and gentlemen out there on the internet wherever you are listening on whatever device you're listening to maybe it's old wired headphones maybe it's some new air pods maybe you lost one and you're only getting half half of the audio signal right now.

1:46.4

This is what had happened was I'm open Mike Eagle and I'm here with you with our esteemed

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