“Rap Promoter” is a pointed jab at the monetization of rap music in the music industry. Q-Tip warns up-and-coming rappers about venue promoters and their shady tactics of scamming money out of them. Q-Tip injects his raps with interpolated lines from Peter, Paul & Mary’s “Leaving on a Jet Plane”, as well as Sugar Hill Gang’s “8th Wonder”. This song’s message is similarly conveyed on “Show Business,”, another track on the album. The drums on the beat were sampled from The New Birth’s “Keep on Doin' It”:

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