“Show Business” is a cautionary tale about Industry Rule #4080, a reference introduced later in the album on “Check the Rhime”. The song is the first posse cut on the album, featuring Lord Jamar and Sadat X of Brand Nubian, as well as Diamond D of D.I.T.C..

“Show Business” is a re-worked version of the group’s 1991 unreleased song, “Georgie Porgie.”

Q-Tip talked about the origin of this song on Brian Coleman’s book, Check the Technique:

As for Brand Nubian, we had a song called “Georgie Porgie” that we did with them. It was about a kid who grew up in the ‘hood and wound up being gay. We played it for the label [Jive] and they felt that it was a little too … strong. So we all decided not to put it on the album. Puba got mad and didn’t want to do another track, so that’s why he’s not on there. We used the same beat.