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Wu-Tang made one copy of an album

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In a masterclass of artificial scarcity, the legendary rap group treated their album like a fragile Renaissance painting. They created a single physical copy of 'Once Upon a Time in Shaolin' and auctioned it off to the highest bidder with a strict legal restriction against commercial release. It was an elite maneuver that ultimately ended up in the hands of a disgraced pharmaceutical executive.

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