My favourite example of this classic accounting practice is MF DOOM simply warning listeners right off the bat to pirate his Venomous Villain album because his

My favourite example of this classic accounting practice is MF DOOM simply warning listeners right off the bat to pirate his Venomous Villain album because his contract for it blows: "Dub it off your man/Don't spend that ten bucks/I did it for the advance/The back end sucks."