Record Store Signing

Hello.

I'm trying to reach Manny.

Is this Manny?

Nah, this ain't Manny, man.

This is sweat.

Who's this, man?

Hey, this Raheem, man.

Uh, wow, this sweet okay.

Hey, uh Mr.

Keith, you uh we we got we got people down here.

You're supposed to be here at that d record store, man, right here in Harlem, and we got people wrapped around the building.

You're supposed to be here signing these CDs, man, but it's been over an hour, these people have been standing here waiting on y'all.

Yo, man, I don't know nothing about no record store.

And uh and number two, I don't know nothing about doing no signing, man.

Who set this up, man?

I I don't know.

I I mean uh the name I was given was Manny.

Who was who was Manny?

Manny's my road manager, but he don't set things up, man.

He's a road manager.

He's not my manager.

He just handled my stuff on the road.

But I was never told I was supposed to be nowhere to do anything, man.

I mean, normally when somebody tell me me and them have an understanding that I I I book what I'm supposed to do, so I don't know nothing about this, my brother.

Okay, well, you know, we gotta get this taken care of.

We got people wrapped around the bill, and we got a table here laid out, we got uh pins and everything for you to sign these CDs, man.

We got over a hundred people outside the store.

My brother, I I I'm nobody told me about no no signings or no nothing, man.

I mean, I I don't know nothing about no signing.

For real.

Okay, well, you are you hearing what I'm saying to you, man?

We got people outside the building waiting for you to arrive to sign some CDs.

Now, what I'm supposed to tell these people.

I don't know what you supposed to tell them, man.

I mean, you know, I'm and and it's kind of like you're raising your voice, dude.

I don't I don't I first of all I don't know, even know who you are calling me like this.

I told you, man, I didn't set nothing up, man.

And you know, I mean, I don't even know who gave you my number.

You know what I'm saying?

So I mean, I I don't handle all this information was on the facts machine.

I got this as a contact number.

Manny is the person I'm supposed to be talking to.

to and Mr.

Sweat was supposed to arrive here at twelve noon.

Now here it is, it's it's one fifteen one twenty, man, and you ain't here.

And we got people wrapped around the building.

We've been advertising this for the last two weeks.

I mean the album dropped today.

I don't think you I mean no disrespect to you, but I don't think you hear me, man.

I I I don't know nothing about a sign in.

If I knew about a sign or knew I had a sign and session I wouldn't have the people sitting around or standing around like that.

That's not what I do.

But no one informed me that nothing like this was going down today.

You know what I'm saying?

So you know Okay, but look man, now that you realize people are here waiting, what are you gonna do?

What I'm supposed to tell them.

Man, there's no way in the world I can get down there and do a sign in at this time late time right now, man.

I mean you need to get your bag and that I mean you need you need to get try to try to get yourself down here.

Well first of all first of all I mean you know I what did you just say I think you just called me on my name or something man.

What did you just say to me man?

No no no I'm saying I I'm saying you need to try and come on down and sign sign these CDs for these people man.

These people are here they're waiting in line they've been waiting over an hour on you.

Now this this not gonna look good.

This the date

we got your we got your CD almost on every show day.

I I'm I'm feeling you and I I'm uh I understand now I understand what you're saying to me but there's no way I can get down there man.

We you just gonna have to reschedule this or we gonna have to reschedule this I apologize for the you know misunderstanding but bottom line is I knew nothing about this.

Mr.

Anderson he's this is Mr Sweat.

He's saying he don't know anything about being here.

I'm telling him we got people all wrapped all around the building he don't care.

Yo yo dude I didn't say I didn't care.

I said there's nothing I could do I didn't set it up.

I didn't say that man.

Don't put words in my mouth my brother What do you want me to do?

All you gotta do is reschedule it for another time man.

That's what you do.

Hold on man I'm talking to my boss.

I'm trying to figure out how to get we got people finna get mad man because you're not here.

Okay.

Now whoever Manny Manny needs his whoop man He does.

Say what?

I don't know nothing about that, man.

I ain't got nothing to do with that, man.

All I know is that nobody told me about that.

You know, I'll call Manny and I ask who said this up, because I don't do things unless I know where where it's coming from.

No, ain't no way you can get your you can get yourself now.

First of all, man, you don't talk to me like I'm your child, man.

You keep saying there was no way I can get my, you know, back up with on what you're saying, dude.

Hey, man, man, we're having a problem.

This is supposed to be one of the biggest days of our record store.

We got your CD on every shelf, and you you just so calm and collect like it's not a problem with you.

What I'm supposed to do, man, when I didn't know nothing about it.

I understand there's a problem.

It's a problem because it made me look like I'm a no-show.

But dude, I'm telling you again, I knew nothing about this, man.

Hold on, hold on one second.

Take all his damn CDs off the shelf.

Every last one of them.

Yo, yo, I don't know what you're talking about, man.

You losing your darn mind right now, man.

I'm not trying to disrespect you, dude.

But you're really losing your mind right now.

You doing something, you ain't got no business though, man.

I said reschedule the situation, man.

You know, tomorrow the damn.

How are we rescheduling when the album drops today, though?

Okay, well, well, there's nothing I could do about this, dude.

Nothing.

Who you wait, oh sound like you're raising your voice that means.

Because you now you now you disrespect me.

You don't call my phone going off like like like I'm somebody's child, like I'm your child, dude.

And you don't talk to me like that, man.

Come on.

So you can't stop what you doing and bring your butt down here to the record store so we these people won't be born.

No, no, no, no, I can't stop what I'm doing, man.

But what you doing right now, that's so important, you can't come.

Man, it ain't none of your business what I'm doing right now, dude.

I'm saying I know I knew nothing about this, man.

So I'm not gonna keep going back and forth with you like like like I gotta explain to you why I can't I gotta stop what I'm doing to come down there.

I knew nothing about it.

It's not my fault, dude.

You need to take this up with somebody who scheduled this because I didn't schedule it.

There's a right and a wrong way to look the a right and a wrong way to do somebody, Mr.

Sweat.

Oh man, come on, now you reciting them m my songs, man.

Come on, man.

Okay.

Okay, no problem.

I'm just gonna go out here and tell everybody in the line, Mr.

Sweat.

Don't want to come, okay?

And I'm taking all of the damn CDs off the shelf because you don't want to stand up and be the celebrity that you supposed to be.

Man, okay, now you know what, man?

You do what you gotta do, man.

At this point, you do what you gotta do, man.

But you yo, who am I talking to anyway?

This Raheem, man.

Rahim.

Raheem.

I work here at the store.

Okay, well, I'll see you, Rahim.

You go ahead and do what you give me to do, and I'll come and see you, dude.

What what what what you mean you gonna see me?

What that means.

I see you.

I see you.

Yeah, I'll see you.

That's what it means.

I'll see you.

Okay, because the bottom line is, man, Tommy said you was gonna come.

He the one said you was gonna come sign.

Tommy, who?

Now you Raheem, Tommy, who the who the hell is a Tommy?

Tommy, man.

Nephew Tommy from the Steve Harvey morning show.

Swear I got your

boy, man.

You know what?

Man, y'all trippin', boy, for real.

You you you don't even understand what you was giving me, make speech to do.

You crazy, boy.

I mean, you know what I mean?

Y'all don't have anything better to do than to call me and mess with me, man.

I knew the album was dropping, man.

I said, I'm getting it today.

You good?

Yeah, I'm good, man.

I'm good, man.

Boy, you crazy, boy.

Man, let me get off this phone, man.

Y'all do what just boy.

You don't even understand.

Oh, sweat, man.

I had to get you, dog.

Look here, you know, I know you got your show, but you got to tell me what is the baddest radio show in the morning.

The Steve Harvey morning show, man.

Get off my phone, nephew Tommy.

Hello.

Hey, Miss Sandra.

How you doing?

This is nephew Tommy.

I'm good.

Yes, ma'am.

We're gonna prank phone call your son David Mann today, all right?

Okay.

So here's what I want you to do for me.

I want you to call David and tell him, hey, them people came over here asking me about paying that bill.

And I'm not paying that bill.

And that man got Smart with me and I shut the door on him.

I told him to call you.

Okay.

When you get through with him, I'm gonna call him back as if I'm that man.

Okay.

Okay.

Okay, I'm thinking to do a uh add on this.

That's what you call it.

Okay, do the add-on then.

Hold on.

All right.

Okay.

We'll figure it out.

I'll call you when we get through.

All right.

Okay then.

Bye.

Hello?

You did good, though.

Okay.

He'll call you back in a minute complaining that we've done pranked him, all right.

Okay.

All right, God bless you.

Bless you too.

All right, let's go.

Hello?

Have her bring me that paperwork on uh apartment three fourteen.

Hello, I'm looking for David, please.

This is David.

Okay.

This is Jim B out at Barton Green apartments.

Is your mother missile?

Yes, m yes, sir.

How can I help you?

Okay, we got a problem here.

Now, I'm the new general manager here, and I'm just getting this thing brought to me about uh your mother not paying her water bill or and we we gotta get this matter taken in.