LyricsSteve Berman is the President of Sales and Marketing at Interscope Records. Eminem included this skit to showcase the pressure he faces from his record label to create commercially optimal records (go pop)… Read More
*Instrumental for What's the Difference by Dr. Dre (Ft. Eminem & Xzibit) plays in the background*
(Ayy) Hey, Em, what's up?
Steve Berman, what's goin' on, man? How you doin'?
Good to see you again, what's up?
Em, could you come here and have a seat, please?
Um, yeah, what's u—
Vanessa, shut the door (Okay)
So, what's up? How's orders lookin' for the first week?
It would be better if you gave me nothin' at all
(Wh—) This album is less than nothin'
I can't sell this fuckin' record
(What?) Do you know what's happenin' to me out there?
Wh-wh-what's the problem?
Violet Brown told me to go fuck myself (Who's Violet—)
Tower Records told me to shove this record up my ass
Do you know what it feels like to be told to have a record shoved up your ass?
(But I—) I'm gonna lose my fuckin' job over this
Do you know why Dre's record was so successful?
He's rappin' about big-screen TVs, blunts, 40's and bitches
You're rappin' about homosexuals and Vicodin
(I mean) I can't sell this shit
(Wh—) Either change the record or it's not comin' out
(Wh-I—) Now get the fuck out of my office (What am I supposed—), now
Alright, man—