A rare snippet from an Unknown Bassmint Productions Tape from 1988

Don't Chew With Your Mouth Full (M&M) [Snippet]

Bassmint Productions, later known as Soul Intent, was an American record label and hip hop group formed by Detroit brothers Jeff & Mark Bass. As Bassmint Productions didn't have enough money for studio time, they started their own label that only lasted from 1988 to 1995. Bassmint Productions consisted of rappers Eminem (M&M), Proof, Chaos Kid, Mannix and DJ Buttafingas, and the group released several demo tapes, including Steppin' onto the Scene, Still in the Bassmint and Soul Intent. On the 5th of October 2011 rapper Chaos Kid was found dead after committing suicide in the early hours of the morning, it was reported that he had struggled with mental illness for many years before his eventual suicide.

Chaos Kid: Chaos Kid started writing poetry in 7th grade and always wanted to be involved in doing music. He grew up listening to rock and pop music. When he discovered Prince in 4th grade it changed his life. He knew that he wanted to be involved in doing music on some level. Prince was always his favorite all-time artist even through his years of doing strictly hip-hop and always a huge inspiration and influence. He first became aware of hip-hop music in 5th grade with groups such as 'Run-D.M.C.', 'Whodini', 'L.L. Cool J', 'U.T.F.O.' and 'The Boogie Boys'. 'The Beastie Boys' soon followed. So starting with these bands he began to drift more and more away from listening to rock and pop music into the exciting, new realm of this musical phenomenon: 'hip-hop'. By the time he hit 8th grade he began to realize that he could become involved in music by rapping. He began to realize the connection between hip-hop lyrics and poetry. 'Yes! Rap is just rhythmic poetry!', he said to himself and thus began his songwriting journey. By this time, hip-hop was taking off like wildfire with the release of some of his favorite artists of the time, 'Ice-T', 'Eric B. and Rakim', 'Public Enemy' and 'Boogie Down Productions' to name a few of the greats, so there was no lack of inspiration to draw from. His new passion for hip-hop caused his grades to suffer and he was forced to relocate from his Mom's house in Mt. Clemens to his Dad's house in Center Line, MI. in 1988 with hopes that this would make him focus more on schoolwork. However, he soon found musical friends and compadres to work with Mike (Manix) Ruby who began producing tracks for him to write and record his raps to along with his twin brother Matt (DJ Buttafingaz) Ruby who was quickly perfecting his skills as a scratch-master on the wheels of steel. Matt and Marshall (M&M) Mathers became friends during this same time period and it wasn't long before Manix was making the music for both M&M (Eminem) and Chaos Kid. They performed as one crew under the title of 'Bassmint Productions' from 1988-1992 and even did a few shows together as late as 1994. Every year they would do the talent shows at Chaos Kid's high-school 'Center Line' as 'Bassmint Productions'. M&M and Chaos Kid did a few songs together (some of which are included here) though most of their material was written seperately. For a brief time period they were working as one group called 'Soul Intent' and released a demo tape with both of their songs on it under that name. (a picture of the artwork of this tape can be viewed in the pics section). The first four songs on this playlist were released as a solo demo tape Chaos Kid's senior year of high school. The demo EP was called 'If Only I Could Turn Off The Sun, I Would Show You A Brighter Day'. (artwork for this demo can be viewed in the pics section, also). A couple of years after high-school, Chaos Kid began to tire of being limited to just rapping as a form of vocal expression. Bands like 'Arrested Development', 'Rage Against The Machine', and 'Nirvana' began to inspire him to practice singing. In 1995, at the age of 21 and no longer a 'kid', he changed his rap name from 'Chaos Kid' to 'Snafu' and began writing songs that incorporated both singing and rapping sections under the band name 'The Some of Wizdum'.

Eminem (M&M): Marshall Bruce Mathers III (born October 17, 1972),[2] better known by his stage name Eminem (stylized as EMINƎM) and by his alter ego Slim Shady, is an American rapper, record producer, songwriter and actor. Eminem, along with his solo career, is a member of his group D12, and also one half of the hip hop duo Bad Meets Evil, with Royce da 5'9". Eminem is one of the best-selling artists in the world and is the best-selling artist of the 2000s.[3] He has been listed and ranked as one of the greatest artists of all time by many magazines, including Rolling Stone magazine which ranked him 82nd on its list of The 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.[4] The same magazine declared him The King of Hip Hop.[5] Including his work with D12 and Bad Meets Evil, Eminem has achieved ten number-one albums on the Billboard 200. He has sold more than 100 million records worldwide,[6] including 42 million tracks and 49.1 million albums in the United States.[7]
As an underground rapper Eminem released his debut solo album, Infinite in 1996. The album was a critical and commercial failure. He gained mainstream popularity in 1999 after the release of his major-label debut album The Slim Shady LP. The LP also earned Eminem his first Grammy Award for Best Rap Album. His next two records The Marshall Mathers LP, and The Eminem Show, also won Best Rap Album Grammy Awards, making Eminem the first artist to win Best Rap Album for three consecutive LPs. This was followed by another studio release in 2004 titled Encore. Eminem then went on hiatus after touring in 2005. He released his first album in five years titled Relapse, on May 15, 2009. In 2010, Eminem released his seventh studio album Recovery. Recovery was an international success and was named the best selling album of 2010 worldwide, joining The Eminem Show, which was the best seller of 2002. Eminem won Grammy Awards for both Relapse and Recovery, giving him a total of 13 Grammys in his career.
Eminem has opened other ventures, including his own record label Shady Records with his manager Paul Rosenberg. He also has his own radio channel, Shade 45 on Sirius XM Radio. Eminem began an acting career in 2002, when he starred in the hip hop drama film 8 Mile. He won the Academy Award for Best Original Song, becoming the first rap artist ever to win the award.[8] He has also made cameo appearances in The Wash (2001), Funny People (2009) and the television series Entourage.

Don't Chew With Your Mouth Full (M&M) [Snippet]

Soul Intent (Bassmint)