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Soul Intent – "F#@!in' Backstabber" b/w "Biterphobia" sealed cassette single AMG graded 91 / 3

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Soul Intent – "F#@!in' Backstabber" b/w "Biterphobia" sealed cassette single AMG graded 9

Demetrii

Hammer Price

$200

1 bid

Reserve met

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Sold at hammer price $200 across 1 bid. Bidding closed below the reserve, so the lot sold at the reserve price.

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Description

Before the Bass Brothers put his name on a record, Marshall Mathers was one voice in a Detroit group called Soul Intent, rapping under the name M&M, and in 1995 that group pressed exactly one single on the local Mashin' Duck Records imprint. 

The A-side, "F#@!in' Backstabber," carries a guest appearance by Proof—DeShaun Holton, the friend who had already been pushing Mathers into Detroit's battle circuit and who would later anchor D12. The insert prints a short piece of writing credited to him: "Backstabbers don't live too long. Around my way friendships betrayed. In the hood you die for that! So remember, the backstabber always loses in the end. A friend is a friend til the end—to eternity! The backstabber...shall never flourish."

All music produced and arranged by Manix for Mashin' Duck Records; cuts and scratches by DJ Butterfingers; all lyrics written and performed by M&M; engineered by Mike Nice for Bassment Sounds, the Ferndale operation that would shortly cut Infinite; artwork by M&M; manufactured and printed by Disc Makers in New Jersey. The B-side is "Biterphobia."

The tape has never been opened. It was submitted to Audio Media Grading and archived in April 2026, where it graded nine.

Details

Artist / Designer

Demetrii

Provenance

Private collection; consigned to Wax Poetics by the seller, Dimitrii Independently archived and graded by Audio Media Grading, West Palm Beach, Florida, with a signed Statement of Archival accompanying the lot

Condition Report

The only commercial release by Soul Intent, the Detroit group Eminem recorded with before Infinite Credited to M&M, the name Marshall Mathers used before Eminem Guest appearance by Proof on "F#@!in' Backstabber," plus a short written piece by him on the insert Sealed and unopened; graded nine by Audio Media Grading, archived April 2026 Predates every commercially available Eminem recording, including Infinite

Other Details

  • Country of Origin:United States
  • Restricted Materials:No

Bid History

 

Lot 2: Soul Intent – "F#@!in' Backstabber" b/w "Biterphobia" sealed cassette single AMG graded 9 — Novacanon