Hidden & Little known facts about Eminems Racist tapes

[randomghost]

The tapes of the racist rap-songs are often discussed but rarely to we go into details with the facts.

Lets not forget that this fiasco was so big that it culminated in the destruction of HipHop's most popular magazine and numerous court cases and lawsuits brought on by lawyers for Interscope.


Here are some goodies:


Eminem’s early collaborators aren’t afraid to talk to The Source and the story that emerges is a far cry from what you’ll see in his Academy Award-winning movie “8 Mile.” As The Source Editor-in-Chief Kim Osorio notes in the cover story on Eminem, “Understanding Marshall Mathers’ past – his life before the Black community accepted him – explains how a rapper of his caliber could have something like the racist recording hidden in his closet.” On tracks recorded in 1993 by Eminem’s four-man, all-White rap crew, under the title “The Racist Rap Hour with Bassmint Productions,” with the Eminem’s four-man, all- Wwhite collective known as Bassmint Productions and leaked to The Source by three White Hip-Hop fans from Detroit who were associates of Eminem in from the early ’90s, Eminem calls Black women “dumb chicks” and opposes dating Black women “cause I don’t like that ni99er shit.” On a third song, newly discovered by The Source, Eminem calls Black people “moon crickets,” “spear chuckers” and “porch monkeys.”



Between 1988 and 1993, Eminem formed an all-White rap collaborative known as Bassmint Productions that produced “The Racist Rap Hour with Bassmint Productions.” Fellow MC Eminem’s rhyming partner in Bassmint Productions, White MC Chaos Kid, provided The Source with an exclusive interview where who says who was there and describes first- hand how the racist recordings were made and why he refused to be a part of them he describes first-hand how these recordings were made and why he didn’t participate saying, “I refused to even get on it… I didn’t feel comfortable about being a part of it, so I didn’t rap on it.”








The feature on Eminem’s hidden past – where one of his old rhyming partners tells all about The Racist Rap Sessions of 1993 – and an interview with one of the White Hip-Hop fans from Detroit who drove across the country in order to bring Eminem’s racist tracks to light anchor the package on racism. Features editor Jerry Barrow weighs in with an essay on race; Hip-Hop players from Irv Gotti to Suge Knight to Crazy Legs speak their minds on the controversy; and Benzino asserts that The Source is “the last line of defense” against the forces that will destroy Hip-Hop: greedy record labels, mainstream media with a “double standard” towards race and rappers like Eminem who threaten to completely co-opt an African-American art form. Benzino’s statements are backed up in “The Making of a Hip-Hop Monopoly”, which outlines exactly how with a detailed diagram, corporate control of radio, retail, distribution and a concentration of major recording artists under one record label (Interscope) has marginalized independent artists and stolen Hip-Hop from the Black and Latino communities that gave birth to it. The power of Interscope to bias the media, and influence recording artists is further demonstrated by Russell Simmons reactions to the release of the racist tracks in “Politics as Usual: Russell Simmons’s Comments.





Chaos Kid says "Eminem tried to cover up other racist recordings held by Brothers DJ Butterfingers and Manix, both are other members of Bassmint Productions, which have yet to surface. Chaos Kid also says Eminem “asked Manix to destroy them". Chaos Kid says, “To me he’s reached a point where he’s put the dollar before his conscience, and unfortunately, it is going to be his downfall.”


Brothers DJ Butterfingers and Manix, both part of Bassmint Productions have much more unreleased Eminem material. Chaos Kid said “Eminem asked Manix to destroy it.”


Members of Detroit’s Hip-Hop community view Eminem’s management as racist. Of Paul Rosenberg, who has managed Eminem since 1998, Champtown says, “I feel that Paul Rosenberg is prejudiced. I heard from inside the camp about how Blacks are being underpaid…I know who introduced Rosenberg to Eminem and he is no longer on the map. He was fired. He was the last Black survivor with any authority in the camp and he was fired recently.”


Eminem hid his racist tracks from his first Black producer and record label owner, Champtown, who was responsible for introducing Eminem to Detroit’s Black Hip-Hop community and who helped shape him to be the superstar he is today. Champtown was shocked to hear some of Eminem’s racist tracks for the first time in 2000. “I definitely heard some tapes with Slim using words like ‘moon crickets’ and shit like that on it. And there was ‘spear chucker’ on it… and ‘porch monkeys,’” said Champtown.Champtown and Eminem’s older friends dispute Eminem’s claim that his breakup with an “African-American girlfriend” is what caused him to record “Foolish Pride” where he rants, “Black girls are bitches” among other things. Said Champtown, “I don’t believe it. He was with Kim for the whole time I knew him. I never knew him to date any Black women.” Chaos Kid doesn’t remember his Black girlfriend either: “This whole story about him going out with a Black girl – I don’t know.”






(The Apology song)
"Yellow Brick Road"

My first year in 9th grade, can't forget that day at school
It was cool till your man MC Shan came through
And said that Puma's The Brand 'cause the clan makes troops
It was rumors but man, god damn, they flew
Must've been true because man we done banned they shoes
I had the new ones the Cool J, Ice land swayed too
And we just through them in the trash like they yesterday's news
Guess who came through next, X-clan debut
Professor X vanglorious exists in a state of red, black, and green
With a key sissies now with this being a new trend
We don't fit in crackers is out with Cactus albums
Blackness is in, African symbols and medallions
Represents black power and we ain't know what it meant
Me and my man Howard and Butter, we would go to the mall with 'em
All over our necks like we're showing 'em off not knowing at all
We was being laughed at you ain't even half black
You ain't supposed to have that homie let me grab that
And that Flavor Flave clock we gonna have to snatch that
All I remember is meeting back at Manix's basement
saying how we hate this, how racist but dope the x clan's tape is...




Okay now check this out.........


Eminem sued The Source for defamation and copyright infringement. The federal courts allowed an injunction to distribute a minimal amount of lyrics of the alleged tape. The Source ignored the injunction and went forth to publish the entire lyrics on its website and in its magazine. By ignoring the injunction, The Source was found in contempt of court and were forced to pay Eminem and his label, Shady Records a considerable sum in compensation. In 2005, lawyers for Eminem were preparing for trial over copyright infringement but aburptly withdrew stating that the rapper issue with The Source was done and there's nothing from the magazine. Benzino still hasn't officially squashed the beef with Eminem. Mays and Benzino both countered the withdrawal of the lawsuit calling it a "cowardly" move.

[TheRealFatShady]

Anyone have the track where "Eminem calls Black people “moon crickets,” “spear chuckers” and “porch monkeys.” Still haven't heard it.

[Slill_Slim_Shady]

This is the biggest bullshit that i ever heard

[Fa-Q]

This is the biggest bullshit that i ever heard

Yeah...he hangs out with nigs all day long? how is he remotely racist?

[Marshal17]

daaaaamn man!
to be honest..u talk too much
lol
i think it's a dead case
and like he said about that girl on yellow brick road

I was wrong cause no matter what color a girl is she's still a hoe

plus all what he did for his friends
so i think that's enough
and we don't have to mention it anymore

one thing is,,
when they attack eminem because of his language
like that guy bill o'reilly
eminem already said that all rappers use this kind of language and they don't mention it
just because he's white he shouldn't say something like that???


the point is..
why u mention things and forget the others?

i think i talk too much too
lol
peace,,

[S.T.A.N.]

Well black ppl said a lot of racist things about Eminem before and now also, so Eminem also said a few. No ones hurt.

[Devil'sAdvocate]

[WakeUpShow]

ALOT of black rappers have said they are fine with it. And lol at benzino he's not even black, in fact he's half white and he's saying Eminem want's to steal african-american culture . But Zino said some good stuff about Eminem recently, so it's all good.

[mecuryball]

what's ur motive in bringing out this shit Benzino tried to destroy Eminem with,he failed and so do u,we his fan already seen this,and he has addressed this issue long ago.

Eminem is no racist.look at people he hang with,his fuckin best friend was proof,his mentor is Dre a black man,50,royce,mr porter,d12 are all his right hand men.

so fuck this.

[Kez]

I could accept it and would admit you were right if there was any kind of proof at all in this entire block of text. But all of it could quite easily have been written by any random guy. If they went to bring his racism "to light" how come we've not heard this extra tape with the "spear chucker" shit? What Benzino thought he'd show some restraint since he thought releasing Foolish Pride was enough? Lol bullshit

[TheGentlePlayer]

smh @ this thread

[Timekeeper]

Got to "The Source" and stopped.

[Cecilia21]

Well black ppl said a lot of racist things about Eminem before and now also, so Eminem also said a few. No ones hurt.

Exactly

[EminemBase]

I could accept it and would admit you were right if there was any kind of proof at all in this entire block of text. But all of it could quite easily have been written by any random guy. If they went to bring his racism "to light" how come we've not heard this extra tape with the "spear chucker" shit? What Benzino thought he'd show some restraint since he thought releasing Foolish Pride was enough? Lol bullshit

[danny-mcf]

Fuck um they were the cunts that were calling him a white basterd, white trash and casper to they the least. You showed me nothing but hate, you ran me into the ground But what comes around goes around