Second effort by Bassmint Productions that change their name to Soul Intent, keeping the reference to the previous name in the title of the new EP, released two years later. Like the previous one, this project is also divided into two parts, Soul Side and Intent Side.
The tape is opened by a simple, skinny, hard, lo-fi rhythm, with a lean, regular and tight drum machine, the rappers deliver with a flowing style, M&M opens and closes the cut, while Chaos Kid has the second verse; braggadocio tune with a sung functional chorus. It precedes the solo braggadocio of Chaos Kid on a simple, slow and syncopated funky rhythm, with slow skinny tight and syncopated drum machine and a slow, syncopated and decent flow of the MC, which closes the Soul Side.
M&M gives life to the Intent Side with its own solo piece: bare and minimal production, simple, scratched intro, three verses interpreted with a slow and syncopated style, with a simple hook. This is the song that made him take one step further towards success, but it's still too far away: "One-Handed Juggler" goes through Detroit radios and is also listened to by Mark Bass, Jeff's brother, who is interested in to the unknown boy of the song and leads him to create a three-cut demo that will be released only in 1995 under the name of Soul Intent and now no longer with Chaos Kid, replaced by Proof, friend of M&M.
"Conceptual Corrections" is the fourth track of the EP and the second soloist tune of Chaos Kid (M&M is credited for the introductory skit with Manix): four verses on skinny beat, rockin' lo-fi with tight and skeletal syncopated drum machine, rapper's hardcore syncopated delivery. The tape is closed by a live performance in a school of the song "Soul Intent", with both rappers and produced by Manix: the quality of this track is extremely low and the bars spitted by the two are practically indecipherable, on a usual lo-fi rhythm.
Second effort by Chaos Kid & M&M under Manix's lo-fi production, overall, it's a good underground Detroit effort, with ultra-fast delivery by performers, which practically sees the end of the Soul Intent group itself (Sol Int, shows us the cover) after the tape failed to carve out a decent commercial result and that is the prelude to the next group of M&M, the D12.
Rating: 6/10.
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