Infinite is the first album by hip-hop artist Eminem, made and produced with help from The Bass Brothers and fellow
D12 member Kon Artis (Denaun, who features on Maxine) in 1996.
Infinite was only made on cassette and vinyl. Only 400 copies were made. Eminem sold these tapes out of the trunk of his car in Detroit. The album is quite rare and cannot be found in stores, though compact disc copies have been made and can be constantly found on sites such as eBay claiming to be the real thing. The song "Backstabber" is a re-cut version of a song called "Fuckin' Backstabber", which is featured on a demo tape by Soul Intent.
The album received mixed critical reviews and was met with derision from within the local hip-hop community, earning Eminem unfavourable accusations of copying other rappers' styles, particularly Nas and AZ.
"Obviously, I was young and influenced by other artists, and I got a lot of feedback saying that I sounded like Nas and AZ," he admitted.
"'Infinite' was me trying to figure out how I wanted my rap style to be, how I wanted to sound on the mic and present myself," he recalls.
"It was a growing stage. I felt like Infinite was like a demo that just got pressed up" http://www.eminemonline.com/bio.shtml http://www.vanityfair.com/commentary/content/articles/041109roco01 http://www.eminem.net/biography/ .
Track listing
All tracks produced by Denaun Porter and FBT.
"Beyond Average;" – 3:56 Hidden song put on only a few of the tracks.
#"Infinite" – 4:01 This is the first track on the album Infinite, and is widely regarded as being the best on this album. (sample) "my pen and paper cause a chain reaction/to get your brain relaxin/A zany actin' maniac in action/A brainiac in fact son/You mainly lack attraction/You lookin lame and wack when just a fraction of my tracks run"
#"W.E.G.O." (featuring DJ Head and Proof) – 0:21 A 21-second track that is an intro from the local radio station in Detroit.
#"It's OK" (featuring Eye-Kyu) – 3:31 Eminem raps about his day-to-day situation. (sample) "Everyday in the streets scrambling and paying for cheap/Prayin for sleep, dreamin' with a watering mouth/Wishin' for a better life for my daughter and spouse/In this slaughtering house caught up in bouts wit the root of all evil"
#"Tonite" – 3:42
#"313"" (featuring Eye-Kyu) – 4:10 The track 313 features Eminem and an unknown rapper named "Eye-Kyu" (pronounced IQ) showing off their rhyming skills as they pass the mic back and forth.
#"Maxine" (featuring Denaun Porter) – 3:54 Maxine is a dark track with Denaun about a woman named Maxine who is an addict and will do anything to get her fix. This is the first track that Denaun Porter and Eminem appear together on.
#"Open Mic" (featuring Thyne) – 4:01 Thyne is another unknown rapper that Eminem worked with on this album. It samples elements of the beat from "Give Me Your Love" by Curtis Mayfield that were also used in "Nickel Bags" by Digable Planets
#"Never 2 Far" – 3:38) In this track, Eminem reveals that he still lives with his mother, and that he's got a baby (Hailie) on the way.
#"Searchin" (featuring Denaun Porter) – 3:44 In this song, Eminem talks about his girl (Kim)with love. Denaun ends the song with a cameo appearance.
#"Backstabber" – 3:23
#"Jealousy Woes II" – 3:19 A story about a jealous groupie who only wants Eminem's money.
"Biterphobia: A hidden track that was not put on the album but was Eminem's first recorded track."
Album lyrics
"Imitator intimidator, stimulator, simulator of data, eliminator."There's never been a greater since the burial of Jesus, fuck around and catch all of the venereal diseases."My thesis will smash a stereo to pieces, my acapella releases plastic masterpieces through telekinesis."And eases you mentally, gently, sentimentally, instrumentally, with entity, dementedly meant to be Infinite. - Infinite
'"So just in case you won't remember me, I'll run your brain around the block to jog your fucking memory.
-313
"You couldn't flip shit playin in toilets with a spatula" -Open Mic
"You could date a stick of dynamite and wouldn't go out with a bang"scratching - "Do it!"
Eminem Sneakin in through the back door, fruity MC's get ambushed
Rammed and squooshed, slammed and pushed, crammed and mushed
Then I'm movin on down from the right to left
So bite the meth or prepare to fight to death
To get jacked, attacked and cracked in two
Smackin through 'til youre black and blue for actin true
I'm dreaded like a man whose hair is all strands
Proof that I be sniffin on aerosol cans
I'm stompin, I'm kickin, I'm chokin, I'm stampin em
clompin em, stickin, and pokin and clampin em
To electric chairs and tightenin bolts
Hit em with frightening jolts of lightning bolts
I'm zappin, rappers, singers, and dancers
Faster than you could snap your figures for ransom
Cancer is in the flesh, alive and breathin
Survivin by connivin and theivin
scratching - "Do it!", "Eat em up"
Eminem I had a dream I was gettin jacked by biters
It felt like I was bein attacked by spiders
Developin a fear of biterphobia
I'm holdin a gas can and lighter over ya
If I detect ya, I'ma pulverize
Dissect your brain, diggin in your skull for lies
And I'ma torture, with material iller
than a stark ravin mad serial killer
I'm more dangerous than a loaded chamber is
A major risk to a plagiarist
So beware of the aura, A terror for the horrible
Will scare ya tomorrow, is the airbourne assault of the rappers
Hit the source to better my skills,
I head for the border
And run the Galloping Hills, the choice is yours
Cause now buddy's noises force me to scream til my voice is hoarse
Cause I'm sick of these jabber jaws and crap that grab at yours and savage yours to bite like labradors
In the range of my double-barrel
And your life is in danger, trouble, and peril
scratching Eminem I trample and stamp liars, like they were campfires
Cuz vampires right on my balls and clamp pliers
And swing on my big thingamajig
So I'm bringin my nig Proof for backup when I sing at my gig
Cause biters are fallin head over heels
In love with every rhyme that I've said over reels
That's how I became paranoid
Chewin my fingernails, pullin my hair annoyed
Cause every time you bit it was deliberate
So I'm forced to hit a little quicker with
an ultimatum I assault and slayed em
with rhymes and it's ultimatum just to cultivate em
Energetic and imaginative,
pronouns and verbs, predicates and adjectives
Will reach out and grab ya, 9 times outta 10
That's why I'm spilling one of a kind rhymes out a pen
scratching - "Everybody walk out the back door"
scratching to fade - Biterphobia
Scarcity
In The UK it is very rare although a number of remixed versions have been illegally leaked .
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