30 years removed from its original limited release, there is surely no Eminem fan who isn’t familiar with Infinite. Now, in commemoration of its anniversary, fans will be able to stream six songs from this slice of hip-hop history, complete with new mixes and additional production contributed by Jake Bass and Mike “Slim” Wilder.
Arriving alongside this six-song EP is the YouTube release of a nearly 10-minute mini-documentary looking back on how the Bass Brothers, Mark and Jeff, were first introduced to Em.
“Mark heard him on the radio on an open mic night on one of the radio stations in Detroit,” Jeff says in the doc, seen below. “He’s the one that called the radio station and invited Eminem to come to the studio, and the next day he called me and said ‘You gotta hear this kid.’”
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Em, per Mark, arrived at the studio at around 4:30 in the morning, bringing with him a crew they later found out to be D12.
“I didn’t get it,” Jeff concedes of his initial thoughts in the doc. “My brother saw exactly what this kid could do. I was clueless.”
The original project, which would be followed in 1999 by Em’s explosive mainstream breakthrough The Slim Shady LP, was produced by Denaun Porter and co-produced by Slim. The Bass Brothers served as executive producers.
With today’s EP rollout (Nov. 12), fans are getting the chance to officially stream six songs from the project thanks to a release from Org Music. Those aiming for a more tangible experience can look forward to vinyl, CD, and cassette versions of the six-tracker this coming February.
As is commonly known lore by now, Infinite stands apart from the rest of Em’s discography, and notably does not see him taking on the Slim Shady alter ego. The character’s debut would come later, first on the 15-time Grammy winner’s Slim Shady EP, and then more thoroughly on the aforementioned 1999 blockbuster The Slim Shady LP.
As Em explains in the Infinite doc, the moment he started giving the appearance of someone who didn’t care, the more the world started to take notice.
“As soon as I stopped giving a fuck about what I was saying, people started giving a fuck,” he says. “It was like a reverse effect.”
Stream the six-song Infinite EP here via all major streaming platforms. To pre-order physical editions, this is where you need to be. The tracklist features “Infinite,” “It’s O.K.,” “Tonite,” “313,” “Open Mic,” and “Never 2 Far.”
