Talk:Infinite (Eminem album)

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Producers

Can we get the names of each track's producer? I assume Kon Artis and DJ Head produce some tracks, but which? And I'm sure there are other producers too. -WindFish 02:03, 20 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Speaking of DJ Head, I remember reading somewhere ages ago that he became the D12 member Proof, just like Denaun Porter became Kon Artis, I can't remember my source but I've listed him as such on my tracklisting since. If it's true then it is probably worth mentioning. Tony2Times 12:58, 7 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The Bass bros. didn't produce the album it was Kon Artis aka Mr. Porter (denaun porter) volumesoxxs 11:35, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

Pre-Slim Shady

i think it's pretty funny listening to a track like "It's OK" considering what Eminem became on his next album. the chorus sounds like something he'd call "gay" on The Marshall Mathers LP, lol 134.69.166.157 05:52, 27 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Can you point to specific lyrics? I'm not sure that statement is warranted. jglc | t | c 19:42, 27 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

If you know anything about the Infinite album, that was him trying to figure out his style. -Rockfist45

Eminem Infinite

Hi, I am an avid collector of Eminem Music & Stuff. I am looking for an original Wax or Cassette version of Infinite. Please contact me on malhurst@hotmail.com

Peace

^^Yo, that'll be pretty hard to find; I just found all the tracks and ripped them to a cd.

I saw the casette on eBay ONCE. And it was selling for about $400. Good luck. SlimShady6135 02:56, 12 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

a short review

From just a (partial) fan's point of view, i think this album is great. For an underground album, it's incredible. Compare it with the albums from that era. And it's still great. It contains a lot of battling. But, hip hop battling is beautifull a example of larpurlartism (and its freedom) and when this guy battles, he really stands behind the verses like

I make intense masterpieces and smash to pieces
Your last releases, you bad diseases, that's the reason
I'm showing you the proper way to operate a mic

But the rest of the album is also great. Art describing subject's life. Except for a (at least for me) weak song " Backstabber ". Nice idea, though, but the realisation is not as good as it could be. The beats are great. The productions is sometimes sooo good. Sparse, complex beats and a fluent omnipresent bas lines can serve as a nice magic carpet for a great vocalist (battling). And the rest of the production is quite good too, funky. Concerning songs, I love "Tonight" so much. It's a battle song, basically. But wrapped up and in a package of a club song. Production is quite danceable but alas, Eminem stil finds a way to dominate over it and deliver some more larpurlartistic hip hop. So, the point is: the guy made quite some many with later albums but he could have made a fortune whith this one, too... But he sold 400 copies from his trunk... Ironic, is it not? And yes, another thing, concerning Wikipedia aricle about Infinite;

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" [1][2][3].

I think it's logical that the local hip hop community met the album with derision. First, he was white. And, more important, we was probably the very very best MC. And had probably battled them all to the ground at some point. Of course his multi-rhyming style is similar to, for example, Nas, but Eminem is Eminem. As the guy himself said, on the following LP:

Some people only see that I'm white, ignorin skill
Cause I stand out like a green hat with a orange bill
But I don't get pissed, y'all don't even see through the mist
How the fuck can I be white, I don't even exist

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The song "Infinite" is soooo sick, that it will boggle your mind one of the most brilliant raps ever produced, props to Eminem. This was his first song, and may be his best ever, and we know how good he is. -- (James McNally) (talkpage) 20:27, 27 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Uploaded a new album cover

I found a high-resolution album cover for Infinite a long time ago which I have been using on iTunes. When I saw the small, blurry pic here I decided to add mine. What does everyone think? Justin The Claw 02:36, 23 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]