Before the bleached hair, before the Oscars, before Dr. Dre’s phone call, Marshall Mathers was a struggling artist on the brink of giving up. Recorded at the infamous Bassmint Studios in Detroit and released on a shoestring budget via Web Entertainment, Infinite was a commercial flop. Pressed on a tiny run of vinyl and cassette (estimates suggest fewer than 1,000 original copies), the album was a lyrical showcase indebted to Nas and AZ, a stark contrast to the angry, Slim Shady alter ego yet to come.
A reflection on life in Detroit, "Tonight" showcases a more subdued, introspective side of Eminem. The production is melancholic, fitting the narrative of a young man looking for a way out. Eminem-Infinite-Reissue-CD-FLAC-2009-THEVOiD
and the . Despite the "2009" tag in that specific file name, the album remains a classic artifact of Eminem's pre-fame "nascent" style, which many critics at the time compared to AZ and Nas. Before the bleached hair, before the Oscars, before Dr