The project did, however, help pave the way for Eminem’s career, and original vinyl pressings today fetch thousands of dollars.Įminem made the tracks on Infinite “radio-friendly” in the hopes of getting them aired on Detroit radio stations only around a thousand copies were manufactured. Infinite was a flop, selling only a few hundred copies. Then Eminem was discovered by Jeff and Mark Bass, two producers who had made a name for themselves with hip-house remixes of pop acts like Madonna and the B-52s, as well as performing as part of George Clinton’s vast P-Funk empire The Funky Bass Brothers were so taken with Eminem’s talent that they decided to start a new record company, Web Entertainment, to exhibit his untapped potential. The 24-year-old rapper had spent the previous several years hopping around Detroit, refining his skills in local crews and short-lived groups like Soul Intent, as well as hanging out at the Hip-Hop Shop, a monthly club night immortalized in the 2002 film 8 Mile. Infinite, Eminem’s decidedly dismal solo debut, was released in 1996. The project received mixed reviews from music critics and it was a commercial failure, selling around 1,000 copies only. The album was finished during the summer of 1996 and published in the fall by Web Entertainment. Following the birth of his daughter Hailie, Eminem, then 23, went to the Bass Brothers basement to make the album. Eminem began creating Infinite after being inspired by Tupac’s Me Against the World album and Nas’s Illmatic. For a period, Eminem worked as a minimum-wage cook and dish washer at Gilbert’s Lodge restaurant in St. Eminem signed with FBT Productions in 1992, which was headed by Jeff and Mark Bass, also known as the Bass Brothers.
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