{"id":76975,"date":"2026-11-12T17:54:37","date_gmt":"2026-11-12T17:54:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/12\/eminems-infinite-re-released-as-ep-for-30th-anniversary\/"},"modified":"2026-11-12T17:54:37","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T17:54:37","slug":"eminems-infinite-re-released-as-ep-for-30th-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/12\/eminems-infinite-re-released-as-ep-for-30th-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"Eminem&#8217;s &#8216;Infinite&#8217; Re-Released as EP for 30th Anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/eminem\/\" id=\"auto-tag_eminem\" data-tag=\"eminem\">Eminem<\/a>\u2018s independently released debut album, <em>Infinite<\/em>, bombed when it came out 30 years ago today. \u201cIt sold maybe 70 copies and didn\u2019t get great feedback,\u201d he wrote in his 2008 memoir, <em>The Way I Am<\/em>. \u201cA lot of people said it sounded like Nas, and he was a heavy influence at the time. But I had an album out, and I could say that.\u201d Since then, the album has taken on a legend of its own, since it caught the ears of Dr. Dre and led to Marshall Mathers\u2019 breakthrough <em>Slim Shady LP<\/em>. The album<em> <\/em>has been reissued and bootlegged for years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tNow <em>Infinite <\/em>is getting another chance as an EP. Jake Bass and Mike \u201cSlim\u201d Wilder have remixed and added additional production to six of the album\u2019s original 11 tracks for what\u2019s now called <em>Infinite EP<\/em>. Jeff and Mark Bass, who helmed the original release, executive produced the EP, which Denaun Porter produced with Wilder. The EP is now <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/lnk.to\/infinite.ep\">available to stream<\/a> and physical editions, which will come out on vinyl, CD, and tape on Feb. 26, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bio.to\/infiniteep\">can be pre-ordered<\/a>. It\u2019s unclear at the time of publication why only half of the album is being re-released.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<p>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Eminem - Infinite 30\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eOHSZDtEngg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tOrg Music has also produced a 10-minute documentary about the album. Jeff Bass recalls in the film how his brother Mark heard Eminem do an open mic on the radio and called the station to get the rapper to the studio. The brothers recall how Eminem showed up with D12 and started recording. There\u2019s also archival footage of Eminem and stories from others who helped make the record.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tIn 1999, Eminem told <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/eminem-blows-up-91979\/\">Rolling Stone<\/a> <\/em>that the music on <em>Infinite <\/em>lacked some of the anger and humor that would make him famous on his major label debut for a specific reason. \u201cIt was right before my daughter was born, so having a future for her was all I talked about,\u201d he said. \u201cIt was way hip-hopped out, like Nas and AZ \u2014 that rhyme style that was real in at the time. I\u2019ve always been a smartass comedian, and that\u2019s why it wasn\u2019t a good album. \u2026 After that record, every rhyme I wrote got angrier and angrier.\u201d<\/p>\n<section class=\"brands-most-popular \/\/ recirculation-modules trending-in-article lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-a-2 u-box-shadow-5-5 lrv-u-padding-lr-1 a-span1 u-padding-b-1@tablet u-overflow-hidden\">\n<h2 id=\"section-heading\" class=\"c-heading larva  lrv-u-text-align-center u-border-color-black a-font-theme-primary-xxs lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-letter-spacing-0063 lrv-u-padding-t-050 u-padding-b-0375@tablet lrv-u-padding-b-050@mobile-max lrv-u-border-b-2\">\n<p>\t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tIn 2016, the Bass Brothers, Wilder, and others recalled the making of <em>Infinite <\/em>in a <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/eminems-infinite-producers-revisit-remix-mcs-inauspicious-debut-190876\/\">Rolling Stone<\/a> <\/em>interview. \u201cHe would come in and do a song, and he\u2019d cut the vocal for it,\u201d Wilder said. \u201cHe\u2019d live with it overnight, and then he\u2019d call me and say, \u2018I\u2019ve got to come in and cut the vocals over.\u2019 He heard something that was wrong. So he would go back in and re-cut the vocal, and no one could hear any difference. He\u2019d hear something that no one else could hear. That, and how raw it was, is what sticks out more than anything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tAlthough Eminem has never officially re-released the full album, he did use it as the springboard for an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/eminem-infinite-2-album-april-fools-1234997449\/\">April Fool\u2019s joke<\/a> in 2024. \u201cThe highly-anticipated next studio album goes back to where it all started,\u201d a narrator said in a social media clip teasing <em>Infinite 2<\/em>. \u201cInfinite but now it\u2019s even more infinite. Out today!\u201d <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<p>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Eminem - Infinite (Lyric Video)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ozZX-GeUmZs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/eminem-infinite-ep-30th-anniversary-1235656552\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eminem\u2018s independently released debut album, Infinite, bombed when it came out 30 years ago today. \u201cIt sold maybe 70 copies and didn\u2019t get great&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":76976,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-76975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pop","article","has-excerpt","has-avatar","has-author","has-date","has-comment-count","has-category-meta","has-read-more","thumbnail-"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76975"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76975\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}