As the name suggests, the possibilities for this brother are Infanit. Perpetual Life is what the new millennium entrepreneurial spirit is all about. Infanit owns the studio he recorded in, wrote all his own rhymes and created all of his own beats. While that guarantees that a hustling homey is behind the project, what makes it remarkable is that every aspect of the project is phat. The combination of hard work and talent obviously equal success. The "Infanit sound" is a clean one, not completely in lyrical content but in production. His style lends itself to radio play while keeping one food firmly planted in the streets that spawned the wunderkind.

Kicking it all of is Ghetto Life, a loopy, smoothed out funk ride compatible with a creepin' ride through Lincoln Drive and East River Drive (as I've done myself while rockin it). The R&B hook is instantly catchy and blends seamlessly with Inf's confident delivery about the ghetto life he knows too well. Showing a cohesive diversity Infanit turns to the Islands for assistance in the breaks of Pookiesa amist discussing the faux-thugness vogue of the day. It all rides a simplistic yet bass heavy beat that displays Infanit's production skillz. There's an interlude entitled Promo that probably possesses the album's funkiest beat. Yo, I wanna hear a full length track with this butter. Any emcee would line up to spit to this one- no over-hype. On top of that beat madd props go out for the real live clever cuts on Slime Ball, utilizing the underappreciated but classic vocals of Antoinette to accentuate Infanit's tales of sexcapes and battle sounds. Never content to keep things safe, we're blessed with a posse cut that rides a bugged out, classic cowboy movie loop intertwined with a bangin' bouncy beat. The bouncing beat assualt continues into Hold Up, Start A War and superb R&B yet Hippity to the Hoppest sounds of Not The One. And for those who don't want a straight up bass assault Infanit offers up the silky, mellowed out instrumental jazz of the simply titled Infanit Beat 1. It made me wanna light incense and some tea lights. I was half waiting for Common or Lauryn Hill to spit cause this is exactly their type of track. Of course this just goes to the theme of Infanit as a multi-talented brother. When he does rhyme its usually satisfying, as on the collaboration of Death Wish with more members of his label's stable. This is the cut that probably best emphasizes the foot still in the streets. Back to the beats and strictly the beats is another welcomed instrumental track again simply titled Infanit Beat 2. More tracks follow and when you peep how many real cuts make up Perpetual Life you can't go wrong sending the Benjamins Infanit's way. He reaches back into his deep bag of tricks and effortlessly throws out bonus tracks Get It Down and Nothin Left.

This is a solid album people. Aside from the annoying fake still wearing there pants under their asses, wanna-be hard rock young boys- this album will appeal to everyone. The cream always rises to the top and Infanit's acension is just getting under way. What I wanna know is why no labels have scooped this brother up yet??? Those of ya'll at the record companies reading this better recognize! In the words of the Jimmy Castor Bunch "It's Just Begun."

Reviewed by Funk Wizard Snow
Editor- PhillyHipHop.com
August, 2001