Infinito 2017
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Marcellous Lovelace (born October 26, 1975), who is a prolific fine artist is also known by his stage name
, Infinito 2017, is an American Hip hop
artist, author, and political fine artist. He is a prolific artist of multiple fields, bringing self awareness with an ongoing sense of conscious in his lyrics. Infinito 2017 is a musician who is inspired by James Brown
, African History, Marcus Garvey
, Kerry James Marshall
, Aretha Franklin
, Emory Douglas
, KRS-One
and A Tribe called Quest
. The group Infinito 2017 is a part of is Unorthodox Poets Society.
in Memphis and got his Bachelors Degree in Art and Communications and studied Masters of Fine Arts
and that’s where he collected his first analog 4 track and began recording. He was accepted at the Memphis College of Art, where he took painting as a major, he also started performing on a regular basis at Fantasia hip-hop open mic nights. At this club is where he would meet Mr. Skurge the two joined forces instantaneously and decided to work together, calling themselves the Unorthodox Poets Society later on Skurge told Lovelace he should call him self Infinito because of his seamless flow. By 1998, the MC moved back to Chicago, where he joined up with crews the Molemen and the Nacrobats, working on albums with them as well as releasing constant albums on his self made label Nephew of Frank, which is a shortened version of his families last name Franklin. Later on Infinito would change his name to Infinito 2017 as sign of growth and his prolific work ethic in Underground Hip Hop. By now its 2006 and Infinito has released over 45 albums and done multiple shows and appearances with artist such as KRS-One, De la Sou, All Natural, Big Ass Truck, The Verb, Juice, Psalm One, Awol One, iCON The Mic King, Bahamidia, Rhymefest
, The Streets, Atmosphere
, Immortal Technique
, Mr. Dibbs
and Thaione Davis. In 2011 Infinto will release his 60th (not including the pseudonym releases) or more albums under the name Infinito 2017 that will be called “Pause Record Not For Sensitive Ears” to pay homage to the time when he wasn’t able to record and desired it so badly he used to record on two boom box radios.
and self released the 2002 Qualified Professional #27 12-inch single on Fatbeats, 2004's Low Income Housing Domination
, 2005's Roddny Dangrr Fild Domination
, 2006's The Soul of Benjamin Banneker in the Age of the Aquarius Raptivisim. 2011 Touring the globe as an independent artist.
Stage name
A stage name, also called a showbiz name or screen name, is a pseudonym used by performers and entertainers such as actors, wrestlers, comedians, and musicians.-Motivation to use a stage name:...
, Infinito 2017, is an American Hip hop
Hip hop
Hip hop is a form of musical expression and artistic culture that originated in African-American and Latino communities during the 1970s in New York City, specifically the Bronx. DJ Afrika Bambaataa outlined the four pillars of hip hop culture: MCing, DJing, breaking and graffiti writing...
artist, author, and political fine artist. He is a prolific artist of multiple fields, bringing self awareness with an ongoing sense of conscious in his lyrics. Infinito 2017 is a musician who is inspired by James Brown
James Brown
James Joseph Brown was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and recording artist. He is the originator of Funk and is recognized as a major figure in the 20th century popular music for both his vocals and dancing. He has been referred to as "The Godfather of Soul," "Mr...
, African History, Marcus Garvey
Marcus Garvey
Marcus Mosiah Garvey, Jr., ONH was a Jamaican publisher, journalist, entrepreneur, and orator who was a staunch proponent of the Black Nationalism and Pan-Africanism movements, to which end he founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League...
, Kerry James Marshall
Kerry James Marshall
Kerry James Marshall is an artist born in Birmingham, Alabama. He grew up in South Central Los Angeles and now lives in Chicago where he previously taught at the School of Art and Design at the University of Illinois at Chicago...
, Aretha Franklin
Aretha Franklin
Aretha Louise Franklin is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. Although known for her soul recordings and referred to as The Queen of Soul, Franklin is also adept at jazz, blues, R&B, gospel music, and rock. Rolling Stone magazine ranked her atop its list of The Greatest Singers of All...
, Emory Douglas
Emory Douglas
Emory Douglas worked as the Minister of Culture for the Black Panther Party from 1967 until the Party disbanded in the 1980s...
, KRS-One
KRS-One
Lawrence Krisna Parker , better known by his stage names KRS-One , and Teacha, is an American rapper...
and A Tribe called Quest
A Tribe Called Quest
A Tribe Called Quest is an American hip hop group, formed in 1985, and is composed of rapper/producer Q-Tip , rapper Phife Dawg , and DJ/producer Ali Shaheed Muhammad. A fourth member, rapper Jarobi White, left the group after their first album but rejoined in 2006...
. The group Infinito 2017 is a part of is Unorthodox Poets Society.
Early life
Marcellous was born in Chicago, Illinois, a military child on Chicago's South Side. Raised by his Mother, Father and Grandmother with a host of Uncles and Aunts he never lacked the proper development and positive upbringing. Raised mostly in Chicago, Il Infinito 2017 traveled constantly as a child due to having two parents in the military. He graduated from the University of MemphisUniversity of Memphis
The University of Memphis is an American public research university located in the Normal Station neighborhood of Memphis, Tennessee and is the flagship public research university of the Tennessee Board of Regents system....
in Memphis and got his Bachelors Degree in Art and Communications and studied Masters of Fine Arts
Career
Infinito 2017 is a very active Underground Hip hop artist from the south side of Chicago with over 120 releases under different pseudonym. Infinito began creating music at 13 years old with cousin Dariel, and the two exhausted hours in their basements recording crude beats and rhymes on boom box recorders. He moved to Kentucky with his mother in the early 90s and Lovelace found comfort in hip hop. This outlet was therapeutic after learning f his cousin Dariel's unfortunate death in 1994. Following that event, Lovelace was forced into a move to TennesseeTennessee
Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...
and that’s where he collected his first analog 4 track and began recording. He was accepted at the Memphis College of Art, where he took painting as a major, he also started performing on a regular basis at Fantasia hip-hop open mic nights. At this club is where he would meet Mr. Skurge the two joined forces instantaneously and decided to work together, calling themselves the Unorthodox Poets Society later on Skurge told Lovelace he should call him self Infinito because of his seamless flow. By 1998, the MC moved back to Chicago, where he joined up with crews the Molemen and the Nacrobats, working on albums with them as well as releasing constant albums on his self made label Nephew of Frank, which is a shortened version of his families last name Franklin. Later on Infinito would change his name to Infinito 2017 as sign of growth and his prolific work ethic in Underground Hip Hop. By now its 2006 and Infinito has released over 45 albums and done multiple shows and appearances with artist such as KRS-One, De la Sou, All Natural, Big Ass Truck, The Verb, Juice, Psalm One, Awol One, iCON The Mic King, Bahamidia, Rhymefest
Rhymefest
Che Smith , known by the stage name of Rhymefest, is an American hip hop artist from Chicago, Illinois whose first official album, Blue Collar, was released on July 11, 2006. He co-wrote Kanye West's "Jesus Walks", which won a Grammy at the 47th Grammy Awards. In October, 2010, Rhymefest announced...
, The Streets, Atmosphere
Atmosphere
An atmosphere is a layer of gases that may surround a material body of sufficient mass, and that is held in place by the gravity of the body. An atmosphere may be retained for a longer duration, if the gravity is high and the atmosphere's temperature is low...
, Immortal Technique
Immortal Technique
Felipe Andres Coronel , better known by the stage name Immortal Technique, is an American rapper of Afro-Peruvian descent as well as an urban activist. He was born in Lima, Peru and raised in Harlem, New York. Most of his lyrics focus on controversial issues in global politics...
, Mr. Dibbs
Mr. Dibbs
__notoc__Brad Forste, better known as Mr. Dibbs, is a DJ and hip hop producer. The founder of the turntablist collective 1200 Hobos, he has also appeared on numerous underground hip hop records as producer or DJ as well as releasing a number of solo works.Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Forste was...
and Thaione Davis. In 2011 Infinto will release his 60th (not including the pseudonym releases) or more albums under the name Infinito 2017 that will be called “Pause Record Not For Sensitive Ears” to pay homage to the time when he wasn’t able to record and desired it so badly he used to record on two boom box radios.
Career Highlights
2002's Music with Sound Right Reasoning Birthwrite Records, produced by Memo of the MolemenMolemen
Molemen is a trio of Hip Hop producers from Chicago, Illinois, consisting of Panik , Memo and PNS. The trio runs Molemen Records, which features a stable of affiliated artists, including Vakill, DJ Presyce, Scheme, Astonish, Decay, and Longshot...
and self released the 2002 Qualified Professional #27 12-inch single on Fatbeats, 2004's Low Income Housing Domination
Domination
-Books:* The Domination, an alternate history / science-fiction / alternate reality fictional, by S. M. Stirling.-Music:* Dominant , a diatonic scale step and diatonic function in tonal music theory...
, 2005's Roddny Dangrr Fild Domination
Domination
-Books:* The Domination, an alternate history / science-fiction / alternate reality fictional, by S. M. Stirling.-Music:* Dominant , a diatonic scale step and diatonic function in tonal music theory...
, 2006's The Soul of Benjamin Banneker in the Age of the Aquarius Raptivisim. 2011 Touring the globe as an independent artist.
Albums
- 2002 Infinito - Man with Hue Nephew of Frank
- 2002 Infinito - Music with Sound Right Reasoning Birthwrite Nephew of Frank
- 2002 Infinito presents: Marcellous Lovelace - To Know American Nephew of Frank
- 2003 Restranin Orda (Marcellous Lovelace and Kevin Fountain) MixtapeMixtapeA Mix Tape or Mixed Tape is a compilation of songs recorded in a specific order, traditionally onto an audio Compact Cassette.A Mix Tape, which usually reflects the musical tastes of its compiler, can range from a casually selected list of favorite songs, to a conceptual mix of songs linked by a...
- 2004 Infinito vs. Molemen - Mixtape He’s Definitely Not in the Building
- 2004 I.T. (Infinito and Thaione) Low Income Housing Domination Recordings
- 2005 oneINDIVISUAL - Voice needed Nephew of frank
- 2005 Infinito 2017- Eye Elevate Nephew of Frank
- 2005 Marcellous Lovelace - David WalkerDavid Walker-Musicians:* Dave Walker , British musician, member of the band Fleetwood Mac* David Walker , American opera singer* David Walker , American singer of Southern Gospel music...
s Travels Nephew of Frank - 2005 Infinito 2017 - Roddny Dangrr Fild: Tragedy in Bar Sequences Domination Recordings
- 2005 Infinito 2017 - The Down Fall of Rome Is at Hand Nephew of Frank
- 2005 Marcellous Lovelace - Ending the Sleeping in our Community Nephew of Frank
- 2005 Infinito 2017 /Live from San Fran Nephew of Frank
- 2006 Infinito 2017 - The Soul of Benjamin Banneker in the Age of the Aquarius Raptivism Nephew of Frank
- 2006 Ka Sekhem - Black Pyramid Nephew of Frank
- 2006 Marcellous Lovelace / Nubian Plan It Nephew of Frank
- 2006 Infinito 2017 - The Future before You Nephew of Frank
- 2006 Infinito 2017 - Da Prolific Hits / Nephew of Frank
- 2006 Infinito 2017 - Love Your Self And Your Kind Nephew of Frank
- 2007 Infinito 2017 - Natural Time Nephew of Frank
- 2007 Infinito 2017 - Break the Spell inside the Land Of Service Nephew of Frank
- 2007 Infinito 2017 - For the Love of Naked Black Women Nephew of Frank
- 2007 Infinito 2017 - Belief Is Ignorance / Nephew of Frank
- 2007 Infinito 2017 – Passion Nephew of Frank
- 2007 Marcellous Lovelace - Answers Questions Lost In Babylon Don’t Trust Them Nephew of Frank
- 2007 Infinito 2017 - She’s in The Wind / Nephew of Frank
- 2007 Infinito 2017 - Nephew of Frank / Nephew of Frank
- 2007 Infinito 2017 / This Is a Day unlike Others Nephew of Frank
- 2007 Siafu / Morning of the Conquest / Nephew of Frank Jericho Lounge Music
- 2007 Dj Hen Boogie and Infinito 2017 - Black Aroma Low Self Discipline
- 2007 Infinito 2017 and Unagi / You and Eye442 Records
- 2007 Infinito 2017 / Neter and the Power of the Most High Nephew of Frank
- 2007 Ka Sekhem / Ether in Utopia Back To Antiquity 2017 Fat Her Land Nephew of Frank
- 2008 MCML - Wild 100 type Nephew of Frank
- 2008 God Is A Brother - Hell Fighters Nephew of Frank
- 2008 Marcellous Lovelace - Watch Who You Let Rent Space in Your Mind Joe Left Hand Records
- 2008 Infinito 2017 - Welcome To the World of Hmmmmm Joe Left Hand Records
- 2009 Infinito 2017 - South Side Chicago to Egipt by way of Memphis Joe Left Hand Records
- 2009 Infinito 2017 -Why Live your life like an empty glass of water Joe Left Hand Records
- 2009 Infinito 2017 - Divided Souls Africans in America Joe Left Hand Records
- 2009 Ka Sekhem - Sense of Urgency: Nubian Love Joe Left Hand Records
- 2009 Marcellous Lovelace - Happiness Disposition Joe Left Hand Records
- 2009 Infinito 2017 - Divine Love Joe Left Hand Records
- 2009 Infinito 2017 - Day of the Night Joe Left Hand Records
- 2009 Khemenu (9th Scientist and Infinito 2017) - A Time Began Anu Joe Left Hand Records
- 2009 Nkruma Ochieng - From Pluto By Way Of Mars Joe Left Hand Records
- 2009 Some Black Dudes - Time off Joe Left Hand Records
- 2009 Midnight Classic - Example Joe Left Hand Records
- 2010 P.I. - 3.14 Joe Left Hand Records
- 2010 Nkruma Ochieng - Sound Track to What You Think Joe Left Hand Records
- 2010 Marcellous Lovelace - Caterpillar Story of His Evolve Cue Ball Enterprise
- 2010 Infinito 2017 - We Are Dark Joe Left Hand Records
- 2010 Next Universe - Classic Regulations Joe Left Hand Records
- 2010 Infinito 2017 - Outer Body Experience 9.0: Thinking the Unthinkable Joe Left Hand Records
- 2010 Marcellous Lovelace - You Don't Know Me Joe Left Hand Records
- 2010 Low Noise Mechanism - Low Noise Mechanism Joe Left Hand Records
- 2010 Marcellous Lovelace – Consistent Joe Left Hand Records
- 2011 Infinito 2017 - Rid the Stereotypes and Programmed Slaves Joe Left Hand Records
- 2011 Marcellous Lovelace - On the Outside Listening In Joe Left Hand Records
- 2011 Marcellous Lovelace - Giving You Me As I Am Joe Left Hand Records
- 2011 Vortx of Distorsun - Children of the Sun Joe Left Hand Records
- 2011 Progress (Infinito 2017 and SavSola) - Advanced Copy: Breaking your Dreams E.P. Joe Left Hand Records
- 2011 Infinito 2017 & Dirt E. Dutch – Withoutpermission Joe Left Hand Records
Vinyl
- Vintage rhymes EP - 1999 /1998 Nephew of Frank
- Impatient 25 the Black Scorpion E.P. - 2001 Nephew of Frank
- Qualified Professional #27 - 2003 (White Label) Nephew of Frank
- Qualified Professional #27 - 2003 Fat beats
- To Know American (White Label) 200 pressed - 2003 Nephew of Frank
- Unorthodox Poets Society 12 inch Promised Gold b/w All Rights Reserved - 2004 Egruks Music Nephew of Frank
Guest Appearances
- 1998 Moodswing 9 - Mixes AnticonAnticonAnticon is an Oakland based independent record label founded in 1997. It is collectively owned among six founding artists and one manager...
- 1998 Sole - Music without a face AnticonAnticonAnticon is an Oakland based independent record label founded in 1997. It is collectively owned among six founding artists and one manager...
- 1998 Djwhat mixtapes
- 2000 Nacrobats
- 2000 Mr.Skurge - 2000 pain.s
- 2000 Bgyrl 4 life - St.louis hip hop.com
- 2001 Cosmo Galacticus - Techno Fabulous
- 2001 Nacrobats - Network of Stars
- 2001 Centric i.e. - In other Werds
- 2001 Molemen City - Limits vol.1
- 2001 Dj 3rd Rail - Subway hip-hop vol. 35
- 2001 Record Playas - The Midway Sessions
- 2002 Dj Pns MolemenMolemenMolemen is a trio of Hip Hop producers from Chicago, Illinois, consisting of Panik , Memo and PNS. The trio runs Molemen Records, which features a stable of affiliated artists, including Vakill, DJ Presyce, Scheme, Astonish, Decay, and Longshot...
- Chicago Rocks - 2003 Record Playas - Sound Tracks for Days
- 2003 Nacrobats - Always
- 2003 Dj Ternaround - Wluw mix tape (Save the Kids)
- 2003 Vector Sigma - Presents the Key Vol. 1
- 2004 Culturama (DVD) 5 Female Fun
- 2004 The Hip Hop Project - Chicago & Beyond
- 2005 DJ Fisher & DJ Jon Doe - The Domination Mix Vol. 1 (Family And Friends)
- 2005 Thaione Davis - Civil Rights Movement #1 12 INCH
- 2005 Wastelands Present Wastelands Presents - Guests of Honor
- 2005 D.J. W.A.H.T. - STINK (Various Artist) ((not released))
- 2005 Custom Made - Pillow Talk
- 2005 Mr. Skurge - Skyline Domination Recordings
- 2005 The White Shadow of Norway - Renegades
- 2006 Pugs Atoms prestents - CTA Radio Raptivism Enohes Music
- 2006 Molemen Inc. Presents: Chicago City Limits Vol. 2 Molemen Records
- 2006 Pugs Atomz - Man of the People EP
- 2007 9th Scientist - Illatron Magnetic
- 2007 SIAFU - Morning of the Conquest
- 2007 DJ Eclipse - Tribute to Jay Dee
- 2008 Infinito 2017 and Solomam Cain Cd
- 2009 Unagi - Reinventing the EEL
- 2009 Thaione Davis - Still Hear
- 2009 The White Shadow of Norway - Victory
- 2009 Dj Toolz - Underground 0-Nine 3.0
- 2010 The Geaux - Excursions (mixtape) {uscr}
- 2010 Breez Evaflowin - As He Goes On
- 2010 The Geaux - Quarter Mile
- 2010 Dj Kingston - Main Ingredient Radio Show (4/29)
- 2010 Mark Deez - Game Over (single)
- 2010 Bob42jh Presents - Road To Knowhere (compilation)
- 2010 Day by Day Entertainment Presents - Never Mind the Technical Difficulties Day by Day EntertainmentDay By Day EntertainmentDay By Day Entertainment is an independent hip hop record label and record distribution company, based in New York City. It was started in 1999 by MC MF Grimm before his 3-year incarceration starting in 2000...
- 2010 Black Sparx - Summer Haze
- 2010 Various Artists - Rap 4 Da Fame (sampler / vol. 3)
- 2010 Dj Kinetik - The Destroyers of Planets
- 2011 Big Ape & LIFE Long - Crossing the Globe