We’re approaching an enormous milestone in Eminem’s profession on the high of November — the Twentieth anniversary of 8 Mile. In 2002, the rapper made a significant leap into the world of performing with the discharge of the semi-autobiographical movie to essential acclaim. Almost 20 years later, it’s secure to say that 8 Mile stands as a basic hip-hop movie.
This week, the rapper introduced that he could be celebrating the Twentieth anniversary of the movie’s award-winning soundtrack with a deluxe version. He shared the announcement on Twitter {that a} deluxe for the OST could be arriving this Friday.
“I’m nonetheless standing right here screaming ‘f*** the Free World,” Em tweeted in reference to the well-known line from the film. “#8Mile Twentieth Anniversary Deluxe Version of the soundtrack drops on streaming Friday!”
The soundtrack, led by the only “Lose Your self,” featured music from an array of hip-hop’s best, from Nas and 50 Cent to Gang Starr, Naughty By Nature, Mobb Deep, and extra. In actual fact, Havoc of Mobb Deep performed a significant position within the film because the producer of B-Rabbit and Papa Doc’s last battle in opposition to one another. In a current interview, Hav revealed that he’s nonetheless cashing out some main checks as a result of movie’s success.
“I imply, I used to be actually taken again as a result of I didn’t even know if Eminem was a fan,” Havoc mentioned. “So to listen to that, I discovered he was a fan after which the cha-ching sound went off in my head. It purchased this Fendi sweater!”
“Lose Your self” stays one among Eminem’s largest songs thus far. In 2020, he carried out the tune on the Oscars. Earlier this yr, he took the tune to the Tremendous Bowl Half-Time Present for his look throughout Dr. Dre’s star-studded set.
Em hasn’t shared many different particulars concerning what we might anticipate from the deluxe version of the 8 Mile soundtrack but when it’s something just like the Twentieth anniversary version of The Eminem Present, then there could be some main deep cuts that may lastly grow to be accessible on streaming providers.
Preserve your eyes peeled for the Twentieth-anniversary deluxe version of 8 Mile: Music from and Impressed by the Movement Image arriving at midnight.