8 Mile (soundtrack)
| Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture 8 Mile | |||||
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Cover to original soundtrack
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| Soundtrack album by Eminem & various artists | |||||
| Released | November 8, 2002 | ||||
| Recorded | 2001–2002 | ||||
| Genre | Hip hop | ||||
| Length | 68:13 | ||||
| Label | Shady, Interscope | ||||
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| Singles from Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture 8 Mile | |||||
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 74/100 |
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| Allmusic |   |
| Entertainment Weekly | B− |
| NME | 7/10 |
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Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture 8 Mile is the official soundtrack to the 2002 movie 8 Mile. The album, performed by various artists, was released under Shady Records. It spawned the hit single "Lose Yourself" by American rapper Eminem, who also stars in the semi-autobiographical movie. The album also spawned a follow up soundtrack, More Music from 8 Mile, consisting of songs that appear in the film and were released as singles during the film's time setting of 1995. One of the songs was performed by Tupac Shakur, who would be the subject of a documentary with a soundtrack produced by Eminem, who also produced a posthumous album by Tupac. The album also features four songs by the Wu-Tang Clan and its members, and two songs by Mobb Deep, who eventually signed to G-Unit Records, headed by Shady Records artist 50 Cent. Both albums were also made available in censored versions, removing most of the strong profanity and violent content.
The album debuted at number one on the U.S. Billboard 200 Albums Chart that year with over 702,000 copies sold and 507,000 sold in the second week also finishing the year as the fifth best-selling album of 2002 with US sales of 3.4 million, despite only two months of release. As of July 2013, it has sold 4,922,000 albums in the U.S.
It debuted at #1 on the Canadian Albums Chart with sales of 44,500 copies. It also reached #1 on the UK Compilations Chart Australian ARIAnet Albums Chart. It featured Eminem's worldwide chart-topping single, "Lose Yourself".
The clean version of the 8 Mile soundtrack removes most of the profanity and violent content. The only word left uncensored on the soundtrack, is the word "ass" (except on "Places to Go" by 50 Cent, where the word "ass" is used twice, but the word was only censored once). No other words (e.g., "bitch", "shit" and "Goddamn") are uncensored on the clean version of "8 Mile".
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