More Music From 8 Mile [Soundtrack]

Eminem, Ol Dirty Bastard | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 3, 2002)
• Original Release Date: November 8, 2002
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Interscope Records
• ASIN: B0000798NA
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (38 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #52,604 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Shook Ones - Mobb Deep

2. Juicy - Notorious BIG

3. Gotta Get Mine - MC Breed (w/Tupac)

4. Feel Me Flow - Naughty By Nature

5. Player's Ball - Outkast

6. Get Money - Jr. Mafia

7. You're All I Need - Method Man & Mary J. Blige

8. Temptations - Tupac

9. Shimmy Shimmy Ya - Ol' Dirty Bastard

10. Bring Da Pain - Method Man

11. C.R.E.A.M. - Wu Tang Clan

12. Runnin - Pharcyde

13. Survival of the Fittest - Mobb Deep

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

It’s no surprise that More Music from 8 Mile is a great soundtrack collection. Eminem’s semi-autobiographical big-screen debut takes place in the mid-1990s, a time when a considerably diverse group of MCs kept rap fresh with intellectually engaging party music. These jams rocked the party back when Em’s Detroit hip-hop scene was nothing more than a basement cipher circle. A lot’s changed since then, but every single selection on More Music withstands the test of time. The intro to Mobb Deep’s thug anthem, "Shook Ones Part II," still sends chills down the spine, and Biggie’s opening verse on "Get Money" proves why he may be the greatest rapper of all time. One minor quibble: it would’ve been nice if some of the more obvious tracks were substituted by less popular tunes--say, Outkast’s "Crumblin’ Erb" for "Player’s Ball" and Pharcyde’s "Soul Flower" remix (never released as a single) instead of their 1995 hit, "Runnin." --Rebecca Levine

Product Description

CD > POPULAR MUSIC > MOVIE SOUNDTRACK

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The way rap should be..., June 12, 2005

A Kid's Review

This review is from: More Music From 8 Mile (Audio CD)

This CD in my opinion is near perfect. A CD containing "Shook Ones Pt.2" (one of the greatest rap tunes ever??), "Juicy", "Runnin", "Feel Me Flow", "Bring Da Pain" and "C.R.E.A.M" should be re-titled "Classic Hip-Hop". All the tracks in 8 Mile were dope, but the only thing I can find wrong with this CD is that there are many great songs missing:

South Central Cartel - Gang Stories (the track Free World play in their car)
Onyx - Last Dayz (the beat behind Eminem's 2nd battle)
Showbiz & A.G. - Next Level (the beat behind Eminem's 1st battle)
O.C. - Time's Up (the beat behind the battle where Em chokes)
Cypress Hill - Insane In The Brain
Notorious BIG - Who Shot Ya

If u wanted Eminem's songs, then u shud buy the other 8 Mile CD. But there are no bad songs on this CD - each track would get 10/10 no doubt. Cop this CD, u won't regret it...

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best collection of classic rap tracks ever, September 17, 2003

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Nathanial Grogan "styles678" (CH, NC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: More Music From 8 Mile (Audio CD)

Wow. As if the "inspired" soundtrack (which was still great, mind you) wasn't enough, Shady Records has decided to bless us with another great soundtrack...the film's REAL soundtrack, featuring songs that actually WERE in the movie. And wow, they chose the songs well. Without a doubt, "More Music From 8 Mile" is a must-own for those who aren't familiar with what is probably the greatest era of rap - the early- to mid-1990s' gangsta scene. Specifically, if you want to hear some classic material by Tupac, Notorious B.I.G., Mobb Deep, and Wu Tang Clan among others, you must own this CD.

The CD opens with the infamous Mobb Deep kicking "Shook Ones, Part II", one of the most sonically pleasing rap tracks ever. The eerie piano riffs and chuncky bass of this song were a sensation in 1995, and even today, this song is still ill as ever. Next up is Notorious B.I.G.'s immortal "Juicy", who uses his beautiful lyricism to diss all who said that he'd never succeed in life, with style over a sweet Mtume sample. Biggie's verses are just as fantastic on "Get Money" with his Jr. Mafia homies, another track worth treasuring. You also get to hear Outkast at their earliest and finest on "Player's Ball", plus Tupac and MC Breed hitting hard with "Gotta Get Mine". And how could one forget the hard-as-nails, acid rain bass and brutal lyrics of Mobb Deep's other inclusion on this soundtrack, "Survival of the Fittest"?

There's also a lot of material from the Wu Tang Clan and its members on this album. The best inclusion is the Clan's "C.R.E.A.M.", which, with its oriental-sounding piano riffs and vivid lyricism by Clan members Raekwon and Inspectah Deck, is perhaps one of the most beautiful rap songs ever to grace the ears of hip-hop fans worldwide. Method Man and Ol' Dirty B@stard get their equally respectable turns to shine on "Bring Da Pain" and "Shimmy Shimmy Ya", respectively.

However, my problem came when I realized that, as comprehensive as this soundtrack is, it does not include ALL of the songs heard in the movie. A lot of other great mid-90s' rap tracks were heard in the film, and sadly, many of them weren't included on this disc (see http://imdb.com/title/tt0298203/soundtrack for the complete soundtrack list from this film). Why on Earth didn't they include "Insane in the Brain" by Cypress Hill, "Who Shot Ya" by Notorious B.I.G., "Temptations" by Tupac, and "Gang Stories" by the South Central Cartel, all of which were heard in the movie? At only 12 tracks long, the thought occurred to me that they could have (and should have) released a double-disc album instead.

Nonetheless, it's hard to complain when you're given so much great material as it is. "More Music from 8 Mile" is what it is - a hand-picked compilation of rap's finest stars ever and the best work from their catalogs. Even if you have heard some of the songs on this album, or own albums by the rappers whose work is on it, you should still buy it anyway, just to remind yourself again of how great rap used to be in the mid-90s'. Sadly, with the 21st century domination of Cash-Money and Murda, Inc. over the rap game, with all of their fake no-talent "artists", rap has gone downhill, and probably won't ever be this good again. If you ever hear somebody playing "Hot in Here" again, just make 'em "shook" by putting on "Shook Ones, Part II" and pumping up the bass. There ain't no such thang as halfway crooks.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good soundtrack, January 20, 2003

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kaygee (N.Y) - See all my reviews

This review is from: More Music From 8 Mile (Audio CD)

This soundtrack is very good, but if you like hip hop you should own every track on the artists Lp since these songs are basicly classics. How ever, the soundtrack is very good, but still is missing tracks like O.C - Times up, Onyx - Last Days and Showbiz and AG - Next Level....wich were one of the best from the movie .....why is that!