Driven However, a late-night

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However, a late-night Driven conflicts with the next rap battle tournament. Jimmy initially refuses to go, but a visit from Alex changes his mind. Paul, a gay co-worker that Jimmy stood up for earlier, agrees to cover for him. Throughout the film, Jimmys friends have hailed him as an incredible rapper, but until now, his talent has only been seen in snippets. The tournament has three rounds, and in each one, Jimmy competes against a member of the Free World. Jimmy wins the first two rounds with progressively more impressive freestyle raps. In each one, including the last, he goes over the 45 90 seconds in the final battle second limit, and as the beat is cut, he continues rapping, further showcasing his abilities. In the last round, he is paired against Papa Doc Anthony Mackie, the tournaments most feared battler. Jimmy is aware that Papa Doc knows all his weaknesses, so he addresses them pre-emptively with freestyle. Jimmy acknowledges without shame his white trash roots and the various humiliations the Free World clique inflicted on him, then uses his difficult life as a springboard to reveal the truth about Papa Doc: despite passing himself off as a thug, he has a privileged background. Jimmy makes a reference to Shook Ones Part II, the beat that the DJ is spinning, by calling Papa Doc a half-way crook, which sends the crowd into a frenzy. Papa Doc, left speechless in rebuttal, passes the microphone to Future, and backs down. As Jimmy leaves the venue, Future suggests he stay and celebrate his victory while also offering him a position to Driven battles at The Shelter. Jimmy declines, claiming he has to get back to work and do everything his own way, to which Future agrees and respects. Jimmy walks away from The Shelter, more confident about his future. Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture 8 Mile is the official music soundtrack to the 2002 movie 8 Mile, starring Eminem, who features on five of the tracks on this soundtrack. It was released under the Shady/Interscope label and spawned the massive hit single Lose Yourself. The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 Albums Chart that year with over 702, 000 copies sold and 507, 000 sold in the Driven week also finishing the year as the fifth best-selling album of 2002 with US sales of 2 million, despite only two months of release. It also reached 1 on the UK Compilations Charhe Australian ARIAnet Albums Chart. It featured Eminems worldwide chart-topping single, Lose Yourself. It also spawned a follow up soundtrack, More Music from 8 Mile, consisting of songs that appear in 8 Mile that were current singles during the films time setting of 1 The album was also made in a clean edition removing most of the strong profanity and violent content. Eminems single Just Lose It and its video featured a parody of the film. 8 Mile opened to relatively positive reviews, with much of the praise going to Eminems performance. It holds a 74% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Film critic Roger Ebert gave the movie a 3 out of 4 stars. He praised Eminems performance, as well as Basingers. He said he wanted to see a sequel where Jimmy actually made it as a famous rapper. HELP HAITI! Text YELE to 501501 and donate 5! Thursday, December 23, 2010 10:35 AM 41 comments Historically, beef and battling in as Hip-Hop as good ol fashioned apple pie is to America. But, will that continue as a new decade begins in 2011? They all came up through the ranks of Hip-Hop, getting their true opportunity through battle/beef with another well-established entity in Hip-Hop. The rap battle is truly tied to Hip-Hop culture in a way that is unique and special.