The 8 Mile soundtrack is a hip-hop treasure trove, featuring classics by genre veterans as well as many iconic tracks by leading man Eminem himself. A cult favorite among hip-hop heads, 8 Mile is also synonymous with Eminem's "Lose Yourself," an uplifting power anthem that won the rapper an Oscar for Best Original Song. Given its focus on an aspiring rapper's life and the rap battle scene of Detroit, the characters deliver several original freestyles but the 8 Mile soundtrack also boasts other 1990s and 2000s-era hits in crucial scenes, bearing testimony to Eminem's music curation skills.