During his Twitter Q&A today (July 24), Eminem explained how he approached making “Phenomenal,” the main song from the Southpaw soundtrack, compared to “Lose Yourself,” the theme song from his 2002 film, 8 Mile.
“Phenomenal is different from Lose Yourself,” Eminem says. “Its just grit and determination.”
Eminem executive produced the soundtrack for Southpaw, which arrives in theaters today, 13 years after Eminem starred as the main character in 8 Mile, which was loosely based on his pre-fame life as an aspiring rapper in Detroit.
Eminem says that “Lose Yourself,” which is one of the Shady Records rapper’s best-selling singles, also had a different objective than “Phenomenal.”
“Lose Yourself was more of a theme for the film,” Eminem says.
Eminem’s tweets are as follows:
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Firstly, you called it “Phenomenon”.
Secondly, you said it was the “title track”
Come on guys. You’re better than that.
NO IT’S SOREN “DUMB ASS” BAKER. HE CAN’T DO BETTER THAN THAT. HE WAS BORN STUCK ON STUPID
2pac is the best
And if I can just chime in and add another difference between the two, lose yourself and phenomenal are miles apart in terms of quality. Lose yourself had a better beat, better flow and em road the beat well
BEFORE I EVEN OPEN THESE ARTICLES NOW I ALREADY KNOW WHO MADE THEM THAT’S HOW PATHETIC THIS SITE IS. YO SOREN HOW EM’S ASSHOLE TASTE?
HI IM SOREN, AND TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, I FOUND IT EXTREMELY GOOD, I THINK IM ADDICTED NOW, BUT YOUNG HOMO THUG ONE WAS TASTY TOO. LIKE BRONSON WOULD SAY “FUCK THATS DELICIOUS”
lmfao “eminem explains..” answers with two sentences. how you gonna call that an explanation?
The fuck outta here Soren.
Whoa, Eminem retweeted HHDX too.