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And heвЂ™s doing вЂњLose Yourself,вЂќ and heвЂ™s going, вЂњNo more Mekhi Phife вЂ¦ вЂќ Mekhi was, like, so happy! II. I remember smoking cigs with Mekhi, and weвЂ™re freezing but we gotta be there to listen.

Jones: When we were shooting, Em was working on the album in his trailer. People who had a certain street credibility and talent. Mali Finn, the casting director, sheвЂ™d go to the clubs at two and three in the morning, and find people with the look.

Omar Benson Miller (Sol George): I can remember it like it was yesterday.ДЇenelon: We did the casting out of Detroit. We were freezing our balls off and having so much fun.

We went to the basement at Saint AndrewвЂ™s: the Shelter.Д®van Jones (Cheddar Bob): It was the middle of winter in Detroit. Paul Rosenberg (EminemвЂ™s manager and executive producer): Before we put the camera up to shoot one frame, we took everybody around the city, to all the spots that the story was based on. PreproductionД¬arol Fenelon (executive producer): We went to Detroit three months before we started shooting.

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Thankfully, 8 Mile - specifically, its heart-pumping, near-pitch-perfect finale, explored here in full - came along and forever immortalized the cityвЂ™s grimy scene. It took us a little while to catch on to Detroit. In the вЂ™90s, we knew what was happening as it was happening in L.A. вЂњThat instinct,вЂќ Eminem saysВ of his will to battle, вЂњnever goes away.вЂќ And although re-created on a soundstage in a warehouse for the movie, the Shelter was - and still is - a real place, where real, sweaty battles takeВ place. we would move all the clothes out and open up the floor and let guys battle,вЂќ Malone says. Malone - inspired by the hip-hop parties he gleefully took in during a brief stint living in New York - then opened the Hip Hop Shop, which became the epicenter of Detroit rap. The lineage of Detroit battle rap goes, first, through the Rhythm Kitchen, a weekly party hosted by party promoter and clothing designer Maurice Malone at a Chinese restaurant called StanleyвЂ™s Mania Cafe. Those startling battle rap scenes were faithful re-creations of the actual battles Em came through on his way to the top.

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The movie culminates in a virtuosic sequence: Scarred, reeling, and increasingly inclined to give no fucks, B-Rabbit wades into the grimy dungeon of the Shelter to do battle with his demons - and the Leaders of the Free World. It was also, in no uncertain terms, a love letter to a scene. Rendered in muted blues and grays, obsessively authentic, and boldly understated, the result was, quite possibly, the best rap movie ever made. Eminem and his unlikely collaborator, director Curtis Hanson - fresh off a whimsical Michael Chabon adaptation, Wonder Boys - loosely approximated a few hard days of Marshall MathersвЂ™s come-up in rough-and-tumble вЂ™90s Detroit. We hoped itвЂ™d be good - we had no idea itвЂ™d be that good. When 8 Mile hit theaters in the fall of 2002, it was a minor revelation. To celebrate, Grantland will devote an entire week, fromВ April 11 through April 18, to the various stories of this wholly original place. OnВ April 17, ESPN will premiereВ 30 for 30: Bad Boys, a documentary about those unforgettable Pistons teams. From the вЂ™80s Pistons to Bob Seger, Eminem to Miguel Cabrera, the Motor City is a rich tapestry of compelling figures, unbelievable moments, and uniquely American ingenuity. Few cities have as rich a cultural and sporting history as Detroit.

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