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8 Miles and Runnin' is a song from the soundtrack to 8 Mile, signed by Shady and Interscope Records.

Jay-Z reminisces about being broke on an Eminem-produced beat, and how people's actions have changed since then. Freeway, who had just signed to Roc-A-Fella Records at the time of this song, joined him.

The song's title "8 Miles and Runnin" is a reference to the N.W.A song "100 Miles and Runnin

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