Hustle & Flow (soundtrack)

Hustle & Flow: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture is the compilation soundtrack album to Craig Brewer's 2005 film Hustle & Flow. It was released on July 12, 2005, via Grand Hustle/Atlantic Records.

The compilation is composed of 20 tracks, including four excerpts from the film. It features contributions from the film stars Terrence Howard and Taraji P. Henson in their respective movie characters Djay and Shug, as well as Lil' Scrappy, P$C, Webbie, 8Ball & MJG, Al Kapone, Bohagon, Boyz n da Hood, E-40, Lil' Boosie, Mike Jones, Nasty Nardo, Nicole Wray, Trillville, Trina, U.T.P. and Young City a.k.a. Chopper.

Audio production was handled by Lil' Jon, Al Kapone, Mouse, Anthony Dent, Benny "Dada" Tillman, Carlos Thornton, DJ Paul, Doc Jam, Jay-Pee, Juicy J, Kadis, Keith Mack, Lil' Jay, Niko Lyras, Ryan Leslie, Salih Williams, Sean Marshall and Sinista, with Jason Geter, John Singleton, Kevin Liles and T.I. serving as executive producers.

The album peaked at number 30 on the Billboard 200, number 10 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and topped the Soundtrack Albums charts in the United States.

Its lead single, "I'm a King (Remix)", reached at number 67 on the Billboard Hot 100 and later certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America for selling 500,000 units in the US alone. An accompanying music video was released for the song which featured P$C, Lil' Scrappy and Lil' Jon in the city of Atlanta and clips from Hustle & Flow. The second single off of the soundtrack, the remix of Webbie's "Bad Bitch" with Trina, made it to number 48 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. The song "It's Hard out Here for a Pimp" won the Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 78th Academy Awards ceremony and was performed on stage by the members of Three 6 Mafia.