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The soundtrack holds some new songs by members of the Roots, Black Star, and Me’Shell Ndegeocello, as well as Gil Scott-Heron’s “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised” and Dylan’s “Hurricane.” Nice mix of the old and the new. Groovy.
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