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Spike Lee’s ‘Highest 2 Lowest’ Reinvents Kurosawa in the Canyons and Subways of New York

There’s a reason why Spike Lee‘s latest, “Highest 2 Lowest” opens with “Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'” from “Oklahoma!” ...
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Celebrating Hip-Hop’s Anniversary With Tight Lyrics You Know The Words To

Hip-hop celebrates its birthday Monday (Aug. 11), 52 years after that fateful day in the Bronx when a cultural movement was birthed, thanks to DJ Kool Herc who extended the instrumental “break” ...