In a Brooklyn housing project, a group of "clockers" - street-level drug dealers - sell drugs for Rodney Little (Delroy Lindo), a local drug lord. Rodney tells Ronald "Strike" Dunham (Mekhi Phifer), one of his lead clockers, that another dealer, Darryl Adams (Steve White), is stealing from him and "got to be got", implying that he wants Strike to kill Darryl. Strike then meets with his brother, Victor Dunham (Isaiah Washington) and tries to persuade Victor to kill Darryl Adams.
Rocco Klein (Harvey Keitel) and Larry Mazilli (John Turturro), homicide detectives, ride to the scene of Darryl Adams' murder. Larry and Rocco receive a phone call from another detective who says a man has confessed at a local church that he killed Darryl. The police meet Strike's older brother Victor at the church and take him in for questioning. In the interrogation room, Victor tells Rocco that he shot Darryl Adams in self-defense. Rocco finds holes in this story and starts looking into Victor's background which includes two jobs, a wife, two children, no criminal record, and aspirations to move out of the projects; Rocco comes to the conclusion that Victor is covering for his younger brother.
Rocco pressures Strike but Victor sticks to his story, so Rocco convinces Rodney that Strike has confessed and informed on Rodney's drug ring. Rocco arrests Rodney and then humiliates Strike in front of his crew. Strike gets together some money and decides to leave town, but a younger boy who admired Strike shoots Errol, Rodney's enforcer, with Strike's gun. Rocco lets Strike leave town.
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Clockers
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People in Search of a Life
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Raymond Jones:
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Children of the Ghetto
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Reality Check
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Branford Marsalis:
Writer
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Silent Hero
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Changes
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Gordon Chambers:
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Love Me Still
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Crazy
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Bird of Freedom
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Newborn Friend
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Outta Here
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Survival of the Fittest/Return of the Crooklyn Dodgers
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Chubb Rock:
Writer
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Illa Killa
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Bad Boy No Go a Jail
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Posidrive
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Blast of the Iron
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Salaam Remi:
Performer
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Strike Rides with Rodney
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Terence Blanchard:
Performer
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Strike Packs Up
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Terence Blanchard:
Performer
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Tyrone/Brothers
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Terence Blanchard:
Performer
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Jail Visit/Strike Teaches Tyrone
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Terence Blanchard:
Performer
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Errol/Family
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Terence Blanchard:
Performer
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Drive with Andre
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Terence Blanchard:
Performer
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Rodney's Plan/Rocco
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Terence Blanchard:
Performer
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In the Joint/Rocco Grills Strike
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Terence Blanchard:
Performer
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Trains and Crack
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Terence Blanchard:
Performer
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Brothers' Photos
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Terence Blanchard:
Performer
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Something Personal/Evil Rodney
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Terence Blanchard:
Performer
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Iris Wants to Know
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Terence Blanchard:
Performer
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Rough Ride with Rodney
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Terence Blanchard:
Performer
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Tyrone's Story
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Terence Blanchard:
Performer
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Self-Defense
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Terence Blanchard:
Performer
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Strike Leaves Town/Finale
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Terence Blanchard:
Performer
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25th Hour Opening Title (From "25th Hour")
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Terence Blanchard:
Performer
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Jake's Classroom (From "25th Hour")
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Terence Blanchard:
Performer
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Playground (From "25th Hour")
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Terence Blanchard:
Performer
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One Last Walk (From "25th Hour")
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Terence Blanchard:
Performer
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Strike Packs Up (From "Clockers")
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Terence Blanchard:
Performer
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Rough ‘n Ready (From "She Hate Me")
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Terence Blanchard:
Performer
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She Hate Me Opening Title (From "She Hate Me")
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Terence Blanchard:
Performer
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The Prayer (From "Miracle at St. Anna")
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Terence Blanchard:
Performer
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Miracle at St. Anna End Credits (From "Miracle at St. Anna")
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Terence Blanchard:
Performer
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Bamboozled Main Theme (From "Bamboozled")
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Terence Blanchard:
Performer
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Levees (From "When The Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts")
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Terence Blanchard:
Performer
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Ashé (From "When The Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts")
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Terence Blanchard:
Performer
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Chi-Raq Main Theme (From "Chi-Raq")
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Terence Blanchard:
Performer
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Inside Man Suite (From "Inside Man")
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Terence Blanchard:
Performer
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Malcolm X Suite (From "Malcolm X")
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Terence Blanchard:
Performer
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Victory Rolls (From "Red Tails")
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Terence Blanchard:
Performer
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