Hustlers Convention (Lightnin' Rod album)

Hustlers Convention
Hustlers Convention
Studio album by Lightnin' Rod
Released	1973
Recorded	1973
Genre	Funk
Length	31:37
Label	Celluloid Records

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Hustlers Convention is an album recorded by Jalal Mansur Nuriddin under the pseudonym Lightnin' Rod. The album was a major influence on hip hop music^[2] and combined poetry, funk, jazz and spoken word.^[3] Hustlers Convention helped add a sociopolitical element to black music.^[4] The album narrates the story of two fictional hustlers, named Sport and Spoon.

Track listing[edit]

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Sport"	2:36
2.	"Spoon"	1:14
3.	"The Cafe Black Rose"	1:47
4.	"Brother Hominy Grit"	2:43
5.	"Coppin' Some Fronts For The Set"	2:24
6.	"Hamhock's Hall Was Big (And There Was A Whole Lot To Dig!)"	4:09

Side two
No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Bones Fly From Spoon's Hand"	2:59
2.	"The Break Was So Loud, It Hushed The Crowd"	3:12
3.	"Four Bitches Is What I Got"	3:44
4.	"Grit's Den"	1:34
5.	"The Shit Hits The Fan Again"	3:35
6.	"Sentenced To The Chair"	1:38

Personnel[edit]

Jalal = Lightnin' Rod (vocal)
Kool and the Gang
Full Moon (Neil Larsen, Buzzy Feiten)
Eric Gale, Cornell Dupree(guitar), King Curtis, Trevor Lawrence, Maurice Smith, Andrew Love, Lou Collins (tenor saxophone); Jimmy Mitchell (baritone saxophone); Charles Sullivan, Gerry Thomas, Wilbur "Dud" Bascomb, Wayne Jackson (trumpet); Jack Hale (trombone); Richard Tee, Truman Thomas (piano); Billy Preston(organ), Chuck Rainy, Jerry Jemmott, Fred Backmeier (bass); George McCleary (drums, congas); Jimmy Johnson, Bernard Purdie, Phillip Wilson (drums)

External links[edit]

Hustlers Convention: rap's great lost album

References[edit]

^ Allmusic
^ Hess, Mickey (2009). Hip Hop in America: A Regional Guide. Abc-Clio. ISBN 9780313343216. Retrieved 2013-12-21.
^ Hess, Mickey (2007). Is Hip Hop Dead?: The Past, Present, and Future of America's Most Wanted Music. Bloomsbury. ISBN 9780275994617. Retrieved 2013-12-21.
^ Payne, Yasser Arafat; Gibson, LaMar Rashad (2009). "Hip-Hop Music and Culture". In Neville, Helen A.; Tynes, Brendesha M.; Utsey, Shawn O. (eds.). Handbook of African American Psychology. SAGE Publications. ISBN 9781412956888. Retrieved 2013-12-21.

[1] Allmusic

[2] Hess, Mickey (2009). Hip Hop in America: A Regional Guide. Abc-Clio. ISBN 9780313343216. Retrieved 2013-12-21.

[3] Hess, Mickey (2007). Is Hip Hop Dead?: The Past, Present, and Future of America's Most Wanted Music. Bloomsbury. ISBN 9780275994617. Retrieved 2013-12-21.

[4] Payne, Yasser Arafat; Gibson, LaMar Rashad (2009). "Hip-Hop Music and Culture". In Neville, Helen A.; Tynes, Brendesha M.; Utsey, Shawn O. (eds.). Handbook of African American Psychology. SAGE Publications. ISBN 9781412956888. Retrieved 2013-12-21.

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