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.
| Hustlers Convention | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Studio album by | |
| Released | 1973 |
| Recorded | 1973 |
| Genre | Funk |
| Length | 31:37 |
| Label | Celluloid Records |
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
Track listing
edit| 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 |
| 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 Rainey, Jerry Jemmott, Fred Backmeier (bass); George McCleary (drums, congas); Jimmy Johnson, Bernard Purdie, Phillip Wilson (drums)
External links
editReferences
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.