funk 32 min 12 tracks United Artists
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 and combined poetry, funk, jazz and spoken word. Hustlers Convention helped add a sociopolitical element to black music. The album narrates the story of two fictional hustlers, named Sport and Spoon.
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Classical in form, grave, spare and unpretentious.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- unpretentiousprestige
- rawmeticulous
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Tracks
- A1Sport2:36
- A2Spoon1:14
- A3The Cafe Black Rose1:47
- A4Brother Hominy Grit2:43
- A5Coppin’ Some Fronts for the Set2:24
- A6Hammock’s Hall Was Big4:10
- B1The Bones Fly From Spoon’s Hands3:00
- B2The Break Was So Loud, It Hushed the Crowd3:13
- B3Four Bitches Is What I Got3:45
- B4Grit’s Den1:34
- B5The Shit Hits the Fan Again3:36
- B6Sentenced to the Chair1:39
12 tracks, 32 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Lightnin’ Rod
- Label
- United Artists
- Released
- 1973
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- US
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