Hustlers Convention

by Lightnin' Rod

Hustlers Convention cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 12 October 1973
  • Label: United Artists
  • Country: United States
  • Community rating: 3.78/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Conceived and performed by Jalal Mansur Nuriddin of The Last Poets under a pseudonym, this revolutionary concept album delivers a cinematic, street-level narrative detailing a fictional gathering of pimps and gamblers. Backed by the heavy, syncopated grooves of Kool & the Gang and other elite session players, Nuriddin's rhyming, rhythmic toasting pioneered techniques that directly laid the foundational architecture for modern hip-hop storytelling.

Genres

Descriptors: crime, conceptual, money, spoken-word, storytelling, funky, rhythmic, witty

Tracklist

  1. Sport
  2. Spoon
  3. The Cafe Black Rose
  4. Brother Hominy Grit
  5. Coppin' Some Fronts For The Set
  6. Hamhock's Hall Was Big
  7. The Bones Fly From Spoon's Hand
  8. The Break Was So Loud, It Hushed The Crowd
  9. Four Bitches Is What I Got
  10. Grit's Den
  11. The Shit Hits The Fan Again
  12. Sentenced To The Chair

Credits

  • Lightnin' Rod - primary artist, written-by, performer, lyrics by, vocals
  • Buddy Miles - composed by [music]
  • Eric Gale - composed by [music], guitar
  • Gene Dinwiddie - composed by [music], tenor saxophone
  • Kool & The Gang - composed by [music], backing band
  • David Willardson - illustration [cover]
  • Ralph Sanders - illustration [inside]
  • Bob Walters - production manager [director]

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