1973 Lightnin’ Rod – Hustlers Convention
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 toasting. Hustlers Convention helped add a sociopolitical element to black music. The album narrates the story of two fictional hustlers, named Sport and Spoon.
Tracks
1 Sport (Kool & the Gang) 2:35
2 Spoon (Gene Dinwiddie) 1:14
3 The Cafe Black Rose (Gene Dinwiddie) 1:47
4 Brother Hominy Grit (Gene Dinwiddie) 2:42
5 Coppin\’ Some Fronts For The Set (Gene Dinwiddie) 2:23
6 Hamhock\’s Hall Was Big (Buddy Miles) 4:09
7 The Bones Fly From Spoon\’s Hand (Kool & the Gang) 2:59
8 The Break Was So Loud, It Hushed The Crowd (Gene Dinwiddie) 3:12
9 Four Bitches Is What I Got (Kool & the Gang) 3:44
10 Grit\’s Den (Eric Gale) 1:34
11 The Shit Hits The Fan Again 3:35
12 Sentenced To The Chair (Eric Gale) 1:38
Media
Musicians
1 Sport
| Musician | Kool & the Gang |
2 Spoon
| Bass | Fred Backmeier |
| Drums | Phillip Wilson |
| Guitar | Buzzy Feiten |
| Keyboards | Neil Larsen |
| Sax | Julius A Hemphill |
| Sax | Gene Dinwiddie |
3 The Cafe Black Rose
| Bass | Fred Backmeier |
| Drums | Phillip Wilson |
| Guitar | Buzzy Feiten |
| Keyboards | Neil Larsen |
| Sax | Julius A Hemphill |
| Sax | Gene Dinwiddie |
| Percussion | Rocky Dijon |
4 Brother Hominy Grit
| Bass | Fred Backmeier |
| Drums | Phillip Wilson |
| Guitar | Buzzy Feiten |
| Keyboards | Neil Larsen |
| Sax | Julius A Hemphill |
| Sax | Gene Dinwiddie |
| Percussion | Rocky Dijon |
5 Coppin\’ Some Fronts For The Set
| Bass | Fred Backmeier |
| Drums | Phillip Wilson |
| Guitar | Buzzy Feiten |
| Keyboards | Neil Larsen |
| Sax | Julius A Hemphill |
| Sax | Gene Dinwiddie |
| Percussion | Rocky Dijon |
6 Hamhock\’s Hall Was Big
| Bass | Jerry Jemmott |
| Drums | Bernard Purdie |
| Guitar | Cornell Dupree |
| Organ | Billy Preston |
| Piano | Truman Thomas |
| Sax | James Mitchell |
| Sax | Andrew Love |
| Sax | King Curtis |
| Sax | Lewis Collins Jr |
| Trombone | Jack Hale |
| Trumpet | Roger Hopps |
| Trumpet | Wayne Jackson |
| Percussion | Pancho Morales |
7 The Bones Fly From Spoon\’s Hand
| Musician | Kool & the Gang |
8 The Break Was So Loud, It Hushed The Crowd
| Bass | Fred Backmeier |
| Drums | Phillip Wilson |
| Guitar | Buzzy Feiten |
| Keyboards | Neil Larsen |
| Sax | Julius A Hemphill |
| Sax | Gene Dinwiddie |
| Percussion | Rocky Dijon |
9 Four Bitches Is What I Got
| Musician | Kool & the Gang |
10 Grit\’s Den
| Bass | Chuck Rainey |
| Drums | Jimmy Johnson (DR) |
| Drums | George McCleery |
| Guitar | Eric Gale |
| Piano | Richard Tee |
| Sax | Maurice Smith |
| Sax | Trevor Lawrence |
| Trumpet | Charles Sullivan |
| Trumpet | Gerry Thomas |
| Trumpet | Wilbur Bascomb |
| Congas | George McCleery |
| Congas | Candido |
| Congas | Johnny Pacheco |
| Congas | Norman Pride |
| Timbales | Bobby Matos |
| Percussion | Gordon Powell |
11 The Shit Hits The Fan Again
| Effects | Tom Clack |
12 Sentenced To The Chair
| Bass | Chuck Rainey |
| Drums | Jimmy Johnson(DR) |
| Drums | George McCleery |
| Guitar | Eric Gale |
| Piano | Richard Tee |
| Sax | Maurice Smith |
| Sax | Trevor Lawrence |
| Trumpet | Charles Sullivan |
| Trumpet | Gerry Thomas |
| Trumpet | Wilbur Bascomb |
| Congas | Candido |
| Congas | Johnny Pacheco |
| Congas | Norman Pride |
| Congas | George McCleery |
| Timbales | Bobby Matos |
| Percussion | Gordon Powell |
Liner Notes
Producer – Alan Douglas
Directed By – Alan Douglas
Engineer (Editing) – Tony Bongiovi
Mixed By – Tony Bongiovi
Artwork – David Willardson, Ralph Sanders, Wilkes Braun Inc
Recorded At – Mediasound
Mixed At – Mediasound
Mastered At – Mediasound
Phonographic Copyright (p) – United Artists Records, Inc.