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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 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.
Track listing
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!)"
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 guitar); George McCleary (drums, congas); Jimmy Johnson, Bernard Purdie, Phillip Wilson (drums)
