''Hustlers Convention'' is an album recorded by

Jalal Mansur Nuriddin Jalaluddin Mansur Nuriddin (July 24, 1944 – June 4, 2018) was an American poet and musician. He was one of the founding members of The Last Poets, a group of poets and musicians that evolved in the 1960s out of the Harlem Writers Workshop in ...

under the pseudonym Lightnin' Rod. The album was a major influence on hip hop music and combined poetry, funk, jazz and

spoken word Spoken word refers to an oral poetic performance art that is based mainly on the poem as well as the performer's aesthetic qualities. It is a late 20th century continuation of an ancient oral artistic tradition that focuses on the aesthetics of ...

. ''Hustlers Convention'' helped add a sociopolitical element to

black music Black music is a sound created, produced, or inspired by black people, people of African descent, including African music traditions and African popular music as well as the music genres of the African diaspora, including Caribbean music, Lati ...

. The album narrates the story of two fictional hustlers, named Sport and Spoon.

Track listing

External links

Hustlers Convention: rap's great lost album

References

{{Authority control 1973 albums History of hip hop Hip hop albums by American artists Celluloid Records albums