Lightnin' Rod

About the artist

Lightnin' Rod was a pseudonym used by Jalal Nuriddin (Jalaludin M. Nuriddin), a member of influential proto-rap group The Last Poets . Lightnin' Rod's much-sampled 1973 album Hustler's Convention (sic) consists of one long rhyming narrative, relaying the story of a young ghetto player and his partner in crime. Broken into twelve tracks or "chapters", the tale features backing from a host of funk, soul and jazz musicians including Kool & The Gang, Eric Gale, Cornell Dupree, Bernard Purdie and Richard Tee.

Top songs

1. Sport
2. Spoon
3. Brother Hominy Grit
4. Four Bitches Is What I Got
5. The Cafe Black Rose
6. Grit's Den
7. Sentenced to the Chair
8. Coppin' Some Fronts for the Set
9. The Shit Hits the Fan Again
10. The Break Was so Loud, It Hushed the Crowd

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