Hustlers Convention (Lightnin' Rod album)

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.

Personnel

 * Jalal = Lightnin' Rod (vocal)
 * Kool and the Gang
 * Full Moon (Neil Larsen, Buzzy Feiten)
 * 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 Rainy, Jerry Jemmott, Fred Backmeier (bass); George McCleary (drums, congas); Jimmy Johnson, Bernard Purdie, Phillip Wilson (drums)