Lightnin' Rod
Hustler's Convention
A full decade before Public Enemy revolutionized the world of rap, Chuck D first encountered the album he describes
today as "a verbal roadmap for people trying to understand the ghetto they were in: 'What is this life that's ahead of
me, and how can I actually figure out how to handle it?' That's what this record was."
He is talking about Lightnin' Rod's 1973 album, Hustlers Convention, a crucial but largely overlooked link in hip-hop's
evolutionary chain. The genre's pioneers - Melle Mel, Grandmaster Caz, Fab 5 Freddy - knew it by heart. Grandmaster
Flash played it at early block parties, and it was later sampled by the Beastie Boys, Wu Tang Clan and countless others.
Price
Genre
Format
LP - 1 disk
Release
01-01-1970
Label
Item-nr
259308
EAN
0000000000000
Availability
Not in stock
Tracks
Title
Artist
1
SPORT
2
SPOON
3
THE CAFE BLACK ROSE
4
BROTHER HOMINY GRIT
5
COPPIN' SOME FRONTS FOR THE SET
6
HAMHOCK'S WALL WAS BIG
7
THE BONES FLY FROM THE SPOON'S HAND
8
THE BREAK WAS SO LOUD, IT HUSHED THE CROWD
9
FOUR BITCHES IS WHAT I GOT
10
GRIT'S DEN
11
THE SHIT HITS THE FAN AGAIN
12
SENTENCED TO THE CHAIR
