33. Lightnin' Rod- "Hustler's Convention" (1973)
Photos courtesy of Discogs Recorded: 1973 Released: 1973 Label: United Artists Records Side 1 1. Sport* 2. Spoon 3. Cafe Black Rose 4. Brother Hominy Grit 5. Coppin' Some Fronts for the Set 6. Hamhocks Hall Was Big Side 2 1. The Bones Fly from Spoon's Hand 2. The Break Was So Loud, It Silenced the Crowd 3. Four Bitches Is What I Got 4. Grit's Den 5. The Shit Hits the Fan Again 6. Sentenced to the Chair *-Questlove: "On the original album, Kool and the Gang is the band backing Lightnin' Rod. I heard this first when Melle Mel covered it as "Hustler's Convention." But the best use is on a brilliant, obscure '80s hip-hop single, "Small-Time Hustler," by the Dismasters."