According to Wikipedia “Lightnin’ Rod” was the pseudonym of Alafia Pudim, one of the Last Poets, when he released his seminal 1973 Hustlers Convention LP featuring tracks such as “Sport” and “Spoon” and “Coppin’ Some Fronts for the Set”.
The album released on United Artists featured Tina Turner and the Ikettes, Bernard Purdie, Billy Preston, Cornell Dupree, and Kool and the Gang. Most of the lyrics dealt with the way of life in ghettos, i.e. hustling, drugs, gambling and money with the outcome being a shoot out with the cops followed by jail where the hustlers learn “The whole truth”.
A sequel, The Hustlers Detention is purportedly in the pipeline with the final part being “The Hustlers Ascension”.
To hear Hustlers’ Convention, please go to the following URL