flwrpt™ brooklyn! » Poetry http://www.flwrpt.com/blog flwrpt.com Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:04:40 +0000 en hourly 1 Hustler's Convention. http://www.flwrpt.com/blog/2009/03/23/hustlers-convention/ http://www.flwrpt.com/blog/2009/03/23/hustlers-convention/#comments Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:50:46 +0000 Darien Victor Birks http://flwrpt.com/blog/?p=487 Read more →]]> Artist: Lightnin’ Rod
Title: Hustler’s Convention
Year: 1973
Label: United Artists
Format: Vinyl LP (Original)
Flwrpt Rating of this Record: 3.0/5.0

Front Cover

Review
Lightnin’ Rod is an original member of “The Last Poets”, but Hustler’s Convention is his first solo project. Essentially he paints these visual pictures of his life, and the world around him, through a rhyming/rapping form of poetry, known as spiel. The music really plays a secondary role on this album, which is probably why I’m not crazy about it, I dig it because he’s street preaching and all, but I am a lover of music, and poetry is more important than the music with this LP.

Check out the sound!

Sport

Coppin’ Some Fronts For The Set

Design
This is a fresh cover illustration, looks to be airbrushed…but I may be wrong. I really like how the art is cropped to only show the hand and the front of the suit. Not much here in the way of typography, but the art owns the cover with strong conviction.

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