Hustlers convention mike todds documentary sheds some light on a simultaneously important and obscure slice of vinyl africanamerican history. Lo plays ramona, the senior dancer at a new york strip joint who ends up leading fellow dancers in a twisted robin hood caper that involves drugging wall street tycoons and. The album was a major influence on hip hop music and combined poetry, funk, jazz, and toasting. Larry flynt began hustler magazine in 1974 as a newsletter for his strip clubs. Hustlers convention tells the tale of two brothers, sport and spoon. Released in 1973 by founding member of the last poets, jalal nuriddin, under the name lightnin rod, hustlers convention tells the story of sport and spoon two young hustlers who attend the eponymous convention, only to get tangled up in a financial disagreement that leads to a shootout, police chase and finishes with sport on death row, weighing up what it all means. The grandfather of rap returns new documentary film aims to rewrite music history. Released in 1973 by founding member of the last poets, jalal nuriddin, under the name lightnin rod, hustlers convention tells the story of sport and spoon two young hustlers who attend the. Jalal tells the story of sport, a streetwise hustler, and his righthand man spoon as they attempt.
Hustlers convention, a compilation album by music of life disambiguation page providing links to topics that could be referred to by the same search term this disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title hustlers convention. Mike todds documentary reexamines the urban picaresque protorap album by lightnin rod, aka jalal mansur nuriddin of the last poets. It is about the protorap album hustlers convention, released in. Hustlers convention 1 hours and 36 minutes movie 2015. Discover the growing collection of high quality most relevant xxx movies and clips.
Released in 1973 by original member of the last poets, jalal mansur nuriddin, hustlers convention tells the story of two young hustlers who attend the eponymous convention, only to get tangled up in a shootout and police chase. Hustlers convention, the spoken wordfunk album by jalal nuriddin of the last poets. It was a full moon, in the middle of june, i was young and cool and shot a bad game of pool. The story of sport and spoon two young hustlers who attend the eponymous convention, only to get tangled up in a financial disagreement that leads to a shootout. It should be noted that the backing band for tracks 25 and 8, although not identified as such, is actually a version of full moon 5, the howard buzzy feitenneil larsen band that was signed to warner. Watch hustlers convention 2015 full movie free online. This film tells of one of musics buried masterpieces. Hustlers convention, released in 1973, is regarded as one of rap musics great forgotten classics, influencing hiphop artists from chuck d, ice t and. The film centers around the life and times of jalal mansur nuriddin of the.
The official trailer for hustlers convention documentary film by mike todd about the album that changed the face of music. The godfather of rap, lightnin rod also goes by the names alafia pudim or jalaluddin mansur nuriddin on the last poets albums. Unsubscribe from international film festival rotterdam. Unfortunately, this documentary is too chaotic and distracted to mount much of a case. Interviews include george clinton, fab 5 freddy, icet and chuck d as the film builds to the albums first live performance by jalal nuriddin aka lightnin rod. Hustlers convention helped add a sociopolitical element to black music.
The story of sport and spoon two young hustlers who attend the eponymous convention, only to get tangled up in a financial disagreement that leads to a shooto. The story of sport and spoon two young hustlers who attend the eponymous convention, only to get tangled up in a financial disagreement that leads to a shootout, police chase and finishes with sport on death row, weighing up what it all means. Lightnin rod hustlers convention lyrics and tracklist. Browse through our impressive selection of porn videos in hd quality on any device you own. About hustlers convention classic protorap album narrated by jalal from the last poets. I recenly did some research on a internet writers blog where lightnin rod said he started writing hustlers convention in 1971 and in 1973 it was released as a record get this cd while you can. Hustlers convention 1 hours and 36 minutes movie 2015 released in 1973 by founding member of the last poets, jalal nuriddin, under the name lightnin rod, hustlers convention tells the story of sport and spoon two young hustlers who attend the eponymous convention, only to get tangled up in a financial disagreement that leads to a shootout, police chase and. Taking its title from the album, the film blends archive photos with interviews and uses unique animated sequences set to the album. Hailed by grandmaster flash and chuck d, sampled by the beastie boys, wu tang clan, and nas, hustlers convention was the foundation for todays hiphop scene. The film centres around the life and times of jalal mansur nuriddin of the last poets and the forgotten influence of his seminal record hustlers convention hustlers convention is an album that changed the face of music. Hustlers convention presented by maysles cinema, the national black programming consortium, the peoples film festival. Movie club is separate and apart from movie fan and is subject to additional terms and. Hustlers convention 1973 ishmael butler aka butterfly of digable planets aka onehalf of shabazz palaces joined us to take us on a trip back to the blaxploitation era and one of the greatest soundtracksinsearchofa movie.
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Hustlers convention is the greatest music story never told. It is, we are told repeatedly, the hiphop missing link. Released in 1973 by founding member of the last poets, jalal nuriddin, under. The foundation for the current hiphop scene is revisited in this look back to the 1973 album, hustlers convention, that gave voice to the streets. Ganzer film hustlers convention 2015 streamcloud deutsch. The hustler brand stretches across the multimedia spectrum and includes hustler tv, multiple websites, a casino, retail stores and an everexpanding library of. Hustlers convention is an album recorded by jalal mansur nuriddin under the pseudonym lightnin rod. Released in 1973 by founding member of the last poets, jalal nuriddin, under the name lightnin rod, hustlers convention tells the story of sport and spoon. It gave the streets a voice and was recited in inner. Executive produced by public enemys chuck d, hustlers convention is a documentary film on the forgotten roots of rap. It is also a tale within a tale of culture, identity and greed. Hustlers convention san francisco black film festival. Publishing was just the beginning of what has now become the largest adult entertainment company period.
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