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Lightnin' Rod--Sport (1973)

Biography by Dan Heilman A former member of the Last Poets, Lightnin' Rod helped pioneer the spoken-rhyme style that would one day become rap. His most renowned album, Hustler's Convention, told t...  
 
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thebeefyscrew (1 month ago) Show Hide
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Every time I hear this I want to buy a purple velvet suit and a Caddy. LOVE IT!
tycomonolith (5 months ago) Show Hide
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"I knew a pharmacists/ f*ck frozen/ they kept pneumonias on their arms and wrists." Nas song using this sample.
regbev44 (7 months ago) Show Hide
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do you know where i can find the intire lp
InSearchOfBeats1983 (1 year ago) Show Hide
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Quite possibly the earliest form of rap??? Also remember Rudy Ray Moore's style like "The Signifying Monkey" and even the early stuff from BlowFly which had a lot of cussing on it even before today's rappers.
JosephNScott (7 months ago) Show Hide
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"Quite possibly the earliest form of rap???" It goes back for decades before this. An example from about 1960 is "Jaguar And Thunderbird" by Chuck Berry. Examples from the late '40s are on the Night Train CD by the Basin Street Boys.
cjjaxxon (5 months ago) Show Hide
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The Last Poets was the first. Of course this is where Lightin' Rod is from. I don't think that was the name he used when he was with them.
miamiborn (1 year ago) Show Hide
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welcome!
JackinCrackin (8 months ago) Show Hide
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Wow I've been looking for this!! My peeps played this once when I was a kid. I didn't know the name but I remember the rap. Cool now I can find it . Thank you miamiborn
miamiborn (8 months ago) Show Hide
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you're welcome!
regbev44 (7 months ago) Show Hide
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do you know where i can find the entire lp

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