black music.[4] The album narrates the story of two fictional hustlers
, named Sport and Spoon.
Track listing
Side one
No.
Title
Length
1.
"Sport"
2:36
2.
"Spoon"
1:14
3.
"The Cafe Black Rose"
1:47
4.
"Brother Hominy Grit"
2:43
5.
"Coppin' Some Fronts For The Set"
2:24
6.
"Hamhock's Hall Was Big (And There Was A Whole Lot To Dig!)"
4:09
Side two
No.
Title
Length
1.
"The Bones Fly From Spoon's Hand"
2:59
2.
"The Break Was So Loud, It Hushed The Crowd"
3:12
3.
"Four Bitches Is What I Got"
3:44
4.
"Grit's Den"
1:34
5.
"The Shit Hits The Fan Again"
3:35
6.
"Sentenced To The Chair"
1:38
Personnel
Jalal = Lightnin' Rod (vocal)
Kool and the Gang
Full Moon (Neil Larsen, Buzzy Feiten)
Eric Gale, Cornell Dupree(guitar), King Curtis, Trevor Lawrence, Maurice Smith, Andrew Love, Lou Collins (tenor saxophone); Jimmy Mitchell (baritone saxophone); Charles Sullivan, Gerry Thomas, Wilbur "Dud" Bascomb, Wayne Jackson (trumpet); Jack Hale (trombone); Richard Tee, Truman Thomas (piano); Billy Preston(organ), Chuck Rainy, Jerry Jemmott, Fred Backmeier (bass); George McCleary (drums, congas); Jimmy Johnson, Bernard Purdie, Phillip Wilson (drums)