''First Ya Gotta Shake the Gate'' is the fourteenth and final studio album by American

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. The album was released by the C Kunspyruhzy in 2014 and consists of newly recorded material. The album consists of 3 discs comprising 33 tracks in total, which has been explained to mirror the 33 years that had elapsed since Funkadelic's last official album release in 1981, ''

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''. Like most of the Funkadelic catalog, the album features cover artwork by artist

Pedro Bell Pedro Bell (June 11, 1950 – August 27, 2019) was an American artist and illustrator, best known for his elaborate album cover designs and other artwork for numerous Funkadelic and George Clinton solo albums. Bell also wrote many of the liner n ...

Release

''First Ya Gotta Shake the Gate'' was released in digital format on November 25, 2014. The official CD release, after first being announced for December 1, was delayed to December 23, 2014. The album's first single released was "The Naz", a song featuring

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, in 2013. A second single, "Ain't That Funkin' Kinda Hard on You?", was digitally released on October 21, 2014, in connection with the release of George Clinton's autobiography, ''Brothers Be, Yo Like George, Ain't That Funkin' Kinda Hard on You?''. "As In" is a remake of

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's "As In (I Love You)" and features the late Jessica Cleaves on vocals. This album also features the first appearances of George's grandson Trazae rapping on a few tunes, and George's granddaughters Kandy Apple Redd, and George's stepdaughter Nakid 87, Sidney Barnes, Sly Stone, and posthumous appearances by Garry Shider and Belita Woods are featured on the album. Garry's son Garrett Shider replaces his father. This was the last Funkadelic project keyboardist

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contributed to before his death in 2016.

Critical reception

Ken Capobianco of the

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favourably claimed "Judicious pruning would have been welcome, but it’s impossible to complain about a jollies overload, especially with so much virtuosity on display."

Track listing

Personnel

Musicians * Vocals – George Clinton,

Belita Woods Belita Karen Woods (October 23, 1948 – May 14, 2012) was a lead singer of the late 1970s R&B group Brainstorm (US band), Brainstorm. She also performed with Parliament-Funkadelic for two decades, beginning in 1992. Brainstorm had a disco hit i ...

Garry Shider Garry Marshall Shider (July 24, 1953 – June 16, 2010) was an American musician and guitarist. He was musical director of the P-Funk All-Stars for much of their history. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997, with fifteen ...

, Garrett Shider, Paul Hill,

Kendra Foster Kendra Marie Foster (born January 29, 1978) is an American singer-songwriter, session singer and backup vocalist. A two-time Grammy Award-winner, she has performed with artists including George Clinton, Parliament-Funkadelic, Snoop Dogg, Jay-Z ...

, Steve Boyd, Robert 'P-Nut' Johnson,

El DeBarge Eldra "El" Patrick DeBarge (born June 4, 1961) is an American singer, songwriter and musician. He was the focal point and primary lead singer of the DeBarge family, family group DeBarge. Popular songs led by El DeBarge include "Time Will Reveal ...

, Tracey "Treylewd" Lewis, Kandy Apple Redd (Tonysha Nelson and Patavian Lewis), Kim Manning,

Sidney Barnes Sidney George Barnes (5 June 1916 – 16 December 1973) was an Australian cricketer and cricket writer, who played 13 Test cricket, Test matches between 1938 and 1948. Able to Batting order (cricket)#Opening batsmen, open the innings or B ...

, Lashonda "Sativa Diva" Clinton,

Jessica Cleaves Jessica Marguerite Cleaves (December 10, 1948 – May 2, 2014) was an American singer and songwriter who was the lead singer of the Friends of Distinction, Earth, Wind & Fire, Parliament Funkadelic, and Raw Silk. Early life Jessica Cleaves was ...

Kim Burrell Kimberly Jean Burrell (born August 26, 1972) is an American gospel singer, songwriter, and pastor from Houston, Texas. Early life Born Kimberly Jean Burrell on August 26, 1972, in Houston, Texas, Burrell was one of four children born to Juli ...

, Rob Manzoli,

Del the Funky Homosapien Teren Delvon Jones (born August 12, 1972), better known by his stage name Del the Funky Homosapien (sometimes stylized as Del tha Funkee Homosapien) or Sir DZL, is an American rapper. Music career 1988–1997: Early life and beginnings Born in O ...

* Guitars – DeWayne "Blackbyrd" McKnight,

G Koop Robert Mandell, professionally known as G Koop, is an American Grammy Award-nominated record producer, songwriter and musician. Early life G Koop is originally from Boston, Massachusetts. His father had a large collection of albums, and his moth ...

, Brad Jordan, Corey "Funkafangez" Stoot, Garry Shider, Tracey "Treylewd" Lewis, Trafael Lewis, Cliff Miles, Anthony Caruso,

Michael Hampton Michael Hampton (born November 15, 1956) is an American funk/rock guitarist. He is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, inducted in 1997 with fifteen other members of Parliament-Funkadelic. Career Hampton was born in Cleveland, Ohio, ...

, Garrett Shider, Jerome Ali, Jerome Rogers, Rob Manzoli,

Eddie Hazel Edward Earl Hazel (April 10, 1950 – December 23, 1992) was an American guitarist and singer in early funk music who played lead guitar with Parliament-Funkadelic. Hazel was a posthumous inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, inducted in 19 ...

* Keyboards –

, Danny Bedrosian, Kennedy Jacobs, G Koop, Corey "Funkfangaz" Stoot, Chris "Big Dog" Davis, David Spradley, Graham Richards,

, Ricky Tan, Rob Manzoli * Bass – Hunter Daws, Lige Curry, Anthony Nickels, Trafael Lewis, Bora Karaca, Jeff "Cherokee" Bunn, G Koop,

Bootsy Collins William Earl "Bootsy" Collins (born October 26, 1951) is an American bass guitarist, singer, and songwriter. Rising to prominence with James Brown in the early 1970s before joining the Parliament-Funkadelic collective, Collins established himse ...

, Cordell "Boogie" Mosson, David Spradley, Rodney "Skeet" Curtis, Jimmy Ali, Rob Manzoli * Drums – Nestor Mumm-Altuve, Max MacVeety, Savar Martin, Trafael Lewis, Rudge Ravinwood, Donald "Duck" Bailey,

Tyrone Lampkin Since the late 1950s, Parliament-Funkadelic and the associated P-Funk musical collective, often referred to as the "Funk Mob," have included a large number of musicians and singers. While some of their contributions have gone uncredited, the follo ...

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, Rob Manzoli * Drum programming – Ricky Tan, Eli Goldstein, Del the Funky Homosapien, G Koop, Barrence Dupree, Soul Clap, Dwayne Dungey, George Clinton, David Spradley, Sa'D "The Hourchild" Ali, William Tyler Pelt * Percussion – Bootsy Collins, Gary "Mudbone" Cooper, Larry Fratangelo * Saxophone –

Maceo Parker Maceo Parker (; born February 14, 1943) is an American funk and soul jazz saxophonist, best known for his work with James Brown in the 1960s, Parliament-Funkadelic in the 1970s and Prince in the 2000s. Parker was a prominent soloist on many of ...

* Trumpet – Whitney Russell, O.J., Rick Gardner, Dave Richards, Marion Ross III * Trombone – Fred Wesley, Andre Grant, Dave Richards * Violin – Jay Golden,

Lili Haydn Lili Haydn is a Canadian-born violinist, film and TV composer, singer-songwriter, and former child-actress. She won a Grammy Award in 2019 for ''Opium Moon'' and was nominated for an Emmy Award for "Outstanding Original Music And Lyrics" in the ...

* Didgeridoo – William Thoren Technical * Producer – George Clinton * Co-producers – Rob 'G-Koop' Mandell, Soul Clap (Eli Goldstein and Charles Levine), Rob Manzoli, Sue Brooks

Quazedelic Stanley Harris Jr. (born October 11, 1977, in Santa Ana, California, U.S.) is a music producer, rapper and singer in Los Angeles, California. He records under the stage name Quaze or Quazedelic. He received his big break into the music industry w ...

* Chief Project Engineer – Barrence Dupree * Mastering – Rodney Mills * Album art –

References

External links

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