First Ya Gotta Shake the Gate

First Ya Gotta Shake the Gate
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 25, 2014 (digital download)
December 23, 2014 (physical release) (TBC)
Genre
Length3:27:34
LabelThe C Kunspyruhzy
ProducerOriginal sessions produced by George Clinton
Funkadelic chronology
U.S. Music with Funkadelic
(2009)
First Ya Gotta Shake the Gate
(2014)
Singles from First Ya Gotta Shake the Gate
  1. "The Naz"
    Released: April 20, 2013
  2. "Ain't That Funkin' Kinda Hard on You?"
    Released: October 21, 2014

First Ya Gotta Shake the Gate is the fourteenth and final studio album by American funk rock band Funkadelic. 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, The Electric Spanking of War Babies. Like most of the Funkadelic catalog, the album features cover artwork by artist Pedro Bell.

  1. ^ a b c d e Birnstengel, Grace (August 10, 2015). "Funkadelic, First Ya Gotta Shake The Gate (2014)". Stereogum. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
  2. ^ a b Capobianco, Ken (December 22, 2014). "Funkadelic, 'First Ya Gotta Shake the Gate'". The Boston Globe.