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.
"Ain't That Funkin' Kinda Hard on You?" Released: October 21, 2014
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.
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 Sly Stone, 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 Bootsy's Rubber Band'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 Bernie Worrell contributed to before his death in 2016.
Keyboards – Sly Stone, Danny Bedrosian, Kennedy Jacobs, G Koop, Corey "Funkfangaz" Stoot, Chris "Big Dog" Davis, David Spradley, Graham Richards, Bernie Worrell, Ricky Tan, Rob Manzoli
Bass – Hunter Daws, Lige Curry, Anthony Nickels, Trafael Lewis, Bora Karaca, Jeff "Cherokee" Bunn, G Koop, Bootsy Collins, 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, DJ Toure, 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