Funkadelic returns with new album after 33 years

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    “It’s been 33 years since a legitimate Funkadelic record, The Electric Spanking of the War Babies, has been out. A lot of it is from the band, but I also have everybody from my kids and grandkids to Sly Stone, Kim Burrell and El DeBarge on there. It’s a package!!!!” 

    “It’s been 33 years since a legitimate Funkadelic record, The Electric Spanking of the War Babies, has been out. A lot of it is from the band, but I also have everybody from my kids and grandkids to Sly Stone, Kim Burrell and El DeBarge on there. It’s a package!!!!” 

    - George Clinton 
     
    With those words, funk legend George Clinton has announced the release of a brand new Funkadelic album, First Ya Gotta Shake The Gate. The album features guests such as Sly Stone, Blackbyrd McKnight, Gary Shider, Michael Hampton, Skeet Curtis, Bootsy Collins, Bernie Worrell, Lige Curry, Danny Bedrosian, Jessica Cleaves, Belita Woods, Boogie Mosson, Mudbone Cooper, Kendra Foster, Fred Wesley, Robert “P-Nut” Johnson, Mary Griffin, Steve Boyd, Sidney Barnes, Soul Clap, Lili Haydn and many more.
     
    Check out the title track below:
     

     
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