Today Marks The 49th Anniversary of Funkadelic’s 7th Studio Album “Let’s Take It to the Stage” Originally Released on April 21, 1975.
Let's Take It to the Stage is the seventh album by American funk rock band Funkadelic. It was released in April 1975 on Westbound Records.
The album peaked at #14 on Billboard on the R&B Albums chart and at #102 on the Billboard 200.
Two singles were released from the album, Let's Take It To The Stage and Better By The Pound.
Better By The Pound reached #99 on the Billboard R&B Singles chart.
The B-side single was a song called “Stuffs & Things”.
The album’s title-track “Let's Take It to the Stage”
reached #89 on the Billboard R&B singles chart.
The B-side single was a song called “Biological Speculation”.
The song “Get Off Your Ass and Jam" was another popular song from the album, Although it wasn’t released as a single it was a fan’s favorite among party goers and played heavily by local DJs who wanted to get the party started.
The song has been sampled extensively by hip hop artists such as N.W.A, Public Enemy, Tone Lōc, Eazy-E, A Tribe Called Quest, Ultramagnetic MCs, Ice-T and Tupac Shakur.
The song "Good To Your Earhole" was sampled by Childish Gambino on the song "Riot".
The closing track "Atmosphere", which begins with a monologue by Clinton about "dicks and clits", appropriates an extended organ coda from Johann Sebastian Bach.
Track-listing
1. Good to Your Earhole
2. Better By the Pound
3. Be My Beach
4. No Head, No Backstage Pass
5. Let's Take It to the Stage
6. Get Off Your Ass and Jam
7. Baby I Owe You Something Good
8. Stuffs and Things
9. The Song Is Familiar
10. Atmosphere
By Romie Rome For Musique Funkology.
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