First Ya Gotta Shake the Gate is the thirteenth studio album by the funk 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.
- Vocals-George Clinton, Sly Stone, Belita Woods, Garry Shider, Garrett Shider, Kendra Foster, Steve Boyd, Robert 'P-Nut' Johnson, El DeBarge, Tracey Lewis, Kandy Apple Redd (Tonysha Nelson and Patavian Lewis), Kim Manning, Sidney Barnes, Lashonda 'Sativa Diva' Clinton, Jessica Cleaves, Kim Burrell, Rob Manzoli, Del the Funky Homosapien
- Keyboards- Danny Bedrosian, Rob Mandell, David Spradley, Bernie Worrell (piano on Yesterdejavu), Sly Stone,
- Guitars- Michael Hampton, Garry Shider, DeWayne "Blackbyrd" McKnight, Garrett Shider, Rob Manzoli, Trafael Lewis, Brad Jordan, Corey "Funkafangez" Stoot
- Bass- Rodney 'Skeet' Curtis, Lige Curry, Jeff "Cherokee" Bunn, Cordell MossonAnthony Nicholson on Jolene, Jimmy Ali, Hunter Daws, Michael B. Patterson (bass on Yesterdejavu)
- Drums- Nestor Mumm-Altuve, DJ Toure, Donald "Duck" Bailey, Lawrence Hilson Savar Martin on Jolene (drums on Yesterdejavu)
- Horns Andrae Grant-Tenor Sax, Marion Ross III-Trumpet, Randall Cook-Trombone
- Percussion- Larry Fratangelo
- Violin- Lili Haydn
- Didgeridoo- William Thoren
CD1
1-01 Baby Like Fonkin' It Up
1-02 Get Low
1-03 If I Didn't Love You
1-04 Fucked Up
1-05 Ain't That Funkin' Kinda Hard on You?
1-06 I Mo B Yodog Fo Eva
1-07 In Da Kar
1-08 Radio Friendly
1-09 Mathematics Of Love
1-10 Creases
1-11 Not Your Average Rapper
CD2
2-01 First Ya Gotta Shake The Gate
2-02 Roller Rink
2-03 Jolene
2-04 Nuclear Dog, Pt. II
2-05 Dirty Queen
2-06 You Can't Unring The Bell
2-07 Old Fool
2-08 Pole Power
2-09 Boom There We Go Again
2-10 As In
2-11 Bernadette
2-12 Meow Meow
CD3
3-01 Catchin' Boogie Fever 5:57
3-02 The Naz 5:38
3-03 Talking to the Wall 4:44
3-04 Where Would I Go? 4:27
3-05 Yesterdejavu 7:57
3-06 Zip It 3:36
3-07 The Wall 9:10
3-08 Snot n' Booger 10:45
3-09 Yellow Light 4:34
3-10 Dipety Dipety Doo Stop The Violence 5:14
