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Funkadelic

No Head, No Backstage Pass

1975 · via Eric B. & Rakim

Funkadelic’s 1975 recording of “No Head, No Backstage Pass” is the earliest release on file. Ron Bykowski and George Clinton are credited as its writers. Eric B. & Rakim’s “Lyrics of Fury” (1988) samples it, per MusicBrainz.

Funkadelic – No Head, No Backstage Pass
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That's Funkadelic, 1975, on a song George Clinton wrote with Ron Bykowski. Drop the needle and listen for the piece that ended up inside "Lyrics of Fury" thirteen years later.

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Credited writers: Ron Bykowski and George Clinton.

Earliest release on file: this one, 1975.

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Eric B. & Rakim’s “Lyrics of Fury” (1988) samples it, per MusicBrainz.

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Eric B. & Rakim's "Lyrics of Fury" samples a record called "No Head, No Backstage Pass." Which band had that song on record before them?Funkadelic
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