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Parliament — Mothership Connection (1975)

CTL Thin Brief · CTL-TB-000121 · Published 2026-10-09

Thin Brief — a short evidence sketch, not a full research brief.

What makes Mothership Connection a landmark?

Released in 1975 on Casablanca Records, George Clinton’s Parliament album spun “Tear the Roof Off the Sucker (Give Up the Funk)” and “P. Funk (Wants to Get Funked Up)” into a full Afrofuturist mythology. SUPPORTED

Key facts

  • Parliament was the funk collective led by George Clinton, running parallel to his band Funkadelic. SUPPORTED
  • Mothership Connection was released in 1975 on Casablanca Records. SUPPORTED
  • Its key tracks include “Tear the Roof Off the Sucker (Give Up the Funk)” and “P. Funk (Wants to Get Funked Up).” SUPPORTED
  • The album’s Mothership stagecraft turned funk concerts into Afrofuturist spectacle. PROVISIONAL
  • P-Funk’s grooves became foundational material for later hip-hop production. PROVISIONAL

Sources

  • AllMusic: Mothership Connection album page
  • Casablanca Records catalog
  • Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee biography — Parliament-Funkadelic

Evidence grades: VERIFIED — strong primary or multiple corroborating sources. SUPPORTED — credible, partly corroborated. PROVISIONAL — single source or general knowledge, uncorroborated.

Cite as: CultureTechLens, "Parliament — Mothership Connection (1975) (CTL-TB-000121)," 2026-10-09.

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Apartment houses and funeral parlor in Negro section of Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens
Apartment houses and funeral parlor in Negro section of Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLensPhoto: Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, FSA-OWI, Public Domain, via Library of Congress
Children at the table in a kitchenette apartment, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens
Children at the table in a kitchenette apartment, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLensPhoto: Russell Lee, FSA-OWI, Public Domain, via Library of Congress
Children asleep in a kitchenette apartment, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens
Children asleep in a kitchenette apartment, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLensPhoto: Russell Lee, FSA-OWI, Public Domain, via Library of Congress

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