Get Off Your Ass and Jam

Critic Ned Raggett reviewed the song as one that "kicks in with one bad-ass drum roll and then scorches the damn place down".

[1] The guitar solo on "Get Off Your Ass and Jam" is uncredited, a practice that was typical of Funkadelic records of the 1970s.

In several interviews and in his 2014 autobiography, Brothas Be, Yo Like George, Ain't That Funkin' Kinda Hard on You?, Clinton has said that the guitarist is unknown: We finished one take, took a smoke break or something, and noticed that a white kid had wandered into the studio, a smack addict.

In 1988, Miami Bass rapper Anquette recorded a cover of the song, with the addition of her own rap lyrics, on her second album, Respect.

[7] Music historian Arthur Kempton similarly notes that the band was "known to make some parents and alumni draw back and exclaim, 'Oh my God,' when from the stage they would incite a rapt crowd of young degree candidates to chant in full-throated unison, "Shit!

"[8] This song is also referenced in the Rocky Horror Picture Show Audience Participation script, right after the time warp ends, "Shit!