[2] The opening track, "Good to Your Earhole", features extensive guitar parts and a pronounced funk groove played by the rhythm section.

[5] The closing track "Atmosphere", which begins with a monologue by Clinton about "dicks and clits",[6] appropriates an extended organ coda from Johann Sebastian Bach.

[7] "Get Off Your Ass and Jam" has been sampled on several hip hop hits, including Brand Nubian's "Slow Down", Public Enemy's "Bring the Noise", and N.W.A's "100 Miles and Runnin'".

[12] In The Village Voice, Robert Christgau said Funkadelic finally does on record "what they've always promised to do in the hype—make the Ohio Players sound like the Mike Curb Congregation.

"[6] In a retrospective review, AllMusic's Ned Raggett found Let's Take It to the Stage to be one of the band's most comical records with "more P-Funk all-time greats as well, making for a grand balance of the serious and silly.