Sleeve Notes1972

Rated X

Kool & The Gang · 1972

Recording

Recorded in 1972 at Mediasound Studios in New York for Good Times, the track was produced and arranged by Kool & The Gang. Tony Bongiovi and Jeff Lesser engineered the album sessions. Released on Good Times in November 1972, the track showcased the band's tightly coordinated horn arrangements and rhythmic ensemble playing before its commercial breakthrough with Wild and Peaceful the following year. The recording supplied a sample for Ice Cube's The Product and received a dedicated seven-inch release through Dynamite Cuts in 2025.

ArtistKool & The Gang

Year1972

StudioMediasound Studios, New York City

LabelDe-Lite Records

ProducersKool & The Gang · Tony Bongiovi · Jeff Lesser

How curators tag this

Funk100%

Sound check

SamplesFig. B

Dance for Me

Queen Latifah · 1989 · sampled-by

Turn Off the Radio

Ice Cube · 1990 · sampled-by

Year · 1972Fig. C

Break Down

We The People · 1972

It's Just Begun

The Jimmy Castor Bunch · 1972

(I Got) so Much Trouble in My Mind

Sir Joe Quarterman · 1972

Creation (It's Just Begun)

Jimmy Castor Bunch · 1972

Superfly

Curtis Mayfield · 1972

Same GenreFig. D

Bouncy Lady

Pleasure · 1974

Take Me To The Mardi Gras

Bob James · 1975

Unidentified

Get Off The Streets

Eric and the Vikings · 1970

General Confessional

The Electric Prunes · 1968

Artist · Kool & The GangIn the Sleeve Notes

1970s

1971Dujii

1971NT

1972Rated XYou are here

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1973Jungle Boogie

Undated

—Funky Stuff

—Hollywood Swinging (Single Version)

—Summer Madness