By the mid 1970s, Parliament had become a full fledged funk/R&B ensemble that was taking the world by storm. Starting in 1974, the group began experiencing a series of mainstream successes.
After the releases of Up for the Down Stroke in 1974 and Chocolate City in early 1975, Mothership Connection was released on December 15, 1975 by Casablanca Records. Upon its release, the album was quickly embraced due to the popularity of the lead single, “P. Funk (Wants to Get Funked Up).”
The aforementioned albums provided Parliament the opportunity to expand on its musicianship - and as a result, music audiences began to gravitate to their groundbreaking sounds en masse.
