Sons of the P is the third album by American rap group Digital Underground

Digital Underground

Digital Underground was an alternative hip hop group from Oakland, California. It could have been considered a music "family" rather than a group, as its personnel changed and rotated with each album and tour....

, released on October 15, 1991. The album featured two hit singles, "No Nose Job" and "Kiss You Back

Kiss You Back

"Kiss You Back" was the lead single released from Digital Underground's second studio album , Sons of the P. The song sampled Funkadelic's 1979 hit, " Knee Deep" for which the song's writers, George Clinton and Philippé Wynne, received writing credits.Released a year after the groups breakthrough...

", both of which were written by, and featured the lead vocals of Greg Jacobs (a.k.a. Shock G/Humpty Hump

Shock G

Gregory E. Jacobs , known by the stage names Shock G and Humpty Hump, is an American musician and rapper, known as the lead vocalist for the hip hop group Digital Underground...

), and the latter of which featured multi-layered choruses and background vocals sung by Boni Boyer, who briefly worked with D.U. shortly after her stint with Prince's Sign of the Times/Love Sexy band. It is sometimes mistakenly reported that Kiss You Back was co-written & co-performed by George Clinton

George Clinton (funk musician)

George Clinton is an American singer, songwriter, bandleader, and music producer and the principal architect of P-Funk. He was the mastermind of the bands Parliament and Funkadelic during the 1970s and early 1980s, and launched a solo career in 1981. He has been cited as one of the foremost...

, but his name appropriately appears in the writers credit due to a sample of "(Not Just) Knee Deep" by Funkadelic. He did however actively participate in the writing and recording of the title track "Sons of the P", to which he also contributed vocals, and which marked one of the earliest studio guest appearances by Clinton on a Hip Hop release, preceded only by Kurtis Blow

Kurtis Blow

Kurt Walker , better known by his stage name Kurtis Blow, is an American rapper and record producer. He is one of the first commercially successful rappers and the first to sign with a major record label...

's "Magilla Gorilla" released in 1986. Both the album and the single "Kiss You Back" were each certified Gold by the RIAA.

Track listing

1. "The DFLO Shuttle" (features Tupac Shakur)
2. "Heartbeat Props"
3. "No Nose Job"
4. "Sons Of The P" (features George Clinton)
5. "Flowin' On The D-Line"
6. "Kiss You Back
   Kiss You Back
   "Kiss You Back" was the lead single released from Digital Underground's second studio album , Sons of the P. The song sampled Funkadelic's 1979 hit, " Knee Deep" for which the song's writers, George Clinton and Philippé Wynne, received writing credits.Released a year after the groups breakthrough...
   
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7. "Tales Of The Funky"
8. "The Higher Heights Of Spirituality"
9. "Family Of The Underground" (features Stretch
   Stretch (rapper)
   Randy Walker , better known by his stage name Stretch, was an American rapper.-Life and career:...
   
   )
10. "The D-Flowstrumental"
11. "Good Thing We're Rappin'"

Album chart positions

Year	Album	Chart positions
		Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...	Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums
1991	Sons Of The P	#44	#23

Singles chart positions

Year	Song	Chart positions
		Billboard Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...	Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks	Hot Rap Singles
1991	Kiss You Back	#40	#13	#5
1991	No Nose Job	-	#28	#27