Sons of the P is the second album by American rap group Digital Underground, released in 1991. The album contained two hit singles, "No Nose Job" and "Kiss You Back," both of which were written by and featured the lead vocals of Greg Jacobs (a.k.a. Shock G/Humpty Hump). The latter 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.
Digital Underground managed to follow up on the success of 1990's Sex Packets here on their second album, which was an all-out tribute to the 1970's space-funk co-op Parliament-Funkadelic. They even get George Clinton himself to cameo on the title track. Whereas the previous album owed more to 1980's Golden Age rap, DU head honcho Shock G spread his stylistic wings, added more people to the group, and more elements to the sound. Now, more than ever, this has the feel of 70's communal funk put in the context of hip-hop, with most every track spreading the wealth among multiple rappers, vocals, samples, and effects.
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