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1991 studio album by Digital Underground
Sons of the P Digital Underground . It was released on October 15, 1991, via Tommy Boy Records . Main recording sessions took place at Starlight Sound in Richmond , with additional recordings done at Unique Recording Studios in New York , Axiom Recorders in Tampa and The Disc Ltd. in Detroit . Production was handled by D.U. in-house production team credited as The Underground Production Squad, with Atron Gregory and member Shock G serving as executive producers. It features contributions from George Clinton , Stretch and Treach .
The album peaked at number 44 on the Billboard 200Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums in the United States. It was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America on April 9, 1992, for selling 500,000 copies.[1]
Its lead single , "Kiss You Back ", reached No. 40 on the Billboard Hot 100Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and No. 5 on the Hot Rap Songs , receiving Gold status by the RIAA on March 5, 1992. The song 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 o' the Times Lovesexy
The second single from the album, "No Nose Job ", did not reach the Billboard Hot 100, however it made it to No. 28 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and No. 27 on the Hot Rap Songs.
George Clinton, who participated in the writing and recording of the title track, contributed vocals, marking one of his earliest studio guest appearances on a hip hop release,[2] Kurtis Blow 's 1986 song "Magilla Gorilla".
Critical reception [ edit ]
Musician [8] Q [8] The Village Voice Robert Christgau wrote: "you can wear out the hard and the brother-brother-brother, but you can't wear out the cosmic slop", highlighting songs "The DFLO Shuffle" and "Kiss You Back".[5] Sex Packets Sons of the P is the more worthwile offering", stating "album expands and goes deeper than its predecessor, and to this day, still stands as the best effort Digital Underground ever put on wax".[4]
Track listing [ edit ]
Sample credits
Personnel [ edit ]
Gregory "Shock G " Jacobs — rap vocals, singing, acoustic piano, digital keyboards, synthesizer, drum programming, sampler, sequencing, producer, mixing, executive producer, concept, illustration
Ronald "Money-B " Brooks — rap vocals
Ramone "Pee-Wee " Gooden — rap vocals, singing, digital keyboards, synthesizer
Blocko — rap vocals, singing
Randy "Stretch " Walker — rap vocals
Tupac "2Pac " Shakur — rap vocals
"Bigg Money Odis" Brackens III — rap vocals
Stuart "Shorty B " Jordan — rap vocals
Descaro "Mack Mone" Moore — rap vocals
Mark "M.C. Clever" Moore — rap vocals
Shirley "Shassiah" Tabor — rap vocals
Ronald "Omar" Everett — rap vocals
Ken "Kenny K" Waters — rap vocals
Master Mind — rap vocals
D-Love — rap vocals
O.B. — rap vocals
The God Rakiem — rap vocals
George Clinton Jr. — singing
Earl "Schmoovy-Schmoov" Cook — singing
Boni Boyer — singing
Roniece Levias — singing
Jeremy "Jay-Z" Jackson — additional vocals, drum programming, sampler, sequencing, turntables (track 5)
Marlon "Dr. Illenstein" Kemp — additional vocals, concept
Anthony "Treach " Criss — additional vocals
Otis Dunn — additional vocals
The Conditioner — guitar
Juan Carlos — live percussion
Deon "Big D the Impossible" Evans — drum programming, sampler, sequencing
David "DJ Fuze " Elliot — turntables
2Fly-Eli — turntables (track 9)
Darrin Harris — recording & mixing (tracks: 1–4, 6–11)
Steve Counter — recording (tracks: 1–4, 6–11)
Marc Senasac — recording & mixing (track 5)
Jeff Gray — mixing assistant (tracks: 1–4, 6–11)
Lynn Levy — mixing assistant (tracks: 1–4, 6–11)
Malcolm Sherwood — recording & mixing assistant (track 5)
Atron Gregory — executive producer
Mark Weinberg — art direction
Victor Hall — cover photo
Weekly charts [ edit ]
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Certifications [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
^ Huey, Steve. "Sons of the P - Digital Underground | Album | AllMusic" . AllMusic . Retrieved March 18, 2024 .
^ a b Fatboy, D. J. (July 19, 2000). "Digital Underground :: Sons of the P – RapReviews" . www.rapreviews.com . Archived from the original on March 17, 2024. Retrieved March 18, 2024 . {{cite web }}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link )
^ a b Christgau, Robert (March 3, 1992). "Consumer Guide" . Village Voice . Retrieved March 18, 2024 – via www.robertchristgau.com.
^ Brackett, Nathan ; Hoard, Christian David (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide ISBN 978-0-7432-0169-8 Google Books .
^ Dennis, Reginald C. (December 1991). "Record Report". The Source
^ a b "Music: Sons Of The P (CD ) by Digital Underground (Artist)" . Tower Records the original on 2009-03-19. Retrieved March 18, 2024 – via Wayback Machine .
^ "Digital Underground Chart History (Billboard 200)" . Billboard
^ "Digital Underground Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)" . Billboard
^ "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1992" . Billboard . Retrieved November 23, 2020 .
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