| Sons of Funk | |
| Background: | group_or_band |
| Origin: | Richmond, California, U.S. |
| Genre: | R&B, hip hop soul |
| Years Active: | 1997–1999, 2014–present |
| Label: | No Limit, Priority S.O.F Music LLC No Limit Forever |
| Associated Acts: | Master P, Silkk the Shocker, Mo B. Dick, Fiend, Mac, Mr. Serv-On, Magic, Steady Mobb'n, Clyde Carson, Too Short, Young Know, Lil Kano |
| Current Members: | Joshua Lorenzo "Zo" Chew Jerry "JP" Perkins Desmond "Dez Dynamic" Mapp Rico Crowder |
| Past Members: | Gregory "G-Smooth" Mapp Ricky J (deceased) |
Sons of Funk is an American R&B group and production group from Richmond, California, United States, that were formerly artists on No Limit Records. They had great success in the late 1990s and are best known for their hit singles "Pushin Inside You" and "I Got the Hook Up!".
By 1997, Sons of Funk was signed to No Limit Records by Master P, who had ties to Richmond, California. Their first mainstream appearance was on the soundtrack to I'm Bout It on the single Pushin' Inside You, which was also produced by the group. The single made it to number 97 on the Billboard Hot 100.
On April 21, 1998 Sons of Funk would release their debut album The Game of Funk on No Limit Records & Priority Records. The album would chart at #44 on the Billboard 200.
Sons of Funk appeared and produced the song "End Of The Road" on Silkk The Shocker's January 1999 album Made Man. In late 1999 the group would retire from the music industry due to unknown reasons.
In 2014 the group would reunite, on January 8, 2015 they would release their second album together entitled The Lost Files, Vol. 1 via S.O.F. Music LLC, Sons of Funk also has new music video for the first single from the album entitled "Inside of You".[1] [2] [3]
The group also produced songs on Silkk the Shocker's Made Man and Mo B. Dick's Gangsta Harmony.
| Album details | Peak chart positions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | US R&B | |||
| The Game of Funk | 44 | 14 | ||
| The Lost Files, Vol. 1 |
| — | — | |
| Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | US R&B | ||||
| I'm Bout It (with Various artists) | 4 | 1 |
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| I Got the Hook Up (with Various artists) |
| 3 | 1 |
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| Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | US R&B | US Rap | ||||
| "Pushin' Inside You" | 1997 | 97 | — | — | I'm Bout It: Music from the Motion Picture & The Game of Funk | |
| "Sons Reasons" | 1998 | — | — | — | The Game of Funk | |
| Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | US R&B | US Rap | |||||
| "Take My Pain" (Fiend featuring Master P, Silkk The Shocker and Sons of Funk) | 1998 | — | 11 | — | There's One in Every Family | ||
| "I Got the Hook Up!" (Master P featuring Sons of Funk) | 16 | 11 | 1 |
| I Got the Hook Up: Music from the Motion Picture | ||
| "No Hope" (Magic featuring C-Murder, Lady TRU & Sons of Funk) | — | — | — | Sky's the Limit | |||
| "Goodbye to My Homies" (Master P featuring Mo B. Dick, Sons of Funk and Silkk the Shocker) | 1999 | 27 | 38 | 5 | MP da Last Don | ||