Jay Worthy and George Clinton Bring Funk Back to Rap on "Generation P"
Rapper Jay Worthy has made a full album with George Clinton, the funk bandleader behind Parliament-Funkadelic. The record, called Generation P, is a 12-song collaboration credited to LNDN DRGS and Clinton, and it was released in 2026.
Worthy raps over Parliament-Funkadelic songs, including "(Not Just) Knee Deep" and "Atomic Dog." Clinton provides narration, and producer Sean House helped put the album together, according to Billboard, which interviewed Worthy about the project.
The project started with a message on social media. Clinton's grandson, Zavier Croft, sent Worthy a direct message. Croft had been playing Worthy and Larry June's project 2 P'z in the Pod on tour with Clinton, and Clinton had asked who was behind it.
Worthy and House chose their material with care. They used songs owned by Clinton and Parliament, including pieces from Uncle Jam Wants You and One Nation Under a Groove. Sampling means reusing a short piece of an existing recording, and it can bring legal trouble when the owner has not agreed to it. Working from songs the team could draw on directly was a way to avoid those issues.
The pair also made the trip to Tallahassee, Florida, to play the Generation P material for Clinton in person. The album took about three years to make.
The guest list is long. It includes Snoop Dogg, Larry June, 03 Greedo, Kokane, Ty Dolla $ign, Channel Tres, Terrace Martin, YG, The Game, Ab-Soul, Aceyalone and Del the Funky Homosapien. The album opens with "Holly Wants To Go (Intro)." The second track, "Knee Deep," is credited to Worthy, Clinton, LNDN DRGS and Snoop Dogg. "P of the Week" features Leven Kali.
The rollout went beyond music. According to Billboard, the team released a 16-bit video game also called P of the Week. Sixteen-bit refers to the look and sound of the classic console games of the early 1990s. The game is described as a mix of Super Mario Bros. and Streets of Rage, two of the best-known titles from that era.
Funk and rap have shared a long history, and Clinton's records have been sampled by rap producers for decades. What this album offers is a different route. Instead of borrowing a few seconds of a funk record, the rappers stand on top of the original songs, with the man who wrote many of them speaking across the top.
For listeners, the album is a full run of rap verses set on funk grooves, with a crowd of guests who each bring their own style. It is also a reminder that the people behind a record, from the grandson who sent the first message to the producer who spent three years on the beats, are part of the story.
