U.S. Music with Funkadelic was George Clinton's first attempt to launch a P-Funk spinoff act using up-and-coming musicians from his hometown of Plainfield, New Jersey.

"U.S." refers to the band United Soul, whose lead vocalist and guitarist Garry Shider provided guest vocals on the Funkadelic album Maggot Brain in 1971.

[1] Following this, Clinton signed United Soul to his label, Parliafunkadelicment Thang Inc, and facilitated a collaboration between them and a few of his Funkadelic bandmates who were based in Toronto at the time.

[citation needed] Following this collaboration, Garry Shider officially joined the Parliament-Funkadelic collective together with fellow United Soul members Larry and Cordell Mosson,[1] and in 1973 an alternate version of their song "This Broken Heart" was included on the Funkadelic album Cosmic Slop.

[8] Upon its release in 2009, AllMusic reviewer Sean Westergaard awarded U.S. Music with Funkadelic with 3.5 out of a possible 5 stars.