Grand Puba, rapper and emcee, is best known as one of the members of the group Brand Nubian. 2000 is his second solo studio album and was released in 1995 and hit number 5 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums in the US and got 4 mics from The Source. The album spawned two singles: "I Like It (I Wanna Be Where You Are)", which was featured in the soundtrack for the video game Tony Hawk's Underground 2 and "A Little of This" which has backing vocals from Kid (from Kid 'n Play). The album contains a good juxtaposition of tough drums and bass with smooth soul samples & interpolations (DeBarge, Barry White, The Delfonics, Rose Royce, The Stylistics).
TRACK LISTING:
A1.Very Special
A2.I Like It (I Wanna Be Where You Are)
A3.A Little Of This
A4.Keep On
A5.Back Stabbers
B1.20000
B2.Amazing
B3.Don't Waste My Time
B4.Play It Cool
B5.Playin' The Game
B6.Change Gonna Come