2000 is the second album by hip hop

Hip hop music

Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...

 artist Grand Puba

Grand Puba

Maxwell Dixon is an emcee best known as a member of the group Brand Nubian.-Biography:He made his debut with the group Masters of Ceremony. Its album Dynamite was hailed by critics, but probably due to lack of sales, the group soon disbanded, and Puba emerged as the lead emcee of Brand Nubian...

 of the group Brand Nubian

Brand Nubian

Brand Nubian is an American hip hop group from New Rochelle, New York, consisting of three MC's: Grand Puba , Sadat X and Lord Jamar , and two DJs: DJ Alamo and DJ Sincere...

, released in mid-1995 through Elektra Records

Elektra Records

Elektra Records is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group. In 2004, it was consolidated into WMG's Atlantic Records Group. After five years of dormancy, the label was revived by Atlantic in 2009....

. The album wasn't as acclaimed as his solo debut Reel to Reel

Reel to Reel

* For the audio technology, see "Reel-to-reel audio tape recording"Reel to Reel is the debut album by Grand Puba. It was Puba's first solo venture, following group projects with the likes of the short lived group Masters of Ceremony and Brand Nubian. Both of the group’s albums were critically...

, and wasn't able to sell a significant number of units, despite a Billboard Hot 100

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 hit, "I Like It (I Wanna Be Where You Are)". Puba reunited with Brand Nubian following 2000, for the release of the album Foundation. He didn't return with another solo album until 2001's Understand This

Understand This

Understand This is the third album by rapper Grand Puba of Brand Nubian. The album received little attention, critically and commercially, especially when compared to his previous efforts Reel to Reel and 2000. Understand This features the singles "Understand This", "Up & Down" and "Issues".-Track...

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Track listing

#	Title	Producer(s)	Performer (s)
1	"Very Special"	Mark Sparks	Grand Puba
2	"I Like It (I Wanna Be Where You Are)"	Mark Sparks	Grand Puba
3	"A Little of This"	Mark Sparks	Grand Puba
4	"Keep On"	Chris Liggio	Grand Puba
5	"Backstabbers"	Mark Sparks	Grand Puba, Michelle Valdes
6	"2000"	Minnesota	Grand Puba
7	"Amazing"	Minnesota	Grand Puba
8	"Don't Waste My Time"	DJ Alamo	Grand Puba
9	"Play it Cool"	Minnesota	Grand Puba, Sadat X Sadat X Sadat X is an American rapper, most famed as a member of Alternative hip hop group Brand Nubian. Originally known as Derek X, Sadat takes his name from former Egyptian president Anwar Sadat....
10	"Playin' the Game"	DJ Alamo	Grand Puba
11	"Change Gonna Come"	Dante Ross	Grand Puba

Samples

• "Very Special"
  • "La La Means I Love You" by The O'Jays
    The O'Jays
    The O'Jays are an American R&B group from Canton, Ohio, formed in 1963 and originally consisting of Eddie Levert , Walter Williams , William Powell , Bobby Massey and Bill Isles. The O'Jays were inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 2004, and The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2005...
    
    
• "I Like It"
  • "I Like It" by Debarge
    DeBarge
    DeBarge was a sibling music group of American origin whose repertoire included R&B, soul, funk, and later gospel. Active as a professional recording group from 1979 and 1989, the group was one of the few recording acts to bring success to the Motown label during the 1980s.-Background:Hailing from...
    
    
  • "Never My Love" by Cal Tjader
    Cal Tjader
    Callen Radcliffe Tjader, Jr. a.k.a. Cal Tjader was a Latin jazz musician, though he also explored various other jazz idioms. Unlike other American jazz musicians who experimented with the music from Cuba, the Caribbean, and Latin America, he never abandoned it, performing it until his...
    
    
• "A Little of This"
  • "Just a Love Child" by Bobbi Humphrey
    Bobbi Humphrey
    Barbara Ann Humphrey is an American jazz flautist and singer who plays fusion, jazz-funk and soul-jazz styles. Bobbi Humphrey has performed for audiences around the world....
    
    
• "Keep On"
  • "We Almost Lost Detroit" by Gil-Scott Heron
• "Backstabbers"
  • "Somewhere in the Night" by Cal Tjader
    Cal Tjader
    Callen Radcliffe Tjader, Jr. a.k.a. Cal Tjader was a Latin jazz musician, though he also explored various other jazz idioms. Unlike other American jazz musicians who experimented with the music from Cuba, the Caribbean, and Latin America, he never abandoned it, performing it until his...
    
    
• "Amazing"
  • "Spinning Wheel" by Lonnie Smith
    Lonnie Smith
    Lonnie Smith is a former Major League Baseball outfielder. He made his debut for the Philadelphia Phillies on September 2, 1978 and later played for the St. Louis Cardinals, Kansas City Royals, Atlanta Braves, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Baltimore Orioles...
    
    
  • "Tomorrow" by Brothers Johnson
    Brothers Johnson
    The Brothers Johnson is a band consisting of American musicians and brothers George aka 'Lightnin' Licks' and Louis E. Johnson aka 'Thunder Thumbs'.-Formation:...
    
    
• "Don't Waste My Time"
  • "Mercy, Mercy Me" by Grover Washington
• "Play It Cool"
  • "I Can Deliever" by Grady Tate
    Grady Tate
    Grady Tate, , is a hard bop and soul-jazz drummer and singer.He has played with Lional Hampton, Jimmy Smith, Grant Green, Lena Horne, Astrud Gilberto, Ella Fitzgerald, Miles Davis, Blossom Dearie, Chris Connor, Sarah Vaughan, Ray Charles, Cal Tjader, Peggy Lee, Bill Evans, Duke Ellington, Count...
    
    
• "Playin' The Game"
  • "Get Out of My Life, Woman" by Lee Dorsey
    Lee Dorsey
    Lee Dorsey was an African American pop/R&B singer during the 1960s. Much of his work was produced by Allen Toussaint with instrumental backing provided by the Meters.-Career:...
    
    
  • "Playing Your Game Baby" by Barry White
    Barry White
    Barry White, born Barry Eugene Carter , was an American composer and singer-songwriter.A five-time Grammy Award-winner known for his distinctive bass voice and romantic image, White's greatest success came in the 1970s as a solo singer and with the Love Unlimited Orchestra, crafting many enduring...
    
    
• "Change Gonna Come"
  • "Midnight Theme" by Manzel
    Manzel
    Manzel was an American instrumental funk band from Lexington, Kentucky, which formed in 1973 and disbanded in 1978. They consisted of Manzel Bush , John L. Van Dyke and Steve Garner...
    
    

Chart positions

Chart (1995)	Peak position
US Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...	48
US Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums	5

Singles chart positions

Year	Song	Chart positions
		US Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...	US R&B Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,...	US Rap Hot Rap Tracks Rap Songs is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States. It lists the 25 most popular hip-hop/rap songs, calculated weekly by airplay on rhythmic and urban radio stations and sales in hip hop-focused or exclusive markets. From 1989 through 2001, it was based on how much the single...	Dance sales
1995	"I Like It (I Wanna Be Where You Are)"	91	68	21	3
1995	"A Little of This"	—	90	—	29