1. Very Special 2. I Like It (I Wanna Be Where You Are) 3. A Little Of This 4. Keep On 5. Back Stabbers 6. 2000 7. Amazing 8. Don’t Waste My Time 9. Play It Cool 10. Playin The Game 11. Change Gonna Come BONUS TRACKS 12. A Little Of This (Remix) 13. A Little Of This (Stud Doogie Remix) 14. A Little Of This (A Capella) 15. I Like It (Buckwilde Remix Clean) 16. I Like It (Buckwilde Remix) 17. I Like It (A Capella) After appearing on two of rap’s more accomplished and tried-and-true Puba, the tracks on 2000 favor a heavy entertaining releases, Brand Nubian’s 1990 debut One for bounce and melodic soul groove over the more raw and All and his own 1992 solo effort, Reel to Reel, Grand Puba rhythmic funk backings of most rappers - which means took a short leave of absence from the Hip Hop scene. there’s more music and fatter hooks than usual. Another Three years later he resurfaced, freestyling first in a Sprite difference from his previous outings is the lack of commercial and then with this long-overdue second solo pseudo-Islamic race theories that have occasionally work, 2000. Puba carried those first two records on the popped up in Puba’s lyrics. inventiveness of his rhyme style - a little Slick Rick swagger, some Biz Markie pop culture referencing and tone deaf This Deluxe Extended Edition includes The Billboard Hot singing, and a lot of Puba’s own distinctive whine and 100 Hit Single “I Like It (I Wanna Be Where You Are)” plus boast. On 2000, Puba recaptures all of that and sounds like bonus versions, remixes and a capellas previously never he’s never been away. As before, he packs scores of name available on CD format. The album boats production from drops and song snatches, from Erkel to “Little Drummer the era’s best: Buckwild (D.I.T.C.), Mark Sparks Minnesota, Boy,” in between his own self-aggrandizing hyperbole and DJ Alamo, Dante Ross & Stud Doogie as well a feature from earns more than a few chuckles for the effort. Also fellow Nubian Sadat X. PRE-ORDERS ON THIS ITEM ARE DUE BY MAR 31st Format: CD — Cat. No: TEG 75514 — Label: Traffic Ent. — Available: APR 21st 39 Broad Street, Suite 4, Quincy, MA 02169 Phone: (617) 845-0088 — Fax: (617) 845-0090 www.trafficent.com Distributed in the USA by The Orchard, 23 E. 4th St, NY, NY 10003 • tel: 212-979-6410 • fax: 212-979-7372.