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|label                  = [[NPG Records]]
|label                  = [[NPG Records]]
|studios                = [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA
|studios                = [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA
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'''Sessions and compiling'''
'''Sessions and compiling'''


The album was recorded between November 1997, and January 1998, at [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA. Three of the songs are updated versions of previously-released tracks, however. [[GCS 2000]] is an updated version of [[GCS 2000|We’ve Been Waiting]], the first track on the band’s first album, ''Graham Central Station'' (from 1973).
The album was recorded between November 1997, and January 1998, at [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA. Three of the songs are updated versions of previously-released tracks, however. [[GCS 2000]] is an updated version of [[GCS 2000|We’ve Been Waiting]], the first track on the band’s first album, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Central_Station_(album) Graham Central Station] (from 1974).


[[Just B My Lady]] is an updated version of the track [[Just B My Lady|Just Be My Lady]], the first track on [[Larry Graham]]’s third ’solo' album, ''Just Be My Lady'' (from 1981, also released as a single). [[Eye’magettin’]] is essentially an updated version of the track [[Eye’magettin'|Earthquake]], the fifth track on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Central_Station Graham Central Station’s] fifth album, ''Now Do U Wanta Dance'' (from 1977).
[[Just B My Lady]] is an updated version of the track [[Just B My Lady|Just Be My Lady]], the first track on [[Larry Graham]]’s third ’solo' album, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just_Be_My_Lady Just Be My Lady] (from 1981, also released as a single). [[Eye’magettin’]] is essentially an updated version of the track [[Eye’magettin’|Earthquake]], the fifth track on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Central_Station Graham Central Station’s] fifth album, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Now_Do_U_Wanta_Dance Now Do U Wanta Dance] (from 1977).


[[Jump And Shout]], containing input by [[Prince]], was recorded for potential inclusion on the album included [[Jump And Shout]] but remain unreleased.
An undated early work-in-progress configuration of the album is known to exist. It included songs that were removed as the album progressed: [[Jump And Shout]], [[Do U Wanna Get Funky?]], [[Push It Up]] and a song named [[file:EyeBlue.png|link=Eye’ve Been Loving U So Long]][[Eye’ve Been Loving U So Long| ’ve Been Loving U So Long]]. [[Jump And Shout]] and [[file:EyeBlue.png|link=Eye’ve Been Loving U So Long]][[Eye’ve Been Loving U So Long| ’ve Been Loving U So Long]] remain unreleased. A short sample of [[Do U Wanna Get Funky?]] can be heard on a [[GCS_2000_Segues#Segue_.23_1|Segue]] of '''GCS 2000'''. [[Push It Up]] was released on the [[Band: New Power Generation|New Power Generation]]’s [[Album: Newpower Soul|Newpower Soul]] album.


Although credited as a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Central_Station Graham Central Station] album, only [[GCS 2000]] contains band members other than [[Larry Graham]]. The rest of the album is largely recorded by [[Larry Graham]] and [[Prince]] (as [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]), along with contributions from many of [[Prince]]’s own associates.
Although credited as a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Central_Station Graham Central Station] album, only [[GCS 2000]] contains band members other than [[Larry Graham]]. The rest of the album is largely recorded by [[Larry Graham]] and [[Prince]] (as [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]), along with contributions from many of [[Prince]]’s own associates.
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# <b>[[Groove On]]</b> (7:24)  
# <b>[[Groove On]]</b> (7:24)  
# <b>[[file:EyeBlue.png|link=Eye Just Found Somebody 2 Love]][[Eye Just Found Somebody 2 Love| Just Found Somebody 2 Love]]</b> (5:16)  
# <b>[[file:EyeBlue.png|link=Eye Just Found Somebody 2 Love]][[Eye Just Found Somebody 2 Love| Just Found Somebody 2 Love]]</b> (5:16)  
# <b>[[file:EyeBlue.png|link=Eye’magettin’]][[Eye’magettin'|’magettin’]]</b> (5:35)  
# <b>[[file:EyeBlue.png|link=Eye’magettin’]][[Eye’magettin’|’magettin’]]</b> (5:35)  
<br>
<br>
|credits                = All tracks written by [[Larry Graham]] except where noted
|credits                = All tracks written by [[Larry Graham]] except where noted
| * comment              = <sup>1</sup> "Utopia" written by [[Larry Graham]] and [[Prince]] (as [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]])
| * comment              = <sup>1</sup> "Utopia" written by [[Larry Graham]] and [[Prince]] (as [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]])
|other format = LP
|other format = MC
|content                = This album has not been released in LP format.
|content                = <small>The MC format was released at same time as the CD.'' </small>
*Side 1:
# <b>[[GCS 2000]]</b> (3:53)
# <b>[[GCS2000: Free|Free]]</b> (7:04)
# <b>[[U Move Me]]</b> (4:43)
# <b>[[Just B My Lady]]</b> (5:28)
# <b>[[Love 4 1another]]</b> (8:15)
*Side 2:
# <b>[[GCS 2000 Segues#Segue # 1|Segue]]</b> (0:32)
# <b>[[Don’t Let ’Em Change U]]</b> (5:47)
# <b>[[GCS 2000 Segues#Segue # 2|Segue]]</b> (0:48)
# <b>[[Utopia]]</b> (3:47) <sup>1</sup>
# <b>[[Groove On]]</b> (7:24)
# <b>[[file:EyeBlue.png|link=Eye Just Found Somebody 2 Love]][[Eye Just Found Somebody 2 Love| Just Found Somebody 2 Love]]</b> (5:16)
# <b>[[file:EyeBlue.png|link=Eye’magettin’]][[Eye’magettin’|’magettin’]]</b> (5:35)
|musicians              = [[Larry Graham]] - vocals and bass guitar
|musicians              = [[Larry Graham]] - vocals and bass guitar
*[[Prince]] (as [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]) - additional vocals on [[GCS2000: Free|Free]] and [[Just B My Lady]], background vocals and all other instruments, except where noted (uncredited)
*[[Prince]] (as [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]) - additional vocals on [[GCS2000: Free|Free]] and [[Just B My Lady]], background vocals and all other instruments, except where noted (uncredited)
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*[[Mayte]] – finger cymbals on [[Love 4 1another]] (sampled from [[Billy Jack Bitch]])
*[[Mayte]] – finger cymbals on [[Love 4 1another]] (sampled from [[Billy Jack Bitch]])
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_Cube Ice Cube] - sampled vocals on [[Love 4 1another]] (from ''What Can I Do?'', [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lethal_Injection_(album) Lethal Injection], 1993)
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_Cube Ice Cube] - sampled vocals on [[Love 4 1another]] (from ''What Can I Do?'', [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lethal_Injection_(album) Lethal Injection], 1993)
*[[Kirk Johnson]] – phone voice on [[GCS 2000 Segues#Segue # 2|Segue # 2]], drums on [[file:EyeBlue.png|link=Eye’magettin’]][[Eye’magettin'|’magettin’]] (as "Kirk J.")
*[[Kirk Johnson]] – phone voice on [[GCS 2000 Segues#Segue # 2|Segue # 2]], drums on [[file:EyeBlue.png|link=Eye’magettin’]][[Eye’magettin’|’magettin’]] (as "Kirk J.")
*[[Rhonda Smith]] – background vocals on [[Utopia]]
*[[Rhonda Smith]] – background vocals on [[Utopia]]
*[[Kat Dyson]] – background vocals on [[Utopia]]
*[[Kat Dyson]] – background vocals on [[Utopia]]
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|Single = [[Single: U Move Me|U Move Me]] <small>(promo only)</small>
|Single = [[Single: U Move Me|U Move Me]] <small>(promo only)</small>
|B-side = None
|B-side = [[Free (GCS 2000)|Free]]
|Image  = Umoveme single.jpg
|Image  = Umoveme single.jpg
|Link  = Single: U Move Me
|Link  = Single: U Move Me
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* '''<u>Undated configuration (likely late 1997 - early 1998)</u>'''
# <b>[[GCS 2000]]</b>
# <b>[[Jump And Shout]]</b>
# <b>[[file:EyeBlue.png|link=Eye Just Found Somebody 2 Love]][[Eye Just Found Somebody 2 Love| Just Found Somebody 2 Love]]</b>
# <b>[[Groove On]]</b>
# <b>[[Do U Wanna Get Funky?]]</b>
# <b>[[Push It Up]]</b>
# <b>[[file:EyeBlue.png|link=Eye’ve Been Loving U So Long]][[Eye’ve Been Loving U So Long| ’ve Been Loving U So Long]]</b>
# <b>[[GCS2000: Free|Free]]</b>
# <b>[[Don’t Let ’Em Change U]]</b>
# <b>([[Utopia]] ?)</b>
}}
|references            = ''[[Book:_The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]]''
|references            = ''[[Book:_The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]]''
*[https://gottahaverockandroll.com/Prince_Handwritten_Tracklist_Directly_From_Persona-LOT57689.aspx Gotta Have Rock And Roll February 2025 auction]
|categories              = [[Category:1999]][[Category: Related Artists]][[Category:Albums (Related Artists)]][[Category:Studio Albums (Related Artists)]][[Category: NPG Records releases]]
|categories              = [[Category:1999]][[Category: Related Artists]][[Category:Albums (Related Artists)]][[Category:Studio Albums (Related Artists)]][[Category: NPG Records releases]]
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Latest revision as of 09:42, 23 February 2025

1998: Van Gogh ◄ All Prince Albums All Related Artists Albums ► 1999: To The Teeth
GCS 2000
GCS 2000 (Front Cover)

Album details

Released: 2 February 1999
Length: 58:36
Label(s): NPG Records
Studio(s): Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA

Charts, Certifications & Awards

Charts
This album has not charted in the USA
Certifications
This album has not received any certifications in the USA
Awards
This album has not received any awards in the USA

Singles released

U Move Me (promo only)
b/w Free

See also

Newpower Soul
(Album) 		Come 2 My House
(Album) 

Alternate Album Configuration

  • Undated configuration (likely late 1997 - early 1998)
  1. GCS 2000
  2. Jump And Shout
  3. Just Found Somebody 2 Love
  4. Groove On
  5. Do U Wanna Get Funky?
  6. Push It Up
  7. ’ve Been Loving U So Long
  8. Free
  9. Don’t Let ’Em Change U
  10. (Utopia ?)
GCS 2000 is the eighth studio album by Graham Central Station, and their first to be released by NPG Records. The album was co-produced by Prince (as ), who co-wrote one song (Utopia) and appeared on every track as a musician or vocalist (mostly uncredited).

The album was released on 2 February 1999, the same day as 1999: The New Master (on which Larry Graham also appears), and was third and final album in the 'trilogy' worked on with Prince (as ) and Chaka Khan from late 1997 to mid-1998 (New Power Generation’s Newpower Soul and Chaka Khan’s Come 2 My House were the other two albums in the trilogy).

The booklet contains a long note written by Prince, titled "’s dare" in which he describes with superlatives Larry Graham’s style, how "he is funk ITSELF" and dares anyone who listens to the album to "try not 2 make the 'funky face'."


Sessions and compiling

The album was recorded between November 1997, and January 1998, at Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA. Three of the songs are updated versions of previously-released tracks, however. GCS 2000 is an updated version of We’ve Been Waiting, the first track on the band’s first album, Graham Central Station (from 1974).

Just B My Lady is an updated version of the track Just Be My Lady, the first track on Larry Graham’s third ’solo' album, Just Be My Lady (from 1981, also released as a single). Eye’magettin’ is essentially an updated version of the track Earthquake, the fifth track on Graham Central Station’s fifth album, Now Do U Wanta Dance (from 1977).

An undated early work-in-progress configuration of the album is known to exist. It included songs that were removed as the album progressed: Jump And Shout, Do U Wanna Get Funky?, Push It Up and a song named ’ve Been Loving U So Long. Jump And Shout and ’ve Been Loving U So Long remain unreleased. A short sample of Do U Wanna Get Funky? can be heard on a Segue of GCS 2000. Push It Up was released on the New Power Generation’s Newpower Soul album.

Although credited as a Graham Central Station album, only GCS 2000 contains band members other than Larry Graham. The rest of the album is largely recorded by Larry Graham and Prince (as ), along with contributions from many of Prince’s own associates.

Prince also appeared on three tracks on Larry Graham and Graham Central Station’s 2012 album Raise Up; their first album since GCS 2000.


Promotion

The album produced only one promotional single, U Move Me, with no commercial release. It did not enter the charts.

Larry Graham and Graham Central Station toured extensively with Prince (as ) on the New Power Soul Tour and the New Power Soul Festival Tour, which was designed to promote this album and the 'companion' albums, the New Power Generation’s Newpower Soul and Chaka Khan’s Come 2 My House, but Larry Graham’s set focused on his wider catalogue of songs (largely focusing on his work with Sly and the Family Stone) rather than this album, which was only released following the tour.



Track listing
CD MC

The compact disc version is the original issue.

  1. GCS 2000 (3:53)
  2. Free (7:04)
  3. U Move Me (4:43)
  4. Just B My Lady (5:28)
  5. Love 4 1another (8:15)
  6. Segue (0:32)
  7. Don’t Let ’Em Change U (5:47)
  8. Segue (0:48)
  9. Utopia (3:47) 1
  10. Groove On (7:24)
  11. Just Found Somebody 2 Love (5:16)
  12. ’magettin’ (5:35)

The MC format was released at same time as the CD.

  • Side 1:
  1. GCS 2000 (3:53)
  2. Free (7:04)
  3. U Move Me (4:43)
  4. Just B My Lady (5:28)
  5. Love 4 1another (8:15)
  • Side 2:
  1. Segue (0:32)
  2. Don’t Let ’Em Change U (5:47)
  3. Segue (0:48)
  4. Utopia (3:47) 1
  5. Groove On (7:24)
  6. Just Found Somebody 2 Love (5:16)
  7. ’magettin’ (5:35)

All tracks written by Larry Graham except where noted
1 "Utopia" written by Larry Graham and Prince (as )



Personnel
Musicians


Production


Thanks
  • "UH-OHH, Moorena, B.Bro, Mi Hermanita, Mia-Mary, Kum-plakum plakum, NPGCS, P.P.Crew, Jac-key Thomp-sun, Angel."



Releases
LP, CD, Cassettes and Other versions

The album was included in a so called Newpowerpak 3CD box-set, released through 1-800 New Funk, along with New Power Generation’s Newpower Soul and Chaka Khan’s Come 2 My House. The box-set included the standard packaging for each album, with a cardboard slipcover around the three CD cases.

Country Format Cat. Number Comments Front Back Label 1 Label 2
 
USA CD 7-89577-03342-9  
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link=File:LabelA}}}
link=File:LabelB}}}
link=File:LabelB}}}

Variants, Special Editions and Reissues
Country Format Cat. Number Comments Front Back Label 1 Label 2
None
 
 
Additional Information
Promotion (at time of release) Trivia
References
1998
Van Gogh 		All Albums All Related Artists Albums 1999
To The Teeth
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