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Capital Punishment (Big Pun album)

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Capital Punishment is the solo debut album by rapper Big Pun, released on April 7, 1998. The album received critical acclaim, and Big Pun became the first solo Latino rapper to go Platinum.[1] The album peaked at #5 on on the Billboard 200 charts. It also was nominated for Best Rap Album at the 1999 Grammy Awards, but lost to Jay-Z's Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life.

Reception

  • Entertainment Weekly (7/17/98, p.85) - "Everything about this Bronx-bred Puerto Rican rapper is generous, his 400-pound girth, his multiple rhyming within each line, and his talent for spewing out verses without stopping for breath." - Rating: B+
  • Q magazine (6/00, p.123) - 4 stars out of 5 - "Displaying huge lyrical prowess and the requisite 'sensitive' side...[the album] established Pun as a serious rival to Biggie Smalls and something of a ladykiller to boot....funk and fun aplenty....Outrageously good."
  • The Source (6/98, p.159) - 4 Mics (out of 5) - "He'll rhyme every possible word in a line because he wants to be twice as nice....Capital Punishment's all about execution."
  • Rap Pages (9/98, p.120) - 4 (out of 5) - "Big Pun is at his best with all barrels firing bullets lacing the air like embroidery on grandmama's quilt." [2]

Track listing

No.TitleProducer(s)Length
1."Intro" 0:33
2."Beware"Juju3:15
3."Super Lyrical" (feat. Black Thought of The Roots)Rockwilder, scratches by Dj Iroc3:28
4."Taster's Choice (Skit)" 1:20
5."Still Not a Player" (featuring Joe)Knobody, Dahoud & Nomad3:56
6."Intermission"Mike Zulu0:21
7."Dream Shatterer"Domingo3:33
8."Punish Me" (featuring Miss Jones)Franky "Nitty" Pimental4:14
9."Pakinamac Pt. 1 (Skit)" 1:35
10."You Ain't a Killer"Younglord4:14
11."Pakinamac Pt. 2 (Skit)" 0:57
12."Caribbean Connection" (featuring Wyclef Jean)Younglord3:23
13."Glamour Life" (featuring Fat Joe, Triple Seis, Armageddon & Cuban Link)L.E.S.4:43
14."Capital Punishment" (featuring Prospect)The Infinite Arkatechz4:19
15."Uncensored" (Skit)" (featuring Funkmaster Flex) 2:12
16."I'm Not a Player"Minnesota3:41
17."Twinz (Deep Cover '98)" (featuring Fat Joe)Dr. Dre3:48
18."The Rain & The Sun (Interlude)" (featuring Dead Prez)Dead Prez1:45
19."Boomerang"V.I.C.3:35
20."You Came Up" (featuring Noreaga)Rockwilder3:54
21."Tres Leches (Triboro Trilogy)" (featuring Prodigy & Inspectah Deck)RZA4:19
22."Charlie Rock Shout (Skit)" 0:26
23."Fast Money"Danny O/EQ3:48
24."Parental Discretion" (featuring Busta Rhymes)Showbiz4:34

Samples

Intro

  • Excerpt from the film Fresh

Beware

Super Lyrical

Still Not a Player

  • "A Little Bit of Love" by Brenda Russell
  • "Don't Wanna Be a Player" by Joe (interpolation)

You Ain't a Killer

Glamour Life

I'm Not a Player

Twinz (Deep Cover '98)

Boomerang

You Came Up

  • "Don't Ask Me" by Ramon Morris

Tres Leches (Triboro Trilogy)

Album singles

Single information
"I'm Not a Player"
  • Released: October 14, 1997
  • B-side: "Wishful Thinking" & "You Ain't a Killer"
"Still Not a Player"
  • Released: May 26, 1998
  • B-side: "Twinz (Deep Cover 98)"
"You Came Up"
  • Released: August 18, 1998
  • B-side:

Album chart positions

Year Album Chart positions
Billboard 200 Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums Top Canadian Albums
1998 Capital Punishment 5 1 11

Singles

Year Song Hot 100 Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks Hot Rap Singles Rhythmic Top 40 Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales
1997 "I'm Not a Player" 57 19 3 - 7
1998 "Still Not a Player" 24 6 13 5 1
"You Came Up" - 49 43 - -

References

  1. ^ "Gold & Platinum - Big Pun". RIAA. Retrieved 2010-08-15.
  2. ^ http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=1110918
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