Capital Punishment (album)

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Capital Punishment
Studio album by Big Pun
Released	April 28, 1998
Genre	East Coast hip hop, Hardcore hip hop, Mafioso rap, Latin rap
Length	71:53
Label	Loud/Relativity
Producer	Juju Rockwilder Knobody L.E.S. Big Punisher Fat Joe RZA Showbiz dead prez Mike Zulu Domingo Franky "Nitty" Pimental Young Lord Jugrnaut Mike "Trauma" D Minnesota V.I.C. Danny O EQ
Professional reviews
Allhiphop link All Music Guide link The Source June, 1998, p. 189 Q June, 2000, p. 123 Rap Pages September, 1998, p. 120 Rapreviews.com [1] The Cabstand 2007 Entertainment Weekly (B) July 17, 1998, p. 85 Rolling Stone May 6, 1998
Big Pun chronology
Capital Punishment (1998) Yeeeah Baby (2000)

Capital Punishment is the Grammy Nominated debut album by rapper Big Pun, recorded in 1998. It is widely regarded by fans and critics alike as his finest work, and it was his only album released while he was living - he died due to a heart attack before the release of Yeeeah Baby. Thanks to the hit single "Still Not a Player," produced by Knobody, a remix of Pun's previous single "I'm Not a Player" featuring R&B singer Joe in an interpolation of his own song, "I Don't Wanna Be a Player," Capital Punishment debuted at #5 on the Billboard 200 charts and became the first album by a solo Latino rap artist to reach the platinum sales mark. To date the album has sold 2 million copies. The album was nominated for the Best Rap Album Grammy, but lost the award to Jay-Z's Vol. 2: Hard Knock Life. Capital Punishment is an has topics emcompassing battle raps on "Beware", "The Dream Shatterer", and "Super Lyrical", fantasies with women on "Still Not a Player" and "I'm Not a Player", relationships on "Punish Me", storytelling in "Fast Money" and mafioso lifestyles on "Glamour Life". The album also boasts the street classics "You Ain't a Killer" and "Twinz".

Contents 1 Official Track Listing 2 Samples 3 Album singles 4 Album Chart Positions 5 Singles Chart Positions

[edit] Official Track Listing

#	Title	Performer(s)	Producer(s)
1	Intro
2	Beware	Big Pun/Fat Joe	Juju/DJ Bubie L.e.s grand st
3	Super Lyrical	Big Pun/Black Thought	Rockwilder
4	Taster's Choice (Skit)
5	Still Not a Player	Big Pun/Joe	Knobody/Dahoud & Nomad
6	Intermission		Mike Zulu
7	The Dream Shatterer	Big Pun	Domingo
8	Punish Me	Big Pun/Miss Jones	Franky "Nitty" Pimental
9	Pakinamac Pt. 1 (Skit)	Big Pun
10	You Ain't A Killer	Big Pun	Young Lord
11	Pakinamac Pt. 2 (Skit)	Big Pun
12	Caribbean Connection	Big Pun Wyclef Jean	Young Lord
13	Glamour Life	Big Pun/Fat Joe/Armageddon/Triple Seis/Cuban Link	L.E.S.
14	Capital Punishment	Big Pun/Prospect	Mike "Trauma" D & Jugrnaut
15	Uncensored (Skit)	Big Pun/Funkmaster Flex
16	I'm Not A Player	Big Pun	Minnesota
17	Twinz (Deep Cover '98)	Big Pun/Fat Joe	Big Pun/Fat Joe
18	The Rain & The Sun (Interlude)	Big Pun/dead prez	dead prez
19	Boomerang	Big Pun	V.I.C.
20	You Came Up	Big Pun/Noreaga	Rockwilder
21	Tres Leches (Triboro Trilogy)	Big Pun/Prodigy/Inspectah Deck	RZA/Roc Raida
22	Charlie Rock Shout (Interlude)	Big Pun
23	Fast Money	Big Pun	Danny O/EQ
24	Parental Discretion	Big Pun/Busta Rhymes	Showbiz

[edit] Samples

Beware

• "Shook Ones Pt. I (Original Version)" by Mobb Deep

Super Lyrical

• "One More Chance (Remix)" by The Notorious B.I.G.

Still Not a Player

• "A Little Bit of Love" by Brenda Russell

You Ain't a Killer

• "With a Child's Heart" by Michael Jackson

Glamour Life

• "The World Is A Ghetto" by George Benson

I'm Not a Player

• "Brazilian Rhyme (Interlude)" by Earth, Wind & Fire
• "Darlin' Darlin' Baby (Sweet Tender Love)" by The O'Jays
• "Darlin' Darlin' Baby" by Steve Khan

Twinz (Deep Cover '98)

• "Deep Cover" by Dr. Dre

Boomerang

• "Le Bracelet" by Alain Goraguer

You Came Up

• "Don't Ask Me" by Ramon Morris

Tres Leches (Triboro Trilogy)

• "I Ain't No Joke" by Eric B & Rakim

[edit] Album singles

Single cover	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:

[edit] Album Chart Positions

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

[edit] Singles Chart Positions

Year	Song	Chart positions
		Billboard 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
1998	"You Came Up"	-	#49	#43	-	-
1999	"Punish Me"	-	#87	-	-	-