Capital Punishment (album)

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Capital Punishment
Studio album by Big Pun
Released	April 28, 1998
Genre	Rap
Length	71:53
Label	Loud/Relativity
Producer(s)	Juju Rockwilder L.E.S. Big Punisher Fat Joe RZA Showbiz dead prez Knobody Mike Zulu Domingo Franky "Nitty" Pimental Young Lord Jugrnaut Mike "Trauma" D Minnesota V.I.C. Danny O EQ
Professional reviews
All Hip Hop link All Music Guide link The Source June, 1998, p. 189 Q June, 2000, p. 123 Rap Pages September, 1998, p. 120 Entertainment Weekly (B) July 17, 1998, p. 85
Big Pun chronology
	Capital Punishment (1998)	Yeeeah Baby (2000)

Capital Punishment is rapper Big Pun's debut album from 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 passed away due to a heart attack before the release of Yeeeah Baby. Thanks to the hit single "Still Not a Player," a remix of Pun's previous single "I'm Not a Player" and 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. 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 extremely versatile album, with topics ranging from 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", and mafioso lifestyles on "Glamour Life".

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

[edit] Track listing

1. "Intro"
2. "Beware"
3. "Super Lyrical" (featuring Black Thought)
4. "Taster's Choice"
5. "Still Not a Player" (featuring Joe)
6. "Intermission"
7. "The Dream Shatterer"
8. "Punish Me" (featuring Miss Jones)
9. "Pakinamac Part. 1"
10. "You Ain't a Killer"
11. "Pakinamac Part. 2"
12. "Caribbean Connection" (featuring Wyclef Jean)
13. "Glamour Life" (featuring Fat Joe, Armageddon, Triple Seis & Cuban Link)
14. "Capital Punishment" (featuring Prospect)
15. "Uncensored" (featuring Funkmaster Flex)
16. "I'm Not a Player"
17. "Twinz" (Deep Cover '98) (featuring Fat Joe)
18. "The Rain & The Sun" (Interlude) (featuring dead prez)
19. "Boomerang"
20. "You Came Up" (featuring Noreaga)
21. "Tres Leches" (Triboro Trilogy) (featuring Prodigy & Inspectah Deck)
22. "Charlie Rock Shout"
23. "Fast Money"
24. "Parental Discretion" (featuring Busta Rhymes)

[edit] Samples

Beware

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

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	#3
1998	"You Came Up"	-	#49	#43	-	-
1999	"Punish Me"	-	#87	-	-	-