Capital Punishment (album)

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Capital Punishment
Studio album by Big Pun
Released April 28, 1998 (1998-04-28)
Recorded 1996–1998
Genre East Coast hip hop, Hardcore hip hop, hip hop, Latin hip hop, gangsta rap, Mafioso rap
Length 71:53
Label Terror Squad/Loud Records
Producer Juju
Rockwilder
Knobody
L.E.S.
Big Punisher
Fat Joe
RZA
Showbiz
dead prez
The Infinite Arkatechz
Mike Zulu
Domingo
Franky "Nitty" Pimental
Young Lord
Minnesota
V.I.C.
Danny O
EQ
Big Pun chronology

Capital Punishment
(1998)		 Yeeeah Baby
(2000)
Singles from Capital Punishment
  1. "I'm Not a Player"
    Released: October 14, 1997
  2. "Still Not a Player"
    Released: March 28, 1998
  3. "You Came Up"
    Released: August 22, 1998
  4. "Twinz (Deep Cover 98)"
    Released: August 28, 1998

Capital Punishment is the solo debut album by rapper Big Pun, released on April 28, 1998. The album received critical acclaim, peaking at #5 on the Billboard 200 charts and #1 on the Top R&B Albums chart for two weeks. It was nominated for Best Rap Album at the 1999 Grammy Awards, but lost to Jay-Z's Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life. Capital Punishment would be the only album released in Pun's lifetime. Capital Punishment is regarded as a classic because of Pun's technical efficiency and wordplay. It was also the first the Latin hip hop record to go Platinum.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllHipHop [2]
Allmusic [3]
Entertainment Weekly B+[4]
Q [5]
Rap Pages [5]
RapReviews (9.5/10)[6]
Robert Christgau [7]
Rolling Stone [8]
The Source [9]
  • 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+[4]
  • Q (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." [5]

Track listing

# Title Featured guest(s) Producer(s) Time Samples
1 Intro 0:33
  • Excerpt from the film Fresh
2 Beware
  • Big Pun
 Juju 3:15
3 Super Lyrical
  • Verse 1: Big Pun
  • Verse 2: Black Thought
  • Verse 3: Big Pun & Black Thought
 Rockwilder 3:28
4 Taster's Choice (Skit) 1:20
5 Still Not a Player
  • Verses: Big Pun
  • Chorus: Joe
 Knobody, Dahoud & Nomad 3:56
  • "A Little Bit of Love" by Brenda Russell
  • "Don't Wanna Be a Player" by Joe (interpolation)
6 Intermission Mike Zulu 0:21
7 The Dream Shatterer
  • Big Pun
 Domingo 3:33
8 Punish Me Franky "Nitty" Pimental 4:15
9 Pakinamac Pt. 1 (Skit) 1:35
10 You Ain't a Killer
  • Big Pun
 Younglord 4:14
11 Pakinamac Pt. 2 (Skit) 0:57
12 Caribbean Connection
  • Verse 1: Big Pun
  • Verse 2: Wyclef Jean
  • Chorus: Wyclef Jean, Big Pun
 Younglord 3:24
13 Glamour Life
  • Verse 1: Cuban Link
  • Verse 2: Triple Seis
  • Verse 3: Fat Joe
  • Verse 4: Armaggedon
  • Verse 5/chorus: Big Pun
 L.E.S. 4:43
14 Capital Punishment
  • 1st/2nd verse: Big Pun
  • 3rd verse/chorus: Prospect
 The Infinite Arkatechz 4:20
15 Uncensored (Skit) 2:12
16 I'm Not a Player
  • Big Pun
 Minnesota and Raul "RAZ" Zeballos 3:41
17 Twinz (Deep Cover 98)
  • Big Pun, Fat Joe
 Dr. Dre 3:49
18 The Rain & The Sun (Interlude) Dead Prez 1:49
19 Boomerang
  • Big Pun
 V.I.C. 3:35
20 You Came Up Rockwilder 3:54
  • "Don't Ask Me" by Ramon Morris
21 Tres Leches (Triboro Trilogy) RZA 4:19
22 Charlie Rock Shout
  • Big Pun
 0:26
23 Fast Money
  • Big Pun
 Danny Q, EQ 3:48
24 Parental Discretion Showbiz 4:33

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: March 28, 1998
  • B-side: "Twinz (Deep Cover 98)"
"You Came Up"
  • Released: August 22, 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 - -

See also

  • List of number-one R&B albums of 1998 (U.S.)

References

  1. ↑ "Gold & Platinum - Big Pun". RIAA. Retrieved 2010-08-15. 
  2. ↑ AllHipHop review
  3. ↑ Allmusic review
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Entertainment Weekly review
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Big Punisher - Capital Punishment CD Album". Cduniverse.com. 1999-08-24. Retrieved 2012-02-09. 
  6. ↑ RapReviews review
  7. ↑ Robert Christgau Consumer Guide
  8. ↑ Rolling Stone review
  9. ↑ Alvarez, Gabriel (June 1998). "Review: Capital Punishment". The Source: 159–160.
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