Still Not a Player
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| Single by Big Punisher featuring Joe | ||||
| from the album Capital Punishment | ||||
| Released | April 28, 1998 | |||
| Recorded | 1998 | |||
| Genre | East Coast hip hop/Latin hip hop | |||
| Length | 3:56 | |||
| Label | Loud/Relativity | |||
| Writer(s) | Big Punisher, Knobody | |||
| Producer | Knobody | |||
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"Still Not a Player" is a hip-hop song, written and performed by Puerto Rican-American rapper Big Punisher (also known as Big Pun), produced by Knobody and featuring singer Joe. It was featured on his 1998 debut album Capital Punishment.
The song is a remix of Big Pun's previous single "I'm Not a Player" and an interpolation of Joe's "Don't Wanna Be a Player". The song peaked at number 24 on the Billboard Hot 100 and at number 6 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, making it the most successful single released by Big Pun.[1] The song was also remixed by Incubus. It was ranked the 108th best song of 1980-2005 by Blender Magazine.[2] It samples "A Little Bit of Love" by Brenda Russell In addition to samples, the song contains interpolations of "Brazilian Rhyme (Beijo)"; towards the end of the song, the refrain "Punisher...Punisher...Punisher, Big Punisher" is sung to the tune and rhythm of the lead vocals from the track.
This song was ranked #76 on VH1's list of the 100 Greatest Hip Hop Songs. Also on the Up In Smoke Tour, which was in 2000, Snoop Dogg & Dr. Dre played this song as tribute to Big Pun.
[edit] Charts
| End of year chart (1998) | Position |
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| U.S. Billboard Hot 100[3] | 85 |
