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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 28, 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 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.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllHipHop[2]
Allmusic[3]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[4]
Q[5]
Rap Pages[5]
RapReviews(9.5/10)[6]
Robert Christgau(3-star Honorable Mention)(3-star Honorable Mention)(3-star Honorable Mention)[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 Juju 3:15
3 Super Lyrical Rockwilder, scratches by Dj Iroc 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 3:41
17 Twinz (Deep Cover 98)
  • Big Pun, Fat Joe
 Dr. Dre 3:49
18 The Rain and the Sun (Interlude) Dead Prez 1:45
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 (Skit) 0:22
23 Fast Money
  • Big Pun
 Danny O, 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: 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 - -

See also

References

  1. ^ "Gold & Platinum - Big Pun". RIAA. Retrieved 2010-08-15.
  2. ^ AllHipHop review
  3. ^ Allmusic review
  4. ^ a b Entertainment Weekly review
  5. ^ a b c "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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