Capital Punishment (album) 603746 225304046 2008-07-13T00:06:12Z 86.14.214.23 {{Infobox Album <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums --> |Name = Capital Punishment |Type = [[Album]] |Artist = [[Big Pun]] |Cover = Capital Punishment 1998.jpg |Released = [[April 28]], [[1998]] |Recorded = | |Genre = [[East Coast hip hop]], [[Hardcore hip hop]], [[Mafioso rap]], [[Latin rap]] |Length = 71:53 |Label = [[Loud Records|Loud]]/[[Relativity Records|Relativity]] |Producer = [[The Beatnuts|Juju]]<br>[[Rockwilder]]<br>[[Knobody]]<br>[[L.E.S. (producer)|L.E.S.]]<br>[[Big Punisher]]<br>[[Fat Joe]]<br>[[RZA]]<br>[[Showbiz & AG|Showbiz]]<br>[[dead prez]]<br>Mike Zulu<br>Domingo<br>Franky "Nitty" Pimental<br>Young Lord<br>Jugrnaut<br>Mike "Trauma" D<br>Minnesota<br>V.I.C.<br>Danny O<br>EQ |Reviews = *''Allhiphop'' {{Rating-5|5}} [http://www.allhiphop.com/reviews/?ID=1037 link] *''[[Allmusic]]'' {{rating-5|4}} [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:4adovwxua9lk link] *''[[The Source (magazine)|The Source]]'' {{rating-5|4}} [http://www.buy.com/prod/Capital_Punishment_Explicit_Version/q/loc/109/60371588.html June, 1998, p. 189] *''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]'' {{rating-5|4}} [http://www.buy.com/prod/Capital_Punishment_Explicit_Version/q/loc/109/60371588.html June, 2000, p. 123] *''Rap Pages'' {{rating-5|4}} [http://www.buy.com/prod/Capital_Punishment_Explicit_Version/q/loc/109/60371588.html September, 1998, p. 120] *''Rapreviews.com'' {{rating-10|9.5}} [http://www.rapreviews.com/archive/BTTL_capital.html] *''The Cabstand'' {{rating-5|5}} [http://thecabstand.webs.com/bigpuncapitalpunish.htm 2007] *''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' (B) [http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,283961,00.html July 17, 1998, p. 85] *''[[Rolling Stone]]'' {{rating-5|4}} [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/bigpunisher/albums/album/210996/review/6067932/capital_punishment May 6, 1998] |Last album = |This album = ''Capital Punishment''<br/>(1998) |Next album = ''[[Yeeeah Baby]]''<br/>(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 (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 [[RIAA certification|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|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". == Official Track Listing == {| class="wikitable" |- !align="center"|# !align="center"|Title !align="center"|Performer(s) !align="center"|Producer(s) |- |1 |Intro | | |- |2 |Beware |Big Pun/[[Fat Joe]] |[[The Beatnuts|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 (singer)|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 (rapper)|Armageddon]]/[[Triple Seis]]/[[Cuban Link]] |[[L.E.S. (producer)|L.E.S.]] |- |14 |Capital Punishment |Big Pun/[[Prospect (rapper)|Prospect]] |Infinite Arkatechz |- |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 |[[The Beatnuts|V.I.C.]] |- |20 |You Came Up |Big Pun/[[N.O.R.E.|Noreaga]] |[[Rockwilder]] |- |21 |Tres Leches (Triboro Trilogy) |Big Pun/[[Prodigy (rapper)|Prodigy]]/[[Inspectah Deck]] |[[RZA (musician)|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 and A.G.|Showbiz]] |} ==Samples== '''Beware''' *"Shook Ones Pt. I (Original Version)" by [[Mobb Deep]] '''Super Lyrical''' *"[[One More Chance (The Notorious B.I.G. song)|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]] ==Album singles== {| class="wikitable" ! Single cover ! Single information |- |align="left"|<!-- Commented out because image was deleted: [[Image:I'm Not A Player.jpg|left|120px]] --> |align="left"|'''''"I'm Not A Player"''''' *Released: [[October 14]], [[1997]] *B-side: "Wishful Thinking" & "You Ain't A Killer" |- |align="left"|<!-- Deleted image removed: [[Image:Still Not A Player.jpg|left|120px]] --> |align="left"|'''''"Still Not A Player"''''' *Released: [[May 26]], [[1998]] *B-side: "Twinz (Deep Cover 98)" |- |align="left"|<!-- Deleted image removed: [[Image:You Came Up.jpg|left|120px]] --> |align="left"|'''''"You Came Up"''''' *Released: [[August 18]], [[1998]] *B-side: |} ==Album Chart Positions== {| class="wikitable" |rowspan="2"| '''Year''' |rowspan="2"| '''Album''' |colspan="2"| '''Chart positions''' |- | [[Billboard 200]] | Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums | Top Canadian Albums |- | 1998 | ''Capital Punishment'' | #5 | #1 | #11 |} ==Singles Chart Positions== {| class="wikitable" |rowspan="2"| '''Year''' |rowspan="2"| '''Song''' |colspan="4"| '''Chart positions''' |- | [[Billboard Hot 100]] | [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks]] | [[Hot Rap 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 | - | - | - |} [[Category:1998 albums]] [[Category:Big Punisher albums]] [[it:Capital Punishment (album)]]