Capital Punishment (album)
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{{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]]
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