Capital Punishment
Studio album by Big Pun
Released	April 28, 1998
Genre	Hip hop Gangsta rap Mafioso rap East Coast Hip Hop
Length	71:53
Label	Loud/Relativity
Producer	Juju Rockwilder L.E.S. Big Punisher Fat Joe RZA Showbiz dead prez Knobody Mike Zulu Domingo Franky "Nitty" Pimental Young Lord Jugrnaut Mike "Trauma" D Minnesota V.I.C. Danny O EQ
Professional reviews
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Big Pun chronology
Capital Punishment (1998) Yeeeah Baby (2000)

Capital Punishment is an album by 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," a remix of Pun's previous single "I'm Not a Player" and featuring R&B 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 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'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". Entertainment Weekly (sometimes abbreviated EW) is a magazine published by Time Inc. ... This article is about the magazine. ... Image File history File links 4_stars. ... Christopher Lee Rios (November 9, 1971 - February 7, 2000), better known as Big Punisher or Big Pun, was an American rapper of Puerto Rican descent who emerged from the underground rap scene in The Bronx in the late 1990s. ... Yeeeah Baby is Big Puns second solo album. ... Christopher Lee Rios (November 9, 1971 - February 7, 2000), better known as Big Punisher or Big Pun, was an American rapper of Puerto Rican descent who emerged from the underground rap scene in The Bronx in the late 1990s. ... Yeeeah Baby is Big Puns second solo album. ... Joe Lewis Thomas (born July 5, 1973), usually credited simply as Joe, is an American R&B singer and record producer. ... The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. ... In the United States, the Recording Industry Association of America awards certification based on the number of albums and singles sold through retail and other ancillary markets. ... The Grammy Award for Best Rap Album has been awarded since 1996. ... Grammy Award statuette The Grammy Awards, presented by the Recording Academy (an association of Americans professionally involved in the recorded music industry) for outstanding achievements in the recording industry, is one of four major music awards shows held annually in the United States (the Billboard Music Awards, the American Music... Jay-Z (aka the Jigga, HOV and Hova, born Shawn Carter on December 4, 1970 in Brooklyn, New York) is an African American rapper/hip hop artist and record label executive; one of the most popular and successful rappers of the late 1990s and early 2000s. ...

Track listing

1. "Intro"
2. "Beware"
3. "Super Lyrical" (featuring Black Thought)
4. "Taster's Choice"
5. "Still Not a Player" (featuring Joe)
6. "Intermission"
7. "The Dream Shatterer"
8. "Punish Me" (featuring Miss Jones)
9. "Pakinamac Part. 1"
10. "You Ain't a Killer"
11. "Pakinamac Part. 2"
12. "Caribbean Connection" (featuring Wyclef Jean)
13. "Glamour Life" (featuring Fat Joe, Armageddon, Triple Seis & Cuban Link)
14. "Capital Punishment" (featuring Prospect)
15. "Uncensored" (skit), (featuring Funkmaster Flex)
16. "I'm Not a Player"
17. "Twinz" (Deep Cover '98) (featuring Fat Joe)
18. "The Rain & The Sun" (Interlude) (featuring dead prez)
19. "Boomerang"
20. "You Came Up" (featuring Noreaga)
21. "Tres Leches" (Triboro Trilogy) (featuring Prodigy & Inspectah Deck)
22. "Charlie Rock Shout"
23. "Fast Money"
24. "Parental Discretion" (featuring Busta Rhymes)

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Samples

Beware

• "Shook Ones Pt. I (Original Version)" by Mobb Deep

Super Lyrical Mobb Deep are a hip hop duo which consists of rappers Havoc and Prodigy. ...

• "One More Chance (Remix)" by The Notorious B.I.G.

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• "A Little Bit of Love" by Brenda Russell
• "One More Chance (Remix)" by The Notorious B.I.G.
• "It's Logic" by Canibus

You Ain't a Killer Brenda Russell (born April 8, 1949 in Brooklyn, New York) is an African American singer-songwriter and keyboardist. ... Germaine Williams (born December 9, 1974), better known as Canibus and also as Can-I-Bus and Rip the Jacker, is a Jamaican-born American MC and rapper. ...

• "With a Child's Heart" by Michael Jackson

Glamour Life Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958), commonly known as MJ as well as the King of Pop, is an American musician, entertainer, and pop icon whose successful career and controversial personal life have been a part of pop culture for the last three decades. ...

• "The World Is A Ghetto" by George Benson

I'm Not a Player George Benson (b. ...

• "Brazilian Rhyme (Interlude)" by Earth, Wind & Fire
• "Darlin' Darlin' Baby (Sweet Tender Love)" by The O'Jays
• "Darlin' Darlin' Baby" by Steve Khan

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• "Deep Cover" by Dr. Dre

Boomerang For the New York radio and television presenter, see Doctor Dre. ...

• "Le Bracelet" by Alain Goraguer

You Came Up Alain Goraguer (August 20, 1931, Rosny sous Bois, France) was a French jazz pianist, sideman of Boris Vian and Serge Gainsbourg, arranger and composer. ...

• "Don't Ask Me" by Ramon Morris

Tres Leches (Triboro Trilogy)

• "I Ain't No Joke" by Eric B & Rakim

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Album singles

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Album Chart Positions

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Singles Chart Positions