Capital Punishment (album)

Capital Punishment
Studio album by Big Pun
Released April 28, 1998 (1998-04-28)
Recorded 1997–98
Genre
Length 71:53
Label
Producer
Big Pun chronology
Capital Punishment
(1998)		 Yeeeah Baby
(2000)
Singles from Capital Punishment
  1. "I'm Not a Player"
    Released: October 14, 1997
  2. "Still Not a Player"
    Released: March 28, 1998
  3. "You Came Up"
    Released: August 22, 1998

Capital Punishment is the debut and only album released by rapper Big Pun during his lifetime, released on April 28, 1998. The album received critical acclaim, peaking at #5 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 is regarded as a classic because of Pun's technical efficiency and wordplay. It was also the first solo Latin hip hop record to go Platinum.[1]

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[7]
Rolling Stone[8]
The Source[9]

Track listing

No. TitleWriter(s)Producer(s) Length
1. "Intro"  
 0:33
2. "Beware"  
 3:15
3. "Super Lyrical" (featuring Black Thought)
 3:28
4. "Taster's Choice" (skit)
 1:20
5. "Still Not a Player" (featuring Joe)
 3:56
6. "Intermission"  
  • Mike Zulu
 0:21
7. "The Dream Shatterer"  
  • Rios
 3:33
8. "Punish Me" (featuring Miss Jones)
 4:15
9. "Pakinamac Pt. I" (skit)
 1:35
10. "You Ain't a Killer"  
 4:14
11. "Pakinamac Pt. II" (skit)
    		 0:57
    12. "Caribbean Connection" (featuring Wyclef)
    • Young Lord
    		 3:24
    13. "Glamour Life" (featuring Fat Joe and Terror Squad)
    		 4:43
    14. "Capital Punishment" (featuring Prospect)
    		 4:20
    15. "Uncensored" (skit) (featuring Funkmaster Flex)
    		 2:12
    16. "I'm Not a Player"  
    • Minnesota
    		 3:41
    17. "Twinz (Deep Cover 98)" (featuring Fat Joe)
    		 3:49
    18. "The Rain & the Sun" (Interlude) (featuring dead prez)
    		 1:49
    19. "Boomerang"  
    		 3:35
    20. "You Came Up"  
    • Rios
    • Stinson
    • Rockwilder
    		 3:54
    21. "Tres Leches (Triboro Trilogy)" (featuring Prodigy and Rebel-INS)
    		 4:19
    22. "Charlie Rock Shout" (skit)
    		 0:26
    23. "Fast Money"  
    • Rios
    • Danny O & EQ
    		 3:48
    24. "Parental Discretion" (featuring Busta Rhymes)
    		 4:33
    Total length:
    		 1:11:53

    Samples

    Intro

    Beware

    Super Lyrical

    Still Not a Player

    The Dream Shatterer

    Pakinamac Pt. 1

    You Ain't a Killer

    Caribbean Connection

    Glamour Life

    I'm Not a Player

    Twinz (Deep Cover '98)

    Boomerang

    You Came Up

    Tres Leches (Triboro Trilogy)

    Parental Discretion

    Personnel

    Credits for Capital Punishment adapted from the album liner notes.

    • Armageddon – featured artist
    • Denise Barbarita – assistant engineer
    • Carlos Bess – mixing
    • Big Pun – executive producer, primary artist
    • Black Thought – featured artist
    • Busta Rhymes – featured artist
    • Sean Cane – A&R
    • Chris Conway – mixing
    • Cuban Link – featured artist
    • Cus – mixing
    • Dahoud – producer
    • Danny O – producer
    • dead prez – producer, featured artist
    • Domingo – producer
    • "E" – mixing
    • EQ – producer
    • Fat Joe – executive producer, featured artist
    • Funkmaster Flex – featured artist
    • Paul Gregory – assistant engineer
    • Che Harris – A&R coordination
    • Daniel "PhotoChop" Hastings
    • Troy Hightower – mixing
    • Tom Hughes – assistant engineer
    • Ken "Duro" Ifil – engineer
    • Wyclef Jean – featured artist
    • Inspectah Deck – featured artist
    • Joe – featured artist
    • Ju-Ju – producer
    • Jugrnaut – producer
    • Knobody – producer
    • Ola Kudu – creative direction
    • Adam Kudzin – engineer
    • L.E.S. – producer
    • Matt Life – executive producer
    • Laurie Marks – A&R coordination
    • Mike D. – A&R
    • Minnesota – producer
    • Miss Jones – featured artist
    • Nastee – engineer
    • Frank Nitty – producer
    • Nomad – producer
    • Prodigy – featured artist
    • Prospect – featured artist
    • Roc Raida – scratches
    • Rockwilder – producer
    • RZA – producer
    • Schott Free – A&R
    • Tony Smalios – engineer, mixing
    • Triple Seis – featured artist
    • Showbiz – producer
    • Soundboy – engineer, mixing
    • Kevin Stone – assistant engineer
    • Nikos Teneketzis – mixing assistant
    • Kieran Walsh – engineer
    • Gregory "Gold" Wilson – assistant engineer
    • Ted Wohlsen – mixing
    • Trauma – producer
    • Young Lord – producer
    • Leon Zervos – mastering
    • Mike Zulu – producer

    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. 1 2 Entertainment Weekly review
    5. 1 2 3 "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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