Capital Punishment (album)

Capital Punishment is the debut studio album released by rapper Big Pun. Released on April 28, 1998, it is the only album released during his lifetime. The album peaked 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. It was also the first solo Latin hip hop record to go Platinum.[1]

Capital Punishment
Studio album by
Big Pun
ReleasedApril 28, 1998 (1998-04-28)
Recorded1997–98
Genre
Length71:53
Label
Producer
Big Pun chronology
Capital Punishment
(1998)		 Yeeeah Baby
(2000)
Singles from Capital Punishment
  1. "I'm Not a Player"
    Released: August 7, 1997
  2. "Still Not a Player"
    Released: March 28, 1998
  3. "You Came Up"
    Released: August 22, 1998

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Christgau's Consumer Guide[3]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[4]
Los Angeles Times[5]
Q[6]
RapReviews9.5/10[7]
Rolling Stone[8]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[9]
The Source4/5[10]
  • 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." [11]

Track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Intro"
      		0:33
      2."Beware"
      • JuJu
      		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 Jean)
                    • Young Lord
                    		3:24
                    13."Glamour Life" (featuring Cuban Link, Triple Seis, Fat Joe & Armageddon of Terror Squad)
                    		4:43
                    14."Capital Punishment" (featuring Prospect)
                    		4:20
                    15."Uncensored" (skit) (featuring DJ Funkmaster Flex)
                        		2:12
                        16."I'm Not a Player"
                        • Rios
                        • Kenny Gamble
                        • Leon Huff
                        • 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" (featuring Noreaga)
                        • Rios
                        • Stinson
                        • Rockwilder
                        		3:54
                        21."Tres Leches (Triboro Trilogy)" (featuring Prodigy and Inspectah Deck)
                        • RZA
                        • DJ Roc Raida (scratches)
                        		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

                            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
                            • Dr. Dre – producer
                            • 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 - -
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                            See also
                            • List of number-one R&B albums of 1998 (U.S.)

                            References
                            1. "Gold & Platinum - Big Pun". RIAA. Retrieved 2010-08-15.
                            2. Huey, Steve. "Capital Punishment – Big Pun". AllMusic. Retrieved January 10, 2019.
                            3. Christgau, Robert (2000). "Big Punisher: Capital Punishment". Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s. Macmillan Publishers. ISBN 0-312-24560-2. Retrieved January 10, 2019.
                            4. Mukherjee, Tiarra (July 17, 1998). "Capital Punishment". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on February 2, 2009. Retrieved January 10, 2019.
                            5. Baker, Soren (June 7, 1998). "Big Punisher, 'Capital Punishment,' Loud/RCA". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 18, 2020.
                            6. "Big Pun: Capital Punishment". Q. No. 165. June 2000. p. 123.
                            7. Juon, Steve "Flash" (February 20, 2001). "Big Punisher :: Capital Punishment :: Loud Records". RapReviews. Retrieved January 10, 2019.
                            8. Mao, Chairman (May 6, 1998). "Big Punisher: Capital Punishment". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on October 1, 2007. Retrieved January 10, 2019.
                            9. Ex, Kris (2004). "Big Pun". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. p. 71. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
                            10. Alvarez, Gabriel (June 1998). "Big Pun: Capital Punishment". The Source. No. 105. pp. 159–160.
                            11. "Big Punisher - Capital Punishment CD Album". Cduniverse.com. 1999-08-24. Retrieved 2012-02-09.
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