Capital Punishment by Big Punisher

Album cover for Capital Punishment - Big Punisher
1. Intro
0:33
2. Beware
3:15
3. Super Lyrical
3:28
4. Taster's Choice (interlude)
1:21
5. Still Not a Player
3:57
6. Intermission
0:21
7. The Dream Shatterer
3:34
8. Punish Me
4:15
9. Pakinamac, Part I (interlude)
1:35
10. You Ain't a Killer
4:15
11. Pakinamac, Part II (interlude)
0:57
12. Caribbean Connection
3:24
13. Glamour Life
4:44
14. Capital Punishment
4:20
15. Uncensored
2:13
16. I'm Not a Player
3:41
17. Twinz (Deep Cover '98)
3:49
18. The Rain & The Sun (interlude)
1:44
19. Boomerang
3:36
20. You Came Up
3:54
21. Tres Leches (Triboro Trilogy)
4:19
22. Charlie Rock Shout (interlude)
0:27
23. Fast Money
3:49
24. Parental Discretion
4:34

Capital Punishment is the solo debut album by rapper Big Pun, 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 would be the only album released in Pun's lifetime. Capital Punishment is regarded as a classic because of Pun's technical efficiency and wordplay. It was also the first Latin hip hop record to go Platinum.

Big Pun never grew as notorious as he should have: <i>Capital Punishment</i> was the Bronx icon’s only album released during his lifetime. Still, the Puerto Rican MC had the slickest tongue on the East Coast for a spell. Don’t let the flirty piano-bop of “Still Not a Player” fool you: <i>Capital Punishment</i> is an absolute clinic in technique (look no further than “The Dream Shatterer”). For all his hardcore appeal, Pun never neglected the party people, deftly balancing accessibility and aggression.