| Capital Punishment | |
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 Studio album by Big Pun | |
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Released |
April 28, 1998 |
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Recorded |
June 1997 - February 1998 |
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Studio |
Mystic Studios |
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Genre |
Hip hop, East Coast hip hop, Hardcore hip hop, Mafioso rap, Latin hip hop |
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Length |
71:53 |
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Label |
Loud Records / BMG / Terror Squad Entertainemt |
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Producer |
Big Pun (also exec.), Dahoud, Danny O, Dead Prez, Domingo, EQ, Fat Joe (also exec.) Frank Nitty, Jugrnaut, JuJu, Knobody, L.E.S., Matty C. (exec.) Mike Zulu, Minnesota, Nomad, Rockwilder, RZA, Showbiz, Trauma, V.I.C., Younglord |
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Capital Punishment is the debut studio album by American rapper Big Pun, released in April 28, 1998 on Loud Records. Recording sessions took place at Mystic Studios, Battery Studios, Axis Studios, Cutting Room Studios and D&D Studios in New York City from June 1997 to February 1998. Production was handled by RZA, Juju, Domingo, Rockwilder, V.I.C., Knobody, Showbiz, Dahoud, Danny O, Dead Prez, L.E.S., Trauma, Nomad, Fat Joe, Younglord, Frank Nitty, Jugrnaut, Mike Zulu and Minnesota. It incudes guest appearances by Wyclef Jean, Black Thought, Joe, Miss Jones, Inspectah Deck, Prodigy (of Mobb Deep), Busta Rhymes, Funkmaster Flex, Dead Prez and Terror Squad members: Cuban Link, Armageddon, Triple Seis, Fat Joe and Prospect. The album received critical acclaim, peaking at #4 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 hip hop album because of Pun's technical efficiency and wordplay. It was the first Latin hip hop record to platinum.
Capital Punishment was the only Big Pun album released during his lifetime.
Track listing[]
| No. | Title | Performer(s) | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Intro" | - | - | - | 0:33 |
| 2. | "Beware" | Big Pun | Rios, Tineo | Ju-Ju | 3:15 |
| 3. | "Super Lyrical" | Big Pun, Black Thought | Combs, Elis, Glover, Rios, Stinson, Thompson, Trotter, Wallace | Rockwilder | 3:28 |
| 4. | "Taster's Choice - Skit" | - | - | - | 1:20 |
| 5. | "Still Not a Player" | Big Pun, Joe | Foster, Rios | Knobody, Dahoud (co.), Nomad (co.) | 3:56 |
| 6. | "Intermission" | - | - | Mike Zulu | 0:21 |
| 7. | "The Dream Shatterer" | Big Pun | Rios | Domingo | 3:33 |
| 8. | "Punish Me" | Big Pun, Miss Jones | Pimental, Rios | Frank Nitty | 4:15 |
| 9. | "Pakinamac Pt. I - Skit" | - | - | - | 1:35 |
| 10. | "You Ain't a Killer" | Big Pun | Frierson, Rios | Young Lord | 4:14 |
| 11. | "Pakinamac Pt. II - Skit" | - | - | - | 0:57 |
| 12. | "Caribbean Connection" | Big Pun, Wyclef Jean | Frierson, Jean, Rios | Young Lord | 3:24 |
| 13. | "Glamour Life" | Cuban Link, Triple Seis, Fat Joe, Armageddon, Big Pun | Lewis, Rios | L.E.S. | 4:43 |
| 14. | "Capital Punishment" | Big Pun, Prospect | Dewar, Dewar, Rios | Jugrnaut, Trauma | 4:20 |
| 15. | "Uncensored (Skit)" | Big Pun, Funkmaster Flex | - | - | 2:12 |
| 16. | "I'm Not a Player" | Big Pun | Gamble, Huff | Minnesota | 3:41 |
| 17. | "Twinz (Deep Cover '98) | Big Pun, Fat Joe | Broadus, Cartegena, Rios, Wolfe, Young | Big Punisher, Fat Joe | 3:49 |
| 18. | "The Rain & The Sun (Interlude) | Big Pun, Dead Prez, Prospect | Alford, Gavin, Rios | Dead Prez | 1:49 |
| 19. | "Boomerang" | Big Pun | Cartegena, Padilla, Rios | V.I.C. | 3:35 |
| 20. | "You Came Up" | Big Pun, Noreaga | Rios, Stinson | Rockwilder | 3:54 |
| 21. | "Tres Leches (Triboro Trilogy)" | Prodigy, Inspectah Deck, Big Pun | Barrier, Diggs, Griffin, Hunter, Johnson, Rios | RZA | 4:19 |
| 22. | "Charlie Rock Shout - Skit" | - | - | - | 0:26 |
| 23. | "Fast Money" | Big Pun | Rios | Danny O, EQ | 3:48 |
| 24. | "Parental Discretion" | Big Pun, Busta Rhymes | Lemay, Rios | Showbiz | 4:33 |
Notes
- Track 5 features keys and bass performed by Dahoud.
- Track 21 features scratches performed by Roc Raida.