Capital Punishment

by Big Pun

Capital Punishment cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 28 April 1998
  • Label: Loud
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:12:04
  • Community rating: 3.91/5 from 9 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'Capital Punishment' is a masterclass in highly technical boom bap and gangsta rap that established Big Pun as a monumental lyrical force. The album effortlessly balances aggressive, crime-driven street narratives with unexpectedly infectious pop-rap hooks and boastful, rhythmic flows.

Genres

Descriptors: technical, crime, rhythmic, violence, rap, gangsta, commercial, classic, hard

Tracklist

  1. Intro (0:34)
  2. Beware (3:15)
  3. Super Lyrical (feat. Black Thought Of The Roots) (3:28)
  4. Taster's Choice - Skit (1:20)
  5. Still Not a Player (feat. Joe) - Radio Version (3:56)
  6. Intermission (0:21)
  7. The Dream Shatterer - Capital Punishment Mix (3:33)
  8. Punish Me (feat. Miss Jones) (4:14)
  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 (feat. Wyclef Jean) (3:23)
  13. Glamour Life (feat. Fat Joe, Triple Seis, Armageddon & Cuban Link) (4:42)
  14. Capital Punishment (feat. Prospect) (4:19)
  15. Uncensored - Skit (feat. Funkmaster Flex) (2:12)
  16. I'm Not a Player (3:41)
  17. Twinz (Deep Cover 98) (feat. Fat Joe) (3:48)
  18. The Rain & The Sun (Interlude) (feat. dead prez & Prospect) (1:45)
  19. Boomerang (3:35)
  20. You Came Up (feat. Noreaga) (3:54)
  21. Tres Leches (Triboro Trilogy) (feat. Prodigy & Inspektah Deck) (4:19)
  22. Charlie Rock Shout - Skit (0:26)
  23. Fast Money (3:48)
  24. Parental Discretion (feat. Busta Rhymes) (4:33)

Credits

  • Big Punisher - primary artist, executive-producer
  • Mike "Trauma" D - a&r, producer
  • Schott Free - a&r
  • Sean Cane - a&r
  • Che Harris - coordinator [coordination]
  • Laurie Marks - coordinator [coordination]
  • Ola Kudu - creative director
  • Fat Joe - executive-producer, featuring
  • Matt Life - executive-producer
  • Mickey Benson Management - management
  • Leon Zervos - mastered by
  • Daniel Hastings - photography by
  • Chris Conway - mixed by, recorded by
  • Nikos Teneketzis - mixed by [assistant]
  • Juju - producer
  • Ken "Duro" Ifill - recorded by, engineer
  • Paul Gregory - recorded by [assistant]
  • Christopher Rios - written-by
  • Jerry Tineo - written-by
  • Black Thought - featuring
  • Troy Hightower - mixed by
  • Rockwilder - producer
  • Adam Kudzin - recorded by
  • Denise Barbarita - recorded by [assistant]
  • Carl Thompson - written-by
  • Christopher Wallace - written-by
  • Dana Stinson - written-by
  • Norman Glover - written-by
  • Reginald Ellis - written-by
  • Sean Combs - written-by
  • Tariq Trotter - written-by
  • Nastee - recorded by
  • Dahoud Darien - bass, co-producer, keyboards
  • Nomad - co-producer
  • Joe - featuring
  • Ted Wohlsen - mixed by
  • Knobody - producer
  • Soundboy - recorded by, mixed by
  • Jerome Foster - written-by
  • Mike Zulu - producer
  • Cus - mixed by
  • Domingo - producer
  • Miss Jones - featuring
  • Frank Nitty - producer
  • Francisco Pimentel - written-by
  • Tony Smalios - mixed by, recorded by
  • Young Lord - producer
  • Richard Frierson - written-by
  • Wyclef Jean - featuring, written-by
  • "E" - mixed by
  • Armageddon - featuring
  • Cuban Link - featuring
  • Terror Squad - featuring
  • Triple Seis - featuring
  • L.E.S. - producer
  • Leshan Lewis - written-by
  • Prospect - featuring
  • Jugrnaut - producer
  • Collin Dewar - written-by
  • Michael Dewar - written-by

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