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Big Pun - Capital Punishment (25th Anniversary) [New Vinyl LP] Colored Vinyl, Ga

Artist: Big Pun

Title: Capital Punishment (25th Anniversary)

Format: Vinyl LP

Genre: Rap/Hip Hop

UPC: 196588233418

Release Date: 2023

Record Label: Get on Down

Album Tracks

DISC 1:
1. Intro
2. Beware
3. Super Lyrical Feat Black Thought
4. Taster's Choice - Skit
5. Still Not a Player Feat Fat Joe
6. Intermission
7. The Dream Shatterer

DISC 2:
1. Punish Me
2. Pakinamac Pt. I - Skit
3. You Ain't a Killer
4. Pakinamac Pt. II - Skit
5. Caribbean Connection Feat Wyclef Jean
6. Glamourlife Feat Fat Joe, Triple Seis, Armageddon, & Cuban Link

DISC 3:
1. Capital Punishment Feat Prospect
2. Uncensored - Skit Feat Funkmaster Flex
3. I'm Not a Player
4. Twinz (Deep Cover 98) Feat Fat Joe
5. The Rain & the Sun Feat Dead Prez Prospect
6. Boomerang

DISC 4:
1. You Came Up Feat Noreaga
2. Tres Leches (Triboro Trilogy) Feat Prodigy & Inspectah Deck
3. Charlie Rock Shout - Skit
4. Fast Money
5. Parental Discretion Feat Busta Rhymes

Big Pun remains on the best rappers ever list to this day. Reasons for this weigh largely on his debut Capital Punishment which was released 25 years ago on April 28, 1998. His commanding voice and rapid fire delivery make it clear there will never be another Big Pun. Pun was New York. His confidence on the mic made him stand out among his contemporaries. Similarly, the production - by a cast of many - remains ever so New York loyal. The close cousins "I'm Not a Player" and "Still Not a Player", may have been the hits off this album but it is packed with so many more that show Pun's true abilities. - "Beware" and "Dream Shatterer" are great examples of Big Pun at his best, dark cinematic production with just enough room to let him breathe fire. On "Twinz (Deep Cover)" Big Pun is trading bars with his mentor Fat Joe over a remake of Dr. Dre's classic beat. Here Pun delivers one of his most quoted verses that contains among others "Dead in the middle of Little Italy little did we know that we riddled some middlemen who didn't do diddly." There are numerous guest appearances, the best of which include aforementioned Fat Joe (on several tracks), Black Thought of The Roots on the MC showcase "Super Lyrical", Prodigy and Inspectah Deck on "Tres Leches (Triboro Trilogy)", and an extra-insane Busta Rhymes on "Parental Discretion".