Capital Punishment este albumul de debut solo al lui Big Pun și a fost lansat în data de 28 aprilie 1998, prin Terror Squad/Loud Records. Piesele sunt produse de Juju, Rockwilder, Knobody, L.E.S., Big Punisher, Fat Joe, RZA, Showbiz, dead prez, The Infinite Arkatechz, Mike Zulu, Domingo, Franky "Nitty" Pimentel, Young Lord, Minnesota, V.I.C., Danny O și EQ și în colaborare cu Fat Joe, Black Thought, Joe, Miss Jones, Wyclef Jean, Cuban Link, Triple Seis, Armaggedon, Prospect, Funkmaster Flex, Dead Prez, Noreaga, Prodigy, Inspectah Deck și Busta Rhymes.
Track listing
| # | Titlu | Featured guest(s) | Producător | Durata | Sample-uri |
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| 1 | Intro | 0:33 |
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| 2 | Beware |
| Juju | 3:15 |
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| 3 | Super Lyrical |
| Rockwilder | 3:28 |
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| 4 | Taster's Choice (Skit) | 1:20 | |||
| 5 | Still Not a Player |
| Knobody, Dahoud & Nomad | 3:56 |
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| 6 | Intermission | Mike Zulu | 0:21 | ||
| 7 | The Dream Shatterer |
| Domingo | 3:33 | |
| 8 | Punish Me |
| Franky "Nitty" Pimentel | 4:15 | |
| 9 | Pakinamac Pt. 1 (Skit) | 1:35 | |||
| 10 | You Ain't a Killer |
| Younglord | 4:14 |
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| 11 | Pakinamac Pt. 2 (Skit) | 0:57 | |||
| 12 | Caribbean Connection |
| Younglord | 3:24 |
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| 13 | Glamour Life |
| L.E.S. | 4:43 |
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| 14 | Capital Punishment |
| The Infinite Arkatechz | 4:20 | |
| 15 | Uncensored (Skit) |
| 2:12 | ||
| 16 | I'm Not a Player |
| Minnesota | 3:41 |
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| 17 | Twinz (Deep Cover 98) |
| Dr. Dre | 3:49 |
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| 18 | The Rain & The Sun (Interlude) |
| Dead Prez | 1:49 | |
| 19 | Boomerang |
| V.I.C. | 3:35 |
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| 20 | You Came Up |
| Rockwilder | 3:54 |
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| 21 | Tres Leches (Triboro Trilogy) |
| RZA | 4:19 |
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| 22 | Charlie Rock Shout |
| 0:26 | ||
| 23 | Fast Money |
| Danny O, EQ | 3:48 | |
| 24 | Parental Discretion |
| Showbiz | 4:33 |
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Big Punisher featuring Norega - You Came Up
You Came Up is the third single from rapper Big Punisher, produced by Rockwilder and featuring Noreaga. The song peaked at numbers 49 and 43 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks and Hot Rap Tracks respectively. It samples "Don't Ask Me" by Ramon Morris.
Directed by Darren Grant, the video follows a James Bond theme complete with silhouettes of ladies posing and the gun barrel sequence. The video starts with the caption: Somewhere in the Tropics, with Big Pun sitting near a pool with gorgeous women surrounding him when he gets a call from his watch. The camera then moves up to show the New York Skyline; revealing that Pun is actually in New York. It cuts to him meeting his assistant where Pun goes by the alias Secret Agent 747 and that his mission is to "get the disk".
It cuts to a mansion where a late night party is being held and Pun arrives at the mansion and attracts a woman wearing a red dress and black featherboa who tells him something as he goes off with his business. He breaks into a room upstairs from the party where he finds a desktop computer and searches through the drawers to find a disk that he broadcasts to people downstairs through a television screen. It reveals that the businessman hosting the party was having sex with a male dancer. Pun escapes with the disk through the window as the exposed duo go after him, as he jumps off the roof of the mansion and lands safely.
As he fights off the exposed businessman's bodyguards, Noreaga arrives by car to get Pun away from the exposed duo who go after them in a van. Pun and Noreaga throw them off guard with explosives as their driving and have seem to lost them. The exposed duo later find their car parked near an abandoned warehouse where Pun and Noreaga are. They appear to be shocked when they hear broken glass and the exposed duo find Pun standing in front of them. It turns out to be a decoy with Pun and Noreaga watching from afar as the duo set off a tripwire that releases a butterfly net and traps them.
The video ends with Pun back to where he was with the Daily World newspaper covering his face with the headline: Real Estate Developer Caught in Sex Scandal and leaves with the caption: Mission Complete. Fat Joe makes a cameo in the video.
Big Pun feat. Joe - Still Not A Player
"Still Not a Player" is a hip-hop song, written and performed by Puerto Rican-American rapper Big Pun (also known as Big Punisher), produced by Knobody and featuring singer Joe. It was featured on his 1998 debut album Capital Punishment.
The song is a remix of Big Pun's previous single "I'm Not a Player" produced by Minnesota and contained an interpolation of Joe's "Don't Wanna Be a Player". The song peaked at number 24 on the Billboard Hot 100 and at number 6 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, making it the most successful single released by Big Pun.[1] The song was also remixed by Incubus. It was ranked the 108th best song of 1980-2005 by Blender Magazine.[2] It samples "A Little Bit of Love" by Brenda Russell. In addition to samples, the song contains interpolations of "Brazilian Rhyme (Beijo)"; towards the end of the song, the refrain "Punisher...Punisher...Punisher, Big Punisher" is sung to the tune and rhythm of the lead vocals from the track.
This song was ranked #76 on VH1's list of the 100 Greatest Hip Hop Songs. Also on the Up In Smoke Tour, which was in 2000, Snoop Dogg & Dr. Dre played this song as tribute to Big Pun.
A demo version of the song featuring then Terror Squad member Cuban Link leaked on April 30, 2012, 14 years & 2 days after the song' release