Capital Punishment

Big Pun remains on the best rappers ever list to thisday. Reasons for this weigh largely on his debutCapital Punishment. His commanding voice and rapidfire delivery make it clear there will never be anotherBig Pun. Pun was New York. His confidence on themic 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 havebeen the hits of this album but it is packed with somany more that show Puns true abilities.Beware and Dream Shatterer are great examplesof Big Pun at his best, dark cinematic production withjust enough room to let him breathe fire. On Twinz(Deep Cover) Big Pun is trading bars with his mentorFat Joe over a remake of Dr. Dres classic beat. HerePun delivers one of his most quoted verses thatcontains among others Dead in the middle ofLittle Italy little did we know that we riddled somemiddlemen who didn’t do diddly. There are numerousguest appearances, the best of which include aforementioned Fat Joe (on several tracks), the Roots’Black Thought on the MC showcase”Super Lyrical,” Prodigy and Inspectah Deck on”Tres Leches (Triboro Trilogy),” and an extra-insaneBusta Rhymes on “Parental Discretion.”