Capital Punishment (Big Pun album)

Capital Punishment
Studio album by Big Pun
Released	April 28, 1998 (1998-04-28)
Genre	East Coast hip hop hardcore hip hop Latin hip hop mafioso rap
Length	71:53
Label	Loud Terror Squad
Producer	Big Pun (also executive) Fat Joe (also executive) Matt Life (executive) Ju-Ju Rockwilder Knobody Dahoud Nomad Mike Zulu Domingo Frank Nitty Younglord L.E.S. The Infinite Arkatechz Minnesota dead prez V.I.C. RZA Danny O & EQ Showbiz
Big Pun chronology
Capital Punishment (1998) Yeeeah Baby (2000)
Singles from Capital Punishment
"I'm Not a Player" Released: August 7, 1997 "Still Not a Player" Released: March 28, 1998 "You Came Up" Released: August 22, 1998

Capital Punishment is the debut studio album by American rapper Big Pun, released by Loud Records and Fat Joe's Terror Squad Productions. Released on April 28, 1998, it is the only album released during his lifetime and is regarded as a hip-hop classic, described by Black Thought of the Roots as "super groundbreaking" upon release.^[1] The album peaked at number five on the Billboard 200 charts and number one 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. It was also the first solo Latin hip hop record to go Platinum.^[2]