BIG PUNISHER - CAPITAL PUNISHMENT (20TH ANNIVERSARY 2LP) 1998 RARE BEATNUTS

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ARTIST Big Punisher TITLE Capital Punishment LABEL RCA / Loud Records CATALOG # 19075850271 YEAR 1998 / 2018 FORMAT

Vinyl 2LP

PRESS STATUS

OUT OF PRINT

CONDITION

Vinyl 1 (A/B): M/M   |   Vinyl 2 (C/D): M/M   |   Cover: M

Scale:  G- / G / G+ / VG- / VG / VG+ / NM- / NM / NM+ / M

SONGS   A1 Intro   A2 Beware   A3 Super Lyrical (ft Black Thought of The Roots)   A4 Taster's Choice (Skit)   A5 Still Not A Player (ft Joe)   A6 Intermission   A7 The Dream Shatterer         B1 Punish Me (ft Missjones)   B2 Pakinamac Pt. I (Skit)   B3 You Ain't A Killer   B4 Pakinamac Pt. II (Skit)   B5 Caribbean Connection (ft Wyclef)   B6 Glamour Life (ft Fat Joe, Triple Seis, Armageddon, & Cuban Link)         C1 Capital Punishment (ft Prospect)   C2 Uncensored (Skit) (ft Funkmaster Flex)   C3 I'm Not A Player   C4

Twinz (Deep Cover '98) (ft Fat Joe)

  C5 The Rain & The Sun (Interlude) (ft Dead Prez)   C6 Boomerang         D1 You Came Up (ft Noreaga)   D2 Tres Leches (Triboro Trilogy) (ft Prodigy & Rebel INS)   D3 Charlie Rock Shout (Skit)   D4 Fast Money   D5 Parental Discretion (ft Busta Rhymes) PHOTO DETAILS Big Punisher aka Christopher Rios (1971-2000), one of the greatest lyrical assassins of all-time, dropped Capital Punishment, his debut album, in 1998.  Executive produced by Pun, Fat Joe, and Matt Life, this album has it all, plain and simple.  With guest appearances coming from Black Thought of The Roots, R&B singers Joe & Missjones, Wyclef, Funkmaster Flex, Dead Prez, Noreaga, Prodigy, Rebel INS, and Busta Rhymes, there is no way possible that any hip-hop fan can look at this lineup without seeing one of their favorites.  Additionally, on this album Pun shined major light on his Terror Squad family (Fat Joe, Cuban Link, Prospect, Armageddon, Triple Seis), showing love to those who have been down all along.  This is excellent album -- in my opinion the best Latin-bred hip-hop album ever -- and one of the nicest albums of the last decade.  Every track is banging, Pun's flow and lyrical ability are amazing, and production is tight all throughout.  "Beware", produced by legendary hip-hop beatsmiths The Beatnuts, starts the album off with one of it's best cuts and prepares you for the dope sh*t that follows throughout.  "Still Not A Player", the lead single to album, was the song that blew up on the radio, a positive upbeat joint that became a memorable hip-hop anthem.  Numerous other mega hip-hop classics produced by the likes of Rockwilder, Domingo, L.E.S., Showbiz, and many others can be pinpointed throughout, from "Dream Shatterer" to "Capital Punishment" and beyond... every track is on-point.  This album is a definite must-have for any true DJ or hip-hop fan out there... so grab it now!!!

Released in 2018, this 20th anniversary edition is now long out of print and is impossible to find these days.  Comes on PICTURE VINYL in full gatefold plastic sleeve as shown above!  Don't sleep... you won't see this rare gem again!!  Grab it today before it's gone!!

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