Capital Punishment (Big Pun album)

Capital Punishment
Capital Punishment
Studio album by Big Pun
Released	April 28, 1998
Recorded	1997–1998
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); 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
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, being the first release on the latter label. Released on April 28, 1998, it is the only album released during his lifetime, as he died two months before the release of his second album, Yeeeah Baby.

It is regarded as a hip-hop classic, described by Black Thought of the Roots as "super groundbreaking" upon release. The album peaked at number five on the Billboard 200 charts and number one on the Top R&B Albums chart for two weeks, eventually becoming the first solo Latin hip hop record to go Platinum. It was nominated for Best Rap Album at the 1999 Grammy Awards, but lost to Jay-Z's Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life.