VOL n° RH082 — juin 2024
Capital Punishment
Big Pun
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The beats on Capital Punishment, from RZA, Rockwilder, Domingo, and other A-list maestros, are grimy, radio- friendly, yet low-ley cutting-edge, affirming its status as an undisputed classic. Big Pun was as much a visionary — conceptualizing every song — as a consummate pro in the booth. Citing Picasso and Baby Jesus while purporting to “twist your temples into pretzels,” Pun made Minute Rice out of multi-syllables. There’s no way to describe Pun’s febrile liberties with the king’s English. He doesn’t really breathe; when he does, it’s a sharp gasp for air that almost mimics his Ginsu-like wordplay. Pun’s habit of sucking wind before spitting an ill verse mimics the effect of a lit grenade about to land and decimate entire sections of the population. If Pun’s dense rhymes invo...
LP 1 / Side A
| 1 Intro |
| 2 Beware |
| 3 Super Lyrical |
| 4 Taster's Choice (Skit) |
| 5 Still Not a Player (Radio Version) |
| 6 Intermission |
| 7 The Dream Shatterer |
LP 1 / Side B
| 1 Punissez-moi |
| 2 Pakinamac Pt. I (Skecth) |
| 3 Vous n'êtes pas un tueur |
| 4 Pakinamac Pt. II (Skecth) |
| 5 Connexion caribéenne |
| 6 Vie glamour |
LP 2 / Side C
| 1 Capital Punishment |
| 2 Uncensored (Skit) |
| 3 I'm Not a Player |
| 4 Twinz |
| 5 The Rain & The Sun (Interlude) |
| 6 Boomerang |
LP 2 / Side D
| 1 You Came Up |
| 2 Tres Leches (Triboro Trilogy) |
| 3 Charlie Rock Shout (Skit) |
| 4 Fast Money |
| 5 Parental Discretion |
| 6 Still Not a Player (Explicit Version) |
