Capital Punishment (Colored 2xLP)

PRESSED ON HALF & HALF COLORED VINYL

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 invoke mixed metaphors, that’s likely because he’s an impossible amalgam of wanton wooer and lyrical hitman, an overweight lover with a murderous mouthpiece.

Tracklist:?

A1. Intro?
A2. Beware
A3. Super Lyrical?
A4. Taster's Choice (Skit)
A5. Still Not A Player (Radio Version)
A6. Intermission?
A7. The Dream Shatterer
B1. Punish Me?
B2. Pakinamac Pt.1
B3. You Ain't A Killer
B4. Pakinamac Pt.2?
B5. Caribbean Connection
B6. Glamour Life?
C1. Capital Punishment?
C2. Uncensored (Skit)
C3. I'm Not A Player
C4. Twinz
C5. The Rain & The Sun?
C6. Boomerang
D1. You Came Up?
D2. Tres Leches (Triboro Trilogy)
D3. Charlie Rock Shout (Skit)
D4. Fast Money?
D5. Parental Discretion?
D6. Still Not A Player (Explicit Version)