Big Punisher

The debut LP from Bronx-based super-emcee Big Pun, released in the wake of his breakthrough hit "I'm Not A Player." One of the best to ever touch a mic, Pun brings the lyrical fire over ill production from RZA, the Beatnuts, Showbiz, and others. A stellar LP all around, it also sports the club bangers "Still Not A Player" and "You Came Up."

Early in his fledgling career, the joke on hefty Bronx, New York, rapper Big Punisher was
his penchant for taking huge breaths between never-ending stanzas of rhymes. But with
performances like this past winter's ribald mack anthem "I'm Not a Player," the 400-pound
Latin king established himself as a heavyweight of an entirely different nature – a lyrical
giant with a Chris Rock-like knack for rapid witticisms. Pun's rhyme deluge conti... More >

Fastest mouth in the East ("Still Not a Player," "Beware," "Super Lyrical" ) (Grade - ***)