- Big Pun( Big Punisher )【 9 albums 151 lyrics 】
- Christopher Lee Rios (November 10, 1971 – February 7, 2000), better known by his stage name Big Pun (short for Big Punisher), was an American rapper. Emerging from the underground hip hop scene in The Bronx borough of New York City, in the early 1990s, he was the first Latino rapper to have an album certified platinum as a solo act. He first appeared on tracks from Fat Joe's second album Jealous One's Envy in 1995, and The Beatnuts' second album Stone Crazy in 1997, prior to signing to Loud Records as a solo artist. Pun's lyrics are notable for technical efficiency, having minimal pauses to take a breath, heavy use of alliteration as well as internal and multi-syllabic rhyming schemes. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest rappers of all time.
About.com ranked him #25 on its list of the 50 Greatest MCs of All Time, while MTV2 ranked him #11 on its list of the '22 Greatest MCs'. In 2012, The Source ranked him #19 on their list of the Top 50 Lyricists of All Time.
Biography
Early life
Rios was born on November 10, 1971 in The Bronx, New York City, United States, to parents of Puerto Rican descent. He grew up in the South Bronx neighborhood of the city. At the age of five, Rios broke his leg while playing in a park, which would later lead to a large settlement from the city. By all accounts from Pun's family, his early years were very difficult, including witnessing his mother's drug abuse and his father's death.
Music career
Career Beginnings 1992–1996
During the mid-1980s, he began writing rap lyrics. He later formed the underground rap group called Full-A-Clips which included rappers Lyrical Assassin, Joker Jamz and Toom. Rios made a number of recordings with the group in the early 1990s, which have not been released. At this point Rios was operating under the alias Big Moon Dawg. After changing his stage name to Big Punisher, Rios met fellow Puerto Rican and Bronx rapper Fat Joe in 1995 and made his commercial debut on Fat Joe's second album, Jealous One's Envy, in addition to appearing on the song, 'Watch Out'. He also appeared on The Beatnuts' song 'Off the Books'
Later, 'I'm Not a Player' (featuring an O'Jays sample) was supported by a significant advertising campaign and became an underground hit.
Capital Punishment 1997–1998
In 1997, Big Pun began recording songs for his debut album Capital Punishment. In 1997, producer Knobody's production partner Sean C took advantage of his new role as A&R at Loud Records to play Knobody's tracks to Big Pun. Suitably impressed, the rapper hired Knobody to remix 'I'm Not a Player'. The remixed song, featuring Joe and titled 'Still Not a Player', became Big Pun's first major mainstream hit and major breakthrough for Knobody. The full-length debut Capital Punishment followed in 1998, and became the first album by a solo Latino rapper to go platinum, peaking at #5 on the Billboard 200. Capital Punishment was also nominated for a Grammy.
The Terror Squad Collaboration Album 1999
Big Pun became a member of Terror Squad, a New York-based group of rappers founded by Fat Joe, with most of the roster supplied by the now-defunct Full-A-Clips who released their debut album The Album in 1999. The album did not fare well commercially but it was well received critically and the album was meant to start the foundation for all other Terror Squad members to release their solo projects.
Death
Pun struggled with a weight problem for all of his adult life. His weight fluctuated in the early 1990s between obese and morbidly obese. Pun later enrolled in a weight-loss program in North Carolina in which he lost 80 pounds (36 kg), but he eventually quit the program before completing it, returning to New York and gaining back the weight he had lost.
On February 7, 2000, Big Pun suffered a fatal heart attack and respiratory failure while temporarily staying with his family at a Crowne Plaza Hotel in White Plains, New York, during a home renovation. Pun was pronounced dead at the hospital after paramedics could not revive him. Big Pun was at his highest weight at the time of his death: 698 pounds (317 kg). He was cremated a few days later. Big Pun is survived by his wife, Liza, and their three children, Amanda (born 1991), Vanessa (born 1993), and Christopher Jr. (born 1994). - Sorted by ＞ Sorted by album (Time) Sorted by song name (Characters) Sorted by other
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Rhymin’ Abomination The Remix EP
2015
1.Off The Books [Feat. Cuban Link & The Beatnuts]
2.John Blaze [Feat. Nas, Jadakiss, Raekwon & Fat Joe]
3.Twinz [Feat. Fat Joe]4.Banned From Tv [Feat. Nature, Camron, The Lox & Nore] (Provided)
5.You Aint A Killer
6.I'm Not A Player -
Bronx Legends Never Die
2015
1.Inspiration (Provided)
2.Lyrically Fit (the Bigger They R) (Feat Chris Rivers, Cormega,shaquille O'neil & Easy Mo Bee) (Provided)
3.Symphony 2000 (Feat Truck Turner, Kool G Rap & Krs-1) (Provided)
4.Respect (Provided)
5.You Aint A Killa6.Watcha Gonna Do
7.Midwest Respect (Provided)
8.Dream Shatterer
9.True Emcee (Provided) -
Yeeeah Baby
2000
1.100%
2.Air Pun(Skit) (Provided)
3.It's So Hard
4.Laughing At You
5.Leather Face
6.Ms. Martin
7.My Dick
8.My Turn9.New York Giants
10.Nigga Shit
11.Off Wit His Head
12.The Creation(Intro) (Provided)
13.Watch Those
14.We Don't Care
15.Wrong Ones
16.You Was Wrong -
On The 6
2000
1.Feelin' So Good -
Capital Punishment
1998
1.Beware
2.Boomerang
3.Capital Punishment
4.Carribean Connection
5.Charlie Rock Shout (Provided)
6.Fast Money (Provided)
7.Glamour Life
8.I'm Not A Player
9.Intermission
10.Intro (Provided)
11.Pakinamac Pt. I (Provided)
12.Pakinamac Pt. Ii (Provided)13.Parental Discretion
14.Punish Me
15.Still Not A Player
16.Super Lyrical
17.Taster's Choice (Provided)
18.The Dream Shatterer
19.The Rain & The Sun(Interlude) (Provided)
20.Tres Leches(Triboro Trilogy)
21.Twinz(Deep Cover 98)
22.Uncensored
23.You Ain't A Killer
24.You Came Up -
The Legacy: The Best Of Big Pun
1.Leatherface - Explict
2.It's So Hard (feat. Donell Jones)
3.Banned From T.V. (feat. Noreaga, Jadakiss, Styles P, Nature & Cam'Ron)
4.Super Lyrical (feat. Black Thought of the Roots)
5.Off the Books (The Beatnuts feat. Big Punisher & Cuban Link)6.Off With His Head (feat. Prospect)
7.Fire Water (feat. Armageddon, Big Punisher & Raekwon)
8.Leatherface
9.Super Lyrical
10.Still Not a Player (feat. Joe) -
Endanngered Species
1.Banned from TV
2.Brave In The Heart
3.Classic Verses (Drop it Heavy and Fantastic 4)
4.Firewater
5.Freestyle
6.How We Roll
7.How We Roll '98
8.John Blaze
9.Livin' La Vida Loca (Trackmasters Remix)
10.Mamma11.My World
12.Off The Books
13.Pina Colada
14.The Dream Shatterer (Original)
15.Top Of The World (Remix)
16.Whatcha Gonna Do
17.Wishful Thinking
18.Still Not A Player
19.Twinz (Deep Cover '98)
20.You Ain't A Killer -
Big Pun: In Memory Of...
1.Brave in the Heart (feat. Fat Joe, Triple Seis & Prospect)
2.My World
3.Nigga Shit
4.Tres Leches (remix) (feat. Prodigy & Ispectah Deck)5.Firewater (feat. Raekwon, Fat Joe & Armageddon)
6.How We Roll (original version)
7.Loco Bananas
8.100% -
Miscellaneous
1.Sex, Money & Drugs
2.Who Is A Thug
3.That's How We Roll
4.We could do it
5.Twinz
6.Living La Vida Loca (Trackmasters Remix)
7.Piña Colada
8.Whatcha Gon Do
9.Super Lyrical'(feat. Black Thought
10.Still Not A Player'(feat. Joe
11.Punish Me'(feat. Miss Jones
12.Caribbean Connection'(feat. Wyclef Jean
13.Glamour Life'(feat. Fat Joe, Terror Squad
14.Capital Punishment'(feat. Prospect
15.Uncensored'(feat. Funkmaster Flex
16.Twinz (Deep Cover '98)'(feat. Fat Joe
17.You Came Up'(feat. Noreaga
18.Tres Leches (Triboro Trilogy)'(feat. Prodigy, Inspektah Deck
19.Parental Discretion'(feat. Busta Rhymes
20.Off Wit His Head'(feat. Prospect
21.It's So Hard'(feat. Donell Jones
22.We Don't Care'(feat. Cuban Link
23.New York Giants'(feat. M.O.P.
24.My Dick'(feat. Tony Sunshine
25.100%'(feat. Tony Sunshine
26.Wrong Ones'(feat. SunKiss
27.Laughing At You'(feat. Tony Sunshine
28.Ms. Martin'(feat. Remi Martin
29.You Was Wrong'(feat. Drag-On, Fat Joe, Remi Martin30.How We Roll'(feat. Ashanti
31.Mama'(feat. Tony Sunshine
32.Brave In The Heart'(feat. Terror Squad
33.Top Of The World (Remix)'(feat. Brandy, Fat Joe
34.Livin' La Vida Loca (Remix)'(feat. Ricky Martin, Fat Joe, Cuban Link
35.Fire Water'(feat. Fat Joe, Armageddon, Raekwon
36.Classic Verses Medley: Drop It Heavy / Fantastic 4'(feat. DJ Clue
37.Freestyle'(feat. Remy Martin
38.Wishful Thinking'(feat. Fat Joe, Kool G Rap, B Real
39.Sex, Money & Drugs'(feat. Next
40.Classic Verses Medley Drop It Heavy (Fantastic 4)
41.Livin' La Vida Loca (Remix)
42.Mama
43.Tres Leaches
44.Still Not A Playa
45.Classic Verses
46.Banned From T.V
47.Top Of The World
48.Off With His Head
49.Caribbean Connection
50.Heavyweights
51.Freestyle With Remy Martin
52.It's So Hard (featuring Donell Jones)
53.I'm Not a Player (instrumental)
54.Pakinamac Pt. II - Skit
55.Leatherface (Baghira remix)
56.Off Wit His Head (featuring Prospect) - Explict
57.We Don't Care (featuring Cuban Link)
【Correction of errors in the album information】