Still Not a Player

"Still Not a Player"
Single by Big Pun featuring Joe
from the album Capital Punishment
B-side "Twinz (Deep Cover 98)"
Released March 28, 1998
Format
Recorded 1997
Genre
Length 3:56
Label
Songwriter(s) Christopher Rios, Jerome Foster
Producer(s) Knobody
Big Pun singles chronology
"I'm Not a Player"
(1997)		 "Still Not a Player"
(1998)		 "You Came Up"
(1998)

"I'm Not a Player"
(1997)		 "Still Not a Player"
(1998)		 "You Came Up"
(1998)
Audio
"Still Not a Player" (radio edit) on YouTube

"Still Not a Player" is the second single by Puerto Rican-American rapper Big Pun (also known as Big Punisher), produced by Knobody and featuring singer Joe from his debut album Capital Punishment.

The song is a remix of Big Pun's previous single "I'm Not a Player" produced by Minnesota and contained an interpolation of Joe's "Don't Wanna Be a Player". It samples "A Little Bit of Love" by Brenda Russell. In addition to samples, the song contains interpolations of "Brazilian Rhyme (Beijo)"; towards the end of the song, the refrain "Punisher...Punisher...Punisher, Big Punisher" is sung to the tune and rhythm of the lead vocals from the track.

The song peaked at #24 on the Billboard Hot 100 and at #6 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, making it the most successful single released by Big Pun.[1] It was ranked the 108th best song of 1980-2005 by Blender Magazine.[2] This song was ranked #76 on VH1's list of the 100 Greatest Hip Hop Songs.

Cormega, Onyx, The Beatnuts, Guru, Loud Records R&B artist Davina, and Tony Touch all appear in the music video in cameos.

On the Up In Smoke Tour, which was in 2000, Snoop Dogg & Dr. Dre played this song as tribute to Big Pun. The song was also remixed by Incubus, the song featured Big Pun's vocals on the 2000 rap rock album Loud Rocks, released 7 months after his death.

A demo version of the song featuring then Terror Squad member Cuban Link leaked 14 years after the song's initial release.[3]

Charts

Charts Position
US Billboard Hot 100[4] 24
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[5] 6
US R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay (Billboard)[6] 3
US Radio Songs (Billboard)[7] 23
US Rhythmic (Billboard)[8] 5

References


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