big punisher beware appreciation

[pointproven214]

 

[Jimmy the gent]

One of my favourite pun songs!

 

[Jimmy the gent]

Catch u when u cash a check/
Dap u when u pass and jack u for your f@$kin LEX/
BEAST

 

[Jimmy the gent]

Different song but fxxk it:
Dead in the middle of little Italy/
Little did we know/
That We riddled a middle man who didn't do diddily/
Who can Fxxk wit that?

 

[Big Homie Behemoth]

Pun's debut album Capital Punishment may be one of the most overlooked hip hop albums of the late 90s. Despite all those heavy weight producers and high profile guest appearances it kinda saddens me to think that the album is perhaps best known for it's leading single Still not a Player. Yeh it's a catchy if somewhat ridiculous ode to the baller lifestyle but unfortunately many of the joint's other tracks are overlooked, probably due to the deluge of east coast hip hop that was pounding through NY's projects at the time. IMO Beware' is ideally placed in the sequencing. The title speaks for itself in that Pun is throwing warning shots to everyone in reaching distance, other rappers, street dudes and ultimately, the listener. That production is ominous, looping a dark Henry Mancini sample with elements of Mobb Deep's Shook Ones part 1. His breathless delivery is showcased as he threads multi syllable rhymes over the beat. The striking fluidity of his flow, something he had always been celebrated for, is so impressive that you might not even catch the actual lyrics. What do breh a think makes this track so sinister? Is it the fact that Pun wasn't simply reciting lifeless written verses but whose finely crafted threats were a distinct possibly in reality? Fat Joe's hyperbolic shyt talking which closes out the track is genuinely unnerving, great contrast with the smooth delivery from Pun.