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Still Not a Player
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = Still Not a Player
| cover = Still Not a Player.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Big Pun featuring Joe
| album = Capital Punishment
| B-side = Twinz (Deep Cover 98)
| released = March 28, 1998
| recorded = 1997
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = East Coast hip hop
| length = 3:56
| label =
* Loud
* RCA
| writer =
* Christopher Rios
* Jerome Foster
| producer = Knobody Dahoud Darien
| chronology = Big Pun
| prev_title = I'm Not a Player
| prev_year = 1997
| next_title = You Came Up
| next_year = 1998
| misc =
}}
"'Still Not a Player'" is the second single from Big Pun's debut album 'Capital Punishment'. The song was produced by Knobody and features R&B singer Joe.
Composition
The song is a remix of Big Pun's previous single "I'm Not a Player" produced by Minnesota and contains an interpolation of Joe's "Don't Wanna Be a Player". It also samples "A Little Bit of Love" by Brenda Russell. In addition to samples, the song contains interpolations of Earth, Wind & Fire's "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.
Chart performance
The song peaked at No. 24 on the 'Billboard' Hot 100 and at No. 6 on the 'Billboard' Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, making it the most successful single released by Big Pun.[ allmusic ((( Big Punisher > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles )))] It was ranked the 108th best song of 1980-2005 by 'Blender' magazine,[http://pub37.bravenet.com/forum/3172289350/show/542922 Acclaimed Music Forum] and was ranked #76 on VH1's list of the 100 Greatest Hip Hop Songs.
Music video
Cormega, Onyx, the Beatnuts, Guru, Tony Touch and Loud Records R&B artist Davina all made featured appearances in the music video as cameos.
Cover versions and samples
In the Up in Smoke Tour in 2000, Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre played this song as a tribute to Big Pun. The song was also remixed by Incubus which 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 former Terror Squad member Cuban Link leaked 14 years after the song's initial release.[http://www.xxlmag.com/bangers/2012/04/big-pun-ft-cuban-link-still-not-a-player-demo-version/ ]
The song was sampled in Ariana Grande's 2013 single "The Way", which also samples Brenda Russell's "A Little Bit of Love".[https://www.spin.com/2013/09/ariana-grandes-yours-truly-a-sweet-sweet-fantasy-of-90s-indebted-hip-hop-and-rb/ Ariana Grande's 'Yours Truly': A Sweet, Sweet Fantasy of '90s-Indebted Hip-Hop and R&B], Brandon Soderberg, 'Spin', September 13, 2013[http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1704437/mac-miller-ariana-grande-the-way.jhtml Mac Miller Gives Ariana Grande 'Butterflies' On 'The Way'], Jocelyn Vena, MTV.com, March 27, 2013
Charts
References
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