Reception
| Professional ratings | |
|---|---|
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllHipHop | |
| Allmusic | |
| Entertainment Weekly | B+ |
| Q | |
| Rap Pages | |
| RapReviews | (9.5/10) |
| Robert Christgau | |
| Rolling Stone | |
| The Source | |
- Entertainment Weekly (7/17/98, p. 85) - "Everything about this Bronx-bred Puerto Rican rapper is generous, his 400-pound girth, his multiple rhyming within each line, and his talent for spewing out verses without stopping for breath." - Rating: B+
- Q (6/00, p. 123) - 4 stars out of 5 - "Displaying huge lyrical prowess and the requisite 'sensitive' side... established Pun as a serious rival to Biggie Smalls and something of a ladykiller to boot....funk and fun aplenty....Outrageously good."
- The Source (6/98, p. 159) - 4 Mics (out of 5) - "He'll rhyme every possible word in a line because he wants to be twice as nice....Capital Punishment's all about execution."
- Rap Pages (9/98, p. 120) - 4 (out of 5) - "Big Pun is at his best with all barrels firing bullets lacing the air like embroidery on grandmama's quilt."
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