Super Lyrical

I'm a day late on this but wanted to take a second to remember the late Big Punisher. Pun died on Feb. 7, 2000 from a heart attack at the age of 28. No doubt his weight was the cause of his death, which left us fans with only two discs worth of material from one of the nicest MCs on the planet.

Pun had unbelievable breath control for someone his size and could weave lyrics together effortlessly giving us plenty of "Oh Shit!" moments as listeners. Who can forget, "Dead in the middle of little Italy/Little did we know that riddled some middleman who didn't know diddily."

Fat Joe is to thank for introducing Pun to the world and it was Pun who really gave the Terror Squad it's heaviest hitter (no pun or Pun intended). Much like Big L, Biggie, 2Pac, Guru and countless others, we'll all be left wondering what could have been if Pun was still making music. Would his music go commercial the way Fat Joe's did, or would he have continued to bring that hard shit with lyrical darts and that breathless flow? All we know for sure is Pun had a huge impact in his short time in the game and we, as hip-hop fans, are better off because of him.

Here's your 20 song Big Pun playlist:

Big Pun Playlist
1. “Watch Those”
2. “Super Lyrical” feat. Black Thought
3. “Off Wit His Head” feat. Prospect
4. “Whatcha Gon Do?”
5. “Twinz (Deep Cover ’98)” feat. Fat Joe
6. “Firewater” Fat Joe feat. Big Punisher, Armageddon & Raekwon
7. “Dream Shatterer”
8. “New York Giants” feat. M.O.P.
9. “Tres Leches (Triboro Trilogy)” feat. Inspectah Deck & Prodigy
10. “Still Not A Player” feat. Joe
11. “It’s So Hard” feat. Donell Jones
12. “John Blaze” - Fat Joe feat. Nas, Raekwon, Jadakiss & Big Pun
13. “Off The Books” - Beatnuts feat. Cuban Link & Big Punisher
14. “You Ain’t A Killer”
15. “Banned From TV” - Noreaga feat. Nature, Big Punisher, Cam’ron, Jadakiss & Styles P.
16. “Fantastic Four” - DJ Clue feat. Cam’ron, Canibus, Big Pun & Noreaga
17. “Leatherface”
18. “You Came Up” feat. Noreaga
19. “We Don’t Care” feat. Cuban Link
20. “I’m Not A Player”