- Big Pun( Big Punisher )【 151 songs in total 】
- Christopher Lee Rios (November 10, 1971 – February 7, 2000), better known by his stage name Big Pun (short for Big Punisher), was an American rapper. Emerging from the underground hip hop scene in The Bronx borough of New York City, in the early 1990s, he was the first Latino rapper to have an album certified platinum as a solo act. He first appeared on tracks from Fat Joe's second album Jealous One's Envy in 1995, and The Beatnuts' second album Stone Crazy in 1997, prior to signing to Loud Records as a solo artist. Pun's lyrics are notable for technical efficiency, having minimal pauses to take a breath, heavy use of alliteration as well as internal and multi-syllabic rhyming schemes. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest rappers of all time.
About.com ranked him #25 on its list of the 50 Greatest MCs of All Time, while MTV2 ranked him #11 on its list of the '22 Greatest MCs'. In 2012, The Source ranked him #19 on their list of the Top 50 Lyricists of All Time.
Biography
Early life
Rios was born on November 10, 1971 in The Bronx, New York City, United States, to parents of Puerto Rican descent. He grew up in the South Bronx neighborhood of the city. At the age of five, Rios broke his leg while playing in a park, which would later lead to a large settlement from the city. By all accounts from Pun's family, his early years were very difficult, including witnessing his mother's drug abuse and his father's death.
Music career
Career Beginnings 1992–1996
During the mid-1980s, he began writing rap lyrics. He later formed the underground rap group called Full-A-Clips which included rappers Lyrical Assassin, Joker Jamz and Toom. Rios made a number of recordings with the group in the early 1990s, which have not been released. At this point Rios was operating under the alias Big Moon Dawg. After changing his stage name to Big Punisher, Rios met fellow Puerto Rican and Bronx rapper Fat Joe in 1995 and made his commercial debut on Fat Joe's second album, Jealous One's Envy, in addition to appearing on the song, 'Watch Out'. He also appeared on The Beatnuts' song 'Off the Books'
Later, 'I'm Not a Player' (featuring an O'Jays sample) was supported by a significant advertising campaign and became an underground hit.
Capital Punishment 1997–1998
In 1997, Big Pun began recording songs for his debut album Capital Punishment. In 1997, producer Knobody's production partner Sean C took advantage of his new role as A&R at Loud Records to play Knobody's tracks to Big Pun. Suitably impressed, the rapper hired Knobody to remix 'I'm Not a Player'. The remixed song, featuring Joe and titled 'Still Not a Player', became Big Pun's first major mainstream hit and major breakthrough for Knobody. The full-length debut Capital Punishment followed in 1998, and became the first album by a solo Latino rapper to go platinum, peaking at #5 on the Billboard 200. Capital Punishment was also nominated for a Grammy.
The Terror Squad Collaboration Album 1999
Big Pun became a member of Terror Squad, a New York-based group of rappers founded by Fat Joe, with most of the roster supplied by the now-defunct Full-A-Clips who released their debut album The Album in 1999. The album did not fare well commercially but it was well received critically and the album was meant to start the foundation for all other Terror Squad members to release their solo projects.
Death
Pun struggled with a weight problem for all of his adult life. His weight fluctuated in the early 1990s between obese and morbidly obese. Pun later enrolled in a weight-loss program in North Carolina in which he lost 80 pounds (36 kg), but he eventually quit the program before completing it, returning to New York and gaining back the weight he had lost.
On February 7, 2000, Big Pun suffered a fatal heart attack and respiratory failure while temporarily staying with his family at a Crowne Plaza Hotel in White Plains, New York, during a home renovation. Pun was pronounced dead at the hospital after paramedics could not revive him. Big Pun was at his highest weight at the time of his death: 698 pounds (317 kg). He was cremated a few days later. Big Pun is survived by his wife, Liza, and their three children, Amanda (born 1991), Vanessa (born 1993), and Christopher Jr. (born 1994).
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Composer
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100%'(feat. Tony Sunshine
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2
100%
2000
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3
100%
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4
Air Pun(Skit)(Provided)
2000
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5
Banned From T.V
Jermaine Baxter, Kasseem Dean, Cameron E Giles, C Jowles, Jason Phillips, Christopher Rios, Victor Santiago, David Styles
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6
Banned From T.V. (feat. Noreaga, Jadakiss, Styles P, Nature & Cam'Ron)
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7
Banned From Tv [Feat. Nature, Camron, The Lox & Nore](Provided)
2015
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8
Banned from TV
Jermaine Baxter, Kasseem Dean, Cameron E Giles, C Jowles, Jason Phillips, Christopher Rios, Victor Santiago, David Styles
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9
Beware
1998
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10
Boomerang
1998
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11
Brave in the Heart (feat. Fat Joe, Triple Seis & Prospect)
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12
Brave In The Heart'(feat. Terror Squad
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13
Brave In The Heart
Joseph Cartagena, S Garcia, Chris Martin, Emmett O. B. (jr) North, Lawrence Parker, R Perez, Christopher Rios, Barry White
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14
Capital Punishment'(feat. Prospect
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15
Capital Punishment
1998
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16
Caribbean Connection'(feat. Wyclef Jean
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17
Caribbean Connection
Richard A Frierson, Christopher Howard, Wyclef Jean, Johnny Osbourne, Christopher Rios
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18
Carribean Connection
1998
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19
Charlie Rock Shout(Provided)
1998
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20
Classic Verses (Drop it Heavy and Fantastic 4)
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21
Classic Verses Medley Drop It Heavy (Fantastic 4)
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22
Classic Verses Medley: Drop It Heavy / Fantastic 4'(feat. DJ Clue
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23
Classic Verses
K Iffil, R Lemay, C Rios, E Shaw
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24
Dream Shatterer
2015
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25
Fast Money(Provided)
1998
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26
Feelin' So Good
2000
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27
Fire Water (feat. Armageddon, Big Punisher & Raekwon)
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28
Fire Water'(feat. Fat Joe, Armageddon, Raekwon
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29
Firewater (feat. Raekwon, Fat Joe & Armageddon)
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30
Firewater
Joseph Cartagena, Rodney Lemay, Christopher Rios, Corey Woods
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31
Freestyle With Remy Martin
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32
Freestyle'(feat. Remy Martin
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33
Freestyle
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34
Glamour Life'(feat. Fat Joe, Terror Squad
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35
Glamour Life
1998
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36
Heavyweights
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37
How We Roll '98
Melanie Andrews, James Iii Harris, Janet Jackson, Terry Lewis, Christopher Rios
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38
How We Roll (original version)
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39
How We Roll'(feat. Ashanti
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40
How We Roll
Irving Lorenzo, Christopher Rios, Paul Walcott
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41
I'm Not a Player (instrumental)
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42
I'm Not A Player
2015
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43
I'm Not A Player
1998
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44
Inspiration(Provided)
2015
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45
Intermission
1998
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46
Intro(Provided)
1998
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47
It's So Hard (feat. Donell Jones)
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48
It's So Hard (featuring Donell Jones)
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49
It's So Hard'(feat. Donell Jones
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50
It's So Hard
2000
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51
John Blaze [Feat. Nas, Jadakiss, Raekwon & Fat Joe]
2015
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52
John Blaze
Damon Blackman, Joseph Anthony Cartagena, Nasir Jones, Reggie Noble, Jason Phillips, Christopher Rios, Sample, Erick S. Sermon, Clifford Smith, David Anthony Willis, Corey Todd Woods
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53
Laughing At You'(feat. Tony Sunshine
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54
Laughing At You
2000
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55
Leather Face
2000
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56
Leatherface (Baghira remix)
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57
Leatherface - Explict
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58
Leatherface
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59
Livin' La Vida Loca (Remix)'(feat. Ricky Martin, Fat Joe, Cuban Link
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60
Livin' La Vida Loca (Remix)
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61
Livin' La Vida Loca (Trackmasters Remix)
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62
Living La Vida Loca (Trackmasters Remix)
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63
Loco Bananas
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64
Lyrically Fit (the Bigger They R) (Feat Chris Rivers, Cormega,shaquille O'neil & Easy Mo Bee)(Provided)
2015
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65
Mama'(feat. Tony Sunshine
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66
Mama
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67
Mamma
A Maman, Christopher Rios, Jerrod Washington
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68
Midwest Respect(Provided)
2015
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69
Ms. Martin'(feat. Remi Martin
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70
Ms. Martin
2000
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71
My Dick'(feat. Tony Sunshine
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72
My Dick
2000
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73
My Turn
2000
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74
My World
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75
My World
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76
New York Giants'(feat. M.O.P.
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77
New York Giants
2000
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78
Nigga Shit
2000
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79
Nigga Shit
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80
Off the Books (The Beatnuts feat. Big Punisher & Cuban Link)
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81
Off The Books [Feat. Cuban Link & The Beatnuts]
2015
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82
Off The Books
Lester Fernandez, C Rios, Jerry Tineo
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83
Off Wit His Head (featuring Prospect) - Explict
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84
Off Wit His Head'(feat. Prospect
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85
Off Wit His Head
2000
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86
Off With His Head (feat. Prospect)
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87
Off With His Head
Christopher Rios, J Smith
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88
Pakinamac Pt. I(Provided)
1998
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89
Pakinamac Pt. II - Skit
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90
Pakinamac Pt. Ii(Provided)
1998
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91
Parental Discretion'(feat. Busta Rhymes
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92
Parental Discretion
1998
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93
Pina Colada
Kasseem Dean, Sean Jacobs, Christopher Rios
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94
Piña Colada
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95
Punish Me'(feat. Miss Jones
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96
Punish Me
1998
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97
Respect(Provided)
2015
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98
Sex, Money & Drugs'(feat. Next
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99
Sex, Money & Drugs
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100
Still Not A Playa
Jerome Foster, Rodney Jerkins, C Rios, Brenda Russell, Jolyon Skinner, Japhe Tejeda, Joe Thomas, Michele Williams
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101
Still Not a Player (feat. Joe)
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102
Still Not A Player'(feat. Joe
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103
Still Not A Player
1998
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104
Still Not A Player
Jerome Foster, Rodney Jerkins, C Rios, Brenda Russell, Jolyon Skinner, Japhe Tejeda, Joe Thomas, Michele Williams
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105
Super Lyrical (feat. Black Thought of the Roots)
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106
Super Lyrical'(feat. Black Thought
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107
Super Lyrical
1998
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108
Super Lyrical
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109
Symphony 2000 (Feat Truck Turner, Kool G Rap & Krs-1)(Provided)
2015
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110
Taster's Choice(Provided)
1998
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111
That's How We Roll
Irving Lorenzo, Christopher Rios, Paul Walcott
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112
The Creation(Intro)(Provided)
2000
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113
The Dream Shatterer (Original)
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114
The Dream Shatterer
1998
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115
The Rain & The Sun(Interlude)(Provided)
1998
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116
Top Of The World (Remix)'(feat. Brandy, Fat Joe
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117
Top Of The World (Remix)
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118
Top Of The World
Mason Betha, Joseph Cartagena, Lashawn Daniels, Stefan K Gordy, Traci Colleen Hale, Fred Jerkins, Rodney Jerkins, Ahmad A Lewis, Isaac Phillips, Christopher Rios, Nycolia T Turman
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119
Tres Leaches
E Barrier, R Diggs, W Griffin, J Hunter, A Johnson, C Rios
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120
Tres Leches (remix) (feat. Prodigy & Ispectah Deck)
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121
Tres Leches (Triboro Trilogy)'(feat. Prodigy, Inspektah Deck
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122
Tres Leches(Triboro Trilogy)
1998
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123
True Emcee(Provided)
2015
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124
Twinz (Deep Cover '98)'(feat. Fat Joe
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125
Twinz (Deep Cover '98)
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126
Twinz [Feat. Fat Joe]
2015
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127
Twinz
Cordozar Broadus, J Cartegena, Carlos Rios, Colin Fitzroy Wolfe, Andre Romell Young
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128
Twinz(Deep Cover 98)
1998
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129
Uncensored'(feat. Funkmaster Flex
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130
Uncensored
1998
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131
Watch Those
2000
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132
Watcha Gonna Do
2015
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133
We could do it
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134
We Don't Care (featuring Cuban Link)
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135
We Don't Care'(feat. Cuban Link
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136
We Don't Care
2000
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137
Whatcha Gon Do
Christopher Rios, Jerry Tineo
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138
Whatcha Gonna Do
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139
Who Is A Thug
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140
Wishful Thinking'(feat. Fat Joe, Kool G Rap, B Real
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141
Wishful Thinking
Joseph Cartagena, Louis Freese, Richard Lemay, Christopher Rios, N Wilson
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142
Wrong Ones'(feat. SunKiss
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143
Wrong Ones
2000
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144
You Ain't A Killer
1998
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145
You Ain't A Killer
Richard Frierson, Christopher Rios
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146
You Aint A Killa
2015
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147
You Aint A Killer
2015
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148
You Came Up'(feat. Noreaga
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149
You Came Up
1998
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150
You Was Wrong'(feat. Drag-On, Fat Joe, Remi Martin
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151
You Was Wrong
2000