I'm Not a Player | |
Cover: | Big Pun - I'm Not a Player.jpg |
Type: | single |
Artist: | Big Pun |
Album: | Capital Punishment |
B-Side: | "Wishful Thinking" (featuring Fat Joe, B-Real and Kool G Rap) |
Released: | October 14, 1997 |
Recorded: | 1997 |
Length: | 3:41 |
Producer: | Minnesota |
Chronology: | Big Pun |
Next Title: | Off the Books |
Next Year: | 1997 |
"I'm Not a Player" is the debut single from rapper Big Pun (then known as Big Punisher), produced by Minnesota. The song peaked at number 57 of the Billboard Hot 100. "I'm Not a Player" helped the album become number one on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, selling more than one million copies in America.
The video, inspired by Scarface, features Big Pun buying a red Mercedes-Benz and walking through a restaurant. Big Pun is seen dancing with ladies. Fat Joe, Noreaga, Cuban Link, Raekwon, Prodigy, Armageddon, Triple Seis, Prospect, The O'Jays (whose Darling Darling Baby was sampled in I'm Not A Player), and Angel Salazar make cameo appearances.