Big Pun 4eva

Today marks the anniversary of the death of the illest lyricist (yes i said it) ever to put out an album. It's crazy in today's rap world where most MC's are either braggin' about livin' after bein' shot, or actually dyin' from bein' shot, that somebody of the talent level and street cred of Big Pun died from simply bein' too damn big.

When he came out, he gave hope to both Latinos and fans who wanted lyricism to be brought back to the forefront of the music. He made heavyweights like Nas, Jadakiss and Raekwon spit some of their hardest verses just to be able to hang with them on Fat Joe's "John Blaze", and then when his debut album 'Capital Punishment' came out, he made your favorite MC's look madd amateur whether it was Black Thought on "Super Lyrical" or Prodigy and Inspektah Deck on "Tres Leches". Even though I personally thought his second album was wack, his first album and countless show stealing guest appearances made me proud to be from the Bronx again, during a time where NOBODY was really reppin' the boro like that.

You'll never be forgotten Pun, and I wish you were steal around to eat these wack ass rappers nowadays (no pun intended)...