I'm Not a Player

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"I'm Not a Player"
Big Pun - I'm Not a Player.jpg
Single by Big Pun
from the album Capital Punishment
B-side "Wishful Thinking" (featuring Fat Joe, B-Real and Kool G Rap)
ReleasedOctober 14, 1997
Recorded1997
Genre East Coast hip hop, Latin hip hop, dirty rap
Length3:41
Label
Songwriter(s) Big Pun, Minnesota
Producer(s) Minnesota
Big Pun singles chronology
"I'm Not a Player"
(1997)
"Off the Books"
(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.

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Music video

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.

Charts

Chart (1997)Peak
position
US Hot Rap Songs ( Billboard ) [1] 3
US Billboard Hot 100 [2] 57
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs ( Billboard ) [3] 19
Chart (1998)Peak
position
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [4] 34

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