I'm Not a Player

"I'm Not a Player"
Single by Big Pun
from the album Capital Punishment
B-side	"Wishful Thinking" (featuring Fat Joe, B-Real and Kool G Rap)
Released	October 14, 1997
Recorded	1997
Genre	East Coast hip hop Latin hip hop dirty rap
Length	3:41
Label	BMG RCA Loud Terror Squad
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.

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

References

1. "Big Punisher Chart History (Hot Rap Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
2. "Big Punisher Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
3. "Big Punisher Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
4. "Big Punisher – I'm Not A Player". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved April 14, 2023.