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I'm Not a Player

1997 single by Big Pun

"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

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