The album peaked at on the Billboard 200 charts and on the Top R&B Albums chart for two weeks Hard Knock Life. It was also the first solo Latin hip hop record to go Platinum.

The album received critical acclaim, peaking at on the Billboard 200 charts and on the Top R&B Albums chart for two weeks Hard Knock Life. Entertainment Weekly (7/17/98, p. 85) - "Everything about this Bronx-bred Puerto Rican rapper is generous, his 400-pound girth, his multiple rhyming within each line, and his talent for spewing out verses without stopping for breath.

Big Pun. Released April 28, 1998. He also rhymed alongside East Coast heavyweights Inspectah Deck, Prodigy from Mobb Deep, Black Thought from The Roots, and Noreaga, along with Fat Joe and the Terror Squad. The album received critical acclaim, and Big Pun became the first solo Latino rapper to go platinum.

Studio album by Big Pun. Released. April 28, 1998 (1998-04-28). Rap Pages (9/98, p. 120) - 4 (out of 5) - "Big Pun is at his best with all barrels firing bullets lacing the air like embroidery on grandmama's quilt.

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