I'm Not a Player

"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.

"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)

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