Nas - It Was Written

For his second album, It Was Written, Nas hired a bunch of hip-hop's biggest producers to help him create the musical bed for his daring, groundbreaking rhymes. Although that rhyme style isn't as startling on It Was Written as it was on his debut, Illmatic, Nas has deepened his talents, creating a complex series of rhymes that not only flow, but manage to tell coherent stories as well. Furthermore, Nas often concentrates on creating vignettes about life in the ghetto that never are apolitical or ambivalent. This time around, the production is more detailed and elaborate, which gives the music a wider appeal. Sometimes this is a detriment Nas sounds better when he tries to keep it street-level but usually, his lyrical force cuts through the commercial sheen. Combined with the spare but deep grooves, his rhymes have a resonance unmatched by most of his mid-'90s contemporaries. Because, no matter how deep his lyrics are, his grooves are just as deep and those bottomless funk and spare beats are what make It Was Written so compulsively listenable. Released July 2, 1996 on Columbia Records, the album peaked at #1 on the Billboard 200 chart and #1 on the Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums and it was certified 2x platinum by RIAA.

''Album Intro'' (feat. AZ) (Produced By. Nas & Trackmasters) 2:24

''The Message'' (Produced By. Trackmasters) 3:54

''Street Dreams'' (Produced By. Trackmasters) 4:40

''I Gave You Power'' (Produced By. DJ Premier) 3:52

''Watch Dem Niggas'' (feat. Foxy Brown) (Produced By. Trackmasters) 4:04

''Take It In Blood'' (Produced By. Live Squad, Lo Ground & Top General Sounds) 4:48

''Nas Is Coming'' (feat. Dr. Dre) (Produced By. Dr. Dre) 5:41

''Affirmative Action'' (feat. AZ, Cormega & Foxy Brown) (Produced By. Dave Atkinson) 4:19

''The Set Up'' (feat. Havoc) (Produced By. Havoc) 4:01

''Black Girl Lost'' (feat. Joel ''Jo Jo'' Hailey) (Produced By. L.E.S. & Trackmasters) 4:23

''Suspect'' (Produced By. L.E.S.) 4:12

''Shoutouts'' (Produced By. Trackmasters) 3:46

''Live Nigga Rap'' (feat. Mobb Deep) (Produced By. Havoc) 3:44

''If I Ruled The World (Imagine That)'' (feat. Lauryn Hill) (Produced By. Trackmasters & Rashad Smith) 4:44

''Silent Murder'' (Produced By. Live Squad, Lo Ground & Top General Sounds) 3:25

''Affirmative Action (Saint Denis Style Remix)'' (feat. AZ, Foxy Brown & NTM) 3:58


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