Nas – It Was Written
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Columbia – 484196 1 |
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S180 Series – SVLP 382 |
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UK |
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Genre: |
Hip Hop |
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Tracklist
| A1 | Album Intro | 2:28 | |
| A2 | The Message | 4:10 | |
| A3 | Street Dreams | 4:41 | |
| A4 | I Gave You Power | 3:56 | |
| B1 | Watch Dem Niggas | 4:06 | |
| B2 | Take It In Blood | 4:49 | |
| B3 | The Set Up | 4:26 | |
| C1 | Black Girl Lost | 4:32 | |
| C2 | Suspect | 4:16 | |
| C3 | Shootouts | 3:46 | |
| C4 | Nas Is Coming | 5:40 | |
| D1 | Affirmative Action | 4:20 | |
| D2 | Live Nigga Rap | 3:46 | |
| D3 | If I Ruled The World (Imagine That) | 4:44 |
Companies, etc.
- Record Company – Sony Music Entertainment Inc. – 4841961000
Credits
- A&R [A&r Direction] – Faith Newman
- Art Direction, Design – Aimée Macauley
- Executive-Producer – Trackmasters
- Mastered By – Tom Coyne
- Photography By – Danny Clinch
Notes
Limited Edition Vinyl LP Classic Album 180g Virgin Vinyl Pressing
Simply Vinyl double-vinyl reissue of Columbia Records "484196 1" minus "Silent Murder".
Mastered at Sterling Sound, NYC.
Simply Vinyl double-vinyl reissue of Columbia Records "484196 1" minus "Silent Murder".
Mastered at Sterling Sound, NYC.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Barcode (Text): 6 43346 03821 6
- Matrix / Runout (A-side label): SVLP 382A
- Matrix / Runout (B-side label): SVLP 382B
- Matrix / Runout (C-side label): SVLP 382C
- Matrix / Runout (D-side label): SVLP 382D
- Matrix / Runout (A-side runout, stamped): 08 49077 20 1A1 SVLP 382
- Matrix / Runout (B-side runout, stamped): 08 49077 20 1B1 SVLP 382
- Matrix / Runout (C-side runout, stamped): 08 49077 20 1C1 SVLP 382
- Matrix / Runout (D-side runout, stamped): 08 49077 20 1D1 SVLP 382
- Label Code: LC 0162
- Rights Society: MS/BIEM/SDRM
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It Was Written (LP, Album) | Columbia | C 67015 | US | 1996 | ||
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It Was Written (CD, Album) | Columbia | 484196 2, col 484196 2 | Europe | 1996 | ||
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It Was Written (CD, Album) | Columbia | CK 67015 | US | 1996 | ||
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It Was Written (CD, Album) | Columbia | 484196 2 | Australia | 1996 |
Recommendations
Reviews
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I love Illmatic but this album still has some killer tracks and I think it comes in a close second.
All personal preference in the end. Simply Vinyl had some very good quality releases.... -
Across all the reissues this is the best sounding version on vinyl. THIS IS THE ONE, a close second is https://discogs.librosgratis.biz/release/28548343-Nas-It-Was-Written
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Best NAS album (IMHO).
Outstanding pressing, the records sound absolutely amazing.
Simply Vinyl made a fantastic job here. -
From the intro to the end it felt as if this whole record was not a cohesive oroject "It was Written" was all over the place going from the slavehouse, to the club, to the streets.
The instrumental selection on this project was not remarkable, as the tracklisting featured one of the most forgettable Dr. Dre beats ever on "Nas Is Coming" - and that hook was so atroticious.
I was hyped up to hear this LP after listening to the Illmatic performance at the Kennedy Center; probably as hyped up as Nas was after making an album that could be performed AT the Kennedy Center. "It Was Written" is suh a disappointment in light of that album. If sequel slump could ever be proven - "It Was Written" is the evidence.
As Jay-Z alluded to on his diss track of "The Takeover", this was one of Nas' "eh" albums. "Eh" not "Ether". Speaking of Jigga, I could swear he wrote Foxy's verse on that "The Firm" album ment - song aptly titled "Affirmative Action". And as for "I Gave You Power" ... I've heard better gun persona rhymes on the West Coast in the form of C.O.S.' verse on Lynch Hung's "Something About Susan", and of course Pac's "Me & My Girlfriend".
The best track on this was the R&B collab in the form of "Black Girl Lost", where Nas expressed his shame of Afro-centric females who fall for their respective stereotypes. I do not find it ironic that on such a disappointing LP, Nas finds his footing on a record about ... disappointment.
I am glad I heard the first disc of "Street's Disciple" before this title. "It Was Written: may be better lyrically than a majority of hip-hop records, but all together, it falls short of Nas' holy-grail type discography circa post-2005.
I am scared t even attempt to listen to "Nastradamus" and "I am" , but I'll do it for the love, one day... As everything worth doing should be done.
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