25 Year Anniversary Limited Edition Deluxe Bundle
- It Was Written Silver & Clear Galaxy Effect double colored vinyl housed in a gatefold jacket.
- An old-school clear cassette shell with an original 8-panel J-Card featuring full lyrics housed in a custom slipcase.
- Silver and Black colored 7″ single of The Message b/w Street Dreams housed in a custom picture jacket.
Twenty-five years ago on July 2nd,1996 the sophomore follow-up to the undisputed classic Illmatic was titled It Was Written, and in contrast to the urban bleakness of his debut, the second album had Nas dipping his toes into the world of mafioso rap. Amidst production from heavy hitters like Trackmasters, Dr. Dre, L.E.S., Havoc of Mobb Deep, and Illmatic-collaborator DJ Premier, among others, Nas wove evocative narratives of gang warfare, downtrodden neighborhoods, drug deals gone awry, and gangsta triumph, against a backdrop of samples from Sam Cooke, Etta James, the Isley Brothers, and even Sting. It Was Written was not hard up for top-tier guests either, featuring major guest turns from Lauryn Hill and Joel “JoJo” Hailey of K-Ci & JoJo. It also introduced the world to The Firm, the brief Nas-led supergroup featuring rappers AZ, Foxy Brown, and Cormega. It even managed to cause some minor controversy in the hip-hop community for its collaboration with West Coast producer Dr. Dre, at a time when the East Coast/West Coast rap feud was reaching a fever pitch, briefly attracting the ire of one Tupac Shakur. Not only was It Was Written received warmly by critics, but it also became a major commercial success, reaching the top of the Billboard 200 charts, reaching platinum sales status four times, and alongside albums like Raekwon’s Only Built 4 Cuban Linx, helped usher in the era of mafioso rap in the mainstream. It rendered chart hits out of singles like the Eurhythmics-mimicking “Street Dreams”, and the Grammy-nominated “If I Ruled The World (Imagine That)”, and proved to be a major influence on artists like Kendrick Lamar, Lupe Fiasco, and many more.
Album Tracklisting:
A1 Album Intro
A2 The Message
A3 Street Dreams
A4 I Gave Your Power
B5 Watch Dem Niggas
B6 Take It In Blood
B7 The Set Up
B8 Silent Murder (Bonus Track)
C9 Black Girl Lost
C10 Suspect
C11 Shootouts
C12 Nas Is Coming
D13 Affirmative Action feat The Firm(AZ, Cormega, Foxy Brown)
D14 Live Nigga Rap feat Mobb Deep
D15 If I Ruled The World (Imagine That) feat Lauryn Hill
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