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It Was Written

by Nas

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of 455,776

12,939
1990's

of 166,476

7,961
1996

of 21,139

913

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Overall Rating: 2.4800 It Was Written is ranked overall as 2.4800 out of 4 stars

Avg. Critic Score: 2.4000 It Was Written has an avg. critic score of 2.4000 out of 4 stars

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All Music Guide

For his second album,It Was Written, Nas hired a bunch of hip-hop's biggest producers -- includingDr. Dre,DJ Premier,Stretch, andTrackmasters-- to help him create the musical bed for his daring, groundbreaking rhymes. ...more

Rolling Stone

Literary skill is not the prime attribute of most hardcore rappers; these days the main attraction in hip-hop seems to be authenticity, not articulation. So the second album from Nas is frustrating. ...more

Yahoo! Music

While many consider Illmatic to be Nas's strongest record, It Was Written is as hard-hitting as it gets. Collaborations with Lauryn Hill of the Fugees , Foxy Brown , Mobb Deep and the always powerful Dr. Dre make this sophomore effort a true hip-hop classic. ...more

Yahoo! Music

Unlike rappers who regurgitate real and imagined street experiences and spout gutteral ghetto-speak for its shock value, Nas takes a (somewhat) higher road--spinning admittedly-horrific yarns but with an eye on covert moral rehabilitation. ...more

Yahoo! Music

For his second album, It Was Written, Nas hired a bunch of hip-hop's biggest producers -- including Dr. Dre, DJ Premier, Stretch, and Trackmasters -- to help him create the musical bed for his daring, groundbreaking rhymes. ...more

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