Cormega Giving Props To It Was Written

[Cladyclad]

Y'all gotta stop letting this Lakers fan from Detroit troll y'all.. Y'all take the bait every single time.

Nothing that I said was trolling

im only saying things that been said by others including myself

 

[RennisDeynolds]

It Was Written >>>>>>>>> Illmatic.

Nas was on another level with the 2nd album, and I love Illmatic

 

[Ziggiy]

This is what bugging me in pretty much every It Was Written thread. Praising going the commercial route because it launched Nas' commercial career. Most artists get flamed for selling out, yet for Nas it was a good move. And then disrespecting Illmatic saying he would still be on 'dusty beats ' if he didn't. I just don't get it.

And all the originality talk must be from that Lupe Fiasco interview back in the day. Always felt like It was Written was a more commercial combo of Cuban Link and the Infamous. High level rapping sure, original no.
I like the album, but the lengths people go to to praise it is just beyond me.

Its not disrespectful at all to say that Nas proving he wasn’t a one trick pony and could rap over any and every type of production is what made him the legend he is today. Just like Piff Perkins already said, you don’t become a GOAT candidate from ONE great album, showcasing only ONE style. There’s literally no rapper that legitimately is placed in a universal top 5 that could only rap over certain production, whether that be flossy or grimy. Underground or mainstream. If Nas would have just kept making Illmatic over and over he would have been Jeru The Damaja status. What makes Nas an all time great is that albums like Illmatic are one of one. It Was Written is one of one. Stillmatic is one of one. Gods Son, Hip Hop Is Dead and so on and so forth, NONE of his albums sound the same.

Nas HIMSELF has said this. He said that if he followed the Illmatic formula again then his career would have been over. There’s really no arguing with the man himself.

 

[FunkDoc1112]

Going back and looking at the reasons why people said Nas sold out never made sense. I never saw criticism of "If I Ruled The World" until forums. I knew nobody who did not like that song. Get on forums and people dismissed it largely because it had singing on it. Nas wasn't the first rapper to have a sung hook. I didn't see that same energy towards Biggie for "Juicy" or "One More Chance" or for Meth for "You're All I Need".

It is evident OB4CL and Infamous may have influenced IWW. Throw in Kool G. Rap's 4,5,6. Nas has classic verses on all three albums. So he was giving everyone a preview of where he was going.

People always gloss over the fact that Nas was spitting mafioso bars on the very two albums they said he was bandwagoning...nikka literally first coined the Escobar nickname on The Infamous

So Nas was going down that road since at least late 1994, and on Illmatic he was kicking thug bars anyway, just on a more grounded cornerboy level. Most iconic track on the album is titled after a fukking Scarface quote . Anybody who tried to box him in a consicous backpacker type off Illmatic was kidding themselves anyway.

 

[FunkDoc1112]

Nah. The Jay line bit because his last two albums were I Am and (especially) Nastradamus. Nobody outside of real rap nerds was lamenting IWW as some wack or even disappointing shyt in 2001. If anything they wanted a return to that shyt. Hell lot of people still want that today. And even back then it got a what, 4 in the Source?

You say it's only considered a classic to Nas stans yet can't bridge the issue of why do non-Nas stans have him in their top 3-5, from that era? It's not off one album, because nobody else on the list is based off one album. The streets fukked with that album heavy like it or not, and I'll always cater to their opinion over the Peter Rosenbergs of this thing. I'm done responding tho man. Album a classic, shoulda gone quadruple.

Hell LeBron, the other nikka @Cladyclad shamelessly dikkrides, is one of those very people who says It Was Written is better than Illmatic

 

[Cladyclad]

People always gloss over the fact that Nas was spitting mafioso bars on the very two albums they said he was jocking on It Was Written...nikka literally first coined the Escobar nickname on The Infamous

So Nas was going down that road since at least late 1994, and on Illmatic he was kicking thug bars anyway, just on a more grounded cornerboy level. Most iconic track on the album is titled after a fukking Scarface quote . Anybody who tried to box him in a consicous backpacker type off Illmatic was kidding themselves anyway.

idgaf what Lebron like dude wtf is wrong with y’all.

welp lebron said it must be true

just like he said jay z the goat too

but I guess he was lying with that one

 

[waynep]

Hell LeBron, the other nikka @Cladyclad shamelessly dikkrides, is one of those very people who says It Was Written is better than Illmatic

Don't tell me he was one of those Lebron dikkriders that came over from Cleveland and previously Miami?? Say it ain't so..
I thought he was a real Lakers fan I should've knew better Smh

 

[InstantKlassik]

Sheesh ya'll talk about this album on a weekly basis

Same disagreements, same trolls.

The conversation has been exhausted. There's literally nothing else to say on this subject. Ya'll make the same points year over year since this website was created.

 

[Ku$h Parker]

I really wish things would have played out different with Nas and Mega during the Firm run

Played that while I was Hitting the Gym,AZ really held that Album down

 

[spliz]

People always gloss over the fact that Nas was spitting mafioso bars on the very two albums they said he was bandwagoning...nikka literally first coined the Escobar nickname on The Infamous

So Nas was going down that road since at least late 1994, and on Illmatic he was kicking thug bars anyway, just on a more grounded cornerboy level. Most iconic track on the album is titled after a fukking Scarface quote . Anybody who tried to box him in a consicous backpacker type off Illmatic was kidding themselves anyway.

I literally always say this. Lol. It’s hilarious.

 

[HNIC973]

Yo, the time is wastin', I use the mind elevation
Dime sack lacin', court pen pacin'
Individual, lyrical math abrasion
Psychic evaluation, the foulest nation we livin' in
Dangerous lives, mad leak and battered wives
A lifestyle on bad streets is patternized
Wise men build and destroy
While the real McCoy dope fiend named Detroit is still dealin' boy
Coke suppliers actin' biased
'Cause rumors say that nikkas wear wires and we liars
But every night the gat's fired, and every day a rat's hired
I still remain the mack flyest in the phat Kani, it's
Just the killer in me, slash drug dealer, MC
Ex-slug filler, semi mug peeler
Demi, bottles of Mo', yo, simply follow me flow
Put poetry inside a crack pot and blow
Rough hoes pull crack out pussies and butt-holes
Bring the G's and the D's roll, they can't touch those
Why shoot the breeze about it when you could be about it?
My degrees are routed toward the peasy haired brick houses
And studded-up, thick medallions
Rich nikkas transportin' thousands
Foreign cash exchange amountin' to millions
Doors is locked, rocks is chopped
Watch the cameras in the ceilings
Trick bytches catchin' mad feelings
Peelin' off in the Lex Jeep, techniques is four-wheelin'
I bet it be some shyt when we connect with Stretch
When we catch them sex nikkas with the TEC's you blessed, word
So, now it's on, never wasted a slug
Time is money, when it comes to mine, take it in blood

 

[Ku$h Parker]

I will say OB4CL Walked so IWW can Fly

 

[DraymondT]

You can tell who was outside& who wasn't nikkaz who don't call IWW classic are the Vlad Elliot Wilson types

 

[Rhyme 4 Rhyme]

Just watching that G. Rap clip makes you realize how hateable Rosenberg is.

 

[Izanami]

I have Vol. 2 as a classic because after it dropped, a lot of artist's copied that template for a successful album. These were the super producer, I need a song for every type of audience type albums. Jadakiss and Fabolous spent most of their careers trying to mimic what Jay had going on Vol. 2.

Try again, please.

IMO that is Biggies Life After Death template. Jada and others trying to recreate that album and failing is the main reason why those albums dont get held high.