It Was Written turns 20 today

[Da_Eggman]

Nas can thank Lauryn hill for making this album popular

 

[ManBearPig]

23 tomorrow

 

[The Dust King]

You know during that time..that album was a huge let down after his first. I was there when he said fukk the hood at an awards show. I was like wtf??? He even said he would never again make an album like Illmatic. That's just what I know and then It was written was released

havoc also said he never leavin the projects on they first single looool

leave room to grow (thas wat iww was, growth)

i noticed westcoast hates this album more than east too

Nope I'd disagree. His lost tracks were way better than that album. He went commercial to make a hit. Too much to name.

name em so i can knock every point

Silent Murder was on the US cassette version too. So I had Silent Murder in 96, but now that I have the CD, I don't

yes true but by the time i am was out silent murder was on the cd

I wonder how much of it has to do with sequencing?
The first song samples Sting, the second the Eurythmics. If I'm a hip hop purist at the time in love with Illmatic, that's two strikes right off the bat.

I wonder how the album would have been perceived if it started with Take It In Blood and the song with the Mobb

if you delete nas is coming, black girl lost, streetdreams, if i ruled you have the purist sequel

 

[Asicz]

 

[Asicz]

 

[BUSINESS AS USUAL]

Top 3 album of all time

 

[Goat poster]

I think it was also the first East Coast Hip-Hop album to DEBUT at #1 on the Billboard album charts.

 

[Tribal Outkast]

It’s a straight up classic! I still bump it on the regular

 

[Oville]

 

[Big Mark]

The Foulness freestyles we super dope. The Escobar Season Freestyle too. How many were there? I know of 2. The one with the 3-4 beats and the one with Nature over Watch Dem nikkaz. Can someone shed some light on this?

 

[mson]

 

[spliz]

Nas REALLY needs to celebrate this album man.

 

[Big Mark]

Steve Stouts said that the series of freestyles were to get the streets ready and those are high quality freestyles. They should should most definitely see official release.

 

[filial_piety]

I bought this the day it came out.

This album could drop today and it would still sound like a new album.

One of the few albums that never sounds dated

 

[IllmaticDelta]

classic