Nas Talk - "It Was Written"

[Norcaliblunt]

Nas is cool, but like a lot of east coast hip hop in that period Nas just seems really dry to me. There's no change of emotion or any comic relief in this shit.

[ArbitraryWater]

Stillmatic is another classic IMO...

here I like too many songs man, the best ones for me are:

The Message
I Gave You Power
Nas Is Coming
Affirmative Action
Shootouts
Live ***** Rap
If I Ruled The World

[GOBB]

Damn good album, near classic.

IWW is just as good as Illmatic IMBO

No it wasn't. But for someone to give it a 6.5 rating is just as funny.

[Im Still Ballin]

Liquid swords >

[NBAplayoffs2001]

Damn good album, near classic.



No it wasn't. But for someone to give it a 6.5 rating is just as funny.

Agreed, it was a very solid album but there are certain tracks I wasn't feeling.

[NBAplayoffs2001]

Stillmatic is another classic IMO...

here I like too many songs man, the best ones for me are:

The Message
I Gave You Power
Nas Is Coming
Affirmative Action
Shootouts
Live ***** Rap
If I Ruled The World

Great songs that I love in this album.

[Bigsmoke]

One of my favorite albums ever

[Tarik One]

I think "It Was Written" was intentionally watered down to appeal commercially. In 1996, a lot of hip hop artists were having success on the hip-hop/R&B hybrid songs. It was a business move. As good as Illmatic was, Nas still wouldn't have gotten as many projected sales had he come out with a similar album from a commercial perspective.