NAS – It Was Written 2LP Coloured Vinyl (National Album Day 2023)

NAS – It Was Written 

National Album Day 2023 / Gold and Black Marbled Vinyl.

It Was Written is the second studio album by American rapper Nas, originally released on July 2, 1996, by Columbia Records. After the modest commercial success of his debut album Illmatic (1994), Nas pursued a more polished, mainstream sound for It Was Written. Produced largely by Trackmasters, it departed from the debut’s raw, underground aesthetic and embraced mafioso and gangsta themes. The recording also marked the first appearance of Nas’s short-lived supergroup The Firm, featuring the rappers Foxy Brown, AZ, and Cormega.

Tracklist:
A1 Album Intro 2:28
A2 The Message 4:10
A3 Street Dreams 4:41
A4 I Gave You Power 3:56

B1 Watch Dem Niggas (Ft. Foxy Brown) 4:06
B2 Take It In Blood 4:49
B3 The Set Up (Ft. Havoc) 4:26

C1 Black Girl Lost (Ft. Joel "Jojo" Hailey) 4:32
C2 Suspect 4:16
C3 Shootouts 3:46
C4 Nas Is Coming (Ft. Dr. Dre) 5:40

D1 Affirmative Action (Ft. Az, Cormega and Foxy Brown) 4:20
D2 Live Nigga Rap (Ft. Mobb Deep) 3:46
D3 If I Ruled The World (Imagine That) (Ft. Lauryn Hill) 4:42
D4 Silent Murder 3:25

Label: Sony Music
Released: 1996/2023