Talk:It Was Written
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[edit] Don't you hate how people follow other people's opinions?
Once the word gets out on an album it's like everyone just follows along with the review. It Was Written got a bad wrap because it was not like Illmatic, but this does not mean the album sucks in any way. Most of the reviews I've read on this album shitcanned it and gave it very undeserving comments. If you listen closely to this album with songs like The Message, I Gave You Power, Watch Dem Niggas, Take it in Blood, Nas is Coming (excluding the annoying chorus), Affirmative Action, The Set Up, Suspect, Shootouts, Live Nigga Rap and If I Ruled The World, how the Hell can someone honestly think they're wack with their great productions and excellent lyrics/flows? This has to be the absolute most underrated album of all time along with Onyx's "All We Got Iz Us". I'll go so far as to not only say that it's a great album, but I'll even say it's Nas' best. Disagree all you'd like. -Tainted Drifter
Everyone's welcome to their own opinions & preferences. Most peeps prefer Illmatic because of how fresh it was, as well as its varied production and content as opposed to the dark Mafioso-style that Nas adopted for It Was Written. Personally, I prefer Illmatic, God's Son, Stillmatic, and The Lost Tapes to It Was Written. I even prefer the Living Legends mixtape, although it used plenty of verses from Nas' second album. I don't dislike the album at all, and it's still one of my favourite of all time. I just feel that Nas has done a lot better.
- Mittens
[edit] Delight???
Who the hell is this "Delight" in the performers section of the tracklisting grid? I've never heard of him/her, and I'm sure it was Foxxy Brown who Nas collaborated with for Watch Dem Niggas. And where was this artist on If I Rules The World & Street Dreams? Now I've probably got the wrong idea, and it's someone who played an instrument for the track (as Olu Dara is sometimes credited as a performer on Life's A Bitch), but I wanna know coz it's doin my head in tryna think who it could be.
- Mittens
