It Was Written

It Was Written
Album de Nas
Lansare	2 iulie 1996
Înregistrare	1995–96
Gen	Hip hop
Durată	58:29
Casă de discuri	Columbia Records
Limba originară	limba engleză
Producător	DJ Premier, Dr. Dre, Havoc, L.E.S., Live Squad, MC Serch (exec.) Trackmasters
Cronologie – Nas
Illmatic (1994) It Was Written (1996) I Am... (1999)
Alte informații
Single-uri de pe It Was Written
„If I Ruled the World (Imagine That)” Lansare: 28 mai 1996 „Street Dreams” Lansare: 22 octombrie 1996 „The Message” Lansare: 3 februarie 1997

It Was Written este cel de-al doilea album de studio al raperului Nas. Albumul a fost lansat pe 2 iulie 1996. It Was Written a fost albumul lui Nas cu cel mai mare succes comercial, vanzant peste 3 milioane de copii si debutand pe locul 1 in Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums si Billboard 200, pastrandu-si aceasta pozitie timp de 4 saptamani; s-a aflat in top timp de 34 de saptamani.

Critici

Recenzii profesionale
Punctajul recenziei
Sursa	Punctajul
Allmusic	[1]
Chicago Sun-Times	[2]
Chicago Tribune	[3]
Entertainment Weekly	A−[4]
Los Angeles Times	[5]
NME	6/10[6]
Q	[7]
Rolling Stone	[8]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[9]
The Source	[10]

It Was Written a primit în general recenzii pozitive de la critici.^[11]

Lista melodiilor

1. "Album Intro" - ( Nas & AZ ) - 2:24
2. "The Message" - 3:54
3. "Street Dreams" - 4:39
4. "I Gave You Power" - 3:52
5. "Watch Dem Niggas" - ( Nas & Foxy Brown ) - 4:04
6. "Take It in Blood" - 4:08
7. "Nas Is Coming" - ( Nas & Dr.Dre ) - 5:41
8. "Affirmative Action" - ( Nas, AZ, Cormega, Foxy Brown, (The Firm) ) - 4:19
9. "The Set Up" - ( Nas & Havoc ) - 4:01
10. "Black Girl Lost" - ( Nas & Joel "Jo-Jo" Hailey ) - 4:22
11. "Suspect" - 4:12
12. "Shootouts" - 3:46
13. "Live Nigga Rap" - ( Nas & Mobb Deep ) - 3:45
14. "If I Ruled the World (Imagine That)" - ( Nas & Lauryn Hill ) - 4:42
15. "Silent Murder" - ( CD bonus in Japonia si Europa; bonus pe caseta in Statele Unite ) - 3:23

Note

1. Stanley, Leo. Review: It Was Written. Allmusic. Retrieved on 2008-08-01
2. Eroare la citare: Etichetă <ref> invalidă; niciun text nu a fost furnizat pentru referințele numite Williams
3. Kot, Greg. "Review: It Was Written". Chicago Tribune: 6. 25 iulie 1996. Archived from the original^{[nefuncțională – arhivă]} on 2009-09-04. (Transcription of original review at talk page)
4. Ehrlich, Dimitri. Review: It Was Written Arhivat în 2 februarie 2014, la Wayback Machine.. Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved on 2009-02-22.
5. Coker, Cheo Hodari. Review: It Was Written. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved on 2009-07-09.
6. Eroare la citare: Etichetă <ref> invalidă; niciun text nu a fost furnizat pentru referințele numite NME
7. Eroare la citare: Etichetă <ref> invalidă; niciun text nu a fost furnizat pentru referințele numite Qmag
8. Coleman, Mark (1996-09-19). Review: It Was Written. Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2008-08-01.
9. Hoard, Christian. "Review: It Was Written". Rolling Stone: 568–569. 2 noiembrie 2004.
10. Shortie. "Review: It Was Written". The Source: 73. April 1994. Archived from the original on 2009-08-03.
11. Icons of Hip Hop, p. 346

Bibliografie

• John Borgmeyer, Holly Lang (2006). Dr. Dre: A Biography. Edition: illustrated. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 0-313-33826-4. 
• Jake Brown (2006). Dr. Dre in the Studio. Edition: illustrated. Amber Books Publishing. ISBN 0-9767735-5-4. 
• Mickey Hess (2007). Ego Trip's Book of Rap Lists. Greenwood Press. ISBN 0-313-33902-3. 
• Mickey Hess (2007). Icons of Hip Hop: An Encyclopedia of the Movement, Music, and Culture. Edition: illustrated. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 0-313-33904-X. 
• Todd Boyd (2004). The New H.N.I.C.: The Death of Civil Rights and the Reign of Hip Hop. NYU Press. ISBN 0-8147-9896-9. 
• Nathan Brackett, Christian Hoard (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide: Completely Revised and Updated 4th Edition. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8. 

Legături externe

• It Was Written at Discogs
• Lyrics and audio samples^{[nefuncțională]} at Yahoo! Music
• It Was Written la MusicBrainz (lista lansărilor)