Nas ~ It Was Written

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10-19-2007, 03:55 PM
DR. NICK RIVIERA

huh, lol
10-19-2007, 08:50 PM
Definitive X

Shit's a personal classic...it's a wintertime joint. You gotta walk around your neighborhood with this bumpin' in ya walkman/mp3 player when there's ice on the ground and snow covering the grass. It's not a summer, spring, or fall album.
10-25-2007, 04:55 PM
The 13th Jewel

Quote:

Originally Posted by Definitive X

Shit's a personal classic...it's a wintertime joint. You gotta walk around your neighborhood with this bumpin' in ya walkman/mp3 player when there's ice on the ground and snow covering the grass. It's not a summer, spring, or fall album.

Ya, even tho I dont have a winter down here, I know where youre coming from. Its got that cold feeling to it, like walking down in a snow covered projects feel.

I love It Was Written, 9.5/10.
10-25-2007, 05:00 PM
IronFingaz7

My favorite Nas album.

P.E.A.C.E.
10-25-2007, 07:41 PM
SaqurakiHanamichi

again some european kat giving classic material a low rating, fuken pathetic.
10-25-2007, 09:17 PM
Kong

great album, near classic.
10-26-2007, 02:56 AM
LuckyTheWonderDog

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Originally Posted by bad boy T

I rate each track indivisual but all together when all the tracks are combined I rate the album 9/10

So there's a couple of classic tracks, a load of average ones, but somehow together they make a classic album......?
11-07-2007, 05:50 AM
Bucellito 136

9/10 his best album after Illmatic
11-07-2007, 11:39 AM
Mantra

This isn't my favorite album by Nas because of all the mafioso stuff, but i thought none the less it was well executed. The productions no way near "illmatic"!
I mean come on he had premeir, large pro, l.e.s., and pete rock!
I'd give it maybe 6/8 because of the mafioso b.s.
11-09-2007, 06:44 AM
bad boy T

their's some pretty dope tracks on here with callabos from Foxy Brown, Havoc, AZ and Laurn Hill
11-27-2007, 10:06 AM
TAURO

Just started playing this again cos it's been a while and all I have to say is damn, what a fucking great album. Nas followed up a classic with another classic imo, you just can't fuck with his lyrics on this, and whoever says the beats are shit needs to wake the fuck up, I counted only one weak joint. 9/10
12-01-2007, 07:17 PM
Thworldisyours

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Originally Posted by claaa7

I'd barely give it 8/10. really good album though, but some of the tracks wasn't all that.. "the message", "i gave you power" and "shootouts" is some of nas dopest though. i just didn't like how all of a sudden he was this large gangster/killer.. it doesn't feel real, although the flow and wordplay is purely amazing!

And isn't that what matters??? You know, I never really cared if a lyricist was really living the shit he was talking about... If the music is good, it's good regardless...

Lyrics, Wordplay, Beats... but most importantly, his flow is relentless... Everything is impeccable... 10/10... And I also never understood why Black Girl Lost gets so much hate from people... I always liked it...

It seems like people hate on IWW because it wasn't Illmatic which is stupid really... IWW is a completely different album than Illmatic but that doesn't make it a bad album... It's a classic and it just MIGHT be Nas' best overall album...
12-04-2007, 09:07 AM
claaa7

i listened to "it was written" again for the first time in a long while and it made me change my mind. this is definitely nas 2nd best album after "illmatic", i'd give it 9.5/10. classic, no doubt!
12-04-2007, 03:21 PM
DR. NICK RIVIERA

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Originally Posted by Thworldisyours

And isn't that what matters??? You know, I never really cared if a lyricist was really living the shit he was talking about... If the music is good, it's good regardless...

GZA - Luminal is a good example...

Was Genius ever a psychophat?

(well ok, there is a thin line between crazy and genius tho...)
12-05-2007, 04:59 PM
claaa7

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Originally Posted by wera

GZA - Luminal is a good example...

Was Genius ever a psychophat?

(well ok, there is a thin line between crazy and genius tho...)

that's way different though, gza makes it clear that it is a story we're listening to. it's like accusing an actor for not being the role he plays in real life. but with nas he really tried to be something he never were and it reflects in the music in a way that it doesn't sound true to himself. so it definitely can affect the music; although with It Was Written, nas gets away with it becuz the LP is just that damn good.
12-20-2008, 03:25 PM
RynMur

How did some of these herbs give this an average rating. Even 6 & 7s? If this isn't a classic, it's the closest thing to it.

I swear if the first post stated classic, half of the dickriders in here would of went with that over their own opinion.
12-20-2008, 04:20 PM
SikoCeLL

Are people thick??

This album is not a Classic.
12-20-2008, 05:26 PM
-The A to the Z-

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Originally Posted by Definitive X

Shit's a personal classic...it's a wintertime joint. You gotta walk around your neighborhood with this bumpin' in ya walkman/mp3 player when there's ice on the ground and snow covering the grass. It's not a summer, spring, or fall album.

Nah I'd definitely say it's a Summertime album, got that whole Golden feel to it, it's got a warmth for sure.

But that is a problem for me on this album - all the songs have a similar feel, like beyond cohesion and then it ventures into same ol' beat 12 times over area.

Great album regardless.
12-20-2008, 05:40 PM
RADIOACTIVE MAN

10 for me,i totally enjoy it till this day
12-20-2008, 09:05 PM
YungSunny

If you compare it to God's Son, Nigger, and Illmatic you can't really say this is a classic.
But a good album overall.
12-20-2008, 09:16 PM
GhettoGnom

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Originally Posted by YungSunny

If you compare it to God's Son, Nigger, and Illmatic you can't really say this is a classic.
But a good album overall.

IWW is 10 times as good as Nigger
12-21-2008, 07:00 AM
claaa7

It Was Written is by far much better than Stillmatic, God's Son and The NaS word.
12-21-2008, 07:29 AM
YungSunny

Considering this is a wu-tang forum, I see why you think that.
12-21-2008, 07:48 AM
DR. NICK RIVIERA

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Originally Posted by YungSunny

Considering this is a wu-tang forum, I see why you think that.

stop being such an attention whore, Nigger wasn't that good, seriously, IWW was and is my fav. Nas album. Beats are bangin', maybe not as hard as on Illmatic, but lyrically he killed your mother, bought her a hat and drove past the police station a few times.
12-21-2008, 08:34 AM
Crack Killz

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Originally Posted by wera

stop being such an attention whore, Nigger wasn't that good, seriously, IWW was and is my fav. Nas album. Beats are bangin', maybe not as hard as on Illmatic, but lyrically he killed your mother, bought her a hat and drove past the police station a few times.

lmao..

anyway..

Def a great fucking album, The Message is my fav track period...

9/10
12-21-2008, 09:39 AM
Senator C. Palantine

Good album,7.

Prefer illmatic and Lost Tapes
12-21-2008, 01:51 PM
SikoCeLL

It deserves a good 8/10... but no is this album a 10.

Ofcourse yes, this is Nas's second best album.. but it's not a Classic.

Nas HAS only 1 classic and that's Illmatic.
12-21-2008, 02:40 PM
Shogah

i gave it a 8 because it had large number of classic tracks

Message, I Gave You Power, Shootouts(my fav), The Set Up, but it also had too many mediocre tracks.

Also i think that flow on this album is on the same level as illmatic, and after this album he never rapped on his albums like he did on first two(except for a few songs).
12-22-2008, 01:18 AM
DR. NICK RIVIERA

^^^^which are mediocre tracks? and how much is worth a mediocre track, cuz I find it amusing to still see such a high rating
12-22-2008, 06:35 PM
RynMur

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Originally Posted by SikoCeLL

Are people thick??

This album is not a Classic.

This is not an average (5), 6 or 7 album either. It's his third best album behind Illmatic & Stillmatic imo.
12-22-2008, 06:38 PM
food for thought

9
12-30-2008, 11:16 PM
Tony Bandana

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Originally Posted by Pat Bateman

close to classic imo. only one lazy track, "black girl lost". but everything else is fire. 9/10.

Nas Is Coming was wack too .
01-02-2009, 11:11 PM
Tony Bandana

7.5 /10 ...the album lacks some flare. dope indeed but Nas makes me wanna take a nap sometimes
01-14-2009, 08:42 PM
baritone

black girl lost is like top 10 nas songs yo

and i didnt know trackmasters were capable of making a production like shootouts, shit is ill
01-14-2009, 08:47 PM
oDoUoSoKo

tied with Illmatic for me.
01-15-2009, 10:16 AM
2Bladez

for me better than illmatic
01-15-2009, 10:23 AM
Tyler Durden

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Originally Posted by GENERAL WISE

9.5-10 / 10

def a classic

I play this more than Illmatic.

Thats a good point.

Thinking about it really hard I would give
'Illmatic' 9/10
and 'It Was Written' 8.5 - 9/10

but 'It Was Written' definately gets more plays.
I'm gonna throw 'Illmatic'in my car when I get home
04-06-2009, 12:27 PM
Chungsanity

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Originally Posted by 2Bladez

for me better than illmatic

real recognize real. all these people giving IWW less than a 9 dont know shit. IWW was better than Illmatic, that mainstream crossover was just a media blowup to make people think IWW wasnt on par with Illmatic.

Nas stepped up his lyricism on IWW and the beats were more sinister and gritty.

IWW = classic 10/10 album.
04-16-2009, 04:46 PM
Don Universo

very good album 9/10, just a notch below illmatic. i love the lyrics on this album more than the beats.

God's son > stillmatic
04-29-2009, 08:58 PM
OddioPellMell

FAVORITE -Nas album 10/10 i found it in a second hand record shop with some bone thugs cd. CD blew me away got me into Nas i had to cop all his press after that

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