Nas ~ It Was Written

[Senator C. Palantine]

Good album,7.

Prefer illmatic and Lost Tapes

[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.

[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).

[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

[RynMur]

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.

[food for thought]

9

[Tony Bandana]

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

Nas Is Coming was wack too .

[Tony Bandana]

7.5 /10 ...the album lacks some flare. dope indeed but Nas makes me wanna take a nap sometimes

[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

[oDoUoSoKo]

tied with Illmatic for me.

[2Bladez]

for me better than illmatic

[Tyler Durden]

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

[Chungsanity]

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.

[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

[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