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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 5099748419620 Format: Explicit Lyrics Label: Columbia Manufacturer: Columbia Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Columbia Release Date: August 30, 1999 Studio: Columbia Sales Rank: 27538
Rating: - THE SECOND NAS ALBUM IS JUST AS GOOD AS ILLMATIC
For his second album, It Was Written, Nas hired a bunch of hip-hop's biggest producers -- including Dr. Dre, DJ Premier, Stretch, and Trackmasters -- to help him create the musical bed for his daring, groundbreaking rhymes. Although that rhyme style isn't as startling on It Was Written as it was on his debut, Illmatic, Nas has deepened his talents, creating a complex series of rhymes that not only flow, but manage to tell coherent stories as well. Furthermore, Nas often concentrates on creating vignettes ... Read More
Rating: - The definitive review
foreword--- if you die before you experience this you have not witnessed mankinds greatest lyricist SIMPLE, no this is not an album full of technical vocabularly that will annoy you, its the slickest most illest composition of lyricism over beat PERIOD. ILLMATIC is another story altogther (another classic) but im here to talk about IWW.
1- intro
the intro is nice, nas acts out a slave scene, hes a slave and he is fed up and he tells his slave friend and they uprise and someone gets there ... Read More
Rating: - fat album
this was one of Nas best albums, every song shows depth his story telling skills a strong here, the beats are good, people keep talking about illmatic, any rappers and lower their vocal range and increase syabllic pattern its just nas was the first, and anyway he needs to grow from Stillmatic what makes him any better than Jay Z, the Stillmatic album was all hype I advise people to buy this album not for putting dirt on peoples names but the narration and skill displayed
Rating: - nas, it was written
this is far from nas's best work. the beats are boring and lazy. his and lyrics and his spiting style lacks the fire of ilmatic and stilmatic. it is a well known fact that nas had a dip in his form during the mid to late 90's and this cd was during that dip. i am very pleased to see him improve in recent years to the hip hop giant that he is.
Rating: - Buy for The Message alone
This is a very good album, but as the follow up to Illmatic it would allways receive critisism. The album starts off with an intro which is actually worth listening to! unlike many rap albums' intros. Next is the song the Message. In my opinion this is one of the best Nas songs ever, and a personal favorite of mine. Infact I'd recommend buying this album just for that song. That's not to say the rest of the album is no good, on the contary This is certainly one of Nas' best albums. Other highlights ... Read More
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