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People unfairly hate on Nas' It Was Written..........
teecee:
Hey smartass, i was around and a huge fan of Illmatic-nas, and when IWW dropped i took it for what it was, an album full of hits(If i Ruled the World, Street Dreams) and great songs (The Message, Take it in Blood, I Gave U Power)....
And pete rock only did one song on Illmatic, but i get your point. He went from TRUE hiphop to trackmasters, although the Trackmasters actually produced some very good songs on te album. If you dont like The Message, you got problems.
LyRiCaL_G:
im sure trackmasters did the message...........one of the sickest joints ever made....by any rapper.......
hector:
dope album and only Nas album I listen to.
On The Edge of Insanity:
Illmatic shits all over It Was Written. The beats and rhymes on Illmatic are consistantly much better than on It Was Written. I've bought IWW twice now, having repurchased it last year thinking I was prehaps too dismissive of the album in my youth, I realised I still had to skip through half the album, and traded it back in within a month or so. I just can't listen to the album all the way through, whereas Illmatic I can easily just pop in my cd player and listen from start to finish.
Juronimo:
When it was written came out, I wasn't into it right away due to Nas trying to be a mobster. That turned me off to it a bit but I didn't really listen to it initially. I think I listened to it once and I let someone borrow the tape (big mistake) and it was quickly eaten.
The funny thing is, I wasn't into Illmatic right away either due to the beats. They're both tight albums and I appreciate them both more than when I first heard them, but compared to what was being released in that time period, I don't think either of those albums stack up against the best albums that came out during that period, IMO.
For me, Stillmatic is my favorite Nas album.
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