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It Was Written by Nas • Jukebox

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102

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1.6K

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Album

It Was Written

1996 · by Nas

Hip-Hop/Rap14 songs59 minExplicit

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1
Album IntroE
sample avg 3.5
2:25
2
The MessageE
sample avg 3.0
3:54
3
Street DreamsE
sample avg 3.8
4:40
4
I Gave You PowerE
sample avg 3.0
3:53
5
Watch Dem N****s (feat. Foxy Brown)E
sample avg 3.4
4:05
6
Take It In BloodE
sample avg 2.9
4:48
7
Nas Is Coming (feat. Dr. Dre)E
sample avg 3.7
5:41
8
Affirmative Action (feat. AZ, Cormega & Foxy Brown)E
sample avg 3.4
4:20
9
The Set Up (feat. Havoc)E
sample avg 3.9
4:02
10
Black Girl Lost (feat. JoJo Hailey)E
sample avg 3.4
4:23
11
SuspectE
sample avg 4.0
4:12
12
ShootoutsE
sample avg 3.2
3:46
13
Live N***a Rap (feat. Mobb Deep)E
sample avg 3.3
3:45
14
If I Ruled the World (Imagine That) [feat. Lauryn Hill]E
sample avg 3.7
4:42

What people are saying

Review by lena★★★Sample

Good album to do dishes to. Great album to stare at the ceiling to.

2.0K likes

Review by Jules Archer★★★★½Sample

Nas really said 'let me ruin your whole week' and then did it beautifully.

1.5K likes

℗ 1996 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment

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Review by Cass Moreno★★½Sample

Respectfully: no. “Take It In Blood” is the only thing I'd revisit.

1.2K likes

Review by Nadia Haddad★★★½Sample

Solid, but I keep skipping “Take It In Blood”. Sorry Nas.

1.2K likes

Review by Yuki Tanaka★★★★½Sample

The production on this is so warm it feels like sitting next to a radiator in January.

542 likes

Review by Mira Okafor★★½Sample

I wanted to love this so badly. “Suspect” is fine I guess.

40 likes

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