It Was Written [PA] - Nas

Advantages: Consistant quality
Disadvantages: Mobb Deep

...general music fans too as it was refreshing in its lyrical depth and originality, and everyone expected the same of this, but second albums are notorious for being let down for fans would expect to hear something based upon the original, but the artists tend to want to advance. 1. Album Intro 2. The Message As this album was relased in 1996, the height of the East Coast-West Coast rivalry, tension were high between rappers from Cali and New York ...
...slug" you immediately belive that it is a sublimial directed towards the Cali MC 2Pac, who was known as a 'thug' at the time. It resulted in a beef between the two, even though it was directed at the person 2Pac hated most, The Notorious B.I.G. (wo claimed to be the King of New York), it was fortunate that wit was settled proir to 'Pac's murder later on in the year. When you hear "...there can only be one king." later on in the rap, you can hear ... Read review

Advantages: Great Lyrics.
Disadvantages: Some Tracks Let It Down.

...towards getting a better life. It may not hit you between the eyes but it gets you 'in the mood' for the album. - The Message: 5/5 A personal favourite and is a song that quickly entices your ear. Even though the rhythm of the song may fool you into thinking that this is a track focussing on the struggles of growing up in a bad neighborhood it is actually a diss track aimed to Hip-Hop icon The Notorious B.I.G. - Street Dreams: 4/5 This is another ...
...about this song that makes it seem unfinished. Lyrically though it tells a great story which saves the lack of harmony between his flow and the instrumental. - Watch Dem Niggas: 3/5 Is it me or are the ratings slowly starting to go down? this isn't one of my favourites and is another that seemed 'unfinished'. - Take It In Blood: 3.5/5 Even though the feel of the two previous tracks continues on this one the lyrics once again lift it up to a more ... Read review

Advantages: Good production and lyrics
Disadvantages: none

...the case with Nas' alcum, It was written. My brother has a Nas album, Illmatic and I like it so I thought this wouldn't be bad either. I have to admit I bought it because it was reduced to £4.99 in HMV, and I thought my brother or I might like it so I couldn't really go wrong for the price. It was written has 15 great tracks. The three I knew before buying the album were Street Dreams, The message and If I ruled the world. I didn't realise these ...
...these songs then I think it is safe to say you would like this album. The message is a cool rap tune with a good backing and clever lyrics, and gets your head bopping, but this is true for basically all of the songs on the New Yorker's album. Street Dreams is quite upbeat, but is an interpolation of "Sweet dreams" written by Dave Stewart and Annie Lennox performed by the Eurythmics. However it is not Annie Lennox singing before you get surprised! ... Read review

Advantages: Great tracks, fantastic song clarity
Disadvantages: some songs seem the same!

Nas is a well known artist with a truly great rapping style. He can easily compete with other top rappers. Almost anyone will love this CD with the great music and some great artists on some of the tracks! Even though there is this so called war between west coast rappers and east cost rappers nas is like a mixture between the two sides rapping styles this sounds like proper street music just good to listen to! Here are just some of the great tracks ...
...If I ruled the world Suspect The message Street dreams Silent murder and that's just some of the greats ! Well worth buying wether you like old skool or new skool! ... Read review