It Was Written

It Was Written

It Was Written

Album by Nas

Released 1 July 1996

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Tracklist

1
Album Intro
2:24
1.8 ★
2
The Message
3:54
4.4 ★
3
Street Dreams
4:39
3.6 ★
4
I Gave You Power
3:52
3.8 ★
5
Watch Dem Niggas
4:04
3.5 ★
6
Take It in Blood
4:48
4.2 ★
7
Nas Is Coming
5:41
3.0 ★
8
Affirmative Action
4:19
4.2 ★
9
The Set Up
4:01
3.0 ★
10
Black Girl Lost
4:22
2.7 ★
11
Suspect
4:12
2.7 ★
12
Shootouts
3:46
2.7 ★
13
Live Nigga Rap
3:45
2.7 ★
14
If I Ruled the World (Imagine That)
feat. Lauryn Hill
4:42
4.5 ★

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Release credits

AZ
spoken vocals [1], vocal [8]
Bill Esses
mix [10]
Cormega
vocal [8]
DJ Premier
producer [4]
DURO
mix [13]
Dave Atkinson
keyboard [8], producer [8]
Delight
keyboard [3, 5, 14]
Dr. Dre
producer [7]
Eddie Sancho
recording [4]
Foxy Brown
vocal [8]
Havoc
guest [13], producer [9, 13]
JoJo
background vocals [10]
Kelston Rice
mix [7]
Kid Capri
turntable [2]
L.E.S.
producer [11]
Live Squad
producer [6]
Michael Fronda
mix [9]
Ms. Lauryn Hill
guest [14]
Nas
performer [14], producer [1], spoken vocals [1], vocal [2-14]
Poke
producer [8]
Poke and Tone
mix [3, 5-6, 8, 10-12, 14], producer [1-3, 5, 10, 12, 14]
Prodigy
guest [13]
Rashad Smith
additional [14]
Rich Travali
mix [2-3, 5-6, 8, 10-12, 14]
Tone
producer [8]

Issues

I
It Was Written
CD
1 July 1996
I
It Was Written
CD
2 July 1996
I
It Was Written
CD (clean)
2 July 1996
I
It Was Written
CD
2 July 1996
I
It Was Written
CD
31 July 1996
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It Was Written
CD
1996
I
It Was Written
CD
1996
I
It Was Written
Digital Media (expanded edition)
2 July 2021
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It Was Written
Digital Media (Expanded Edition)
2 July 2021
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It Was Written
Digital Media