It Was Written

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

  feat. Foxy Brown
  4:04
  3.5 ★
• 6
  Take It in Blood
  4:48
  4.2 ★
• 7
  Nas Is Coming

  feat. Dr. Dre
  5:41
  3.0 ★
• 8
  Affirmative Action

  feat. AZ, Cormega & Foxy Brown
  4:19
  4.2 ★
• 9
  The Set Up

  feat. Havoc
  4:01
  3.0 ★
• 10
  Black Girl Lost

  feat. JoJo Hailey
  4:22
  2.7 ★
• 11
  Suspect
  4:12
  2.7 ★
• 12
  Shootouts
  3:46
  2.7 ★
• 13
  Live Nigga Rap

  feat. Mobb Deep
  3:45
  2.7 ★
• 14
  If I Ruled the World (Imagine That)

  feat. Lauryn Hill
  4:42
  4.5 ★
• 15
  Silent Murder
  3:24
  3.4 ★
• 16
  Street Dreams (Bonus Verse)
  4:08
  1.0 ★

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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, 15]
• Michael Fronda
  mix [9]
• Ms. Lauryn Hill
  guest [14]
• Nas
  performer [14], producer [1], spoken vocals [1], vocal [2-15]
• 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]
• Show all credits (25)

Issues

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  It Was Written

  CD
  1 July 1996
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  I
  It Was Written

  CD
  2 July 1996
• I
  It Was Written

  CD (clean)
  2 July 1996
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  I
  It Was Written

  CD
  2 July 1996
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  I
  It Was Written

  CD
  31 July 1996
• I
  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