The cult status of Nas is growing as the rapper from QB is getting older and somehow wiser. That may be the reason why the wait surrounding his next album, titled "Life Is Good", is getting unbearable. That and the quality singles Nas has been dropping for a few months already. "Nasty" opened the list, followed by "The Don" and more recently "Daughters".
Retrospectively, it's fair to say that Nas' albums received various levels of popularity at the moment of their release. But all of them contained bangers. Seriously, a few years later, even his weakest albums would make the cut compared to other rappers' efforts.
A t the time of its release, "It Was Written" was felt disappointing. People forgot that Nas set the standard so high on "Illmatic" that it was litterally impossible to equal the same performance once again. Still, people were foolish back then, because 16 years later, "It Was Written" can be considered a standard of rap music. It tells so much about what Nas was going through following the critically acclaimed "Illmatic".
Complex did a nice presentation that does justice to this album, with exclusive thoughts and revelations of Nas' then manager Steve Stoute and producers Trackmasters about the making of "It Was Written". More of this would be welcome.
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