It Was Written

Street dreams-

The man of the-

Nas

...

I'll tell you what it was.

Anyway, Nas it was written at seven.

Number six.

Mm.

So when he did the second album, It Was Written, most of us, like, more hip-hop pure-

Yeah

... we didn't like the commercialization of it.

Grammy Award winning album.

Nas' first Grammy Award winning album after we felt for a long time that he should have gotten one for Illmatic or even It Was Written.

And now Hip-Boy says they may never work again, but before we get started, you know what I need.

Subs, likes, hypes.

And let me ask y'all this question before we move on.

Do y'all think, now, listen, let's just be honest for a second.

Illmatic, it was written, I Am, right? That era, because then we get the Nostradamus and then, I mean, Stillmatic after that, Stillmatic, amazing, God's Son, amazing, you know what I mean? But then Nas has like The Street's Disciple and like a couple other albums where it kind of gets like kind of weird sound-wise and all of that.

But I think Nas' first three albums the last six that he did with Hit-Boy are comparable.

Yeah, it did well.

It was written.

Yeah, it did like what? Like 200, 220, 230.

Something like that, yeah.

see, that's the thing.

When I'm looking at this question, I'm looking at it from a perspective of what did people not fuck with when it came out? Gotcha.

And so that made me think of It Was Written.

It Was Written was highly anticipated.

And i- i- he does.

Um, but I'm saying we got, we got It Was Written.

I mean, my bad.

What?

[laughs]

No, no, no, no.

It Was Written?

No, no.

I

probably would have to go with, if I was bumping, probably Nas, it was written.

Okay.

Okay.

Okay.

Probably Nas, it was written, as honorable mention.

Yeah.

Okay.

Obviously, we're talking Jay-Z, Reasonable Doubt.

Nas, It Was Written.

Tupac, All Eyes On Me.

Next month, bro.

oh for sure

yeah but email us that and our final email is from zach with our billboard beat in the billboard beat for the week of august 17th 96 macarena remains at number one on the hot 100 Over on the Billboard 200 album chart, Nas's It Was Written was replaced by Beats, Rhythm & Life by A Tribe Called Quest.

A follow-up to their critically acclaimed 93 album Midnight Marauders, Beats, Rhythm & Life marked a change in the group's sound and ultimately a downturn.

The album's lyrical content was noticeably darker than its predecessors.

For sure.

You know, and, and, and then the discussion about the, It Was Written, Damn Near might be better low key.

But, um, what are, what are the things you take away when you're like, "Okay, what is the advice that you can apply when you're," whether it's the track listing or how to sequence or-

Mm-hmm