Nas – It Was Written

Name: Nas - It Was Written
Rating: 4.32 (144 reviews)

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Label:	Columbia – 484196 1
Format:	Vinyl , LP, Album
Country:	Europe
Released:	1996
Genre:	Hip Hop
Style:	Conscious

Tracklist

A1	Album Intro Producer – Trackmasters Written-By – N. Jones*	2:28
A2	The Message Producer – Poke And Tone Scratches – D.J. Kid Capri* Written-By – S. Barnes* Written-By [Uncredited] – Sting	4:10
A3	Street Dreams Keyboards – Delight (6) Producer – Poke And Tone Written-By – S. Barnes*	4:41
A4	I Gave You Power Engineer – Eddie Sancho Producer – DJ Premier Written-By – N. Jones*	3:56
A5	Watch Dem Niggas Keyboards – Delight (6) Producer – Poke And Tone Written-By – S. Barnes*	4:06
A6	Take It In Blood Producer – Top General Sounds Written-By – W. Childs*	4:49
A7	The Set Up Featuring – Havoc (3) Producer – Havoc (3) Written-By – N. Jones*	4:26
A8	Silent Murder Producer – Top General Sounds Written-By – R. Walker*	3:25
B1	Black Girl Lost Backing Vocals – Jo Jo Hailey Producer – L.E.S. Producer [Additional] – Poke And Tone Written-By – Lucas*	4:32
B2	Suspect Producer – L.E.S. Written-By – N. Jones*	4:16
B3	Shootouts Producer – Poke And Tone Written-By – S. Barnes*	3:46
B4	Nas Is Coming Engineer – Kelston Rice Producer – Dr. Dre Written-By – N. Jones*	5:40
B5	Affirmative Action Featuring – Foxy Brown Keyboards – Dave Atkinson Producer – Poke And Tone Written-By – S. Barnes*	4:20
B6	Live Nigga Rap Engineer [Mix] – Ken "Duro" Ifle* Featuring – Mobb Deep Producer – Havoc (3) Written-By – N. Jones*	3:46
B7	If I Ruled The World (Imagine That) Keyboards – Delight (6) Producer – Poke And Tone Producer [Additional] – Rashad Smith Vocals – Lauryn Hill Written-By – S. Barnes* Keyboards – Delight (6) Producer – Poke And Tone Producer [Additional] – Rashad Smith Vocals – Lauryn Hill Written-By – S. Barnes*	4:44

Credits

A&R [A&r Direction] – Faith Newman
[istrative Assistance] – Joy Burrell*
Art Direction, Design – Aimée Macauley
Engineer [Mix] – Rich Travali (tracks: A2, A3, A5, A6, A8 to B3, B5, B7)
Executive-Producer – Trackmasters
Management – Steve Stoute
Mastered By – Tom Coyne
Mixed By – Poke And Tone (tracks: A2, A3, A5, A6, A8 to B3, B5, B7)
Photography By – Danny Clinch

Notes

Made in Holland for the European market.

"Silent Murder" is a bonus track. Mastered at Sterling Sound, NYC.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode: 5099748419613
Matrix / Runout (Side A, etched): 01-484 196-20-A1 A.
Matrix / Runout (Side B, etched): 01-484 196-20-B1 A.
Label Code: 0162
Rights Society: SACEM/SDRM/SACD/SCDL/BIEM

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	It Was Written (LP, Album)	Columbia	C 67015	US	1996
Recently Edited	It Was Written (CD, Album)	Columbia	484196 2, col 484196 2	Europe	1996
Recently Edited	It Was Written (CD, Album)	Columbia	CK 67015	US	1996
Recently Edited	It Was Written (CD, Album)	Columbia	484196 2	Australia	1996
Recently Edited	It Was Written (Cassette, Album)	Columbia	Ct 67015	US	1996

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Reviews

damals84 Jun 29, 2017
Edited 6 months ago

I highly recommend to buy the European pressing of 'It Was Written' because it has 'Silent Murder' on it which is such a dope track. Although they pressed over a hour of music on a single vinyl the sound quality is amazing.