Name: It Was Written (National Album Day 2023)
Brand: Nas

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

19658828851

Colour

Gold

Colour details

Gold and Black Marbled

Discogs ID

[r28548343]

Format multiplier

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

2000

Release date

2023-10-14

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Sony

Tax rate GB

Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

196588288517

Total Cap

Gold LPx2

Artist

Genre GB

Hip Hop

Label GB

National Album Day is the annual event celebrating the art of the album, and this year we're taking a look back across the best of the 90s.

National Album Day 2023

It Was Written is the second studio album by American rapper Nas, originally released on July 2, 1996, by Columbia Records. After the modest commercial success of his debut album Illmatic (1994), Nas pursued a more polished, mainstream sound for It Was Written.

Produced largely by Trackmasters, it departed from the debut's raw, underground aesthetic and embraced mafioso and gangsta themes. The recording also marked the first appearance of Nas's short-lived supergroup The Firm, featuring the rappers Foxy Brown, AZ, and Cormega.

It Was Written (National Album Day 2023)

Music GB

Discover It Was Written (National Album Day 2023) by Nas. Vinyl LP format. Sony label. A polished, mainstream sound with mafioso and gangsta themes.