20 Years Ago Today... Nas - It Was Written

[THE_R_]

Escobar season needs to return!

B)

I always thought he said " EScobar Caesar" *kanye shrug*

YOU ARE NOT ALONE :sweat_smile:

 

[Dogowner14]

Nas also liked mo money mo homicide alot. I am not sure if he wanted to be on his album but he said that it's one of his personal favorite songs

 

[Dogowner14]

This album used to be my favorite album. I'd put Stillmatic over this album tho.

I'd say Illmatic,Stillmatic,It Was Written.

 

[Dogowner14]

It justifies, Nas Escobar’s leavin shit mesmerized

Mega live, like the third world

Decipher my deceiver make him a believer

Spitting gem stars, words in my mic type receiver

Bond is my life so I live by my word

Never fraudulent Queensbridge don’t make no herbs

Spread my name to deacons, politicians while they speakin

Rebel to America civilization caught you sleepin

 

[power_wisdom]

I always thought Take it in Blood, Silent Murderer, the firm song and live nigga Rap was the hardest songs on there. Live nigga Rap after I went back years later and listened sounds like all three of them was dissing Tupac. I didn't know at first but I had to absorb the lyrics later on.

Na he was subliminally dissin jay

1 luv 1 life so ther can only be 1 king-nas

0:46

Live nigga rap wasn't going at Pac. Pac dissed Mobb a little before It was written came out. Like a mouth before It was written dropped. So most likely Live nigga rap was already recorded. And Nas was talking about Biggie with that 1 luv 1 Life so there can only be one king line. Jay-z 1st album hadn't even dropped at that time. You confused that song for the one on I Am where he said "niggas talking about they the king of New York. It's not about that"

 

[Dogowner14]

I always thought Take it in Blood, Silent Murderer, the firm song and live nigga Rap was the hardest songs on there. Live nigga Rap after I went back years later and listened sounds like all three of them was dissing Tupac. I didn't know at first but I had to absorb the lyrics later on.

Na he was subliminally dissin jay

1 luv 1 life so ther can only be 1 king-nas

0:46

Live nigga rap wasn't going at Pac. Pac dissed Mobb a little before It was written came out. Like a mouth before It was written dropped. So most likely Live nigga rap was already recorded. And Nas was talking about Biggie with that 1 luv 1 Life so there can only be one king line. Jay-z 1st album hadn't even dropped at that time. You confused that song for the one on I Am where he said "niggas talking about they the king of New York. It's not about that"

P verse that he had on there is actually the rhyme that he originally had on LA LA. So P went at Pac(Westcoast)

Nas I don't know

Prodigy verse on live nigga rap is one of the illest ive heard yo. Nothing to take away from Nas because thats one of the illest verse ive heard aswell. Theese niggas went off yo

 

[power_wisdom]

I always thought Take it in Blood, Silent Murderer, the firm song and live nigga Rap was the hardest songs on there. Live nigga Rap after I went back years later and listened sounds like all three of them was dissing Tupac. I didn't know at first but I had to absorb the lyrics later on.

Na he was subliminally dissin jay

1 luv 1 life so ther can only be 1 king-nas

0:46

Live nigga rap wasn't going at Pac. Pac dissed Mobb a little before It was written came out. Like a mouth before It was written dropped. So most likely Live nigga rap was already recorded. And Nas was talking about Biggie with that 1 luv 1 Life so there can only be one king line. Jay-z 1st album hadn't even dropped at that time. You confused that song for the one on I Am where he said "niggas talking about they the king of New York. It's not about that"

P verse that he had on there is actually the rhyme that he originally had on LA LA. So P went at Pac(Westcoast)

Nas I don't know

Prodigy verse on live nigga rap is one of the illest ive heard yo. Nothing to take away from Nas because thats one of the illest verse ive heard aswell. Theese niggas went off yo

Prodigy was going at Snoop and the Dogg Pound on LA LA not Pac.

 

[trendsetta1030]

Escobar season needs to return!

B)

I always thought he said " EScobar Caesar" *kanye shrug*

That's cause you don't clean your ears listenin 2 all that bs

 

[a_list]

Was a lil disappointed at first, because it wasnt Illmatic 2.0, but that quickly changed....This shyt is still dope,,,

 

[Dogowner14]

I always thought Take it in Blood, Silent Murderer, the firm song and live nigga Rap was the hardest songs on there. Live nigga Rap after I went back years later and listened sounds like all three of them was dissing Tupac. I didn't know at first but I had to absorb the lyrics later on.

Na he was subliminally dissin jay

1 luv 1 life so ther can only be 1 king-nas

0:46

Live nigga rap wasn't going at Pac. Pac dissed Mobb a little before It was written came out. Like a mouth before It was written dropped. So most likely Live nigga rap was already recorded. And Nas was talking about Biggie with that 1 luv 1 Life so there can only be one king line. Jay-z 1st album hadn't even dropped at that time. You confused that song for the one on I Am where he said "niggas talking about they the king of New York. It's not about that"

P verse that he had on there is actually the rhyme that he originally had on LA LA. So P went at Pac(Westcoast)

Nas I don't know

Prodigy verse on live nigga rap is one of the illest ive heard yo. Nothing to take away from Nas because thats one of the illest verse ive heard aswell. Theese niggas went off yo

Prodigy was going at Snoop and the Dogg Pound on LA LA not Pac.

There was a time when Prodigy wanted to Kill Tupac.

 

[Dogowner14]

i got no game its just sum bitches understand my story

 

[power_wisdom]

I always thought Take it in Blood, Silent Murderer, the firm song and live nigga Rap was the hardest songs on there. Live nigga Rap after I went back years later and listened sounds like all three of them was dissing Tupac. I didn't know at first but I had to absorb the lyrics later on.

Na he was subliminally dissin jay

1 luv 1 life so ther can only be 1 king-nas

0:46

Live nigga rap wasn't going at Pac. Pac dissed Mobb a little before It was written came out. Like a mouth before It was written dropped. So most likely Live nigga rap was already recorded. And Nas was talking about Biggie with that 1 luv 1 Life so there can only be one king line. Jay-z 1st album hadn't even dropped at that time. You confused that song for the one on I Am where he said "niggas talking about they the king of New York. It's not about that"

P verse that he had on there is actually the rhyme that he originally had on LA LA. So P went at Pac(Westcoast)

Nas I don't know

Prodigy verse on live nigga rap is one of the illest ive heard yo. Nothing to take away from Nas because thats one of the illest verse ive heard aswell. Theese niggas went off yo

Prodigy was going at Snoop and the Dogg Pound on LA LA not Pac.

There was a time when Prodigy wanted to Kill Tupac.

Well he did diss P pretty hard

 

[Built 4 cuban linx]

Nas was spitting this whole album from the message to silent murder, the nigga even rapped his ass off on nas is coming. Idk what you OGs had against this album

 

[goldenja]

i got no game its just sum bitches understand my story

Interesting fact. The edited version of this has an alternate third verse. And you also don't hear that high pitch sound during the beginning and the hook. I personally prefer the edited version.

 

[Dogowner14]

i got no game its just sum bitches understand my story

Interesting fact. The edited version of this has an alternate third verse. And you also don't hear that high pitch sound during the beginning and the hook. I personally prefer the edited version.

 

[themadlionsfan]

I always thought Take it in Blood, Silent Murderer, the firm song and live nigga Rap was the hardest songs on there. Live nigga Rap after I went back years later and listened sounds like all three of them was dissing Tupac. I didn't know at first but I had to absorb the lyrics later on.

Na he was subliminally dissin jay

1 luv 1 life so ther can only be 1 king-nas

0:46

Nas came out and said that line was for Biggie

 

[themadlionsfan]

It justifies, Nas Escobar’s leavin shit mesmerized

Mega live, like the third world

Decipher my deceiver make him a believer

Spitting gem stars, words in my mic type receiver

Bond is my life so I live by my word

Never fraudulent Queensbridge don’t make no herbs

Spread my name to deacons, politicians while they speakin

Rebel to America civilization caught you sleepin

I've been trying to memorize this and the second verse for years

 

[Elzo69Renaissance]

The fucking intro just sets everything off right

 

[Soloman_The_Wise]

Masterpiece that put me onto Nasir...

 

[za'kiss]

Nas was spitting this whole album from the message to silent murder, the nigga even rapped his ass off on nas is coming. Idk what you OGs had against this album

We didn't have anything against it. IWW went double plat and was baginin' everybody's whip. It was so dope even 'Pac thought Nas emerged as East Coast's ring leader a devoted his hardest bars for him on "Against All Odds", despite the fact that Nas and him broke bread before it dropped.

It was mostly white backpacking music reviewers who hated on IWW for being "too commercial" because it wasn't on that conscious shit like Illmatic. They thought Nas was "their" prodigy, not the street's. They thought wrong. And now they go back and give the shit a 10. It's laughable. But it's wack how the critic's reviews paints the public reputation of the album. Revisionist history through the lens of the white critic. Shit was always a classic in my book.