. . . "featuring Foxy Brown"@en . "Nas-it-was-written-music-album.jpg"@en . . . . "It Was Written"@uk . "Suspect"@en . . "6"^^ . . . . . "4"^^ . "Street Dreams"@en . . "album"@en . "Soundtrack"@en . . . "It Was Written is het tweede album van de Amerikaanse rapper Nas, uitgebracht op 2 juli 1996, door Columbia Records."@nl . . "25"^^ . . . "Richard Pimente"@en . . . . . "Rolling Stone"@en . . . "A\u2212"@en . . . . . "It Was Written"@ko . . "It Was Written es el segundo \u00E1lbum de Nas, del a\u00F1o 1996."@es . "Wallace Childs"@en . . "Browne"@en . . . . . "It Was Written"@en . "Kirk Goddy"@en . . "James Epps, Jr."@en . . "288.0"^^ . "Denmark"@en . . "United Kingdom"@en . ""@en . . "\u300AIt Was Written\u300B\uB294 1996\uB144 7\uC6D4 1\uC77C\uC5D0 \uBC1C\uB9E4\uB41C \uB098\uC2A4\uC758 \uC74C\uBC18\uC774\uB2E4. \uCEEC\uB7FC\uBE44\uC544 \uB808\uCF54\uB4DC\uC5D0 \uC758\uD574 \uBC1C\uB9E4\uB418\uC5C8\uB2E4."@ko . . . "Annie Lennox"@en . . . . . "I Gave You Power.ogg"@en . . "1119446492"^^ . . . . "279.0"^^ . "Q"@en . . "Reggie Lucas"@en . . . "One of Nas's most acclaimed singles, the track samples Whodini's \"Friends\" and features utopian lyrical themes."@en . . . . . . . . . "It Was Written (englisch f\u00FCr Es steht geschrieben) ist das zweite offizielle Musikalbum des aus Queensbridge stammenden Rappers Nas. Das Album wurde haupts\u00E4chlich von Samuel \u201ETone\u201C Barnes und Jean-Claude \u201EPoke\u201C Olivier (Trackmasters) produziert; es sollte das genaue Gegenteil des Vorg\u00E4ngeralbums Illmatic werden. Von Raekwon inspiriert, \u00E4nderte Nas sein Image zeitgleich vom \u201EJungen aus den Projects\u201C zum Mafioso und nennt sich von nun an Nas Escobar (nach dem Kolumbianischen Drogenh\u00E4ndler Pablo Escobar, der lange Zeit ein Drogenkartell anf\u00FChrte). Im Song I Gave You Power wird zum von DJ Premier produzierten Beat mit Piano-Sample eine Geschichte aus der Perspektive einer Schusswaffe erz\u00E4hlt. Das Album beinhaltet au\u00DFerdem Hits wie If I Ruled The World mit Lauryn Hill von den Fugees, Street Dreams und The Message. F\u00FCr die Musikvideos der Singles stand ein gro\u00DFz\u00FCgiges Budget zur Verf\u00FCgung; sie wurden von Hype Williams gedreht. Auf It Was Written sind ebenfalls G\u00E4ste wie z. B. Mobb Deep vertreten, au\u00DFerdem war es das Deb\u00FCt der Hip-Hop-Gruppe The Firm mit den Mitgliedern Nas, AZ, Cormega und Foxy Brown. Nach der Ver\u00F6ffentlichung kam It Was Written bei den Fans gut an und wurde bis dato Nas\u2019 in kommerzieller Hinsicht erfolgreichstes Album. Weltweit wurden insgesamt \u00FCber drei Millionen Exemplare verkauft, und es setzte sich in den amerikanischen Album-Charts vier Wochen lang auf Platz eins fest. Nas\u2019 Popularit\u00E4t stieg immer mehr, und er wurde somit auch bei Mainstream-Musik-H\u00F6rern bekannt. Der Rapper Lupe Fiasco aus Chicago erw\u00E4hnte in einem Interview, dass It Was Written f\u00FCr ihn die gr\u00F6\u00DFte Inspiration w\u00E4hrend seiner Jugend war."@de . "Lewis"@en . . . . . . . . . "featuring AZ, Cormega and Foxy Brown"@en . . "Romeo"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "1996"^^ . . . "Black Girl Lost"@en . . "Barnes"@en . "Canada"@en . "featuring Dr. Dre"@en . . . "Joseph Pruitt"@en . . "Dave Atkinson"@en . . . "It Was Writen (em portugu\u00EAs: Foi Escrito) \u00E9 o segundo \u00E1lbum solo do rapper americano Nas, lan\u00E7ado em 2 de Julho de 1996 pela Columbia Records nos Estados Unidos. Depois do n\u00FAmero de vendas moderado do seu aclamado \u00E1lbum de estreia Illmatic (1994), Nas escolheu focar-se em uma dire\u00E7\u00E3o mais comercial. Primeiramente produzido pelos Trackmasters, foi uma mudan\u00E7a do tom cru e underground de sua estreia para um som mais polido e comercial. O \u00E1lbum apresenta temas de gangsta e mafioso, e marca a primeira apari\u00E7\u00E3o de seu supergrupo The Firm, que inclu\u00EDa os rappers Foxy Brown, AZ e . O \u00E1lbum provou-se ser o lan\u00E7amento de maior sucesso comercial de Nas, estreando no primeiro lugar da Billboard 200 com 268,000 c\u00F3pias e chegando a vender mais de 3 milh\u00F5es de c\u00F3pias mundialmente, com 2,494,000 s\u00F3 nos EUA. Tamb\u00E9m anunciou a popularidade de Nas, apesar de seu apelo ter sido prejudicado pelo sucesso de outros \u00E1lbuns de mafioso rap como Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... (1995) e Reasonable Doubt (1996). Por\u00E9m, suas mudan\u00E7as de estilo e aumento de sucesso no mainstream promoveram acusa\u00E7\u00F5es de se vender dentro da comunidade do hip hop. It Was Written tamb\u00E9m recebeu cr\u00EDticas mistas por n\u00E3o estar em par com Illmatic, servindo como um exemplo de queda do segundo \u00E1lbum."@pt . . "259.0"^^ . . . . . . . "Chicago Tribune"@en . "10297"^^ . . . . . . ""@en . . . "Producer"@en . . . . . "\"Street Dreams\""@en . . "It Was Written"@en . ""@en . . . . . . . . . "Havoc"@en . . . . "It Was Written es el segundo \u00E1lbum de Nas, del a\u00F1o 1996."@es . . . . . . . "Street Dreams.ogg"@en . "Nas Is Coming"@en . . . "Live Squad"@en . "It Was Written"@fr . "NME"@en . "Trackmasters"@en . "241.0"^^ . . . "It Was Written \u2013 drugi album studyjny ameryka\u0144skiego rapera Nasa. Zosta\u0142 wydany 2 lipca 1996 roku nak\u0142adem wytw\u00F3rni Columbia Records. Dnia 6 wrze\u015Bnia 1996 r. album uzyska\u0142 status podw\u00F3jnej platyny przez RIAA."@pl . . "It Was Written"@es . . "248.0"^^ . "It Was Written"@sv . . . "Gold"@en . . "Jean-Claude Olivier"@en . . . . . "David A. Stewart"@en . . . . "234.0"^^ . . "featuring Lauryn Hill"@en . "right"@en . "3509.0"^^ . . "featuring Joel \"JoJo\" Hailey"@en . . "244.0"^^ . . . . . . . . . "If I Ruled the World .ogg"@en . . . "It Was Written is het tweede album van de Amerikaanse rapper Nas, uitgebracht op 2 juli 1996, door Columbia Records."@nl . . . "Platinum"@en . . . . "It Was Written"@pt . . . . . . "3"^^ . . "Kurtis Walker"@en . . . "The song is a first-person narrative by Nas from the perspective of a gun and features a jazz fusion sample."@en . . "The song is an account on the impact of drugs on Nas's neighborhood with an interpolation of the Eurythmics' \"Sweet Dreams \" ."@en . . . . "Cassette bonus track"@en . . "It Was Written \u00E4r rapparen Nas andra studioalbum. Det sl\u00E4pptes 1996. Skivan \u00E4r mest k\u00E4nd f\u00F6r l\u00E5tarnas texter."@sv . "Cleveland Horne"@en . . . "Album Intro"@en . . "341.0"^^ . . "Chicago Sun-Times"@en . "Nas"@en . . "1994"^^ . . . . . "\"riaa\""@en . . . . . . . "It Was Written"@nl . . . . "Kejuan Muchita"@en . "252.0"^^ . . "Randy Walker"@en . "It Was Writen (em portugu\u00EAs: Foi Escrito) \u00E9 o segundo \u00E1lbum solo do rapper americano Nas, lan\u00E7ado em 2 de Julho de 1996 pela Columbia Records nos Estados Unidos. Depois do n\u00FAmero de vendas moderado do seu aclamado \u00E1lbum de estreia Illmatic (1994), Nas escolheu focar-se em uma dire\u00E7\u00E3o mais comercial. Primeiramente produzido pelos Trackmasters, foi uma mudan\u00E7a do tom cru e underground de sua estreia para um som mais polido e comercial. O \u00E1lbum apresenta temas de gangsta e mafioso, e marca a primeira apari\u00E7\u00E3o de seu supergrupo The Firm, que inclu\u00EDa os rappers Foxy Brown, AZ e ."@pt . "1997"^^ . "The Rolling Stone Album Guide"@en . . "144.0"^^ . . . . . . . . "It Was Written est le second album studio de Nas, sorti le 2 juillet 1996."@fr . . . . . . . "It Was Written \u2014 \u0434\u0440\u0443\u0433\u0438\u0439 \u0441\u0442\u0443\u0434\u0456\u0439\u043D\u0438\u0439 \u0430\u043B\u044C\u0431\u043E\u043C \u0430\u043C\u0435\u0440\u0438\u043A\u0430\u043D\u0441\u044C\u043A\u043E\u0433\u043E \u0440\u0435\u043F\u0435\u0440\u0430 Nas, \u0432\u0438\u043F\u0443\u0449\u0435\u043D\u0438\u0439 2 \u043B\u0438\u043F\u043D\u044F 1996 \u0440\u043E\u043A\u0443 \u043D\u0430 Columbia Records \u0432 \u0421\u0428\u0410. \u0410\u043B\u044C\u0431\u043E\u043C \u0432\u0438\u044F\u0432\u0438\u0432\u0441\u044F \u043D\u0430\u0439\u0431\u0456\u043B\u044C\u0448 \u043A\u043E\u043C\u0435\u0440\u0446\u0456\u0439\u043D\u043E \u0443\u0441\u043F\u0456\u0448\u043D\u0438\u043C \u0440\u0435\u043B\u0456\u0437\u043E\u043C Nas'\u0430, \u0434\u0435\u0431\u044E\u0442\u0443\u0432\u0430\u0432\u0448\u0438 \u043D\u0430 \u043F\u0435\u0440\u0448\u043E\u043C\u0443 \u043C\u0456\u0441\u0446\u0456 \u0432 \u0447\u0430\u0440\u0442\u0456 Billboard 200."@uk . . . "47837"^^ . . "featuring Havoc"@en . "It Was Written \u00E4r rapparen Nas andra studioalbum. Det sl\u00E4pptes 1996. Skivan \u00E4r mest k\u00E4nd f\u00F6r l\u00E5tarnas texter."@sv . . "Samuel Barnes"@en . . . "It Was Written"@en . "Affirmative Action"@en . . . "It Was Written"@de . . "\"If I Ruled the World \""@en . . . . . "263.0"^^ . "\u300AIt Was Written\u300B\uB294 1996\uB144 7\uC6D4 1\uC77C\uC5D0 \uBC1C\uB9E4\uB41C \uB098\uC2A4\uC758 \uC74C\uBC18\uC774\uB2E4. \uCEEC\uB7FC\uBE44\uC544 \uB808\uCF54\uB4DC\uC5D0 \uC758\uD574 \uBC1C\uB9E4\uB418\uC5C8\uB2E4."@ko . "Muchita"@en . . . "Take It in Blood"@en . . "Dr. Dre's House"@en . . "Live Nigga Rap"@en . "France"@en . "It Was Written est le second album studio de Nas, sorti le 2 juillet 1996."@fr . "2021"^^ . . . "It Was Written \u2014 \u0434\u0440\u0443\u0433\u0438\u0439 \u0441\u0442\u0443\u0434\u0456\u0439\u043D\u0438\u0439 \u0430\u043B\u044C\u0431\u043E\u043C \u0430\u043C\u0435\u0440\u0438\u043A\u0430\u043D\u0441\u044C\u043A\u043E\u0433\u043E \u0440\u0435\u043F\u0435\u0440\u0430 Nas, \u0432\u0438\u043F\u0443\u0449\u0435\u043D\u0438\u0439 2 \u043B\u0438\u043F\u043D\u044F 1996 \u0440\u043E\u043A\u0443 \u043D\u0430 Columbia Records \u0432 \u0421\u0428\u0410. \u0410\u043B\u044C\u0431\u043E\u043C \u0432\u0438\u044F\u0432\u0438\u0432\u0441\u044F \u043D\u0430\u0439\u0431\u0456\u043B\u044C\u0448 \u043A\u043E\u043C\u0435\u0440\u0446\u0456\u0439\u043D\u043E \u0443\u0441\u043F\u0456\u0448\u043D\u0438\u043C \u0440\u0435\u043B\u0456\u0437\u043E\u043C Nas'\u0430, \u0434\u0435\u0431\u044E\u0442\u0443\u0432\u0430\u0432\u0448\u0438 \u043D\u0430 \u043F\u0435\u0440\u0448\u043E\u043C\u0443 \u043C\u0456\u0441\u0446\u0456 \u0432 \u0447\u0430\u0440\u0442\u0456 Billboard 200."@uk . "bonus verse"@en . . "1996-07-02"^^ . "Shootouts"@en . . "The Set Up"@en . "225.0"^^ . . "Entertainment Weekly"@en . . . . . . "It Was Written"@pl . . "2013"^^ . "It Was Written \u00E8 il secondo album in studio del rapper statunitense Nas, pubblicato il 2 luglio del 1996 dalla Columbia. Dopo il discreto successo di vendite del suo acclamato esordio Illmatic, Nas sceglie di concentrare i suoi sforzi in una direzione pi\u00F9 commerciale. Prodotto principalmente dai Trackmasters, \u00E8 un punto di partenza per lui dal suono grezzo e underground del suo album di debutto verso un suono pi\u00F9 ricercato e commerciale. L'album presenta argomenti tipici del mafioso e del gangsta rap e segna la prima apparizione del supergruppo di Nas \"The Firm\", che include i rapper Foxy Brown, AZ e Cormega. L'album si \u00E8 rivelato la pubblicazione di maggior successo commerciale di Nas con oltre due milioni di copie fisiche vendute nei soli Stati Uniti, debuttando al primo posto nella Billboard 200. Ha anche dato il via alla popolarit\u00E0 commerciale dell'artista e ha seguito il successo di altri album mafioso rap come Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... (1995) e Reasonable Doubt (1996). Tuttavia i suoi cambiamenti stilistici e il crescente successo commerciale hanno alimentato le accuse all'interno della comunit\u00E0 hip-hop che Nas si sia venduto alla musica commerciale."@it . . "studio"@en . . . . . "204.0"^^ . . . . "47489030"^^ . "1996"^^ . "Los Angeles Times"@en . "1997"^^ . . . "featuring Mobb Deep"@en . . . . "1994"^^ . "9852"^^ . . . . . "Olivier"@en . . "Nas"@en . "--06-04"^^ . "Jones"@en . . . . . . "United States"@en . . "Bearsville"@en . . "It Was Written is the second studio album by American rapper Nas, 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. The album was a commercial success, selling 270,000 copies in its first week and debuting at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart, while receiving mostly positive reviews. It also heralded Nas's mainstream popularity as well as that of mafioso rap, joining similarly successful albums like Raekwon's Only Built 4 Cuban Linx\u2026 (1995) and Jay-Z's Reasonable Doubt (1996). However, Nas's more commercial sound fostered accusations of selling out within the hip hop community, and its critical standing suffered with comparisons to the acclaimed Illmatic. With at least 3 million copies sold, and certified triple platinum, It Was Written remains Nas's best-selling album."@en . . . "The Source"@en . "It Was Written"@it . . "It Was Written is the second studio album by American rapper Nas, 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."@en . ""@en . . . "It Was Written \u00E8 il secondo album in studio del rapper statunitense Nas, pubblicato il 2 luglio del 1996 dalla Columbia. Dopo il discreto successo di vendite del suo acclamato esordio Illmatic, Nas sceglie di concentrare i suoi sforzi in una direzione pi\u00F9 commerciale. Prodotto principalmente dai Trackmasters, \u00E8 un punto di partenza per lui dal suono grezzo e underground del suo album di debutto verso un suono pi\u00F9 ricercato e commerciale. L'album presenta argomenti tipici del mafioso e del gangsta rap e segna la prima apparizione del supergruppo di Nas \"The Firm\", che include i rapper Foxy Brown, AZ e Cormega."@it . "It Was Written (englisch f\u00FCr Es steht geschrieben) ist das zweite offizielle Musikalbum des aus Queensbridge stammenden Rappers Nas. Das Album wurde haupts\u00E4chlich von Samuel \u201ETone\u201C Barnes und Jean-Claude \u201EPoke\u201C Olivier (Trackmasters) produziert; es sollte das genaue Gegenteil des Vorg\u00E4ngeralbums Illmatic werden. Von Raekwon inspiriert, \u00E4nderte Nas sein Image zeitgleich vom \u201EJungen aus den Projects\u201C zum Mafioso und nennt sich von nun an Nas Escobar (nach dem Kolumbianischen Drogenh\u00E4ndler Pablo Escobar, der lange Zeit ein Drogenkartell anf\u00FChrte)."@de . . . "2021-01-12"^^ . . "2021-08-07"^^ . . . . . . "Watch Dem Niggas"@en . "232.0"^^ . . . . "Lo Ground & Top General Sounds"@en . . . . . . "282.0"^^ . . . . . . . "Nasir Jones"@en . . . ""@en . . . . "226.0"^^ . . . "It Was Written \u2013 drugi album studyjny ameryka\u0144skiego rapera Nasa. Zosta\u0142 wydany 2 lipca 1996 roku nak\u0142adem wytw\u00F3rni Columbia Records. Dnia 6 wrze\u015Bnia 1996 r. album uzyska\u0142 status podw\u00F3jnej platyny przez RIAA."@pl . . . . "\"I Gave You Power\""@en . . . . . . "Silent Murder"@en .