Please go back and re read bra, I think we're getting shyt mixed up. As to the perception of It was written, I really don't give a shyt about sales. At the time it was a let down. That obviously turned out to be wrong as the years went on. Hence the title of the thread and the ensuing posts. shyt, all this thread was about was how when this song dropped, at the time it was a pretty wide spread opinion that Nas sold out. But in hindsight that is not the case.
fukk man, I am pretty drunk, and just heard the song and was vibing and reminiscing.