2ATMsYouSteppinOrWhat
Superstar
“The mic i strike in vain is giving the pain of what a mac is”
It Was Written -24 year anniversary
- Thread starter kes929
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I don't know about IWW being Nas's darkest album. "Street Dreams", "Watch Dem nikkas" don't sound dark at all. Same for "Black Girl Lost". "Take It In Blood", "Suspect", "I Gave You Power" and "Live nikka Rap" are the darkest moments on the album. Maybe "Nas Is Coming" as well.
Stuckinthe90s
Pro
It's a fukking tragedy he didn't.
Where the fukk were Rae and Ghost as well.
Still a great album but should have been better.
I actually think the darkest Nas album is a tie between I am and Stillmatic.
If you really break down I am lyrically, its a DARK ass album
it took me a min to get into this album but
black girl lost
watch dem nikkas
street dreams
take it in blood
if i ruled the world
affirmative action
nas is coming -
and 
black girl lost
watch dem nikkas
street dreams
take it in blood
if i ruled the world
affirmative action
nas is coming -
and 
The Dust King
A Childrens Story
nas is coming -
contemplating the neg for this wild corny dap fish
Nas is coming
Nas is coming
Nas is coming
Nasty Nas is coming
Nas is coming
Nas is coming
Nas is coming
Nas is coming
Nasty Nas is coming
Nas is comin
Sit back, relax, catch your contact, sip your cognac and let’s all wash this money through this laundromat....
Might be my favorite opening of any rap song
I randomly say this to my wife throughout any part of the day.... she hates it
Mike the Executioner
What went on up there? Poppers and weird sex!
I don't know how Nas' mind works half the time. How do you write a song like "Suspect," especially the second verse? What do you think about to get to that point? 
This is why I don't understand people who are only into Illmatic and nothing else Nas ever did, like that was the best he could do and he wasted his potential. When I hear songs from It Was Written, I sit here wondering how he did it. This guy didn't go through a sophomore slump or begin coasting. He was putting out GOAT-level work at an age when people are still figuring out who they are in college. He already had two masterpieces under his belt before he turned 23.
This is why I don't understand people who are only into Illmatic and nothing else Nas ever did, like that was the best he could do and he wasted his potential. When I hear songs from It Was Written, I sit here wondering how he did it. This guy didn't go through a sophomore slump or begin coasting. He was putting out GOAT-level work at an age when people are still figuring out who they are in college. He already had two masterpieces under his belt before he turned 23.
BelowTheMasonDixon
Veteran
I didn't even hear this album until I heard stillmatic, maybe a year after. same is I didn't hear reasonable doubt till like 2 years after vol 1. and my consensus since then is always the same. Rappers might get better over time. But there first joint tells you more about them than anything afterwards. True story one of my best homies had an attempt murder charge on his wife, and was in jail and sent me a letter. so I wrote him back. trying to be all cute and shyt/but just showing him you my nikka and i understand while some things arent humerous, even fukked up shyt can be funny. told him "I left a half a hundred in ya commissary" knowing he would get the reference. This nikka wrote back. 
"nikka why you ain't leave the entire hundred" lol. Yeah I fukked up. I guess its not too much shyt funny when you in prison.
"nikka why you ain't leave the entire hundred" lol. Yeah I fukked up. I guess its not too much shyt funny when you in prison.
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I agree may be they don't mean 'dark' but nocturnal? Like some night time night ride shyt. I get that feel often with IWW, especially on tracks like "Suspect " and "I Gave You Power".
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