Nas - The GOAT inspired it was written

[MikeStamina]

That wasn’t the problem to me. It was the production was a weaker. And Nas doesn’t have the charisma on the mic like Big or Jay to make up for it.

What does a dude with the personality of a Plywood know about charisma?

Classic shut the fukk up post
Muhfukas still giving Nas career advice....yikes

 

[Yehuda]

Its blasphemy that NY don’t have statues of Biggie, Mase and Puffy in every Borough. They gave y’all style.

They're lucky I don't run the city cause I would've renamed it Harlem World, changed the motto to "We'll Always Love Big Poppa" and included Puff among the city founders a long time ago.

 

[MikeStamina]

He IS on the cover

Nas look like Beyonce just told him his breath stink
Fukk is this goofy ass picture

Negro where is the Aura, where is the coolness factor. shyt you do effortlessly. This is GQ for Christ sakes


Even my young ass knew to tell the 8th grade photographer, we ain't using that shyt... RETAKE!

 

[BulletProof]

Biggie wrote those lyrics and rapped with that butter smooth flow.

Diddy could have all the vision in the world, but it didn’t matter how many producers he stole beats from or radio stations he payed to spin records if the main man isn’t a star.

If Ready to Die influenced It Was Written in terms of commercial appeal and polish then thats Diddy. If anything your second paragraph is a more apt defense for It Was Written's version of Nas except with Stoute and Trackmasters.

Nas did not start rapping or flowing like Biggie. Nas still rapped like Nas. The things that changed were a more sample heavy approach to production and Stoute's influence with radio.

I'm not saying Biggie was Drake.

Jesus.

I'm saying Diddy had an integral role in designing the Notorious B.I.G. persona and his discography outside of just picking samples and ad libs.

Obviously, Biggie had rhymes and flows for days.

 

[Bondye Vodou]

If Ready to Die influenced It Was Written in terms of commercial appeal and polish then thats Diddy. If anything your second paragraph is a more apt defense for It Was Written's version of Nas except with Stoute and Trackmasters.

Nas did not start rapping or flowing like Biggie. Nas still rapped like Nas. The things that changed were a more sample heavy approach to production and Stoute's influence with radio.

I'm not saying Biggie was Drake.

Jesus.

I'm saying Diddy had an integral role in designing the Notorious B.I.G. persona and his discography outside of just picking samples and ad libs.

Obviously, Biggie had rhymes and flows for days.

Just a lil correction, Nas was tryna channel Biggie listen to stream dreams extended version. Last verse is some Biggie shyt.




Big lip bytches, suckin' dikk ridiculous
GS's and vest's, lingerie's lookin' sensuous
Back on the block buggin', how the fukk I been through this?
Nearly cost my life, but now I can't show a cent from it

 

[Mac Ten]

It Was Written is my favorite Nas album next to Stillmatic off the strength of this song alone... I've bought both CDs at least 5 times.





It's a good thing that he listened to Stoute and them or Nas' career wouldn't have made it into the next millennium.

 

[FunkDoc1112]

IWW >>>> RTD. Yea I said it.

There's only like3 songs max on IWW that's at the level of the majority of Ready to Die

 

[spliz]

There's only like3 songs max on IWW that's at the level of the majority of Ready to Die

IWW >>>> RTD
Illmatic >>>>> RTD.

 

[FunkDoc1112]

IWW >>>> RTD
Illmatic >>>>> RTD.

I'd put Illmatic and RTD at nearly the same level but nah, Ready to Die has too many songs in that upper echelon that It Was Written just doesn't really hit after Take It In Blood ends.

 

[Tommy Gibbs]

In all honestly, that really means Diddy did.

Biggie wanted to make his illmatic (his words) but Diddy pushed him in the ultra commercial Notorious B.I.G. direction.

At the end of the day, how much of the Notorious B.I.G was Diddy's vision? How much really came from Biggie Smalls alone?

i made this exact post months ago. Biggie didn't want to do the commercial shyt, he wanted to do Illmatic and Sun Rises in the East albums. Puffy wasn't having it.

 

[Chip Skylark]

Classic album! Lol I’ve kept a copy in the car.

What’s up with the big and nas argument? Between them both with their sophomore album they dropped 4 of the best rap albums of all time. shyt is crazy

 

[Chip Skylark]

i made this exact post months ago. Biggie didn't want to do the commercial shyt, he wanted to do Illmatic and Sun Rises in the East albums. Puffy wasn't having it.

Yeah Puff doesn’t get enough credit for me. He really had the vision and executed with Big. He’s also the reason American Gangster is so focus and the production is probably the best (for arguments sake)

 

[The Truest]

LAD > IWW >>>>>> RTD >>>>>>> Illmatic

 

[Bondye Vodou]

I'd put Illmatic and RTD at nearly the same level but nah, Ready to Die has too many songs in that upper echelon that It Was Written just doesn't really hit after Take It In Blood ends.

The nikka u talking too is a known Biggie hater, don’t even waste your time.

 

[spliz]

The nikka u talking too is a known Biggie hater, don’t even waste your time.

I'm not a Biggie hater AT ALL. I love Biggie. fukk is u talkin bout? I was literally just defending Biggie against Andre 3K in another thread.