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{{음반 정보
|음반명 = It Was Written
|그림 = 
|가수명 = [[나스]]
|레이블 = [[컬럼비아 레코드]]
|음반종류 = 음반
|발매년월일 = 1996년 7월 1일
|길이 = 
|전앨범 = [[Illmatic]]
|후앨범 = [[I Am...]]
|장르 = [[이스트코스트 힙합]]
}}
《'''It Was Written'''》는 1996년 7월 1일에 발매된 [[나스]]의 음반이다. [[컬럼비아 레코드]]에 의해 발매되었다.

== 곡 목록 ==
{{tracklist
| extra_column = 프로듀서

| title1   = Album Intro
| writer1  = [[Nasir Jones]]
| extra1   = {{hlist|Nas|[[Trackmasters]]}}
| length1  = 2:24

| title2   = [[The Message]]
| writer2  = {{hlist|Jones|Samuel Barnes}}
| extra2   = Trackmasters
| length2  = 3:54

| title3   = [[Street Dreams]]
| writer3  = {{hlist|Jones|Barnes|[[Annie Lennox]]|[[David A. Stewart]]}}
| extra3   = Trackmasters
| length3  = 4:39

| title4   = [[I Gave You Power]]
| writer4  = {{hlist|Jones|[[DJ Premier|Christopher Martin]]}}
| extra4   = [[DJ Premier]]
| length4  = 3:52

| title5   = Watch Dem Niggas
| note5 = featuring [[Foxy Brown (rapper)|Foxy Brown]]
| writer5  = {{hlist|Jones|Barnes}}
| extra5   = Trackmasters
| length5  = 4:04

| title6   = Take It in Blood
| writer6  = {{hlist|Jones|Randy Walker|Cleveland Horne|Joseph Pruitt|James Epps, Jr.|Wallace Childs}}
| extra6   = {{hlist|[[Live Squad]]|Lo Ground & Top General Sounds}}
| length6  = 4:48

| title7   = Nas Is Coming
| note7 = featuring [[Dr. Dre]]
| writer7  = {{hlist|Jones|[[Andre Young]]}}
| extra7   = [[Dr. Dre]]
| length7  = 5:41

| title8   = Affirmative Action
| note8 = featuring [[AZ (rapper)|AZ]], [[Cormega]] and [[Foxy Brown (rapper)|Foxy Brown]]
| writer8  = {{hlist|Jones|[[AZ (rapper)|Anthony Cruz]]||[[Cormega|Cory McKay]]|[[Foxy Brown (rapper)|Inga Marchand]]|Jean-Claude Olivier|Barnes}}
| extra8   = {{hlist|Dave Atkinson|Trackmasters}}
| length8  = 4:19

| title9   = The Set Up
| note9 =  featuring [[Havoc (rapper)|Havoc]]
| writer9  = {{hlist|Jones|Kejuan Muchita}}
| extra9   = [[Havoc (musician)|Havoc]]
| length9  = 4:01

| title10  = Black Girl Lost
| note10 = featuring [[Joel "JoJo" Hailey]]
| writer10 = {{hlist|Jones|[[L.E.S. (producer)|LeShan Lewis]]|[[James Mtume]]|Reggie Lucas}}
| extra10  = {{hlist|[[L.E.S. (producer)|L.E.S.]]|Trackmasters}}
| length10 = 4:23

| title11  = Suspect
| writer11 = {{hlist|Jones|Lewis}}
| extra11  = [[L.E.S. (producer)|L.E.S.]]
| length11 = 4:12

| title12  = Shootouts
| writer12 = {{hlist|Jones|Olivier|Richard Pimente}}
| extra12  = {{hlist|Trackmasters|Kirk Goddy (Kurt Gowdy)}}
| length12 = 3:46

| title13  = Live Nigga Rap
| note13 = featuring [[Mobb Deep]]
| writer13 = {{hlist|Jones|Muchita}}
| extra13  = Havoc
| length13 = 3:45

| title14  = [[If I Ruled the World (Imagine That)]]
| note14 = featuring [[Lauryn Hill]]
| writer14 = {{hlist|Jones|Olivier|Kurtis Walker}}
| extra14  = {{hlist|Trackmasters|[[Rashad Smith]]}}
| length14 = 4:42
}}
{{tracklist
| headline = Cassette bonus track<ref>{{웹 인용|last=Pablo|first=J.|date=2016년 7월 2일|url=https://www.vibe.com/featured/nas-it-was-written-album-20-year-anniversary|title=Street Dreams: Revisiting Nas' 'It Was Written' Album Decades Later|website=[[Vibe (magazine)|Vibe]]|accessdate=2021년 2월 19일}}</ref>
| extra_column = 프로듀서
| title15 = Silent Murder
| length15 = 3:24
| extra15 = Live Squad
| writer15 = {{hlist|Nasir Jones|Randy Walker|Romeo|Browne}}
}}

== 인증 ==
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Canada|artist=Nas|title=It Was Written|award=Platinum|relyear=1996|certyear=1997}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Denmark|type=album|artist=Nas|title=It Was Written|award=Gold|id=9852|relyear=1996|certyear=2021|access-date=January 12, 2021}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=France|artist=Nas|title=It Was Written|award=Gold|relyear=1996|certyear=1996}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=United Kingdom|artist=Nas|title=It Was Written|award=Gold|id=10297-1231-2|relyear=1996|certyear=2013}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=United States|artist=Nas|title=It Was Written|award=Platinum|number=3|relyear=1996|certyear=2021|refname="riaa"|access-date=August 7, 2021}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|streaming=true}}

== 평가 ==
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="Stanley">{{웹 인용|last=Stanley|first=Leo|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/it-was-written-mw0000188107|title=It Was Written – Nas|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=2008년 8월 1일}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]''
| rev2Score = {{Rating|3.5|4}}<ref name="Williams">{{뉴스 인용|last=Williams|first=Jean A.|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4347477.html|title=Nas, 'It Was Written' (Columbia)|work=[[Chicago Sun-Times]]|date=1996년 7월 21일|access-date=2020년 4월 11일|url-access=subscription|page=11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026130412/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4347477.html|archive-date=2012년 10월 26일|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Chicago Tribune]]''
| rev3Score = {{Rating|3.5|4}}<ref name="Kot">{{뉴스 인용|last=Kot|first=Greg|author-link=Greg Kot|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1996-07-25-9607250208-story.html|title=Verbal Dexterity Carries Intriguing 'It Was Written'|work=[[Chicago Tribune]]|date=1996년 7월 25일|access-date=2020년 4월 11일}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
| rev4Score = A−<ref name="Ehrlich">{{잡지 인용|last=Ehrlich|first=Dimitri|url=https://ew.com/article/1996/07/26/it-was-written/|title=It Was Written|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=1996년 7월 26일|access-date=2020년 4월 11일}}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''
| rev5Score = {{Rating|3.5|4}}<ref name="Coker">{{뉴스 인용|last=Coker|first=Cheo Hodari|author-link=Cheo Hodari Coker|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1996-07-13/entertainment/ca-23603_1_nas-written-poetic|title=Nas Speaks Eloquently With Poetic 'It Was Written'|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=1996년 7월 13일|access-date=2009년 7월 9일}}</ref>
| rev6 = ''[[NME]]''
| rev6Score = 6/10<ref name="NME">{{잡지 인용|last=Crysell|first=Andy|url=http://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews/19980101000863reviews.html|title=Nas – It Was Written|magazine=[[NME]]|date=1996년 7월 29일|access-date=2020년 4월 11일|page=51|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000817191056/http://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews/19980101000863reviews.html|archive-date=2000년 8월 17일|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| rev7 = ''[[Q (잡지)|Q]]''
| rev7Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="Qmag">{{잡지 인용|title=Nas: It Was Written|magazine=[[Q (잡지)|Q]]|issue=120|date=September 1996|page=118}}</ref>
| rev8 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rev8Score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref name="Coleman">{{잡지 인용|last=Coleman|first=Mark|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/it-was-written-19960919|title=It Was Written|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=1996년 9월 19일|access-date=2008년 8월 1일|archive-date=2014년 11월 26일|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141126150440/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/it-was-written-19960919|url-status=}}</ref>
| rev9 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
| rev9Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="Hoard">{{서적 인용|last=Ryan|first=Chris|chapter=Nas|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lRgtYCC6OUwC&pg=PA568|access-date=2020년 4월 11일|editor1-last=Brackett|editor1-first=Nathan|editor2-last=Hoard|editor2-first=Christian|title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide|title-link=The Rolling Stone Album Guide|publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]]|edition=4th|year=2004|isbn=0-7432-0169-8|pages=568–569}}</ref>
| rev10 = ''[[The Source]]''
| rev10Score = 4/5<ref name="Shortie">{{잡지 인용|last=Landas|first=Marc|url=http://thimk.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/it-was-written-and-reasonable-doubt-reviews.jpg|title=Nas: It Was Written|magazine=[[The Source]]|issue=83|date=August 1996|access-date=2020년 4월 11일|page=95}}</ref>
}}

== 같이 보기 ==
* [[소포모어 징크스]]
== 각주 ==
나스의 illmatic에 좋은 follow up 엘범이라고 평가를 많이 받는다. 트랙들이 1집보다 부드러워졌고 피쳐링도 많아졌다. 유일하게 빌보드 1위를 한 나스의 엘범이다. The message, Street Dreams, I gave you power, live Nigga rap, If I ruled the world등의 히트 싱글도 포함하고 있는 엘범이다.
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[[분류:1996년 음반]]
[[분류:나스의 음반]]
[[분류:컬럼비아 레코드 음반]]
[[분류:닥터 드레가 프로듀싱한 음반]]