Featuring new bonus tracks and high-definition videos
Vicky Greer
10:45 2nd July 2021

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Legacy Recordings have today released an expanded edition of Nas’ It Was Written, in celebration of the album’s 25th anniversary. The new edition will feature the original album in its entirety as well as previously unreleased bonus tracks.

It Was Written is universally considered a landmark album in the hip hop world, and the new expanded edition allows listeners to experience it in a new way. On top of the new content, the music videos for ‘If I Ruled The World (Image That)’ and ‘Street Dreams’ have been re-released in high definition.

It Was Written (Expanded Edition) tracklist:

  1. Album Intro
  2. The Message
  3. Street Dreams
  4. I Gave You Power
  5. Watch Dem Niggas (featuring Foxy Brown)
  6. Take It In Blood
  7. Nas Is Coming (featuring Dr. Dre)
  8. Affirmative Action (featuring AZ, Cormega and Foxy Brown)
  9. The Set Up (featuring Havoc)
  10. Black Girl Lost (featuring Joel "JoJo" Hailey)
  11. Suspect
  12. Shootouts
  13. Live Nigga Rap (featuring Mobb Deep)
  14. If I Ruled the World (Imagine That) (featuring Lauryn Hill)
  15. Silent Murder
  16. Street Dreams (Bonus Verse)

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