Nas

It Was Written

1996 · Boom Bap · Columbia

US · C 67015

Tracklist

Credits

Producer
Nas, Trackmasters, Poke And Tone, DJ Premier, Live Squad, Lo Ground, Top General Sounds, Havoc, L.E.S., Kirk Goddy, Dr. Dre, Dave Atkinson, Rashad Smith
Mixed by
Poke And Tone
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Where it leads

Los Angeles & Long Beach G-Funk

Heavy bass below, a synthesizer whistling above, and a whole neighbourhood between them.

Bronx Hip-Hop

Breakbeats cut from other people's records, into the first rap LPs, into the sampler era that followed.

Where to find it

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