The follow-up album to Illmatic, It Was Written was released in 1996 with expectations at an all-time high. Like its predecessor, the album features an all-star line-up of producers (Dr. Dre, Trackmasters, DJ Premier, Havoc, & more) but samples from the likes of Sam Cooke, The Isley Brothers, Etta James and others give it a more soulful, less raw sound.
Includes ‘The Message’, ‘Street Dreams’ and ‘If I Ruled the World (Imagine That)’.