Album
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Why this album mattered
It Was Written (1996) is a Nas album in the RetroVerse archive. The RetroVerse catalog lists 10 tracks on this release. It peaked at #1 and spent 4 weeks at #1 across 34 total chart weeks. Major singles from the album include "Street Dreams".
The music
- 1
Album Intro
- 2
The Message
3 Street Dreams
- 4
I Gave You Power
- 5
Watch Dem Niggas
- 6
Take It in Blood
- 7
Nas Is Coming
- 8
Affirmative Action
- 9
The Set Up
- 10
Black Girl Lost
One bar, one chart week
The chart journey
Tap any week to open its place in the story.
Chart Journey
- Jul 20, 1996#1
The songs behind the run
Breakout songs
The album’s tracks with chart history. Open a song to follow its full journey.
Similar chart journeys
Albums with similar chart journeys share comparable chart arcs — how they climbed, peaked, and endured on the chart.
