National Album Day reissue of It Was Written, the second studio album by American rapper Nas, originally released in 1996.

After the modest commercial success of his debut album Illmatic (1994), Nas pursued a more polished, mainstream sound for It Was Written.

Produced largely by Trackmasters, it departed from the debut’s raw, underground aesthetic and embraced mafioso and gangsta themes. The recording also marked the first appearance of Nas’s short-lived supergroup The Firm, featuring the rappers Foxy Brown, AZ, and Cormega.

National Album Day returns for its sixth year on October 14th 2023, and this time the theme is ’90s’.

Released on limited gold and black marbled vinyl for National Album Day 2023.