NAS - It Was Written (Reissue) ROYAL HOUSE It doesn’t have to go

It doesn’t have to go like this

puita and dança-congo – borne from the islands’ largely slave-descendant population – with the sound of pop music beamed in on the radio from Europe

Before Midnight

Entirely in her own voice and through her own story

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NAS - It Was Written (Reissue) ROYAL HOUSE It doesn’t have to goAfter such an unprecedented debut record, expectations were understandably high for Nas' follow up. What came next threw critics and fans for a loop, but was no less influential than Illmatic, and would become the most commercially successful album in the entirety of Nas' discography. The 1996 follow up was titled It Was Written, and in contrast to the urban bleakness of his debut, had Nas dipping his toes into the world of mafioso rap. Amidst