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<p><b><i>It Was Written</i></b> is the second studio album by American rapper <a href="page.php?w=Nas">Nas</a>, released on July 2, 1996, by <a href="page.php?w=Columbia_Records">Columbia Records</a>. After the modest commercial success of his debut album <a href="page.php?w=Illmatic">Illmatic</a> (1994), Nas pursued a more polished, mainstream sound for It Was Written. Produced largely by <a href="page.php?w=Trackmasters">Trackmasters</a>, it departed from the debut's raw, underground aesthetic and embraced <a href="page.php?w=mafioso_rap">mafioso</a></p><p>
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