It Was Written - Nas [VINYL] Release Date 24.03.17 Dirty Old Town - Michael

Dirty Old Town - Michael Ball & Alfie Boe

You Held It All

two of which are heard in unfamiliar guises as works for solo piano - Mussorgsky's 'Night On a Bare Mountain'

Released in April 2007

Three Chords - Goodbye June

It Was Written - Nas [VINYL] Release Date 24.03.17 Dirty Old Town - MichaelAfter 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.