NAS - It Was Written (Reissue) ROYAL HOUSE Before Midnight

Before Midnight

September 2024 sees the release of Ishmael Ensemble’s third longplayer ‘Rituals’

Entirely in her own voice and through her own story

It doesn’t have to go like this

NAS - It Was Written (Reissue) ROYAL HOUSE Before MidnightAfter 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