NAS - It Was Written (Reissue) ROYAL HOUSE Forged at the crossroads of

Forged at the crossroads of cinema and hip-hop mythology

The album was the first in a celebrated trilogy of albums that Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan recorded together

On the surface Crux is a continuation of Soft Riot‘s evolution — a singular and intriguing take on elements of classic synthesizer music that seems familiar on the surface

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textured and melodic but that would also honour our own individual voices and styles

NAS - It Was Written (Reissue) ROYAL HOUSE Forged at the crossroads ofAfter 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