I Am... is the Nas era I Am... belongs to. It is the only project from this era on unreleased.world so far.
Following the commercial and critical success of his 1996 sophomore album It Was Written, Nas returned with I Am… on April 6, 1999. Initially, he planned to release the album as a double album with the title I Am… The Autobiography, but the album was released as a single album after a number of the songs were leaked onto the Internet, one of the first albums to be bootlegged in this manner.
07/02/1996It Was Written officially releases
10/21/1997The Album officially releases
02/08/1999Thirteen tracks meant for I Am... The Autobiography leak
