Garden city movement through low taxes, low rents and more space. Despite Howard’s best efforts, the home prices in this garden city could not remain affordable for blue-collar workers to live in. The populations comprised mostly skilled middle class workers. After a decade, the First Garden City became profitable and started paying dividends to its investors. Although many viewed Letchworth as a success, it did not immediately inspire government investment into the next line of garden cities. In reference to the lack of government support for garden cities, Frederic James Osborn, a colleague of Howard and his eventual successor at the Garden City
It Was Written did, too." Matisyahu stated that after listening to "It Was Written", "I connected with hip-hop, the hardness of it, the driving beat. It’s music with space, that has gaps in every little thing that happens." While "It Was Written" earned a more favorable reputation among critics since its initial mixed reception, Nas's subsequent releases have continued to be weighed against his critically acclaimed "Illmatic", despite all of them outselling his debut. Against this standard, they have often been critically deemed as mediocre follow-ups. "It Was Written" was the first of Nas's albums to have been labeled as 'selling out' by