Monday, October 24, 2016

Nature Album "Target Practice (Deluxe Edition)" Drops Friday 10/28/16, New Single "Keep Frontin"

On Friday Nature is dropping the Deluxe Edition of the "Target Practice" LP. The Deluxe Edition is reloaded with a number of new tracks, including a brand new single which just hit airwaves this week Keep Frontin. The lead single features a dope sample looped by the talented young producer and engineer BP (@BP11701 on Twitter and BP11701 on Soundcloud).



The full trackist, hot off the presses from the folks over at Deep Concepts Media, is included below. I can't like, being a NYC / Golden Era Hip-Hop fanatic seeing a track names like Queens Tale Part 1 and features from the likes of Royal Flush, Prodigy, and Mike Delorean is dope.

1. Keep Frontin'
2. Back to the Rap
3. Queens Tale Part 1
4. This is Easy feat Royal Flush & Prodigy of Mobb Deep
5. The Second They See Him
6. Snap
7. Terminator (Crazy)
8. Give it to Em feat. John Jiggs
9. No Surrender No Retreat
10. Real Like Me
11. She Loves Me
12. Never Quit
13. Toxic
14. No Wins feat. Mike Delorean
15. Fantasy (Remix)
16. America

Monday, August 1, 2016

Queensbridge United (Metta World Peace & Challace)

Everybody's favorite NBA World Champion "Metta World Peace" aka Ron Artest has just released a new track with his new rap group "Queensbridge United". According to their Facebook page "Queensbridge United is the movement bringing all Queensbridge artists together and keeping the QB Legacy alive." Currently the group consists of Metta World Peace and fellow Queensbridge native Challace.

The first release from the upcoming Queensbridge United is entitled "Certified" and was produced by Sha Money XL. The track features fellow QB rappers Nayshawn and Littles. I didn't even know Littles was out of prison, but I've always though his rhymes were dope so I was happy to see him on this track. Peep it below and let me know what ya'll think. I'm sure Nate will be on this project, he's always shown Ron Ron mad love and they've been on quite a few projects before. Enjoy!

Tuesday, April 12, 2016

Onyx - The Tunnel (Big Kap Tribute Mix) feat. Ali Vegas, Nature, Steele & Sadat X (Produced by Snowgoons)

On April 18th (next Tuesday) Onyx and Snowgoons are releasing a revamped version of the #WakeDaFucUp album with a bunch of remixes. This is the first offering and it is dope. The Tunnel (Big Kap Tribute Mix) features new verses from Ali Vegas, Nature, Steele, and Sadat X. Anytime you can pull together that many all stars you know the track is gonna be dope. To be honest the guys over at StupidDope did a hell of a lot better job blogging this news than I did... so cruise over there if you want the complete details.

Head over to Bandcamp and pre-order the album asap!

Monday, February 22, 2016

Nature's new LP "Target Practice" in stores & online March 4th

Nature's latest LP "Target Practice" drops in stores and online March 4th! The LP was fully produced / engineered by BP (Twitter @BP11701) and is Nature's first release since signing to Prodigy's Infamous Records label. Three of the LP's 12 tracks have already been released at various sites online.... The full tracklist and the three leaks (Give It To Em, This is Easy, and Terminator) are included below. Preorder the LP over at UndergroundHipHop.com right here or cop it over at iTunes next week!





FULL TRACKLIST
01. Keep Frontin' (02:40)
02. Back to the Rap (02:34)
03. Queens Tale, Pt. 1 (01:32)
04. This Is Easy (feat. Royal Flush and Prodigy) (04:16)
05. The Second They See Him (02:51)
06. Snap (03:22)
07. Terminator (Crazy) (02:59)
08. Give It to 'Em (03:54)
09. No Retreat No Surrender (02:41)
10. Real Like Me (02:54)
11. She Loves Me (03:13) 12. Never Quit (02:29)


Sunday, January 24, 2016

NEW VIDEO - WILLIAM COOPER feat. NATURE - Something Ain't Right

A couple of updates for today... first is a brand new video from William Cooper (@WILLIAM_COOPER_) called "Something Ain't Right". The track is produced by BP (@BP11701) and features a verse from "a Queensbridge legend" and former Firm addition Nature (@TheRealNature). For those who don't know, William Cooper is a rapper out of Newark, New Jersey and is probably best known for his work as part of the Black Market Militia (Killah Priest, Tragedy Khadafi, William Cooper, Timbo King, Hell Razah). He took his name from a conspiracy theorist who died in the 90's. The track is from his God's Will LP and was also featured in 2015 on Nature's "Ashtray Effect 3" mixtape. Cooper and Nature have collaborated previously on the 2010 track and video for "Bring it Back".

The video is... interesting. It takes aim at the Patriot Act and starts off with a scene where the FBI is interrogating / holding a suspect presumingly with no evidence or charges being pressed. Nature gets called into William Cooper / Black Market Militia / GemStarr HQ as they concoct a plan to fight the power and rescue the unidentified prisoner being held against his will. Nature's verse is ill but doesn't quite fully align with the premise of the track (or William Cooper's spoken "lesson" at the end of the video) but it doesn't detract at all from the overall dopeness of the concept and the video. Can't say I really mind the Patriot Act, this is a new era and I'm down (for now) with the government taking some liberties as they're trying to keep us safe. Overall this is an ill track and has been getting picked up by mad blogs including EgoTripLand, 2DopeBoyz, Illuminati2G, and HipHopDX. Peep the full video below.