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)

Nature drops Seasons Changed LP - 20 New Tracks & Brand New Video

Earlier this month Nature released his brand new Seasons Changed LP. 16 of the dopest tracks from his Seasons Changed 4 part EP series from 2013-2014 as well as four brand new tracks never before released anywhere. If you haven't picked up each of the EP's from the series this LP is a must cop for anyone who has enjoyed Nature over the years. Even if you have all four of the EP's (Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter) picking up this LP (for the ridiculous bargain price of $8.99) is definitely worth it for the 4 dope new joints. Features include Noreaga, Cormega, Black Rob, Fred the Godson, D.O.E., Little Vic and Tommy II Face.

For me this LP brings together my favorite tracks from each of the EP's in the Seasons Changed series (as I've highlighted in my previous blog posts). The full tracklist is below and the album can be purchased at iTunes by clicking here or at Amazon MP3 by clicking here. I'll try and get the full production credits up soon.

1 Best of Me
2 Fever
3 All I Am
4 Time Is Money (feat. N.O.R.E.)
5 Throw It Up
6 Hard Work
7 Big Blunts (feat. Fred the Godson)
8 If You Watch
9 Movie Star
10 Talk About It
11 Summer Breeze (feat. Tommy 2 Face)
12 East Coast Party
13 I Can Tell
14 Never Falling Off (feat. D.O.E.)
15 Long Overdue
16 Money
17 Where I Belong (feat. Little Vic)
18 Music I Bang
19 New Brighter Days (feat. Black Rob)

Among my favorite trackss are Big Blunts (feat. Fred the Godson), Summer Breeze (feat. Tommy II Face & Cormega), Movie Star, Where I Belong (feat. Little Vic), Throw It Up, Never Fallin Off (feat. D.O.E)..... damn I pretty much love them all. Speaking of Never Fallin Off, Nature along with the crew at Deep Concepts Media and Hostage have released a brand new visual for the track. Hostage Media STAYS releasing dope videos and this one is no different. Overall this LP is a must cop for any golden era hip-hop fan. Show some love for Nature, the LP, and for his label Deep Concepts Media. Enjoy!

Nature, Kool G Rap & Gotham Green - Cross Island Expressway

Saw this one on Twitter and wanted to share.... new track by Gotham Green featuring rap legends Kool G Rap & Nature called Cross Island Expressway. As expected they bring the heat, check it out via Gotham's soundcloud page below. It's a shame up and coming artists don't put together features from different parts of hip-hop history on the same track. You've got Gotham Green, who grew up idolizing Nature on the mic.... and both of them grew up admiring Kool G Rap. The result is a great collabo from Gotham Green's upcoming project child of an immigrant. Read more on that project here. If you want to hear more from Gotham on his upcoming projects check him out on Twitter here. Kool G Rap and Nature are also both on Twitter.

NEW Ali Vegas & Nature - Reppin Where I'm From

It's always dope when two slept on emcees get together for a track. When two of those emcees happen to be two of your favorite emcees... you can't click play fast enough. The good people over at Deep Concepts Media have gotten Nature and Ali Vegas for what from my count might be their 5th or 6th collaboration in the past 15-20 years. Lovers of classic NYC hip-hop fans will remember their first, the dope Nature & Ali Vegas track "It's Like That"). The latest offering from the due is entited Reppin Where I'm From has Vegas kicking things off spitting his wittiest rhymes as usual. The track has been picked up by all of the best hip-hop blogs including Audiomack, Boi-1da.net, DotGotIt, Spitfire and many more. Nature delivers the hook and reminds everybody that Nate & Veg have been putting it down for New York since the beginning. The track was produced by G Sparks and based on his Twitter I can't tell where he's reppin... but he put together a solid beat for this one so I've gotta show him some love. If you love this track get at Nature and Ali Vegas on Twitter and give Deep Concepts Media a follow too to stay up on all their latest projects. Oh and if you wanna hear ALL of the Nature and Ali Vegas collabos hit me up on twitter @QueensbridgeRap.

Nature: Seasons Changed Fall Edition EP released Tuesday 11/19/2013!

After only a few hours Nature's new Seasons Changed: Fall Edition EP is already making an impact on the iTunes Hip Hop / Rap new release charts. When I copped the EP this morning he was right behind E-40 in the #3 spot. Pretty dope news. The EP is only $5.99 and contains 7 new tracks plus an intro & outro. From beginning to end this might be my favorite installment of the Seasons Changed EP series to date... right off the bat beats are dope and the lyrics are on point. The first single, Big Blunts, features top notch production from DJ Concept and a great guest verse from Fred Da Godson. The track is already getting tons of love as the latest smokers anthem to come from Nate.




The rest of the EP tracklist is below along with the official trailer, I'll update with production credits as I have em. I'm a big fan of the Movie Star track, it takes me back to the 1999 Black Showbiz days (peep this YouTube vid if ya never heard that track before... shout to HipHopGiant). Fantasy and Miracle are two of my other favorites! My only complaint about this EP is that he didn't lay a verse down over that Outro... I kept waiting. Everybody make sure to cruise on over to iTunes and lay down the $5 to support Nature, real hip hop and a really dope label Deep Concepts Media!


1 Intro (1:15)
2 Music I Bang (3:14) (produced by Skammadix)
3 Big Blunts feat. Fred the Godson (2:55) (produced by DJ Concept)
4 Miracle (3:01) (produced by Velotz)
5 Movie Star (2:29) (produced by Supa Dave)
6 Genocide (2:45) (produced by Sick Luke)
7 Fantasy (2:34) (produced by BP)
8 Magic (2:32) (produced by Sickness)
9 Outro (Candle Light) (produced by PoundAProblem) 2:05

NATURE - SEASONS CHANGED FALL EDITION TRAILER from HOSTAGE MEDIA on Vimeo.

Shout to my homie Chadd over at Life Outside the Queensbridge Blocks

First leak off Nature's Seasons Changed: Summer Edition EP - "Fever" prod. by Skammadix

Hot off the presses from the Deep Concepts official Soundcloud is the brand new Nature joint "Fever". This is the first official leak from the upcoming Seasons Changed: Summer Edition EP which I'm fully expecting to drop by early to mid August. The track is produced by Skammadix and features some top notch verses by Nature. 2013 has definitely been his best year that I can remember for a long time. The buzz keeps building, a ton of blogs have already picked up this joint including 2dopeboys, antisellout, lavalordz, dotgotit, and many others. Listen and download the track below.



Speaking of Seasons Changed..... a little birdie (aka Little Vic) seems to have spilled the beans that we might be able to expect Noreaga and Cormega features on Nature's upcoming Seasons Changed: Summer Edition EP. Word on the street is that DJ Concept produced the joint with Mega (Concept has been crushing the production game lately, pay attention) and both the N.O.R.E. and Mega joints were mixed by Little Vic. All I can say is... dope. I've been fiending for another Mega and Nature collabo for awhile now, this will be the first Nature/Mega joint that is featured on one of Nate's projects and I'm expecting Mega to bring the heat.

After the NORE feature.. I am mixing @THEREALNATURE featuring @realcormega ... Today is a historical day for me as a producer/engineer

— The Closer (@IAmLittleVic) July 15, 2013

Nature - Rock Like This (Video)

Nature dropped the first visual from his brand new EP "Seasons Changed - Spring Edition" which drops TOMORROW, April 30th, 2013 on iTunes. With the New York Islanders headed to the NHL playoffs for the first time in YEARS... it's only fitting that the video opens with scenes featuring Nature watching and rapping in the Isles practice facility. The track is called "Rock Like This" and was produced by Skammadix. Watch the video and download the track below.

From the official Deep Concepts Media page: "Nature is back with his new single Rock Like This produced by Skammadix. Nature lost no touch in his rhyming pattern and Rock Like This proves it. Word is, Rock Like This is the first single off of Nature’s upcoming project Seasons Changed: Spring Edition." Enjoy this ya'll and make sure to cop Seasons Changed: Spring Edition on iTunes tomorrow.

Nature - The Ashtray Effect 2 (free mixtape download)

Coming right on the heels of the announcement of the Seasons Changed 4 part EP series (part 1 dropping April 30th on iTunes), Nature has dropped another dope new mixtape called The Ashtray Effect 2. The tape is hosted by DJ Big Mike and DJ Mickey Knox and has been offered for stream or download courtesy of AudioMack.com. Similar to the first installation of the Ashtray Effect the tape is a nice mix of dope Nature tracks past and present. For the hardcore Nature fans out there I've tried to add some details on each track. The mixtape has been getting tons of burn on the blogs and social media, with features from SOHH.com, HipHopGame, 2DopeBoys, RealHipHopDaily, HipHopReviwsForDummies, EliteMuzik, The 9 Elements, Rap Reviews, The Dope Academy, and many many more.






Ashtray Effect 2 Tracklist (with additional details)
01 - Thug Ali Baba (unsure of release date, prior to mixtape I hadn't heard this joint)

02 - Fly Away (2012 track, produced by Sickness. Peep the video here.)

03 - Welcome To My World (2012 track, produced by SupaDave. Peep the video here)

04 - Spit feat. Red Cafe & Pretty Ugly (originally appeared on the 2001 Stretch Armstrong "Spit" LP)

05 - Love Is All We Need (REMIX) w/ Mary J Blige (1997 unreleased track, DJ Smooth Denali first aired it)

06 - Take It On (Classic, various versions released on 90's clue tapes including one called I'll Fuck You up)

07 - American Dream (2012 track, produced by BP, released by Nature on Obama's election day 2012)

08 - Metal Cuff Links w/ Beneficence (from the 2012 Beneficence - Concrete Soul LP)

09 - Magazine Covers (unsure about this one, hadn't heard it til the mixtape)

10 - They Just Dont Know w/ Madd Rapper & Black Rob (late 90's track that was on the Madd Rapper "Tell Em Why You Madd" LP released early in 2000)

11 - Magic & Bird w/ Noreaga (unreleased 90's heat with NORE)

12 - Itz Yours freestyle (don't recall when this one was recorded)

13 - The Hurt w/ P Dap & Matt Fingaz (Produced by Sha Self in 2000, released on vinyl only)

14 - Too Hot w/ 50 Cent & Nas (appeared 50 Cent's 2002 Guess Who's Back release)

15 - Magic (released by Nature on Halloween 2012)

16 - Something In The Air (track sounds older, I hadn't heard this one prior to mixtape release)

17 - Back Against The Wall w/Reek Da Villian & Peter Leo (produced by Sickness, 2013 track)

18 - Charisma w/ Mercy (2011 joint, produced by Solidified. peep the video here)

19 - Miracle (produced by Velotz, 2012 release from Deep Concepts Media)

20 - Round One (I know I've heard this previously... just not sure where)

21 - From The East w/Rap P (2010 track produced by Live, released in early 2011)

22 - Da Rockwilder freestyle w/ Little Vic (2012 track DCP did for Doo Wop's The Source mixtape)

23 - No Money (Demo Version) (brand new 2013 track)

Nature - Seasons Changed EP Series Announced

According to Deep Concepts Media (www.dcmhiphop.com) and Nature's official Twitter page he will be releasing a "Seasons Changed" EP series. For those living under a rock since 1998 the EP series plays off the name of Nature's classic 2000 LP "For All Seasons". The EP series will be released in 4 installments, 1 EP dropping per season for the upcoming year. The first installment, Spring, is dropping April 30th.

I don't have any official details on the tracklist but it's a pretty safe bet the dope homegrown Deep Concepts Media production team will be all over the LP. I'm guessing Sickness and DJ Supadave for sure, probably Skammadix and maybe production and a feature from Little Vic. I've also seen Nature interacting with some other dope producers on Twitter lately, namely Marco Polo, Buckwild, Xtreme Beats, and Red Spyda.... so I'm pretty excited to hear some new tracks. I think an official announcement will be coming soon. Follow @DeepConcepts, @TheRealNature, and @QueensbridgeRap for all the latest.


Click here to purchase For All Seasons from iTunes


Click here to purchase For All Seasons from Amazon

Nature - American Dream (new 2012 / Obama / Election Day heat)

Nature dropped his 2nd themed joint of the fall season with his "American Dream" track. The track was released by Deep Concepts Media on Election Day, in celebration of what will hopefully be a second term for Obama where some change will actually happen. Pledging his allegiance to the streets Nature spits about his experience living in the hood and what the American Dream has meant for him. Joint has a dope guitar riff beat produced by the very talented DJ SupaDave. Listen and download the track below. Support Nature when he finally drops a project that ya'll can cop online! As an added bonus the YouTube homey NatureAppreciator has done one of his lyrics videos for this joint. If ya'll didn't know NatureAppreciator has a crazy YouTube page where he basically does videos for dope QB tracks with all of the lyrics included. Very cool guy to subscribe to on YouTube. Enjoy!

LATE! New Nature Halloween joint - MAGIC

Nature's been dropping mad theme joints lately. The first one I've got for ya'll is a Halloween themed track he dropped in mid-October. Nate's spittin about how things go down on October 31st in the projects. Check it out below. Produced by the very talented Sickness from the Deep Concepts Media family.

Tommy 2 Face - Control Your Heart feat. Nature

I said I was going to feature more Tommy 2 Face and Nature collaborations but I didn't realize how many there were until I just downloaded all of the free Tommy 2 Face mixtapes available from the Darkage Ent website. He's got four tapes over there including The Face Lift, The Face Lift 2 (Remixes Edition), Time 2 Face the Music, and Time 2 Face the Music 2. Control Your Heart was is featured on the Face the Music 2 mixtape. I added a very ghetto streaming link from Soundclick below. Nate and Tommy break down dudes in the hood who stay getting too emotional. And just for those who are wondering, Nature and Tommy 2 Face have another collaboration on the mixtape which is also pretty dope... I'll post it tomorrow. Also FYI... tomorrow night Tommy 2 Face is opening for Jim Jones at a show in Danbury, CT at Eclipse Cafe. Here is the show flyer for anybody who wants to check that out.

Click here to download Face the Music 2 (hosted by Superstar Jay)

Ben Frank feat. Nature & Downleezy - Camera Thugz

So I came across this joint a couple of weeks ago on 57thAve.com and I sat on it for a minute. The joint is by Ben Frank and features a verse by Nature and has Downleezy on the hook. It's getting at all of the internet thugs out there and is off of the upcoming Ben Frank A.M.I.L. VI mixtape. I'm assuming that stands for All Money is Legal... what ever happened to AMIL anyway... Can I Get A answer? To be honest this ain't my favorite style from Nate, I prefer his tracks about chillin in the hood smoking and just doing everyday, relate-able stuff, vs the bragging about money and hoes and thuggin. But I figure I'd share for everybody... gotta always show love to everybody in the Thugged Out Millitainment camp. Stream below is courtesy of the Hip Hop Stock Exchange.



Download MP3 from Hulkshare here

Rap-P featuring Nature & Benefit - From The East

Rap-P is another Queensbridge rapper trying to make moves in 2011. He has a new mixtape dropping soon (late summer 2011) called "Queensbridge's Best Kept Secret" and it features Nature, Grafh, Famoso, A-Pinks, Tools, Twin Gambino, Hostyle (of Screwball) and many others. I just found this info on Cormega's forums over at www.legalhustle.net, still probably the best place on the net for QB hip-hop news. I haven't even had a chance to download or listen to the track but I'm about to check it out and I'll have my eyes and ears open for this mixtape. Hope ya'll enjoy.

EDIT - Just listened to the track. I recognize it from a Whoo Kid mixtape, I feel like it wasn't recorded in 2011 but maybe I'm crazy. Hit me up if you have any more info.

Nature - To My Advantage (Produced by Pete Rock)

Apparently I missed the 10th Anniversary of the original release of the Pete Rock "PETEStrumentals LP". The LP title is a bit of a misleading as several of the tracks on the LP feature vocals... including a hidden gem from Nature called "To My Advantage" (Click here to buy the MP3 from Amazon.com). The track is dope and actually isn't the first time Nature has recorded with Pete Rock. Check out the video below where you can stream the audio. If you're looking to pick up the whole PETEStrumentals CD I'd definitely recommend buying from Sandbox Automatic... they were always one of my favorite places to cop underground hip-hop.

Joey Benjamins - Back to the Money feat. Nature & Micah

Literally just found this track via Twitter yesterday. Noticed Joey Benjamins (@JoeyBenjamins) promoting a new joint he did with Nature and Micah. He had a link to his soundcloud page with a streaming version of the joint (check it out by clicking here). Probably my favorite thing about this joint is that it samples the Notorious B.I.G. track Juicy... but Nature also kicks a dope verse. Peep it below and look out for the new Joey Benjamins album Infamy coming July 2011. If it features more production and guest appearances like this I'd be all over it.

Back to The Money Feat Nature and Micah by Joey Benjamins

Nature, Reks, G Huff - City Night Stories (produced by Soul Theory)

Today I have a dope semi-new joint produced by Soul Theory out of Tampa, Florida. Nature kicks things off with another nice verse. G.Huff, a rappers out of Ohio is on the hook, then Reks, one of the best rappers ever to come out of Massachusetts handles the second verse. When I first saw the title I figured this would be a badly mixed track that wouldn't really flow together but I'm definitely really liking it. Props to Soul Theory for having an amazing website (http://www.studio643.com) which had a sweet "Share" function that allowed me to post the track for streaming and download below. Hope ya'll enjoy.. and if anyone knows what/how they're doing these download/share things hit me up, I'd like to start adding that as a regular function here.

Dreadchild featuring Nature - I Don't Make Believe

A lot of college stations have been picking up this new joint by Dreadchild featuring Nature - I Don't Make Believe.   According to MP3 servicing provider MP3Waxx (masters of the email blast) Dreadchild is part of the group Knotz.   They've put up an email blast page, including a link to the mp3 (it automatically starts streaming if you click the link). I like the joint, Nature's verse is pretty solid, further proving that he's ready to start consistently dropping new material in 2011. I'm also linking to the youtube