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!

Top 10 Nature Tracks of 2013: #4 Summer Breeze feat. Cormega & Tommy 2 Face

This was the absolute perfect track for the Seasons Changed: Summer Edition EP. DJ Concept absolutely crushes this beat, it makes me feel like I'm sitting at a cookout laughing with the crew. Nature & Mega deliver solid verses and one of Queensbridge's hardest working up and coming rappers Tommy 2 Face delivers a smooth summertime hook. Now that it's been over 10 years I think people sometimes forget how these Queensbridge greats have come full circle. Nature and Cormega on yet another track, showing Queensbridge unity. For those who don't know the full story, Cormega was originally supposed to be in Dr Dre's supergroup The Firm alongside Nas, AZ & Foxy Brown. When he refused to sign a production deal with Nas they dropped him from The Firm, replacing him with Nature. Up to that point Nature & Mega had never had any beef, but things heated up when Nature & Nas were doing a radio freestyle and Nature spit the line "mad cause I jacked ya spot" in reference to Cormega. Cormega & Mike Delorian released Fuck Nas & Nature (most of which was just off the top of the dome disses, not a recount of actual events).

Through all of that Nature & Mega never really had any true beef, and years later they first appeared together on Da Bridge 2001. They've both always been quick to show love, Mega has included Nate in a number of his shows over the years, and it has been great to see dope tracks like Professional Style (Cormega feat. AZ & Nature, produced by Alchemist) and Summer Breeze come from 2 of QB's best. FYI - Those who love this Queensbridge Connection probably don't have to wait much longer... Cormega's long anticipated next LP "Mega Philosophy" is dropping later this year and will feature Nature. AZ is on there too. Enjoy this one!

Always good 2 get an email like this from @StatikSelekt : “setting off my show with the Nature/Cormega tonight” http://t.co/e2WhVfAmml

— concept1200 (@concept1200) August 23, 2013

Nature: Seasons Changed - Summer Edition EP out NOW

The hightly anticipated follow up to his Seasons Changed: Spring Edition EP, Nature dropped his Seasons Changed: Summer Edition EP TODAY! I am absolutely loving this Summer Breeze joint featuring Tommy 2 Face and Cormega. This is the first time I've heard Mega on a Nature album and it's refreshing to not only see but hear Queensbridge unity in a track. Fellow Queensbridge rapper Tommy 2 Face on there too, if ya'll don't know him head over to darkageent.com where he has a number of tapes available for download with about 5 or 6 joints featuring Nature.

The Seasons Changed: Summer Edition EP also features Noreaga... who might be able to take just as much credit as Nas for helping introduce Nature to the hip-hop world. It was NORE who got Nature on Banned From TV so we've gotta show him some love for helping get us a classic verse on one of the all time great hip-hop collaboration joints. Noreaga and Nature... aka Magic and Bird.... have worked together countless times in their careers but this EP also marks the first time NORE has landed on an official studio Nature project. Nice to know NORE is still in Nature's corner 15 years later, hopefully we'll see more NORE / Deep Concepts Media collaboration in the future.

I'll have a complete review of the LP coming soon but for now I'll leave you with the tracklis, a link to purchase the LP on iTunes for $6.99, and the full video for the "Some Fake, Some Real" track which was produced by Undefined. Cameo by longtime Nature fan Ron Artest in the video too. Enjoy!

Seasons Changed: Summer Edition EP full tracklist
01 Intro 00:18
02 Long over Due 03:41
03 Summer Breeze (feat. Tommy 2 Face & Cormega) 02:47
04 Fever 02:54
05 I Can Tell 03:06
06 Paranoia 02:51
07 Some Fake Some Real 03:04
08 Time Is Money (feat. Noreaga) 03:51
09 Outro (Time Peace) 00:36

***NEW*** MIXTAPE! Nature - The Ashtray Effect

Brand new Nature mixtape dropped yesterday... "The Ashtray Effect"

The tape is hosted by Superstar Jay and mixed by DJ Mickey Knox. Features 28 dope joints from the past 15 years of Nature. Guest appearances from Tommy 2 Face, Narez, Doap Nixon, Screwball, The Kid Daytona, Little Vic, Ali Vegas, Kaze, Dreadchild, DefCon3 and more! Listen and download below. Enjoy!

Mixtape: Nature - GetRightMusic

Tommy 2 Face - Time 2 Face The Music (Street Album)

Ya'll are already familiar with Tommy 2 Face. He's the Darkage Ent artist out of Queens who has been dropping dope Time 2 Face The Music mixtapes and Face Lift remixtapes for the last couple of years. I've already featured some of his recent tracks with Nature on this blog and a lot of ya'll reached out asking where you could hear more.

Today he dropped a full length, mastered street album version of his Time 2 Face the Music LP, available for free download. It features 16 tracks, including his first single They Ain't Like Me, which he dropped a video for back in April (included below). The LP also contains a never before released track, Regular Life, which features an ill verse from Nature... and some dope DeNiro samples from the movie Heat. I added a streaming link to the track below.

Overall the street LP is dope, living up to the moniker "Street Album" because this is definitely some stuff for the streets. Tracks like Go and Get It, We Don't Hear Ya'll, and Let It Breathe are all standout bangers. Chances are the next tinted out Escalade that rolls by will be bumpin this album. The full tracklist is below, just click on the album cover or this link to download the full LP from Mediafire.

If you need more Tommy 2 Face check out his official page over ReverbNation which features tons more of his tracks or get at him on Twitter.



Tracklist - Time 2 Face the Music
1. What Am I 2 Do
2. Go and Get It

3. Hand Full of Love
4. It's Time
5. Seen It All (No Rules) feat. Fame Sity and Johnny Handsome
6. Just Us feat. Ken Crombie
7. Tell Em Y U Mad
8. They Ain't Like Me feat. 2Eleven
9. We Don't Hear Ya'll feat. YNot

10. Where Did They Go???
11. Regular Life feat. Topadalyne & Nature

12. Get In 2 You
13. Sky High
14. Let It Breathe

15. 9x's Outta 10
16. Get It Til I Drop feat. Lashawn Wright

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)

Nature - In The Streets feat. Tommy 2 Face (Produced by M7)

It always amazes me how many fans US rappers have overseas. This track is a direct result of the influence NYC has had on the European Hip Hop scene. We've got Nature and Tommy 2 Face, both from Queensbridge, appearing on this track which was procuded by M7, who hails from Paris. This song originally appeared on the M7 compilation CD/DVD project entitled "NYC: The 5 Boroughs" which was released in 2009. This is one of two videos they shot for the LP. There is also a behind the scenes video which is also floating around YouTube. By the way you may remember M7 from an earlier post from this blog, Nature also appeared on the Lord Nez - Word is Bond track which was also produced by M7.

For those of ya'll who haven't heard of Tommy 2 Face you might want to get familiar. Although he's just on the hook for this track he's been hustling quite a bit lately in Queensbridge. Signed to Darkage Entertainment he's got several mixtapes dropping soon and countless mixtape appearances under his belt. I'll be featuring a few more Nature and Tommy 2 Face collaborations over the next few weeks. If ya'll want to get a head start you can check Tommy 2 Face out on Facebook or peep his stuff at the Darkage Ent website.