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's "Seasons Changed: Winter Edition" EP now available

While we were busy counting down the Top 10 Nature Tracks of 2013 Deep Concepts Media has quietly been churning out more quality new material for Nature's fourth and final installment in the Seasons Changed EP series.... the Seasons Changed Winter Edition EP. The first track that was leaked from the EP was "Brighter Days" by Nature featuring Black Rob. The track was produced by Velotz and has already been creating quite the buzz on the Twitter. Right on the heels of that release was the very dope remix and video to Welcome to My World (called Welcome to My World Revisited). The track, produced by DJ Supa Dave, is one of the EP's many standout joints.

The full tracklist can be viewed and the EP can be streamed / purchased below. As you can see the EP has several dope features from Black Rob to Ali Vegas to DCM's own young prodigy Peter Leo and multi-taleneted producer/rapper Little Vic. From beginning to end I'm enjoying this EP... DJ Concept killed the intro/outro and the production doesn't slow down all the way through with dope beats from Marco Polo (Throw It Up), DJ Supa Dave (Welcome to My World Revisited), DJ Insite (Up in the Sky), Little Vic (Catch Me), Velotz (Brighter Days), Fly Purple (Last Dayz) and Skammadix (No Assumption). Support by copping the EP below via Bandcamp, over at iTunes, or on Amazon MP3.

Top 10 Nature Tracks of 2013: #1 Big Blunts

Throughout his career Nature has definitely been known to be an "expert" when it comes to kicking rhymes about smoking weed. His relateable, smooth, storytelling flow has had fans enjoying his smoke tracks since the beginning of his career. Whether it was his first single "The Ultimate High" from his debut album For All Seasons, his classic mixtape freestyles like this gem with Half-A-Mil (RIP), or his recent work with Deep Concepts Media (like 2012's "Fly Away"), Nature has been churning out rhyme after rhyme paying homage to the world's most popular drug. How fitting that his most popular track of 2013 was a banger about the same subject..... puffing on some Big Blunts. As we wrote back in 2013, the track features top notch production from DJ Concept and a great guest verse from Fred Da Godson. The track has gotten tons of love as Nature's latest and possibly greatest smokers anthem.... peep it below. And make sure to cop the Seasons Changed Fall Edition EP on iTunes if you haven't already... Winter Edition coming very very soon.

Top 10 Nature Tracks of 2013: #3 Metal Bars (DJ Skizz feat. Masta Ace & Nature)

As I wrote back in 2013, one of the best things about Nature's relationship with Deep Concepts Media is the rebirth of collaborations with other artists, producers, and DJ's. Boston native DJ Skizz brought us probably the best DJ collaboration LP of 2013 with his "B.Q.E. (Brooklyn-Queens Experience)". The LP paired Brooklyn and Queens rappers together and had a bunch of great combinations. One of the highlights was the concept track from Skizz featuring Masta Ace and Nature, Metal Bars. The track is a back and forth phone conversation between Masta Ace, who is still hustlin back at home on the block, and Nature, who on the track is rapping from inside prison.

The video follows the same concept, with the duo rapping / conversating over a prison pay phone and a burner. If you haven't seen it I've included the video link below. And if you haven't checked out the full LP... you can find "B.Q.E. (Brooklyn-Queens Experience) on iTunes here". Other features include Lil' Fame (of M.O.P.), ILL BILL, Roc Marciano, A.G., O.C., Steele (of Smif-n-Wesson), Torae, F.T., Cormega, Big Noyd, Big Twins, Craig G, Reks, Problemz, Al Tariq, Maffew Ragazino, Jakk Frost, Malik B. (of the Roots), Rasheed Chappell & many more... Cop it. Support and enjoy! Holla at DJ Skizz, Masta Ace and Nature on Twitter and tell em you like the track and saw it on this blog.

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

Top 10 Nature Tracks of 2013: #8 - Music I Bang

It's probably no surprise that #8 on the countdown comes from the Seasons Changed: Fall Edition EP. Yep, that's back to back tracks from the Fall EP, which as I've already highlighted was the best selling EP in the series (thus far) and has been listed by many as one of the best EP's of the year.

Music I Bang has a very chill beat by multi-talented musician and producer Skammadix, another Deep Concepts Media in house producer who hails from Long Beach, NY. Nature flows over it perfectly, responding directly to critics on his opening line "I'm a Queensbridge ni**a it don't matter where my mail goes / track record long like I'm tryna build a railroad". The feedback we got on this one was that people really loved Nature's easy to relate to lyrics, funny lines, and pop culture references. Who else in the game can keep your head bobbing but make you crack a smile at the same time when spitting one line about victor cruz in the end zone and the next about keeping hoes in the friend zone. He came with solid bars for full 3+ minute track.

For those of you who have NOT had the chance to peep Music I Bang, check out the video below from the Deep Concepts Media YouTube page done by Hostage Media. It's a behind the scenes video from the latest Nature photo shoot (I believe it was a promo shoot for Seasons Changed: Fall Edition) but the background track is Music I Bang. If you are liking what you hear head on over to iTunes and cop the Seasons Changed: Fall Edition EP (or if you hate iTunes you can cop over at Bandcamp). Enjoy!

Top 10 Nature Tracks of 2013: #9 - Movie Star

There are a ton of different reasons Movie Star made my Top 10 list of the best Nature tracks of 2013. First off, it appears on Nature's Seasons Changed: Fall Edition EP which was my personal favorite of the three EP's in the seasons changed EP series to date. And apparently ya'll agree with me because a) it's been getting named to "Best Of 2013" lists already and b) it was the best selling EP in the series.

The second reason I'm feeling Movie Star is because everybody loves a dope concept track. On Movie Star we listen as Nature paints a smooth as silk picture of life as part of Hollywood's elite, hitting the best clubs, tearing up the red carpets, and basically just milking stardom for everything it's worth. It reminds me just a little bit of another classic throwback concept track Nature did back in the 90's, Black Showbiz (definitely worth a listen if you haven't heard that one before).

Finally, we love Movie Star because of the beat. Supa Dave really did this thing on this one. He kills it with the samples which set the stage perfectly for the track. If ya haven't heard it already surf on over to iTunes and cop the track (or the whole EP) right now!

DJ Skizz - Metal Bars ft. Masta Ace & Nature (Video)

One of the best things we've noticed from Deep Concepts Media over the past several years is their collaborative work ethic, hustling hard and doing whatever it takes to get other artists on their projects and getting their production team and artist lineup onto other projects. The latest fruit from all of that labor has materialized in the form of a very dope concept track from DJ Skizz featuring Masta Ace and Nature. The track is a back and forth phone conversation between Masta Ace, who is still hustlin on the block, and Nature, who is doing a bid and wondering how things are going on the outside. The track is real for Nature, who has done plenty of time in the past... so it's no surprise that the track flows smoothly back and forth between Ace and Nate.

The video follows the same concept, with the duo rapping / conversating over a prison pay phone and a burner. The track is from the brand new DJ Skills collaborative LP "B.Q.E. (Brooklyn-Queens Experience)". As the title indicates it features a bunch of Brooklyn and Queens collaboration tracks... and it is very very dope. It also features Lil' Fame (of M.O.P.), ILL BILL, Roc Marciano, A.G., O.C., Steele (of Smif-n-Wesson), Torae, F.T., Cormega, Big Noyd, Big Twins, Craig G, Reks, Problemz, Al Tariq, Maffew Ragazino, Jakk Frost, Malik B. (of the Roots), Rasheed Chappell & many more... Cop it on iTunes here. Support and enjoy! Holla at DJ Skizz, Masta Ace and Nature on Twitter and tell em you like the track.

Nature & Noreaga - TIME IS MONEY (Official Video)

We're pretty late with this one... the web has already been blowing up over the latest Nature & Noreaga visual "Time is Money". NORE(aka P.A.P.I. aka Mr. Superslime) had been mentioning the video shoot all the way back in August and the final product has been getting hyped by all of the blogs since September. This is the second video from the dope new Seasons Changed: Summer Edition EP from Nature. If you haven't seen checked the video out yet we've included it below. Track was produced by platinum producer Xtreme Beatz and is just the latest dope track coming from Nature since he's been signed to Deep Concepts Media. We can't reiterate this enough.... iff you've ever been a fan of Nature and want to show some support for a production company doing it for the absolute LOVE of the music, please make sure to hit up iTunes and cop that Seasons Changed Summed Edition EP for $6.99. Good music and you're supporting the creation of more in the future. Peace.

Bout to film my Nilla @THEREALNATURE video no haircut bent and all that

— P.A.P.I. (@noreaga) September 1, 2013

New Video: Nature Feat. N.O.R.E. – “Time Is Money” - http://t.co/BC0YgCF5Rv

— 57thave (@57thave) September 25, 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

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 - 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.


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