Description
L-Burna aka Layzie Bone – Thug By Nature / Ruthless Records Audio CD 2001 / 501197 2
UPC 5099750119723
Thug by Nature is the debut solo studio album by American rapper Layzie Bone, released under his L-Burna alias. It was released on March 20, 2001 through Ruthless Records with distribution via Epic Records. Production was handled by L.T. Hutton, Darren Vegas, Michael Seifert, BB, Buddy Banks, Damon Elliott, Red Spyda, Dre' Ghost, Mauly T., Step and Thin C., with Tomica Wright and Layzie Bone serving as executive producers. It features guest appearances from Aaron Hall, Baby S, Big Chan, Dekumpozed, Flesh-n-Bone, WC and Geraldine Sigler. The album peaked at number 43 on the Billboard 200 and number 17 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, with 36,406 copies sold in the United States in the first week. It also made it to number 30 on the Official New Zealand Music Chart.
"Battlefield" and "Deadly Musical" are diss songs aimed at Chicago-based Midwest hip hop group Do Or Die.
Tracklist:
| 1 | Carole Of The Bones | 0:53 | |
| 2 | Battlefield | 4:05 | |
| 3 | Connectin' The Plots
Featuring – WC
Featuring – WC
|
4:23 | |
| 4 | Fear No Man | 3:40 | |
| 5 | Time Will Tell
Featuring – Dekumpozed
Featuring – Dekumpozed
|
4:17 | |
| 6 | Where You Goin? (Skit) | 1:10 | |
| 7 | How Long Will It Last | 4:54 | |
| 8 | Deadly Musical
Producer – Buddy Banks, Thin C
Producer – Buddy Banks, Thin C
|
4:19 | |
| 9 | Fire In Tha Hole (Skit) | 0:39 | |
| 10 | There They Go
Featuring – Aaron Hall
Producer – Mauly T.
Featuring – Aaron Hall
Producer – Mauly T.
|
3:59 | |
| 11 | My Niggaz
Producer – Dre' Ghost
Producer – Dre' Ghost
|
3:12 | |
| 12 |
Still The Greatest
Featuring – Big Chan, Flesh-N-Bone
Featuring – Big Chan, Flesh-N-Bone
|
5:30 | |
| 13 | Make My Day
Featuring – Baby S
Producer – Step (6)
Featuring – Baby S
Producer – Step (6)
|
3:56 | |
| 14 | Lock-N-Load | 4:34 | |
| 15 | Up Against The Wall | 3:46 | |
| 16 | Thug By Nature
Producer – BB (9), Red Spyda
Producer – BB (9), Red Spyda
|
4:43 | |
| 17 | Smoke On
Producer – Damon Elliot
Producer – Damon Elliot
|
3:57 | |
| 18 | Listen | 4:06 | |
| 19 | As The Rain | 4:50 |
- Design, Art Direction – Giulio Costanzo
- Executive-Producer – Layzie Bone, Tomica Wright
- Photography By – Image Lumumba
- Producer – Darren Vegas (tracks: 3, 12, 15, 18), LT Hutton (tracks: 2, 4, 5, 7, 14), Michael Seifert (tracks: 1, 19)
