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Debut release: For All Seasons
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2020s
Biography
English biography411 words · 7 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1366979748
Biography
Jermain Baxter (born December 5, 1973), known professionally as Nature, is an American rapper, best known for his association with fellow New York City rapper Nas and having replaced Cormega in the original QB group the Firm.
Career
Baxter grew up in Queensbridge, New York, and went to school with Nas. Nas introduced Nature to the public in 1997, as a member of his supergroup The Firm, whose members also included AZ and Foxy Brown. Nature was brought in to replace rapper Cormega, who had a contractual dispute with Nas' manager Steve Stoute and a subsequent fallout with Nas. The Firm's only album, Nas, Foxy Brown, AZ, and Nature Present The Firm: The Album, topped the Billboard 200 album chart. The album featured production from music production team Trackmasters.
The Firm disbanded in 1997 to pursue various solo projects. In 1998, Nature was featured on Noreaga's single "Banned from T.V.", alongside Big Pun, Cam'ron, Jadakiss and Styles P. After The Firm's dissolution, Nature was signed to Trackmasters' namesake record label. At the end of the year, Nature appeared on DJ Clue?'s December 1998 debut album, The Professional, on the song Exclusive-New Shit. After several delays, Nature's debut album For All Seasons
For All SeasonsSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 13 tracks1Intro1:042Man’s World4:123We Ain’t Friends3:404Shit Like This2:595The Ultimate High4:596Young Love3:427Go Ahead5:018Natures Shine3:239Smoke3:4210Remember4:3011Talking That Shit3:3212I Don’t Give a Fuck3:3713Don’t Stop3:55, was released in 2000 by Columbia Records and Trackmasters Records and featured a guest appearance from Nas. It reached number 50 on the Billboard 200. Nature also contributed an original freestyle that appeared on the fictional Game FM radio station for Rockstar Games' 2001 video game Grand Theft Auto III. He followed his debut in 2002 with Wild Gremlinz, released on independent Sequence Records, which reached number 150 on the Billboard 200 but reached number 9 on the Independent Albums chart. Three of his tracks were included on the soundtrack of the film Angels in America in 2003. A third album, Pain Killer
Pain KillerSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 17 tracks1Intro0:422Live Wire3:593Nobody Else but Me3:444Gotta Get It2:085Cold Blooded Killer3:206Everyday3:367Ya Homie3:438Small Talk3:029The Sermon3:4710Flashback Freestyle2:5511Overnight Affair3:3912Thought I Told You3:5013Public Enemy #12:2914One Shot3:4415Never Slip3:4016Runnin’ Out of Time4:1017The Countdown3:58, was released in 2008 with production largely handled by Scram Jones, Dub Sonata & Mes. Nature released a series of EP's titled Seasons Changed
Seasons ChangedSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 20 tracks1Best of Me2:222Fever2:543All I Am3:354Time Is Money3:525Throw It Up2:576Hard Work2:507Big Blunts2:568If You Watch3:119Movie Star2:2910Talk About It2:4011Summer Breeze2:4712East Coast Party3:0813I Can Tell3:0714Never Falling Off4:0915Long Overdue3:4116Money3:2717Where I Belong3:5618Music I Bang3:1419New York Niggazz3:3320Brighter Days4:27 in 2013-2014 under DCM.
Studio albums
For All Seasons (2000)
Wild Gremlinz (2002)
Pain Killer (2008)
Target Practice (2016)
Collaborative albums
The Firm: The Album (with The Firm) (1997)
Compilation albums
Seasons Changed (2015)
Queens Classics (2016)
Queens Classics 2 (2017)
Mixtapes
The Nature Files: The Best of Nature Vol.1 (2007)
The Lost Tapes Volume 1 (2008)
The Ashtray Effect (2013)
The Ashtray Effect Vol.2 (2015)
The Ashtray Effect Vol.3 (2015)
Extended plays
Seasons Changed: Spring Edition (2013)
Seasons Changed: Summer Edition (2013)
Seasons Changed: Fall Edition (2013)
Seasons Changed: Winter Edition (2014)
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 8 | 49.7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 19 | 86.7th |
| Studio albums | 15 | 94.6th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 17 | 92.4th |
| Recording span (years) | 25 | 55.9th |
| Genres | 2 | 74th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (19 release groups · 15 studio albums)
Albums · 15
2000 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 48:16
1Intro1:042Man’s World4:123We Ain’t Friends3:404Shit Like This2:595The Ultimate High4:596Young Love3:427Go Ahead5:018Natures Shine3:239Smoke3:4210Remember4:3011Talking That Shit3:3212I Don’t Give a Fuck3:3713Don’t Stop3:552002 · studio album
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Tracklist · 15 tracks · 52:31
1Intro1:282The Wake Up1:033Wild Gremlinz3:214So Fresh3:555The Ride3:076I Don’t Give a Fuck1:367Take That5:128Love That Hoe4:239What Cha Know3:2610Get Gully4:1311Who R U?4:2212Supa High3:3913Life & Death4:1614Coming Home With Me4:2515Disturbin’ the Peace4:052008 · studio album
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Tracklist · 17 tracks · 56:26
1Intro0:422Live Wire3:593Nobody Else but Me3:444Gotta Get It2:085Cold Blooded Killer3:206Everyday3:367Ya Homie3:438Small Talk3:029The Sermon3:4710Flashback Freestyle2:5511Overnight Affair3:3912Thought I Told You3:5013Public Enemy #12:2914One Shot3:4415Never Slip3:4016Runnin’ Out of Time4:1017The Countdown3:582012 · studio album
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Tracklist · 27 tracks · 1:23:33
1Redemption (Prod. DJ Supa Dave & 5ickness)2:592Obey (Prod. Little Vic)1:323Control Your Heart w/Tommy 2Face2:434Tis The Season w/Doap Nixon & Good Money3:465Ya Homie (Prod Scram Jones)3:446Get Off My Cloud w/Daytona (Prod DJ Concept)3:447Cruise Control w/Narez3:308Hustle Harder w/Rap P3:299Newport & Cools3:2910Word Is Bond w/Lord Nez3:1411Foreign Affairs w/Muneshine3:3612Blood Stream w/Little Vic, Sean Strange & O Dub (Prod Snowgoons)4:2213One Shot3:4414Defcon (Prod Little Vic)1:4315A Beautiful Day1:3816Open Your Eyes w/Little Vic (Prod Little Vic)2:2517More Than Music w/Heather B3:3618Can't Change2:3519Move Over w/Kaze (Prod 9th Wonder)3:1920The Needle2:2321Supa High3:4022Make Motion1:1523In The Streets w/Tommy 2Face3:2624I Dont Make Believe w/Dread Child2:1925Its Like That w/Ali Vegas2:5226Take The $ & Run w/J Sands & Royal Flush4:1927Where You At w/Screwball4:112013 · studio album
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Tracklist · 22 tracks · 1:12:48
1Thug Ali Baba2:172Fly Away3:143Welcome to My World3:404Spit5:355Love Is All We Need - Trackmasters Remix4:256Take It On3:497American Dream2:548Metal Cuff Links4:139Magazine Covers3:1210They Just Don’t Know4:2311Magic & Bird4:4812Its Yours1:1013The Big Hurt3:3314Too Hot3:4615Magic2:3516Something in the Air3:0217Against the Wall3:4218Charisma2:4019Miracle3:0220Round One1:0521From the East3:4322The Source2:00Seasons Changed: Winter Edition
2014 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 26:27
1Cold America Intro1:552No Assumption1:393Last Dayz3:404Catch Me3:115Throw it Up2:576Welcome to My World Revisited3:397Brighter Days4:278Up in the Sky3:109Timberland Season Outro1:492015 · studio album
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Tracklist · 20 tracks · 1:05:15
1Best of Me2:222Fever2:543All I Am3:354Time Is Money3:525Throw It Up2:576Hard Work2:507Big Blunts2:568If You Watch3:119Movie Star2:2910Talk About It2:4011Summer Breeze2:4712East Coast Party3:0813I Can Tell3:0714Never Falling Off4:0915Long Overdue3:4116Money3:2717Where I Belong3:5618Music I Bang3:1419New York Niggazz3:3320Brighter Days4:272016 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 35:30
1Keep Frontin'2:402Back to the Rap2:353Queens Tale, Pt. 11:324This Is Easy4:165The Second They See Him2:516Snap3:227Terminator (Crazy)3:008Give It to 'Em3:559No Retreat No Surrender2:4210Real Like Me2:5511She Loves Me3:1312Never Quit2:292016 · studio album
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Tracklist · 20 tracks · 1:04:06
1Presidential1:552The Grimiest Niggas2:423That Small Talk3:014Metal Bars4:275Who I Made It For3:316D.U.3:247Something Ain’t Right2:408Just Me4:089Last Day3:0210Forget It2:5111On Grind3:5212Qu‐Ee‐Ns3:0713Real Like Me2:5514Turn Down the Sound4:0715Cross Island Expressway3:2916Big Boyz3:5117Hip Hop Pian3:2818Qb to Mount Real3:0119Rhodes0:4720One Time Remix3:482016 · studio album
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Tracklist · 15 tracks · 57:31
1Kingz of Queens3:082Take It On3:493Jungle Music4:414Triple Threat4:165The Most Heart4:066Kings of NY3:147Look Who's Talking3:028Ultimate High (Pete Rock Remix)4:349You Lose2:3810Magic & Bird4:4811Shoot Ya Clips Out2:5712Swerving4:0213Time4:1214Summer Cookout3:5915How Cool4:052017 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 46:30
1Intro1:452What You Ridin’5:273The Warning1:304Enemy of the State4:255Sometimes I Wonder4:546To My Advantage4:337Friday Nights1:248Metal Things, Pt. 23:549Freeze2:1410Black Showbiz3:1211In Jail2:3412Day to Day3:541325 to Life4:0414I’m Coming2:402018 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 21:15
1Take a Trip2:422You Can’t Fake It2:563This One3:434500 Pounds of Gas3:015Goonsbridge1:546It Ain’t a Game4:007World Go Round2:592019 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 40:00
1Grip That Stack3:072Take a Trip Part II2:293Legendary2:554Do Your Thing2:305The Realest2:446Taking Over2:477Still Don’t Give a Fuck5:128Stop Frontin’2:409Show U How2:5510Unbreakable2:2011Never Coming Back3:1912Do You Love Me2:3513Rise Above2:0114Kickin’ That Real Shit2:262022 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 21:19
1Shootouts0:592Biddin' It3:133Sling2:384All Out3:165Newports & Kools3:426Familia1:317Jungle Music3:248Outro2:36Seasons Changed: 10 Year Anniversary Edition
2025 · studio album
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Tracklist · 30 tracks · 1:37:51
1Best Of Me2:222Fever2:543All I Am3:354Time Is Money3:525Throw It Up2:576Hard Work2:507Big Blunts2:568If You Watch3:119Movie Star2:2910Talk About It2:4011Summer Breeze2:4712East Coast Party3:0813I Can Tell3:0714Never Falling Off4:0915Long Overdue3:4116Money3:2717Where I Belong3:5618Music I Bang3:1419New York Niggazz3:3320Brighter Days4:2721Fever (Instrumental)4:0022Time Is Money (Instrumental)4:1123Throw It Up (Instrumental)2:5724Big Blunts (Instrumental)2:5625Summer Breeze (Instrumental)4:2326East Coast Party (Instrumental)1:2427I Can Tell (Instrumental)2:4128Never Falling Off (Instrumental)4:0729Long Overdue (Instrumental)2:0030Money (Instrumental)3:57
Single · 4
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Art Of War / TiefschlafSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 6 tracks · 23:541Art of War (Street)3:48 2Art of War (Instrumental)3:48 3Art of War (Acapella)3:55 4Tiefschlaf (Street)4:22 5Tiefschlaf (Instrumental)4:13 6Tiefschlaf (Acapella)3:48 | August 2002 | ||
| 2004 | Kingz of Queens / PopularSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 6 tracksA1Kingz of Queens (radio) A2Kingz of Queens (dirty) A3Kingz of Queens (instrumental) B1Popular (radio) B2Popular (instrumental) B3Popular (a cappella) | 2004 | ||
| 2012 | I Don't Make BelieveSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 2:181I Don't Make Believe2:18 | 16 February 2012 | ||
| 2025 | PretendSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 3:151Pretend3:15 | 24 September 2025 |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Nature head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 8 | 49.7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 19 | 86.7th |
| Studio albums | 15 | 94.6th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 17 | 92.4th |
| Recording span (years) | 25 | 55.9th |
| Genres | 2 | 74th |
Awards & honours
Line-up
| Name | From | To | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| QB Finest(band) | — | present | |
| The Firm(band) | — | present |
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nature_Screenshot.pngaliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/7bfe58bb-c4f5-4139-996b-82f9c375640adiscography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/7bfe58bb-c4f5-4139-996b-82f9c375640acore—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6003519genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6003519seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nature_%28rapper%29biography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nature_%28rapper%29
Why this artist is in the database
- List of hip-hop musicians
Tier rule: curated genre/region list
Image: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC85-ljsXldn7eCqzyhqvNrQ · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q6003519 · MusicBrainz: 7bfe58bb-c4f5-4139-996b-82f9c375640a
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