Thug by Nature

Infobox Album
Name = Thug by Nature
Type = studio
Artist = L-Burna (Layzie Bone)


Released = March 20 2001
Recorded = 2000–2001
Genre = Midwest rap
Length =
Label = Ruthless
Producer = Michael Seifert, LT Hutton, Darren Vegas, Thin C, Mauly T, Dre Ghost, Step, BB & Red Spyda, & Damion Elliot
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|2.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:apftxqe0ldfe link]
* Rap Reviews rating-10|7.5 [http://www.rapreviews.com/archive/2001_04F_bynature.html link]
* MVRemix Urban rating-10|5 [http://www.mvremix.com/urban/reviews/2002/lburna.shtml link]
Last album =
This album = "Thug by Nature"
(2001)
Next album = "It's Not a Game"
(2005)

"Thug by Nature" is the debut album of Layzie Bone under the new monicker L-Burna, a nickname given to him by his sister. The album was released March 20, 2001.

"My Niggaz" features some classic lyrics from Lay's first solo song on B.O.N.E. Enterpri$e, "#1 Assassin". Layzie's nickname L-Burna, which was given to him by his sister a couple of years ago, comes from his desire to put the heat on his competition. Layzie Bone told LAUNCH about his choice of album title. "I just feel like I'm a thug by nature," the Cleveland rapper said. "It's just in my nature to be that way. I'm not trying to be a thug. I was born this way. It's what I'm made up to be." Time Will Tell features Dekumpozed of NX who was first featuring on DJ U-Neek's Ghetto Street Pharmacist, where Layzie does the track Murda Murda with Lethal who is also from NX. You can hear the end of My Niggaz at the beginning of one of the skits. Thug By Nature features an additional disc (there are two) featuring 2 previously unreleased tracks. The CD features a sticker on the case stating that there is an extra CD, no difference in booklet or anthing else. M.O.G. stands for Murder On The Government. 7 ot 6 is a reference to 76 Studios. B.B.O.B. stands for the Bad Boy Of Bone.

Track listing

#"Carole of the Bones"
#"Battlefield"
#"Connectin' the Plots" (featuring WC)
#"Fear No Man"
#"Time Will Tell" (featuring Dekumpozed)
#"Where You Goin?" (Skit)
#"How Long Will It Last"
#"Deadly Musical"
#"Fire in tha Hole" (Skit)
#"There They Go" (featuring Aaron Hall)
#"My Niggaz"
#"Still the Greatest" (featuring Big Chan & Flesh-n-Bone)
#"Make My Day" (featuring Baby S)
#"Lock-n-Load"
#"Up against the Wall"
#"Thug by Nature"
#"Smoke On"
#"Listen"
#"As the Rain"

Bonus disc

:Bonus disc 1
#"It's all Hood Niggaz"
#"M.O.G.":Bonus disc 2

#"Money on da Wood" (featuring Bizzy Bone, Scant, & E-Mortal Thugs)
#"No Matter"