Thug by Nature


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, Geraldine Sigler and Bizzy Bone and Emmortal Thugs on the bonus disc. 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 group Do Or Die.
The song "Back Up Against The Wall" is featured on the Soundtrack of Down to Earth.

Track listing

Bonus disc

;Bonus disc 1
  1. "It's all Hood Niggaz"
  2. "M.O.G."
;Bonus disc 2
  1. "Money on da Wood"
  2. "No Matter"

Personnel

  • Steven "Layzie Bone"/"L-Burna" Howse – main artist, executive producer
  • Geraldine 'Gere' Sigler – vocals
  • William "WC" Calhoun – featured artist
  • Brence "Dekumpozed" Skinner – featured artist
  • Aaron Hall – featured artist
  • Stanley "Flesh-n-Bone" Howse – featured artist
  • "Big Chan" Gaines – featured artist
  • David "Baby S" Ware – featured artist
  • Michael Seifert – producer & recording
  • Lenton Terrell Hutton – producer
  • Darren "Vegas" Hubbard – producer
  • Edward "Buddy" Banks – producer
  • Amefika "Thin C" Williams – producer
  • Mauly Taylor – producer
  • Andre "Dre Ghost" Bell – producer
  • Step – producer
  • BB – producer
  • Red Spyda – producer
  • Damon Elliott – producer & recording
  • Aaron Connor – mixing
  • Brian Springer – recording, mixing
  • Richard E. Harris Jr. – recording
  • Gabe Chiesa – recording
  • Erik Nordquist – recording
  • Dino "The Cut" Johnson – recording
  • Tim Nitz – recording
  • "Disco Rick" Taylor – recording
  • Michael Dean – mixing
  • Eric Williams – recording
  • Jason Walker – engineering assistant
  • Joe Brown – engineering assistant
  • Tomica Wright – executive producer
  • Giulio Costanzo – art direction, design
  • Image Lumumba – photography