For All Seasons

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/for-all-seasons-mw0000034273|title=For All Seasons - Nature|last=Conaway|first=Matt|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=September 9, 2019|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180220153515/https://www.allmusic.com/album/for-all-seasons-mw0000034273|archive-date=February 20, 2018}}

| rev2 = The Source

| rev2score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite magazine|last=Reid|first=Shaheem|date=September 2000|issue=132|title=Nature – For All Seasons|department=Record Report|magazine=The Source|page=332|location=New York}}

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Matt Conaway of AllMusic praised Nature for being "an exceptionally flamboyant and charismatic MC" throughout the record, highlighting "Young Love", "I Remember" and "It's a Man's World" for showcasing his storytelling abilities. He concluded that: "Though he delivers a compelling debut, there are stretches of outdated productions that kept the record from joining the ranks of classic debuts from his borough's now-luminary figures (Run-D.M.C., Rakim, LL Cool J and Nas)." Spin called the album "a crafty platter of metaphysical flair, compelling boy-meets-girl/girl-caps-boy-for-fucking-around narratives, and vivid ghetto reminiscences that recall Nas' early poetics."{{Cite magazine|last=Mao|first=Jeff "Chairman"|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=grUyWt6neOgC&pg=PA75|title=Nature|magazine=Spin|date=September 2000|page=75|publisher=SPIN Media LLC|via=Google Books}} Vibe contributor David Bry felt that Nature's lyrics were "run-of-the-mill" and had "a profound lack of engaging hooks", concluding that: "Although it offers a brief, pleasant flashback to Cali's hip-hop heyday, For All Seasons fails to live up to contemporary Queensbridge quality. It's a professional but largely uninspired effort." Shaheem Reid, in a review for The Source, commended Nature's lyrical abilities, saying that he is "conjuring up cinematically vivid images", but criticized the album for the lack of diversity, both in lyrics and vocal delivery, as well as in its production, which he thought was "as bland as white rice".

{{Track listing

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| title1 = Intro

| writer1 =

| note1 =

| extra1 = {{hlist|Dan Stonier|Gavin Allen}}

| length1 = 1:04

| title2 = Man's World

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| note2 =

| extra2 = Trackmasters

| length2 = 4:13

| title3 = We Ain't Friends

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| note3 =

| extra3 = Lord Jamar

| length3 = 3:41

| title4 = Shit Like This

| writer4 =

| note4 =

| extra4 = L.E.S.

| length4 = 3:00

| title5 = The Ultimate High

| writer5 =

| note5 = featuring Nas

| extra5 = Ski

| length5 = 4:59

| title6 = Young Love

| writer6 =

| note6 =

| extra6 = Curt Gowdy

| length6 = 3:43

| title7 = Go Ahead

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| note7 =

| extra7 = Lord Jamar

| length7 = 5:02

| title8 = Nature's Shine

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| note8 =

| extra8 = Trackmasters

| length8 = 3:24

| title9 = Smoke

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| note9 =

| extra9 = Trackmasters

| length9 = 3:42

| title10 = Remember

| writer10 =

| note10 =

| extra10 = Ez Elpee

| length10 = 4:30

| title11 = Talking That Shit

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| note11 =

| extra11 = Trackmasters

| length11 = 3:33

| title12 = I Don't Give a Fuck

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| note12 =

| extra12 = Tim "Tyme" Riley

| length12 = 3:38

| title13 = Don't Stop

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| extra13 = Trackmasters

| length13 = 4:00

| total_length = 48:29

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{{Reflist}}

• {{Discogs master|204340|Nature – For All Seasons}}

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Category:2000 debut albums

Category:Nature (rapper) albums

Category:Columbia Records albums

Category:Albums produced by L.E.S. (record producer)

Category:Albums produced by Lord Jamar

Category:Albums produced by Ski Beatz

Category:Albums produced by Trackmasters