Nature Sounds is a

record label "Big Three" music labels A record label or record company is a brand or trademark of Sound recording and reproduction, music recordings and music videos, or the company that owns it. Sometimes, a record label is also a Music publisher, ...

based in

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, specializing in

hip hop Hip-hop or hip hop (originally disco rap) is a popular music genre that emerged in the early 1970s from the African-American community of New York City. The style is characterized by its synthesis of a wide range of musical techniques. Hip- ...

and

reggae Reggae () is a music genre that originated in Jamaica during the late 1960s. The term also denotes the modern popular music of Jamaica and its Jamaican diaspora, diaspora. A 1968 single by Toots and the Maytals, "Do the Reggay", was the first ...

music. The label is independently owned and operated. It was founded by Devin Horwitz in 2003.

History

Nature Sounds was founded in 2003 by Devin Horwitz, also known as the producer Dev 1. Since then, the label has featured releases from prominent artists such as Blu, MF DOOM, Pete Rock, R.A. The Rugged Man and

Immortal Technique Felipe Andres Coronel (born February 19, 1978), known artistically as Immortal Technique, is an American rapper, activist and songwriter. His lyrics are largely commentary on issues such as politics, religion, institutional racism, and govern ...

, among others.

Discography

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- ''Fingertips'' (2011) * Ayatollah - ''Live from the MPC 60'' (2010) * Ayatollah - ''Cocoon'' (2010) (digital only) * Ayatollah - ''The Quixotic'' (2010) (digital only) * Ayatollah - ''Drum Machine'' (digital only) * Ayatollah - ''Louder'' * Ayatollah - ''Now Playing'' (2006) * Big City ( Psycho Les, Al Tariq, Problemz) - ''The City Never Sleeps'' (2007) * Blu - ''HerFavoriteColo(u)r'' * Blu - '' Good to Be Home'' (2014) * Black Market Militia - '' Black Market Militia'' * Chris Lowe - ''The Black Life'' (2004) * Copywrite - ''Cruise Control Mixtape Vol. 1'' (2005) * DJ Babu - ''The Beat Tape Vol. 2'' * DJ Babu - ''Duck Season Vol. 3'' * Hell Razah - '' Heaven Razah'' (2010) * Hell Razah - '' Renaissance Child'' *

Mathematics Mathematics is a field of study that discovers and organizes methods, Mathematical theory, theories and theorems that are developed and Mathematical proof, proved for the needs of empirical sciences and mathematics itself. There are many ar ...

- '' Mathematics Presents Wu-Tang Clan & Friends Unreleased'' (2007) * Mathematics - '' The Problem'' * Mathematics - ''Soul of a Man'' (2006) * O.C. & A.G. - ''Oasis'' (2010) * Omega One - ''The Lo-Fi Chronicles'' (2005) * Pete Rock - '' NY's Finest'' *

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- ''Dub 9/11'' * Strong Arm Steady - '' Deep Hearted'' * Termanology - '' Politics as Usual'' *

- '' Revolutionary Vol. 1'' * Immortal Technique - '' Revolutionary Vol. 2'' (2003) *

Tragedy Khadafi Percy Lee Chapman (born August 13, 1971), known by his stage name Tragedy Khadafi (formerly Intelligent Hoodlum), is an American rapper and record producer. Hailing from the Queensbridge Housing Projects in Queens, New York City,Brown, Marisa. ...

- ''Intelligent Hoodlum + Saga of a Hoodlum'' (reissue) (2007) * Illmind - ''Behind the Curtain'' * R.A. the Rugged Man - '' Die, Rugged Man, Die'' (2004) * R.A. the Rugged Man - '' Legendary Classics Volume 1'' (2009) * R.A. the Rugged Man - '' Legends Never Die'' (2013) * Various Artists (Nature Sounds) - ''Convexed'' (2003) * Various Artists (Nature Sounds) - ''Natural Selection'' (2006) * Various Artists (Nature Sounds) - ''Too Stoned for TV'' (2005) * Vordul Mega - ''The Revolution of Yung Havoks'' (2004) * Havoc - '' The Kush'' (2007) *

J Dilla James Dewitt Yancey (February 7, 1974 – February 10, 2006), better known by the stage names J Dilla and Jay Dee, was an American record producer, composer and rapper. He emerged from the mid-1990s underground hip hop scene in Detroit, Michiga ...

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Jay Stay Paid ''Jay Stay Paid'' is the fifth studio album by album by American hip hop production, hip hop producer and rapper J Dilla. It was released as a posthumous album on June 2, 2009, by Nature Sounds. Despite the fact that the album has contributing v ...

'' (2009) * Earl "Chinna" Smith - ''Dub It!'' (2004) ;MF DOOM * The Prof. Meets The SUPER VILLAIN (2002) * '' Special Herbs: The Box Set Vol. 0-9'' (2003) * '' Special Herbs, Vols. 5 & 6'' (2003) * '' Best of KMD'' (2004) * '' Live from Planet X'' (2005) ;Masta Killa * '' No Said Date'' (2004) * '' Made in Brooklyn'' (2006) * '' Selling My Soul'' (2012) * '' Loyalty Is Royalty'' (2017)

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Official website
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History

Discography

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