{{Short description|American record label}} {{for|natural noises|Natural sounds}} {{infobox record label | name = Nature Sounds | image = NatureSoundsBlack.png | image_size = | parent = | founded = {{start-date|2002}} | founder = Devin Horwitz | genre = [[Hip hop]], [[reggae]] | distributor = [[INgrooves]] | country = United States | location = [[Brooklyn, New York]], U.S. | url = {{URL|http://naturesoundsmusic.com/}} | image_name = }} '''Nature Sounds''' is a [[record label]] based in [[Brooklyn, New York]], specializing in [[hip hop]] and [[reggae]] music.<ref name=AboutNatureSound>{{Cite web|url=http://naturesoundsmusic.com/about/|title=About {{!}} Nature Sounds|website=naturesoundsmusic.com|language=en-US|access-date=2017-06-27}}</ref> The label is independently owned and operated.<ref name=AboutNatureSound/> It was founded by Devin Horwitz in 2003.<ref name=glossary>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hhv-mag.com/en/glossaryentry/1122/nature-sounds|title=Nature Sounds {{!}} hhv.de mag|website=www.hhv-mag.com|language=en|access-date=2017-06-27}}</ref>
== History == Nature Sounds was founded in 2003 by Devin Horwitz, also known as the producer Dev 1.<ref name=glossary/> Since then, the label has featured releases from prominent artists such as [[Blu (rapper)|Blu]], [[MF Doom]], [[Pete Rock]], [[R.A. The Rugged Man]] and [[Immortal Technique]], among others.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.protomanonline.com/2010/08/slug-battles-piracy.html|title=Slug battles piracy|website=www.protomanonline.com|access-date=2017-02-21}}</ref>
==Discography== {{further|:Category:Nature Sounds albums}}
;[[Ayatollah (record producer)|Ayatollah]] * ''Now Playing'' (2006) * ''Louder'' (2008) * ''Drum Machine'' (2008) * ''The Quixotic'' (2010) * ''Cocoon'' (2010) * ''Live from the MPC 60'' (2010) * ''Fingertips'' (2011) ;Big City ([[Psycho Les]], [[The Beatnuts|Al Tariq]], Problemz) * ''The City Never Sleeps'' (2007) ;[[Blu (rapper)|Blu]] * ''HerFavoriteColo(u)r'' (2011) * ''[[Good to Be Home]]'' (2014) ;[[Black Market Militia]] * ''[[Black Market Militia (album)|Black Market Militia]]'' (2005) ;Chris Lowe * ''The Black Life'' (2004) ;[[Copywrite (rapper)|Copywrite]] * ''Cruise Control Mixtape Vol. 1'' (2005) ;[[DJ Babu]] * ''The Beat Tape Vol. 2'' (2002) * ''Duck Season Vol. 3'' (2003) ;[[Earl "Chinna" Smith]] * ''Dub It!'' (2004) ;[[Havoc (rapper)|Havoc]] * ''[[The Kush]]'' (2007) ;[[Hell Razah]] * ''[[Renaissance Child]]'' (2007) * ''[[Heaven Razah]]'' (2010) ;Illmind * ''Behind the Curtain'' (2011) ;[[Immortal Technique]] * ''[[Revolutionary Vol. 1]]'' (2001) * ''[[Revolutionary Vol. 2]]'' (2003) ;[[J Dilla]] * ''[[Jay Stay Paid]]'' (2009) ;[[Masta Killa]] * ''[[No Said Date]]'' (2004) * ''[[Made in Brooklyn]]'' (2006) * ''[[Selling My Soul]]'' (2012) * ''[[Loyalty Is Royalty]]'' (2017) ;[[Mathematics (producer)|Mathematics]] * ''[[The Problem (album)|The Problem]]'' (2005) * ''Soul of a Man'' (2006) * ''[[Mathematics Presents Wu-Tang Clan & Friends Unreleased]]'' (2007) ;[[MF Doom]] * The Prof. Meets The Super Villain (2002) * ''[[Special Herbs: The Box Set Vol. 0-9]]'' (2006) * ''[[Special Herbs, Vols. 5 & 6]]'' (2003) * ''[[Best of KMD]]'' (2004) * ''[[Live from Planet X]]'' (2005) ;O.C. & A.G. * ''Oasis'' (2010) ;Omega One * ''The Lo-Fi Chronicles'' (2005) ;[[Pete Rock]] * ''[[NY's Finest]]'' (2008) ;[[R.A. the Rugged Man]] * ''[[Die, Rugged Man, Die]]'' (2004) * ''[[Legendary Classics Volume 1]]'' (2009) * ''[[Legends Never Die (R.A. the Rugged Man album)|Legends Never Die]]'' (2013) ;[[Scientist (musician)|Scientist]] * ''Dub 9/11'' (2006) ;[[Strong Arm Steady]] * ''[[Deep Hearted]]'' (2007) ;[[Termanology]] * ''[[Politics as Usual (album)|Politics as Usual]]'' (2008) ;[[Tragedy Khadafi]] * ''Intelligent Hoodlum + Saga of a Hoodlum'' (reissue) (2007) ;[[Vordul Mega]] * ''The Revolution of Yung Havoks'' (2004)
;Compilations * ''Convexed'' (2003) * ''Too Stoned for TV'' (2005) * ''Natural Selection'' (2006)
==See also== * [[List of record labels]] * [[Underground hip hop]]
== References == {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.nature-sounds.net Official website]
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