Nature Sounds

03/04/2025

The Nature Sounds warehouse team has been doing some spring cleaning. Our crates have been filling up with imperfect copies of exceptional albums, which play perfectly but cannot be sold at retail due to packaging damage caused in transit. We’re doing some spring cleaning and offering 50% off these items in a new Scratch & Dent Sale, which includes an extensive collection of vinyl and CD releases. The sale includes music from and many more! Hit the story for the link.

28/03/2025

Blu announces his new album “Forty” entirely produced by August Fanon out April 18th. Pre-orders are now live, including the limited edition, gold and splatter vinyl which also comes with a 40th birthday invitation. insert signed by both Blu and August. Check out the lead sing happy featuring Kota, the friend and R.A.P. Ferreira.

12/03/2025

Masta Killa drops “BK Harlem” with famed battle rapper Head I.C.E. to celebrate the second leg of his US tour kicking off tonight! The new album “Balance” is coming soon!

14/02/2025

Bulletproof Luh Hertz

13/01/2025

In 2019, Smoke DZA and Curren$y finally linked for a full-length release, entitled Prestige Worldwide. The two longtime collaborators bring out the best in each other on the acclaimed collection, with inspired rhymes and trunk-ratting beats reverberating from Harlem to New Orleans. Featuring appearances by Styles P and Dave East, Prestige Worldwide is now receiving a new vinyl release via GoodTalk and Nature Sounds after years out of print.

22/11/2024

In 2019, Smoke DZA and Benny The Butcher linked for the joint project Statue Of Limitations, entirely produced by the legendary Pete Rock. Finding genuine chemistry over Pete’s raw instrumentation, DZA and Benny deliver a cohesive exploration of Empire State street life on this memorable collection, which features appearances by Westside Gunn, Conway The Machine, and Styles P. To celebrate its 5th anniversary, Statue Of Limitations is back on vinyl for the first time in years, complete with the previously unavailable Pete Rock instrumentals. With a standard black pressing soon hitting stores worldwide, a limited-edition liberty green colored vinyl variant is now available exclusively from Nature Sounds while supplies last.

31/10/2024

04/10/2024

Our huge warehouse sale ends this weekend. 33% off + deep discounts on mystery bundles. Stock up while you can. Let us know what you already copped.

27/09/2024

We’re having a huge warehouse sale this week with 33% off a wide selection of vinyl and CDs. There are also some amazing discounts on mystery artist & bundles. Let us know what you plan to cop.

18/09/2024

Is this on your AOTY list? Do you prefer the digital or physical?

12/09/2024

Finally, the instrumentals from the Talib Kweli collaboration Liberation 2 is available on all digital outlets. To celebrate we’re also offering 20% off the vinyl bundle of both editions.

31/08/2024

Remember this? What’s your favorite track of this classic?

30/08/2024

New Jazz Standards.

21/08/2024

Sourcing samples only from Chinese records, Preservation constructed a singular experience with Eastern Medicine, Western Illness. Echoing this thematic focus, an “Eastern OBI Edition” was recently produced for the China retail market in partnership with , featuring a gatefold jacket and OBI strip. We were able to secure a few boxes of this edition for sale in our store. While supplies last, this set is also available with “An Extra Dose”, a rare bonus 7” not available since the album’s initial release. Repackaged in a new screen printed jacket, the 7” features three exclusive tracks from the Eastern Medicine, Western Illness sessions. Showcasing some of the best hip-hop talent from the West over sounds from the East, this acclaimed collection blends cultures and styles to create a potent musical elixir.

27/06/2024

By the time his 2008 solo debut The Preface was released, Elzhi was already recognized as one of hip-hop’s most gifted lyricists. The Detroit emcee was still a member of Slum Village at the time, having replaced hip-hop icon J Dilla in the legendary group earlier that decade. The Preface showcases Elzhi’s undeniable talent and impressive creative flair, foreshadowing the exciting solo career that would follow. With a young Black Milk supplying pounding, drum-heavy production on 13 of the album’s 16 tracks, Elzhi’s dense verses electrify the mic, announcing the arrival of a truly special artist. Whether riffing on color-themed wordplay, playing a lyrical game of “fill in the blank”, taking listeners on a dream logic adventure, telling his personal story, or simply showing off his scorching rhyme skills, Elzhi’s flawless flows animate the highly conceptual collection. A thoroughly Detroit affair, The Preface features Motown rap gods like Royce Da 5’9”, Danny Brown, Guilty Simpson, Phat Kat, T3 of Slum Village, and more. After years of scarcity, the album is finally receiving a vinyl reissue.

21/06/2024

The latest opus from Brooklyn’s rap stalwart is finally here. Movie is a layered masterpiece, years in the making, boasting an all-star cast of co-stars including and more! Now available for pre-order on vinyl, CD & tape at yourolddroog.com

16/05/2024

Defying convention and transcending interpretation, Mach-Hommy is a true original.  Though he’s mostly content to dwell in the shadows, Mach knows exactly when to emerge and make his presence felt.  On his new album , Mach not only confronts the ills that have long afflicted his homeland, but empowers any entity in confrontation with existing power paradigms. Mach’s first solo album since 2021, the collection examines Haiti’s rich history as the world’s first free Black republic, and emphasizes its potential, imagining the nation’s possible future as an exemplar of Black cultural and economic excellence.  The unique physical rollout has included two previous “investment rounds”, Series X and Series Y.  All products in these sales were offered sight unseen, and access was limited.  With the album available tonight on all digital outlets, Mach is opening up sales to the broader public with Series Z, revealing the look of the multifaceted drop in the process.  With three tiers of vinyl investment, multiple artwork variations, several distinct colored vinyl options, and CD/cassette formats, the limited-edition release is another creative triumph from Mach-Hommy in the realm of physical media. Check the full drop now on Billy-z.com while supplies last.

30/04/2024

Renowned Brooklyn emcee Your Old Droog is gearing up for another project coming soon. In preparation for the release, we’re clearing out some stock from Droog’s impressive catalog. True to YOD’s elusive persona, a mystery bundle containing three undisclosed colored vinyl releases is now available while supplies last. While these limited-edition LPs normally cost between $50 and $80 each, this exclusive 3-pack is priced at only $99, making it the perfect way to stock up on some Your Old Droog classics while awaiting his highly anticipated return.