Donald Taylor and Wayne Smith first opened NuSounz in October 1990 as Don’s Nu-Sounz (Don’s NuSounz) on Flint Park Boulevard (Flint Park Blvd) in the Flint Park neighborhood of Flint, Michigan. Donald Taylor was the owner and CEO of NuSounz. Wayne Anthony Smith was an entrepreneur of NuSounz who handled the business side of things along with finances. Wayne himself loved the music industry. (Ref: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14533778/wayne-anthony-smith)
NuSounz was considered as a mom and pop shop which had the hottest mixtapes in the Flint Park neighborhood. The mixtapes of Flint were said to be sold at NuSounz. The Alien Planet compilation is one example as that compilation was packaged as a mixtape. 
NuSounz was sometime referred to as NuSounds, Nu Sounz, and NuSoundz. NuSounz phone number was 810-789-8218. (Ref: https://www.bizexposed.com/Michigan-USA/C4/Music-Flint.php)
The Variety of Sinz third album Jealousy Begins sold well at NuSounz in 1995. Jealousy Begins was a bestseller for NuSounz at that time. Over several hundred units of that Variety of Sinz album were sold at that NuSounz store owned by Donald Taylor. Several thousand units of Alien Planet were sold out of NuSounz too.
Business for NuSounz slowed down in 2000 due to digital downloads and streaming. This is what lead to the decline of NuSounz. Donald Taylor decided to shut down NuSounz in 2002 and pursue in other business ventures. Yelp has listed NuSounz as permanently closed. (Ref: https://www.yelp.com/biz/nu-sounz-flint)
NuSounz was home to a hair salon called Max African Hair Braiding from 2010 to 2017. According to vital records of Genesee County, Max African Hair Braiding moved up further west to a location on Clio Road in 2018. Today the shopping center that housed NuSounz, Max African Hair Braiding, and MVP Clothing is now abandoned. 
NuSounz was located at 110 West Flint Park Boulevard, Flint, Michigan, US 48505.
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