Jeff Chang is an American journalist and music critic on hip-hop music and culture. His writings have appeared in publications such as URB, The Bomb, San Francisco Chronicle, the Village Voice, the San Francisco Bay Guardian, Vibe, Spin, The Nation, and Mother Jones, as well as in his history of hip-hop, Can't Stop, Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation, published in 2005 by St. Martin's Press. 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Headquartered in the legendary Flatiron Building in New York City, St. ...
He was also a founding member of the Solesides record label while a DJ at a UC Davis college radio station, which was the home to acts like DJ Shadow and Blackalicious before it was recreated as Quannum Projects. SoleSides Records is a underground hip-hop label based in Northern California, founded in 1993. ... Josh Davis, aka DJ Shadow, (born January 1, 1973 in Davis, California) is a turntablist musician. ... Blackalicious is an American alternative hip hop duo. ... Quannum Projects is an alternative hip hop collective based in the San Francisco Bay Area. ...