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{{Short description|Book by Jeff Chang}}

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| author = [[Jeff Chang (journalist)|Jeff Chang]]

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==Reception==

The book was well received, winning an [[American Book Award]] in 2005.<ref>[http://www.ambook.org/btw/awards/The-American-Book-Awards---Before-Columbus-Foundation The American Book Awards / Before Columbus Foundation] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003235753/http://www.ambook.org/btw/awards/The-American-Book-Awards---Before-Columbus-Foundation |date=2011-10-03 }}. American Booksellers Association. Accessed July 11, 2008.</ref> OnScott T. Sterling of ''[[MetacriticLA Weekly]],'' praised the book receivedas anbeing aggregate"extensively scoreresearched ofand 81meticulously written"<ref>{{Cite web|url=http:/100/www.laweekly.com/ink/05/16/books-sterling.php from|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050312062526/http://www.laweekly.com/ink/05/16/books-sterling.php twelve|title=Before reviews—indicatingBling: Hip-hop's storied past |first=Scott T. |last=Sterling |website=[[LA Weekly]] |date=March 11, 2005 |archive-date=March 12, 2005 |url-status=dead}}</ref> and ''[[The New Yorker]]'' described it as "universalone acclaimof the most urgent and passionate histories of popular music ever written".<ref>{{Cite nameweb|url=http://www.newyorker.com:80/critics/content/articles/050228crbn_brieflynoted |archive-url=review>[https://web.archive.org/web/2008031514142720060411192529/http://www.metacriticnewyorker.com:80/bookscritics/authorscontent/changjeffarticles/cantstopwontstop050228crbn_brieflynoted Can't|title=The StopNew Won'tYorker: StopThe byCritics Jeff– Chang:Briefly ReviewsNoted |website=[[The New Yorker]]. Metacritic.|date=February Accessed21, July2005 |archive-date=April 11, 2008.2006 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

''[[LA Weekly]]'' praised the book as being "extensively researched and meticulously written"<ref name=review/> and ''[[The New Yorker]]'' described it as "one of the most urgent and passionate histories of popular music ever written".<ref name=review/>

TheConversely, booksome wasreviewers criticizedwere formore itscritical focusof on''Can't theStop politicalWon't aspectsStop''. AccordingAlex toAbramovich of ''[[The New York Times]]'', "Changargued isthat interestedthe inbook hip-hopfocused astoo aheavily revolutionaryon medium...politics [so] he more or less leavesover music behind... as a result, hisleading provocative, intermittently brilliant history beginsit to "lose its form and focus,"<ref>{{cite news|at url=https://wwwpoints.nytimes.com/2005/09/04/books/review/04ABRAM.html?_r=1 | work=The New York Times | title='Can't Stop Won't Stop': A Nation of Millions | first=Alex | last=Abramovich | date=September 4, 2005}}</ref> and "by the end of Chang's history, the ''four elements'' have fallen away entirely, and politics are all that remain to tie the hip-hop generation together."<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/04/books/review/04ABRAM.html?pagewanted=2&ei=5070&en=2320b5c7c907dfaf&ex=1127275200 | work=[[The New York Times]] | title='Can't Stop Won't Stop': A Nation of Millions | first=Alex | last=Abramovich | date=September 4, 2005}}</ref> ItBen was also criticized for leaving out key elementsThompson of hip-hop''[[The historyIndependent]]'' -opined "ifthat youthe wantbook tofocused readexcessively aon longtopics and unbelievably self-indulgent trawl throughlike "the internal politics of US hip-hop magazine ''[[The Source (magazine)|The Source]],''" thenwhile thisgiving isinsufficient the placeattention to dorappers it. Butlike [[Biggiethe SmallsNotorious B.I.G.]] and, [[Missy Elliott]] get just one mention apiece, andor Eminem is excluded from history altogether." says ''[[The IndependentEminem]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/cant-stop-wont-stop-a-history-of-the-hiphop-generation-by-jeff-chang-504605.html|title=''Can't Stop Won't Stop'': a history of the hip-hop generation by Jeff Chang|last=Thompson|first=Ben|date=28 August 2005|work=[[The Independent]]|accessdate=4 May 4, 2010 | ___location=London}}{{dead link|date=August 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

===KRS-One’sOne's criticismresponse===

In 2007, [[KRS-One]] criticized ''Can’tCan't Stop Won’tWon't Stop'': "When I read ''Can’tCan't Stop, Won’tWon't Stop'' I didn’tdidn't see the scholarship. I saw [[Kool Herc]] thrown at the front of the book for his own credibility – andcredibility—and the foreword was wack."<ref name=autogenerated1>[http://www.unkut.com/2007/06/krs-one-the-unkut-interview/ KRS-One – The Unkut Interview | unkut.com - A Tribute To Ignorance (Remix)<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> His main point of contention was with the way he himself was covered: "[Jeff Chang] gets around to the Stop The Violence movement and totally down-playsdownplays the movement, destroys any kind of hope we have for leadership in our culture, and just breezes over with inaccurate information about the Stop The Violence movement."<ref name=autogenerated1 />

Jeff Chang responded: "''Can’tCan't Stop Won’tWon't Stop'' was and is never meant to be the last word on anything. It’sIt's meant to be a small contribution to the larger wave of thinking about the hip-hop generation."<ref>[http://cantstopwontstop.com/blog/krs-one-on-cant-stop-wont-stop/ KRS-One on Can’tCan't Stop Won’tWon't Stop « Can’t Stop Won’t Stop<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

==Notes==

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*[http://www.cantstopwontstop.com Official website]

*[http://www.beatknowledge.org/2010/08/15/cant-stop-wont-stop/ Review of ''Can’t Stop Won’t Stop'' on Beat Knowledge]

*''[https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/cant-stop-wont-stop Can’t Stop Won’t Stop: A Hip-Hop History]'' with authors Jeff Chang and Dave “Davey D” Cook and the Zinn Education Project.

[[Category:Hip -hop books]]

[[Category:2005 non-fiction books]]

[[Category:Picador (imprint) books]]

[[Category:American Book Award-winningAward–winning works]]