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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>

Scott T. Sterling of ''[[LA Weekly]]'' praised the book as being "extensively researched and meticulously written"<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.laweekly.com/ink/05/16/books-sterling.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050312062526/http://www.laweekly.com/ink/05/16/books-sterling.php |title=Before Bling: 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 "one of the most urgent and passionate histories of popular music ever written".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newyorker.com:80/critics/content/articles/050228crbn_brieflynoted |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060411192529/http://www.newyorker.com:80/critics/content/articles/050228crbn_brieflynoted |title=The New Yorker: The Critics – Briefly Noted |website=[[The New Yorker]] |date=February 21, 2005 |archive-date=April 11, 2006 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Conversely, some reviewers were more critical of ''Can't Stop Won't Stop''. Alex Abramovich of ''[[The New York Times]]'' argued that the book focused too heavily on politics over music, leading it to "lose its form and focus" at points.<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> Ben Thompson of ''[[The Independent]]'' opined that the book focused excessively on topics like "the internal politics of US hip-hop magazine ''[[The Source (magazine)|The Source]]''" while giving insufficient attention to rappers like [[the Notorious B.I.G.]], [[Missy Elliott]], or [[Eminem]].<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=May 4, 2010 | ___location=London}}{{dead link|date=August 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>