Quannum Projects (also known as Quannum MCs) is an American
hip hop collective
A collective is a group of entities that share or are motivated by at least one common issue or interest, or work together to achieve a common objective. Collectives can differ from cooperatives in that they are not necessarily focused upon an ...
based in the
San Francisco Bay Area. It has been active since
1992
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, when it was formed at
UC Davis under the moniker
Solesides Records. It is also the name of the
independent record label
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that releases their records, as well as those of a number of other artists. The label continues to be 100% independently owned and operated.
Artist roster
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Apsci
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(Dana Diaz-Tutaan & Raphael LaMotta – Brooklyn, New York)
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Blackalicious (
Gift of Gab &
Chief Xcel –
Sacramento, California)
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Curumin (Luciano Nakata Albuquerque –
Brazil)
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General Elektriks (Hervé Salters –
Paris, France)
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Tommy Guerrero (
San Francisco, California)
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Honeycut (
San Francisco, California)
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Lateef and the Chief
Lateef and the Chief (sometimes stylized as Lateef & the Chief) is an American hip hop group from California. Originally known as Maroons, it consists of rapper Lateef the Truthspeaker (of Latyrx) and producer Chief Xcel (of Blackalicious). In 2 ...
a.k.a. ''Maroons'' (
Lateef &
Chief Xcel –
Oakland, California)
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Latyrx (
Lateef &
Lyrics Born –
Oakland, California)
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Lifesavas
Lifesavas is a hip hop group from Portland, Oregon. Their style exhibits tag-team rhymes, matter-of-fact storytelling and a soulful production. The emcee's styles and song writing skills are showcased in the arrangements of a funky collection o ...
(Jumbo, Vursatyl, Rev. Shines –
Portland, Oregon)
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Lyrics Born (
Berkeley, California)
* Pieces of Peace (
Chicago, Illinois)
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Pigeon John (
Hawthorne, California)
* Poets of Rhythm (
Whitefield Brothers
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& Boris Borale –
Munich, Germany)
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DJ Shadow (Joshua Davis –
Mill Valley, California
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)
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Joyo Velarde
Joyo Velarde is a Filipino hip hop and soul singer. Her husband is Lyrics Born. She has been featured on numerous tracks by the Quannum Projects cohorts.
Career
Joyo Velarde's self-titled EP, ''Joyo Velarde'', was released in May 2009.
She rele ...
(
Berkeley, California)
See also
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List of record labels
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Underground hip hop
External links
SoleSides websiteArchived official website
American independent record labels
Hip hop record labels
Hip hop collectives
Record labels established in 1992
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