SoleSides
SoleSides was an American
In 1991, the six came together to form a collective of artists and hip hop lovers, naming the label SoleSides. The first release, was a 12" single, numbered "SS001", featuring DJ Shadow's instrumental odyssey, "Entropy" on one side and Lyrics Born (then known as Asia Born) on the other side with the song "Send Them". The white-label 12" was preceded by a cassette single version of the release and both have fetched high dollars in the re-sale market. Only 400 cassettes and 200 12" vinyl singles were originally pressed up and sold on consignment in record stores in the Bay Area.
In 1996 the label won a "Goldie" award from the San Francisco Bay Guardian, being described as "Both a progressive crew of deejays and rappers and a fiercely independent artist-owned label...".
SoleSides disbanded in the winter of 1996, and was reborn as Quannum Projects in spring of 1997.
Members
- The 8th Wonder (Stan Green)
- Asia Born (Tom Shimura)
- Chief Xcel (Xavier Mosley)
- DJ Shadow (Josh Davis)
- DJ Zen (Jeff Chang)
- Gift of Gab (Tim Parker)
- Jazzbo (Joseph Patel)
- Kali
- Lateef the Truthspeaker (Lateef Daumont)
- Mack B. Dog (Benjamin Davis)