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Steinski Is Steve Stein A Hip-Hop Producer Who Achieved Notoriety Along With Doug DiFranco Double Dee In The Early 1980's For A Series Of Sample-Based Collages Known As The Lessons Which Are Still Well-Regarded Today As Early Underground Hip-Hop Classics. Although They Never Had A Hit Record They Proved Highly Influential For Subsequent Artists Such As Coldcut DJ Shadow Cut Chemist The Avalanches And Girl Talk. In 1983 Tommy Boy Records Held A Promotional Contest In Which Entrants Were Asked To Remix The Single Play That Beat Mr. D.J. By G.L.O.B.E. And Whiz Kid Members Of Afrika Bambaataa's Soulsonic Force . By Day Double Dee Worked In A Professional Music Studio While Steinski Was A Copy Supervisor For Doyle Dane Bernbach Although They Were Older 27 And 32 Respectively And Whiter Than Much Of The Hip-Hop Scene At The Time They Were Both Hip-Hop Enthusiasts Steinski In Particular Had Been Attending Downtown Rap Clubs For Years And Had An Extensive Knowledge Of Hip-Hop's History. Their Contest Entry 'Lesson 1 — The Payoff Mix' Was Packed With Sampled Appropriations From Other Records -- Not Only From Early Hip-Hop Records And From Funk And Disco Records That Were Popular With Hip-Hop DJs But With Short Snippets Of Older Songs By Little Richard And The Supremes Along With Vocal Samples From Sources As Diverse As Instructional Tap-Dancing Records And Humphrey Bogart Films. The Jury Which Included Afrika Bambaataa Shep Pettibone And "Jellybean" Benetiz Awarded Lesson 1 The First Prize. Double Dee And Steinski Followed Up This Success With 'Lesson 2 — The James Brown Mix' In 1984 Which Began With A Sample From The War Of The Worlds Before Quickly Running Through A Montage Of Memorable Breaks From Classic James Brown Records With Sampled Appearances By Dirty Harry And Bugs Bunny. In 1985 Came 'Lesson 3 — The History Of Hip-Hop Mix' Which Attempted A Survey Of The Great Breakdancing Favorites Along With Snippets From Johnny Carson And Hernando's Hideaway. Steinski Has Remained Active In Recent Years Doing Occasional Remix Work And Longer Old-School Mixes For Example 'Nothing To Fear' And Various Spots On Ninja Tune's Solid Steel Radio Show As Well As DJ'ing Regularly In Europe And The UK Using A Laptop And MIDI Gear.
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Steinski Is Steve Stein A Hip-Hop Producer Who Achieved Notoriety Along With Doug DiFranco Double Dee In The Early 1980's For A Series Of Sample-Based Collages Known As The Lessons Which Are Still Well-Regarded Today As Early Underground Hip-Hop Classics. Although They Never Had A Hit Record They Proved Highly Influential For Subsequent Artists Such As Coldcut DJ Shadow Cut Chemist The Avalanches And Girl Talk. In 1983 Tommy Boy Records Held A Promotional Contest In Which Entrants Were Asked To Remix The Single Play That Beat Mr. D.J. By G.L.O.B.E. And Whiz Kid Members Of Afrika Bambaataa's Soulsonic Force . By Day Double Dee Worked In A Professional Music Studio While Steinski Was A Copy Supervisor For Doyle Dane Bernbach Although They Were Older 27 And 32 Respectively And Whiter Than Much Of The Hip-Hop Scene At The Time They Were Both Hip-Hop Enthusiasts Steinski In Particular Had Been Attending Downtown Rap Clubs For Years And Had An Extensive Knowledge Of Hip-Hop's History. Their Contest Entry 'Lesson 1 — The Payoff Mix' Was Packed With Sampled Appropriations From Other Records -- Not Only From Early Hip-Hop Records And From Funk And Disco Records That Were Popular With Hip-Hop DJs But With Short Snippets Of Older Songs By Little Richard And The Supremes Along With Vocal Samples From Sources As Diverse As Instructional Tap-Dancing Records And Humphrey Bogart Films. The Jury Which Included Afrika Bambaataa Shep Pettibone And "Jellybean" Benetiz Awarded Lesson 1 The First Prize. Double Dee And Steinski Followed Up This Success With 'Lesson 2 — The James Brown Mix' In 1984 Which Began With A Sample From The War Of The Worlds Before Quickly Running Through A Montage Of Memorable Breaks From Classic James Brown Records With Sampled Appearances By Dirty Harry And Bugs Bunny. In 1985 Came 'Lesson 3 — The History Of Hip-Hop Mix' Which Attempted A Survey Of The Great Breakdancing Favorites Along With Snippets From Johnny Carson And Hernando's Hideaway. Steinski Has Remained Active In Recent Years Doing Occasional Remix Work And Longer Old-School Mixes For Example 'Nothing To Fear' And Various Spots On Ninja Tune's Solid Steel Radio Show As Well As DJ'ing Regularly In Europe And The UK Using A Laptop And MIDI Gear.
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