What Does It All Mean: 83-06
Illegal Art
HIP HOP
Steinski (advertising writer, DJ, and record collector Steve Stein) produced his first record in 1983. In response to a nationwide remix contest by To mmy Boy Records, he and partner Double Dee produced ‘The Payoff Mix.’ A panel of ten judges—including Afrika Bambaataa, Shep Pettibone, Jelly bean Benitez, and Arthur Baker—unanimously chose the mix as the winner. Within two weeks ‘The Payoff Mix’ became a Top 10 request on urban radio nationwide, but the release never saw official status and was subsequently bootlegged countless times.
‘The Payoff Mix’ became the first record in a series now known as ‘The Lessons’. Double Dee and Steinski followed up with cut-and-paste landmark ‘Lesson Two: The James Brown Mix’, Then came ‘Lesson 3: The History of Hip Hop’ - all are collected here. Since The Lessons, Steinski has produced a variety of tracks, and this Illegal Art retrospective collects everything from his hip-hop narrative about the Kennedy assassination to the 1998 remix of Afrika Bambaataa’s “Jazz” with Double Dee. Besides the completist archive, the release will also includes the critically acclaimed “Nothing To Fear: A Rough Mix,” an hour-long mashup that was produced for Solid Steel/BBC London, described by Salon as, “the closest thing to a masterpiece the genre has yet produced”. Album will be serviced to taste maker media locally for airplay, featuring and review.
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DOUBLE CD |
IA116 |
$39.95 |
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